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  1. LATEST DEVELOPMENT MAP, 2019 - thanks @Luminare! https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/viewer?hl=en&ll=29.74450800320124%2C-95.37503325305198&z=16&mid=1J_89cR1sxP4muIAHRJlm6TajoQPyoswJ Things to keep an eye on include (but not limited to):-updated renders (will be adding pics to all projects later) -project name changes-changes in use or additions of uses-changes in number of stories-changes to Developer or additional Developers-changes to Architect or additional Architects/Designers-announcements or changes to construction dates / finish datesIf any of the above is missing in the project info already then please assist clarifying any missing info to @Luminare. Well I dunno how to edit that wiki list so here's a list I created for *almost* everything above 12 floors. Maybe this list can be placed into the first post of this thread? It won't be as detailed, but I can keep it up to date. Even added a rumored section. Please let me know which projects I'm missing or help me fill in some of the blanks! Under Construction 609 Main at Texas Devloper: Hines Architect: Pickard Chilton Type: Office Location: 609 Main at Texas #of floors: 49 Completion Date: March 2017 2929 Weslayan Developer: PM Realty Group Architect: RTKL Associates Type: Residential Location: 2929 Weslayan # of Floors: 40 Completion: August 2014 1500 Post Oak Blvd. Developer: Transwestern Architect: Pickard Chilton Type: Office Location: 1500 Post Oak Blvd #of floors: 30 Completion: October 2016 Hanover Post Oak Developer: Hanover Architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Type: Residential Location: Post Oak at San Felipe Road # of Floors: 29 Completion: October 2014 Astoria Developer: Randall Davis Architect: Page Southerland Page Type: Residential Location: Post Oak Blvd at Gatterson Lane # of Floors: 28 Completion: 2015 Belfiore Developer: Inter-Pier LLC Architect: Kirksey Type: Residential #of floors: 26 Location: S. Post Oak Lane at South Wynden Drive Completion Date: Spring 2016 SkyHouse River Oaks Developer: Novare Group Architect: Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart & Associates Type: Residential Location: 2013 Westcreek Lane # of Floors: 25 Completion:Early 2015 SkyHouse Houston Developer: Novare Group Architect: Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart & Associates Type: Residential Location: 1625 Main Street # of Floors: 24 Completion: Spring 2014 Hilcorp Energy Tower Developer: Hines Architect: Ziegler Cooper Type: Office Location: Block 256 (Macy's site) #of floors: 23 Completion Date: Dec. 2015 JW Marriott Hotel Developer: Pearl Hospitality Architect: Type: Hotel (Renovation) Location: 806 Main # of floors: 23 Completion: August 2014 Mickey Leland Federal Building Renovation Developer: U.S General Services Administration Public Building Service Architect: Gensler Type: Office (Renovation) Location: 1919 Smith Street # of floors: 22 Competion: May 2014 Energy Center Three & Four Developer: Tramell Crow Architect: Kirksey Type: Office Location: 935 & 933 N Eldrige Parkway # of Floors: 20 & 22 Completion: 2Q 2015 and 2Q 2016 The Sovereign Developer: GID Development Group Architect: Ziegler Cooper Type: Residential Location: 3233 West Dallas St # of Floors: 21 Completion: March 2014 Noble Energy Center Two Developer: Tramell Crow Architect: Kirksey Type: Office #of floors: 20 Location: 2055 Tomball Parkway Completion: mid-2015 Air Liquide Center Developer: Metronational Architect: Gensler Type: Office Location: 9807 & 9811 Katy FWy # of floors: 20 & 13 Completion Date: Late 2015 3737 Buffalo Speedway Developer: PM Realty Group Architect: RTKL Associates Type: Office Location: 3737 Buffalo Speedway #of floors: 18 Start Date: September 2013 Old Texaco Building Developer: Provident Realty Advisors Architect: Hnedak Bobo Group Type: Residential (Renovation) Location: 1111 Rusk Street #of floors: 18 Start Date: 4Q 