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    The idea of a large body of water that is manmade that is inviting and perhaps a part of a larger resort setting would be good for Galveston. Instead... we’re getting that in... Texas City!!
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    I am not trying to force anything. I’m merely stating that fuel costs will increase at some point in time to levels that are too costly for us to ignore alternates.
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    Well, not just misery, but expense will force individuals to look toward alternates. Eventually we will enter into an era of pricey fuel again - this will drive investment in transportation options. I think the concept of a self-driving car is novel, and sounds romantic. That said, if I owned a car with these capabilities (even in a world where 1:6 have one) I would be hesitant to allow others to use it. Public transit gets worn down, mistreated and generally abused - what would keep the average person from doing the same to someone else’s car? A camera? Maybe - would it be linked to a device that would shut the car down until the police arrive? I can smell some constitutional lawsuits brewing already, particularly given the idea that these aren’t publicly owned but are using public row’s. There are too many questions that start to arise regarding the problems these quasi-egalitarian billionaires think they’ll foist upon the rest of us. Novel concepts though they may be.
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    Turn it into a giant climbing structure?! Would be pretty neat I assume for rock climbers? All the while it would provide for a use while the economics of either demolishing it, or renovating becomes favorable. Besides 2 working elevators (not sure code would allow just 1?), and some minimal restrooms/lockers, you’d be able to maybe carve out some parkour areas too? Within the lower floors?
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    BRT will be largely automated in the next decade (same with rail), and will be efficient and maneuverable in ways LR isn’t. If traffic is bad busses will re-route thru designated streets, and avoid crashes/obstacles on the routes where possible. Don’t get me wrong I think we need more LR, but the busses will do the job. I do think the rail should serve as a spin with the busses as limbs extending forth.. maybe Station Houston will be the home to the autoBus startup that’ll change things?
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    Can confirm! Been to Verdun (circa 2007). Routinely travel down Richmond. Richmond has more holes! More a**holes too! In all seriousness Verdun, France is really impressive and immensely somber to visit. Well worth the detour from what might be a more common travel path from Paris to better known provinces.
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    It takes a lot of concrete to build high on this soil!! On another note: I had a rambling post about how these developers should work towards more reasonable solutions... but that was a tiresome paragraph. Ultimately, what we have is a new, and soon to be much more common problem here in Houston, specifically in Uptown and Downtown. Highrise overcrowding. Which is a welcome problem as we add density. Downtown won’t be quite as impacted thanks to the street grid, but this could become a bigger issue than Randall Davis’ little faux-deco and this much nicer 40something Tower.
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    Nice picture. You know... I remember when Victory Park was started. Everyone should note that it clearly takes a decade + for large scale urban renewal projects to materialize into true unique/identifiable areas.
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    The Shamrock was a icon, but the Prudential Building was a better work of architecture. As for medical construction in this town - time and again we've seen medical construction stay the course through oil busts/downturns.
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    ^Yep. Hence why I compared it to that museum. Very similar.
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    I always did have a feeling that this - museum to showcase our museums - was completely unwarranted and unneeded. Sad that this actually got kicked off before they found out they couldn't afford it. But this leaves room for something better than a cheap rip-off of the Bob Bullock Museum in Austin (which is a really sad museum for a "STATE" museum of history).
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    Is it? Most building cores are large. Remember this is a 40 floor apartment tower. They've got to provide emergency egress for the hundreds of people who will live here. Not to mention the US does not allow emergency egress via elevators (despite them being housed in 2-hour rated firewalls), so stairs are the ONLY way to evacuate in an emergency that is allowed by code.
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    I don't think the Anglo population is declining? I think that the other populations are growing and the anglo population is stable? Regardless I think the voter ID laws are a way of combating some democratic votes... Frankly I'm in favor of Texas splitting into 5 states! No reason Houston should EVER be affected by some senator or congressman/woman from Pecos or the Valley or elsewhere. Won't ever happen, but if it does - I won't fight against it.
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    Really craving Red Lobsters Butter Biscuits!

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    I meant globally. And I wasn't attacking you - your post seems a *tad* defensive? And yes, Houston's changed A LOT since 2008. There are more people, we have walk-able development, 2 new light rail lines, UH has 10,000 students living on campus now, Exxon's move has nearly created an entire new town out in the woods of north Houston, The Woodlands has exploded, Buffalo Bayou has been turned into a usable park, Discovery Green... has created a neighborhood. Upper Kirby is actually a neighborhood maybe just a little bit of one - but its growing. Yeah, we've not changed so much that Houston isn't recognizable, but then again its much different than it was just 7 years ago. The needle is moving in the direction it needs to, yet it can still certainly move further. Next time you're in town open your eyes! And if you weren't privy to this forum these buildings (when you went by them) would seem far different.
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    Honestly It'll blow all our minds when/if it comes to be! Peasant or not. Which seems to be most of us on this forum... peasants that is. Odd to think of it as something that's 5-7 years away. So much can happen in that time its not even funny.
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    Because they think it champions "big government" and eminent domain. Which I don't think it does, but then they don't mind using ED for purposes that are pro-GOP. This guys mindset is: Trains are for democrats! That's the perception. Wrong though it may be, you can read the opinions of the poorly informed all over in our local media comment boards. It won't change until the troglodytes in this state (and there are millions of them) see one working, and working well. I've always said: Americans need to travel to Europe and see how the rest of the West does it. Yes there are problems aplenty, but they do a lot of the little things that make life easier right.
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    ^Undergraduate thesis project.
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    Perhaps we should start a new Development List for Buildings in Houston 2015 thread?
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    The Hyatt has what? 900? So we'll almost have 3. What the heck are people arguing over? http://www.cvent.com/en/company/cvent-top-50-meeting-destinations-united-states-2014.shtml http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/19/san-diego-number-five-convention-city/ Looks like Dallas is #7 - not 5th.
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    ^Those were my thoughts too regarding that commercial. Why cut the skyline like that? Also, why would owning a car make you a pansy? (too change a few words you used) I drive a car - I commute - it makes sense! And cars/trucks do not a strong man or woman make. The commercials sucked this year. Though I did like a few of the more touchy-feely ones.
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    Big surprise! But $4 million over?! Egads! Methinks the MRA has a solid need to get someone on the board that actually is in construction. $4 million over is so high that the people in charge ought to be shelved!
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    Le Meridien and aLoft are part of the same Starwood chain of hotels. I'm curious if they would put two hotels owned by them so close? Maybe? Originally Le Meridien was part of Air France - its hotel concept. Guess its been purchased and expaneded internationally? I couldn't care less if the only locations for the chain in the US are Baltimore and Oakland! We need hotels, need older buildings that are empty or only 20% occupied to be redeveloped! This helps the area between Main Street and the Convention "District"
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    ^I see you *do not* drive a Porsche. ...or you're simply more subtle about it?
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    I'm not the least bit worried about location. It'll be what it will be. If its mixed-use then I expect it will be in an area that would accommodate a mixed-use development? If it was built Downtown on the old Post Office site - that's next to a freeway - would you still complain? Or are you only concerned with being adjacent to *certain* freeways? What if it is built north of Uptown Park? Off Woodway? What if it helps create a mixed-use zone for that whole area? Why would that be a bad thing? I don't understand your rationale. Also, if it was built in Hempsted in the middle of a field... so what? Plenty of good corporate campuses built in parklike settings away from other objects/buildings etc. Look at Exxon - things popped up around it, but at the time it was off by itself.
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