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Many of those small schools find ways to compete. Baylor for example has great baseball, tennis, and women's basketball. They are only weak in football and men's basketball. They are weak in basketball because of the recent scandal and subsequent sanctions to their program.

As far as these schools being "too smart" to compete they obviously can by Duke and Rice's example.

On another topic schools such as UT and A&M consistently rank ahead of SMU and Baylor in academic surveys. A school's committment to academics has nothing to do with their committment to athletics.

Federated has already stated they are dropping the Foley's name. Besides, a name is a name. You will still be able to buy the exact same stuff you could buy at Foley's or Dillards now.

Does anyone know if Joskey's built that building before the Galleria was built?

No observation deck. There is a sky lobby at the 13th floor. That's the lowest level of floor space. Most of the building is either tightly controled or vacant.

The very top that has the stepped pyramid does not have windows. The part below that has darker glass and a brown stone facade. That part is rentable. That is the part of the building that is tapered. The floorplans for that part are smaller than the floors below. The floors below are just the plain blue glass facade.

The very top that doesn't have windows is not rentable space. Below that is rentable.

The first 12 floors are parking. At the top, where the building begins to taper, the square footage of the floors reduces, but I don't think anything is in the pyramid part.

Sure he has opinions. I have opinions as well. I even say non flattering things about Houston often. But I try to offer solutions to the problems that I see. That is because I wish Houston to be the best city it can be. This particular poster only offers up what he sees as wrong with our city. To further add insult to injury he goes on to claim the superiority of his own city. I don't care about Dallas. I don't love it or hate it. I enjoy visiting it to see friends and family. However I don't need to be told that my city sucks and his city is so wonderful. THAT is why I call him a troll.

It sounds like every comment you make regarding Houston seems as if you got some type of personal bias against Houston. What's your problem Chief?

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It seems every post this poster makes is a post that trashes Houston. He is a troll, nothing more, nothing less.

FERC is watching you!  Me, too!

FYI - The new Chevron building has a dedicated private parking garage.

I parked there until they moved in.  Nice big spaces for $6.00.

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I didn't know it was dedicated for the new building. It won't be bad at all then.

I have no idea what a retrofit would cost, but I guess it would be costly. There would be new floorplans, new water, electrical, and sewage hook ups, and residential soundproofing. But hey, John Hancock in Chicago was built as the ultimate mixed use, so why not Heritage Plaza?

It's probably a smart idea for a new garage to go up. The new Chevron building does not have parking. Parking will probably get tight in that area of downtown.

Discussion going on here.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=2876

Why? All Chevron is doing is moving employees from one building to another.

Better than a surface lot I suppose.

Come to think of it, Heritage Plaza could make for some great residential space. There is an on site garage and there are great views of Buffalo Bayou.

This move has been in the works for a LONG time.

I prefer to frequent the drive-thru liquor stores.

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I call BS. No way a principled urbanist such as yourself drives.

downtown , midtown or nowhere.

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I champion density as much as anybody, but I don't understand this view. Uptown Houston is one of the largest collection of office, retail, and residential in the nation. It embodies many of the characteristics we all wish for a downtown district. There are many drawbacks to Uptown of course. It is not pedestrian friendly, and it is a little more spread out than I would like. However, when I see developments such as the ones Wulfe is proposing, I support them.

I think Houston can be a city that supports several districts of density in its borders. I don't think we should look at Uptown gaining at Downtown's expense. If it does not make economic sense to put a development in downtown, then it should not go there. I want vibrant developments, not rotting shells of concrete and glass that will sit vacant. That being said, I think downtown's best days are ahead of it. It may not get the high rise residential we want now, but with better transit options comming to downtown, such as the rail, and better retail options it will come.