2015 Energy Tower IV Developer: Mac Haik Realty Architect: Morris Architects Type: Office Location: 11750 Katy Freeway # of Floors: 17 Completion: August 2014 2229 San Felipe Devloper: Hines Architect: Ziegler Cooper Type: Office Location: 2229 San Felipe #of floors: 17 Completion Date: Flagship Holiday Inn Developer: Architect: Type: Hotel (Renovation) Location: 1616 Main # of Floors: 17 Completion: ? Kirby Grove at Levy Park Developer: Midway Companies Architect: Munoz Albin Type: Office Location: Levy Park on Richmond Between Eastside & Wakeforest #of floors: 16 Completion: 2015/2016 Phillips 66 HQ Developer: ? Architect: HOK Type: Office Location: Within I-10 and Beltway 8 # of floors: ? Completion Date: 2016 Hyatt Regency Hotel Developer: Songy Highroads Architect: Gensler Type: Hotel Location: Near Galleria Plaza # of floors: 14 Completion Date: Late 2015 Central Square Plaza Developer: Claremont Property Architect: eStudio Type: Office (Renovation) Location: 2100 Travis # of Floors: 14 Completion: ? Brazos Towers at Bayou Manor Developer: Brazos Presbyterian Homes Architect: ? Type: Residential Location: 4141 S. Braeswood #of floors: 14 Completion Date: 2015 Jennie Sealy Hospital (Galveston) Developer: ? Architect: HDR Architecture Type: Medical Location: Texas Ave at University Blvd # of Floors: 13 Completion: 2016 Hanover South Hampton Developer: Hanover Architect: Ziegler Cooper Type: Residential Location: A block bound by Dunstan, Kelvin, Morningside and Tangley # of floors: 12 Completion: 2015 West Memorial Place Developer: Skanska Architect: HOK Type: Office Location: 15375 Memorial Drive # of floors: 12 x 2 Completion: 1Q 2015 Approved/Proposed: 1600 Louisiana Developer: ? Architect: HOK Type: Office Location: 1600 Louisiana #of floors: 50 Start Date: 2015 800 Bell Redevlopment Developer: Shorestein Properties Artchitect: Ziegler Cooper Type: Office #of floors: 44 Location: 800 Bell Start Date: 2015 Hermann Place Developer: TEMA Development Architect: Corgan Type: Residential Location: Hermann Drive. NW of Parklane #of floors: 42 Start Date: ? International Tower Developer: Stream Realty & Essex Commercial Properties Architect: Gensler Type: Office Location: Block bound by Prairie, Milam, Preston & Travis #of floors: 42 Start Date: 2014 Block 35 Developer: BMS Architect: ? Type: Residential Location: Louisiana, Preston, Milam, Congress #of floors: 40 Start Date: 4Q 2014 Block 98 Developer: Trammell Crow Architect: Ziegler Cooper Type: Residential Location: Behind Hess Tower #of floors: 38 Start Date: 1Q 2015 West Houston Master Plan Developer: Hines Architect: HKS Type: Mixed-Use Location: Between Wynden & Post Oak Timber, East of S. Post Oak # of floors: 38 & ?? (2 Towers) Start Date: ? Texaco Residential Tower Developer: Provident Realty Advisors Architect: Hnedak Bobo Group Type: Residential Location: Behind old Texaco Building #of floors: 38 Start Date: ? Landmark Tower Developer: Hanover Architect: Solomen Cordwell Buenz Type: Residential Location: BLVD Place # of floors: 37 Start Date: ? Gables Post Oak Tower Developer: Gables Residential Architect: HKS Type: Mixed-Use Location: Space next to 2200 S. Post Oak #of floors: 36 Start Date: Early 2014 Five Allen Center Devloper: Brookfield Properties Architect: Odell Type: Office Locaton: 400 West Dallas (Block 902) #of floors: 35 Start Date: ? Capitol Tower Developer: Skanska Architect: Gensler Type: Office Location: Block bound by Capitol, Travis, Rusk and Milam #of floors: 35 Start Date: 2014 Apache HQ Tower Developer: Hines Architect: Pickard Chilton Type: Office Location: BLVD Place #of floors: 34 Start Date: ? Hines Market Square High-Rise Developer: Hines Architect: Ziegler Cooper Type: Residential Location: 900 Preston #of floors: 33 Start Date: 2Q 2014 6 Houston Center Developer: Crescent Real Estate Holdings Architect: Rickard Keating Architecture or HKS Type: Office #of floors: 30 Location: 800 Caroline Street Start Date: 2Q 2014 