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  1. htownproud
    I'm sure we all want the new building built, but let's not kick a gift horse in the mouth. Chevron is the only major that has remained downtown. Two weeks ago they announced they were closing facilities father out to concentrate their employees downtown. Be happy they didn't do the opposite and move people farther out, like every other company in Houston is doing.
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    Does anyone know what the deal with Tranquility Park is? There hasn't been water in the fountains for 3 years and now the fountains look like some sort of black mold is taking them over. The City's park website just says closed until further notice. I'm very appreciative of all the money going into creating new parks nearby, but it seems like we could get these fountains working again for far less than the cost to build new parks.
  3. htownproud
    Great find. The corner of N Braeswood and Main needs something on it.
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    Two other places it could go--although I doubt it would go to these places even more so than "Regent Square"--would be the corner of Kirby and 59 and the supposed 60-story hotel on Main in the med center. Personally, I think the most likely spots are ROD or MD. if MD is out, then my guess is ROD.
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    The chevron station to the north of the Mann Eye Institute has become a homeless hangout at all hours of the day (can't imagine why the station allows this, but they do). Good call by the "neighbors" protesting this new development. Perhaps instead, the greyhound station will relocate to this property. Would serve the "neighbors" right.
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    I've got to give it to these guys, they have perhaps the worst timing of all time. They should have built this in 2005/6 when it was first announced. As an aside, the last picture has the med center in the background looking from the east.
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    My guess is that it will be a Central Market with the Montrose HEB so close.
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    That's too bad. This will leave another big vacancy downtown . . . .
  9. htownproud
    I hope they wait to knock any buildings down until this project is a firm go with all financing. The project sounds great, but seems a bit ambitious in the current market, so would hate to have another empty lot along the rail line if it fails through.
  10. htownproud
    the "desperately needed parking"? perhaps the author hasn't seen the surface parking covering the entire west side of the campus. rice does many things right, but the west side of campus and deciding to erect a massive parking lot in this location are not one of them.
  11. htownproud
    But can't a bike or a walker use the private street? (For that matter, so can a car.) Based on the renderings, this isn't going to be gated street. The developer just wants a grander driveway for the circle drive. What is the neighborhood's objection to closing the street, other than they just don't want this built?
  12. htownproud
    You can see the welded industrial art that is shown in the initial renderings.
  13. htownproud
    The Wendy's just under the freeway across the street from the Sears is now closed and boarded up. The spray paint on the new ply wood ads to that area's charm that the final four crowds will get to see on the light rail to the stadium.
  14. htownproud
    You need look no farther than most of the comments in this thread.
  15. htownproud
    This thread was started 9 years ago. I will believe it when I see it.
  16. htownproud
    This gets back to my concern with this project. What does the proposed campus mean for TMC3 and UT's participation in same? A turf war between two state schools should not be the deciding factor on whether this goes forward.
  17. htownproud
    Thanks! I'm was admittedly confused by the similar names. Sorry for confusing the matter!
  18. htownproud
    I think the huge site at 7200 Main is owned by Midway, and the renderings show something similar to what cloud713's is predicting. I thought earlier in this thread someone said that the developer here is that same one that is currently building two W's elsewhere in the country . . .
  19. htownproud
    Video of an accident today at the site. I don't think anyone was hurt badly:
  20. htownproud
    Don't forget the new Debakey will likely not be complete by then either (and the Memorial expansion is now visable from Herman Park)
  21. htownproud
    I have a suspicion this will be an empty lot for years, like the stain on the city scape that regent square has become. At least here, they have the market as an excuse for not building.
  22. htownproud
    Please read the article: "McRaven, facing opposition to the project from University of Houston officials and some lawmakers, on Wednesday told a legislative committee that the price, which includes debt service, is a good deal. . . 'You're looking at undeveloped property 3.5 miles from the Texas Medical Center and we got it below market price,' McRaven said."
  23. htownproud
    Agreed. Much shorter.
  24. htownproud
    I think midtown can make this work because everyone working downtown and living in Bellaire, West U, Meyerland, and Sugarland will drive by this store on their way home everyday.
  25. htownproud
    Interesting. I get that it's in district d, but I'm surprised it isn't district c that is complaining. District d has trash dumps and the astrodome in it -- seems like their resources would be better spent addressing those issues.
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