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  1. Of course it's not. Who said it was? I was just pointing out that you don't know anything about a spine. Now please proceed.
  2. No they're not. It's just an easy term for lazy people who can't differentiate between a corridor and a spine. It's your site, Boss. I suggest you leave your cash-cow alone.
  3. You have great imagination. I'm sure someone faulted whoever aborted the three buildings currently occupied by The Chronicle. If Hinz's corporate successors have decided not to incorporate the Montague into their plans then I suppose their long term goal is to flip a short term investment into a short term profit. Such is the expediency of today's world. On the other hand Donald Trump-ass-wipe supreme that he is-at least gets that preservation combined with enhancement means big $$$. I'd love to see your doodles, BTW. OPPS: OK..I saw your doodles after I posted.
  4. Currently I would say the company's style in Houston would be their Main Street garage. I'm not sure how much he's involved with the company any longer even though he owns the majority of it. You would probably have to direct that question to his son.
  5. You don't need to post any photos. Most people here have seen the damage done by a corporation that used to live up to it's word and take risks that have proven to be wildly successful [Pennzoil; Galeria] while others who seem to be too feeble to get out and take a look are probably content that the cheap and tawdry prevails. It's also a shame you feel the need to offer incentives to a corporation that lied their way through the process.
  6. Your best bet is the Holocaust Museum. You will find lists of living and dead area Houstonians who were victems of the Nazis and residents of the camps. Their stories are well documented in their archives and library in addition to their affiliation with other Holocaust Museums. All you have to do is ask.
  7. That would be great! I've been to Taniguchi's renovation and expansion of the MoMA at least 4 times...it seems to dissapear just as he intended...just leaving the art there by itself. I saw Richard Serra's exhibition yesterday and today. What a treat to see such massive art sitting in space's that ultimately aren't there. I totally get what Taniguchi was striving for...I just get so jazzed by this kind of thing. Taniguchi engineered these spaces for the size and weight of pieces like these. Serra was just waiting for interior spaces to display his work in the U.S. like he does with his out-door pieces and his interior pieces in Bilbao. He is such a great guy who has a great respect for engineers, architects and design so I'm pretty crazy about him. Check the flash out: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2007/serra/flash.html
  8. He did not speak at NASA that day. He went straight to the Rice; rushed past me without a glance while LBJ worked the line and patted me on the head; Went upstairs; took a nap; ate some quail; went to the Colusiem for a chicken dinner tribute organized by Albert Thomas for Albert Thomas; left and went to Hobby; flew to Fort Worth; woke up; ate breakfast; gave a parking lot speech; flew to Love and had his brains blown out into his wife's lap by a guy who was a really good shot who knew how to take three shots in a little over 4 1/2 seconds-if you started your stop-watch with the first. I'm a lousy shot but I could take down Bambi's mom with the same 3.
  9. The properties on Westheimer and Post Oak are simply too valuable to devote to surface parking. IMO, the Post Oak elevation would be better if they matched the San Felipe elevation. They could take a cue from the Galleria. Imagine a strip center parking lot in front of Neimans on Post Oak. While the Galleria did build some surface parking on Westheimer, they did so keeping in mind that eventually there would be future developement supplanted with parking structures. But that's the prevailing attitude of many developers and posters here on HAIF. Build just what you can get away with and leave the aggie designed crap for someone else to clean up. I love your description "Don't almost do it"...it seems the mantra of the provincial Houston real estate/developer mind-set...and I propose we make "uglify" a legitamate descriptor for those that truely don't give a damn. Absolutly. But it doesn't have to be pedestrian friendly on the outside to be aestheticly appealling on the inside. Houston for the most part has nailed down the environmetally controlled pedestrian interior shopping spaces. It's the expediant Aggie designed strip centers that will never beat the visitorship and long-term profitability of places like the Galleria. BTW, have you seen the Aggie-style designed Jiffe Lube firehouse downtown? I know I'm off topic but I've yet to see a more embarrasing civic structure since the Hobby Center.
  10. Yes, something was there: renewable trees, wildlife and coastal grasslands. Developers choose to remove the aforementioned and build the center. It became a huge generator of tax income for the city and revenue for the tenants for decades. It's a great center with high-end tenants. Now Weingarten has decided to go generic! Nothing says generic like Anna's and Big Lots. Life is good. Absolutly! Screw heritage! Embrace the moment! Commit to the lowest common denominator! Denounce the past! Ignore the concequences! Retort with unsustainable rebuttals! Boy you said it! I heard someone say they were pro-life because they advocate life whenever possible but then they said they were pro-choice because they advocated choice when it became essential to the life of the mother or in the case of insest or rape. You are so consistatantly on top of things...I marvel at your wisdom! ABSOLUTLY! I can't believe ROers can't convince Weingarten to sell off their long-term cash cow! It's not like they were sitting on an East end piece of crap they can't even unload to the lowest bidder.
  11. No extra entrance. The Main Street side will be the drive-thru pharmacy.-just the kind of slap in the face the Midtown Association and many chronic posters here on HAIF have no problem with. CVS will work with you if you apply the pressure. We did it in the Heights so all I can assume about Midtown is they don't care that much.
  12. Could these, long-and for the most part irrelevant to the thread-posts be moved to another location? There are specific forums for topics on oil, jobs and transportation that could be used thus freeing up space for those of us interested in High Street. Moderators?
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