Uptown Park Redevelopment (7 Towers) Developers: Patrinely Group Architects: Kirksey Type: Mixed-Use #of floors: First Tower - ~30 Location: Right Off the West Loop in Uptown Start Date: Late 2014 3400 Montrose Developer: Hanover Architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Type: Residential Location: 3400 Montrose #of floors: 30 Start Date: Summer 2014 Marriott Convention Center Hotel Developer: RIDA Development Architect: Morris Architects Type: Hotel Location: Block bound by Crawford, Rusk, Walker and Avenida De Las Americas #of floors: 29 Start Date: April 11th, 2014 Block 52/1400 Texas Developer: Marquette Companies Architect: ? Type: Residential Location: 1400 Texas #of floors: 29 Start Date: 2Q 2014 Regent Square West Tower Developer: GID Urban Development Architect: Handel Architects Type: Residential Location: ? #of floors: 28 Start Date: ? The Southmore Developer: Hines Architect: Wallace Grace Wilson & Munoz Albin Type: Residential Location: Block of Caroline, Southmore, Oakdale and San Jacinto #of floors: 25 Start Date: September 2014 Greenstreet Hotel Developer: Midway Companies. Architect: ? Type: Hotel Location: Along Dallas St., near Main St. #of floors: 25 Start Date: ? Methodist Hospital North Campus Expansion Developer: ? Architect: KPF Type: Medical Location: Bellows Lane #of floors: 24 Start Date: ? 22 Waugh Developer: Stream Realty Partners Architect: Page Southerland Page Type:Office Location: 22 Waugh #of floors: 23 Start Date: 1Q 2014 1717 Bissonnet (Site cleared but now on-hold) Developer: Buckhead Investment Partners Architect: EDI Architecture Type: Residential Location: 1717 Bissonnet # of Floors: 23 Start Date: ? Westcreek Centre Developer: Moody Rambin Architect: BOKA Powell Type: Office Location: #of floors: 21 Start Date: 4Q 2014 Chelsea Montrose Developer: Streetlights Residential Architect: ? Type: Residential Location: 4 Chelsea, Montrose #of floors: 20 Start Date: 2014 1 Waterway Square Place (The Woodlands) Developer: The Woodlands Development Company Architect: Elkus Manfredi Type: Residential Location: 1 Waterway Square Place # of floors: 20 Start Date: ? 10 Waterway Avenue (The Woodlands) Developer: ? Architect: Kirksey Type: Office Location: 10 Waterway Avenue # of floors: 20 Start Date: ? Energy Center Five Developer: Tramell Crow Architect: Kirksey Type: Office Location: Behind EC4 #of floors: 18 Start Date: April 2014 Memorial Point Developer: Hines Architect: Kirksey Type: Office Location: Along I-10 near N. Post Oak #of floors: 16 Start Date: September 2014 Streetlights at Midlane Developer: Stonelake Capital Partners & Streetlights Residential Architect: Gensler Type: Mixed-Use Location: 4200 Westheimer, west of Highland Village #of floors: ? Start Date: ? State National Bank Reno Developer: ? Architect: ? Type: Office Location: 412 Main St. # of floors: 14 Start Date: ? Clay Beltway Office Complex Developer: Transwestern Architect: Odell Type: Office Location: NW Corner of W. Sam Houston Parkway and Clay Road # of floors: 14 and 12 Start Date: ? Eldrige Oaks II Developer: Transwestern Architect: Kirksey Type: Office Location: 1080 Eldridge Parkway at Enclave Parkway # of floors: 14 Start Date: ? Hampton Inn/Homewood Suites Developer: American Liberty Hospitality Architect: ? Type: Hotel Location: Crawford Between Rusk and Captiol # of floors: 14 Start Date: Jan. 2014 2 Waterway Square Place Developer: The Woodlands Development Company Architect: Elkus Manfredi Type: Hotel Location: 2 Waterway Square Place #of floors: 13 Start Date: 2014 Bunker Hill Developer: MetroNational Architect: Humphreys & Partners Type: Mixed-Use Location: Bunker Hill at Katy FWY #of floors: 12 Start Date: ? Block 10 West Developer: Hicks Ventures Architect: ? Type: Office Location: North of I-10, East of Beltway 8 #of floors: 12 Start Date: ? 3737 Buffalo Speedway Phase 2 Brief Description: Once phase one is complete, the exisiting 97,000 square foot office building will be demolished to make way for a hotel/residential high-rise. Mixed-Use Tower Designed by Ziegler Cooper Brief Description: This tower will include multifamily, hotel, office and retail space, exact location is unknown. Generation Park Brief Description: A 4,000 acre master-planned development that will include several buildings, the first will be for FMC. CORE Central Park Brief Description: A campus-like development. Four buildings, each 500,000 sq ft. Shell Oil 5 & 6 Brief Description: Shell may expand its Woodbranch Campus with two more buildings. 3 & 4 are currently under construction. Five Westlake Park Brief Description: A somewhat stale proposal, Five Westlake Park totals 675,000 sq ft. Needs a tenant to move forward. Block 317 Brief Description: The block bound by bell. clay, fannin and main. Office tower by Skanska projected for the site. West Alabama & Sage Brief Description: Currently in the planning phase, Simon Property Group plans to build a 300-unit hi-rise. 1500 Smith Brief Description: Owned by Brookfield Office Properties. An office, residential or hotel project is possible. Don't expect news for this one anytime soon, the developer is currently focused on Five Allen Center. Cameron HQ Brief Description: 24-acres along W. Sam Houston Parkway. Likely to be mid-rises. Gensler assigned as the architect. Allen Center Clay Street Brief Description: Also owned by Brookfield -- this site will be developed..eventually. As stated in the description for 1500 Smith, their current focus is on Five Allen Center. Midtown Office Tower Brief Description: The property at Holman and Main between Trinity Church and Ensemble Theatre. Transwestern is the developer. Superblock East Brief Description: 27-story office tower proposed for the Woodlands Ritz Carlton Brief Description: Ritz Carlton is actively looking for a location in Houston. It's rumored that they may build in downtown, near Discovery Green. One Allen Center (Reno) Brief Description: To remain competitive in downtown, this tower will gain an all-new, sleek facade. First Citizens Bank Building Brief Description: Another historic building downtown scheduled for renovations. Construction date not yet available. St.Luke's New Hospital Brief Description: CHI is investing $1 Billion for future investment, this includes replacing the flagship hospital in the Med Center. New building for U.T Health Brief Description: U.T Health plans to build a new tower on the former Prudential site. Memorial Hermann Trauma Center Brief Description: Memorial Hermman is planning to build a 12-story trauma center, construction expected to begin sometime before 2016. 10-Story Resi Building Brief Description: Allied Orion Group will build a ten-story residential building across the street from the Co-Cathedral. Camden Residential Brief Description: Two-phased residential project in the SE quadrant of downtown. Phase one consist of a 12-Story High-rise. Westcreek Center Brief Description: 368,000 square foot office building to go up on a soon-to-be demolished parcel of Westcreek apartments. Anadarko Tower III Brief Description: This project is a done deal, will be announced in the near future. Anadarko Tower IV Brief Description: On the boards. Rumored 102-Story Tower for DT 40-Story Residential Tower for the Woodlands 35-40 Story Tower in The Woodlands for Shell Mixed-Use Development at I-10 & Gessner Residential High-Rise for rear portion of Chelsea Market Residential High-Rise to replace Gramercy Place Apartments 30-Story tower in the EC Another tower in DT for Chevron Possible Highrise at Cambridge and Holcombe
  2. Yes, don’t you just LOVE Dallas’s two Mandarin Orientals, the Four Seasons, the St.Regis, the hotel at Highland Park Village . . . Oh, and that new hotel in the former Morning News building . . . 😉. (For the curious, all of the hotels I listed have been planned in central Dallas in recent years. None of them have started construction. And I’m sure I’ve missed some.)
  3. Now that I have your attention... Mrs. Porchman is planning a whoop for her firm this summer. She wants to know what a "crowd-pleasing" beer would be. Price would be part of the issue. I stock Dos Equis for our parties, because I have found that it's the one beer that seems to please everybody, and I don't like stocking a bunch Bud, Coors, Leiny's, funky euro-beers, etc. that we're not going to drink. I know it's pricier, but it comes down to a management issue Your thoughts/recommendations? Mrs. P. thanks you!
  4. I wanted to touch on a topic that has been weighing heavy on my mind recently, and I'd like to hear peoples thoughts. It's ironic that I discovered both these posts today. First, I read a somewhat encouraging article from Houston Public Media about a 5% decline in the homeless population from 2018 to 2019. You can read more in the article here: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2019/05/15/333384/homelessness-down-5-in-houston/ . Obviously the stat on mental health spending was a little depressing, but to hear that Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties experienced a 54% decline in homelessness since 2011 was surprisingly positive news. But shortly after that I ventured over to the Houston Reddit to find a post entitled "Walked down Main St. from McGowen to Congress yesterday afternoon", which can be read here: Simply put, the post did not give me the warm fuzzies, especially since the area in question stretches all the way down Main Street. Sadly, I have seen the sights described in this thread, maybe not so much the smells, but definitely the sights. I've experienced the yelling, the drunkenness, and the tents/garbage lined up under the freeways. Downtown and Midtown are experiencing decent growth and development right now, yet the presence of the homeless continues to linger and in some cases grow. Certainly new development is helping clean some of these areas, but it seems as though these people simply relocate to other areas close by. For example, when I first moved to Houston in 2017, the entrance to 59 South from Richmond looked like any normal feeder. But for the past 6 months it has become overrun with garbage and filth, and this is right across from the Post 510 apartment complex. You can check the Yelp reviews for the place and see the problem is creating negative reviews from the tenants. This isn't the only complex experiencing the issue in the area, and I feel as though it will continue to keep people away from potentially relocating to Midtown and Downtown. But again, I want you guys to tell me your thoughts on the matter. What is the best course of action the city can take to curve this issue? Does anyone living in Midtown/Downtown echo these sentiments and have their own experiences to share? How will this impact the growth of Houston going forward?
  5. Houston bidding to host 2026 World Baseball Classic - Houston Business Journal (bizjournals.com) "Burke said there are 16 other cities in the running to host the next iteration of the tournament. Houston hopes to find out if it will host the World Baseball Classic prior to the start of the 2024 MLB season at the end of March, she added. Games would presumably be hosted at Minute Maid Park in downtown."
  6. http://maps.live.com is awesome Zoom around and post cool stuff! Here's one: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...2&encType=1 flipper Someone find a bigger swimming pool: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...1&encType=1
  7. Interesting project to introduce native plants to areas across the multiple area ecoregions to help with both flood control and drought survivability. Native Seed Mix Development Project — Houston Wilderness One-pager+on+Harris+County+NSM+Development+Project+(May+2023).pdf (squarespace.com) https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/native-seed-mix-prairie-grass-southeast-texas-18521467.php "In testing over the past two years by researchers at Texas A&M Kingsville’s Texas Native Seeds Program, the new 12-species mix “handled inundation of water, it handled drought and it looks fabulous,” she said.
  8. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/11/16/beyonce-concerts-drive-hotel-bookings-houston.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=8#cxrecs_s "Hotel occupancy across the city last month came in at 59.5%, marking a 5.8% increase over September 2022. The average daily rate and revenue per available room increased 5.4% and 11.5%, respectively, over the same month last year. Houston’s hotels have maintained a steady increase in business in 2023 compared to 2022. During the first nine months of the year, hotel occupancy averaged 61.1%, up 7.8% compared with the same period in 2022. ADR and RevPAR were up 7.5% and 15.9%, respectively, so far this year compared with 2022, according to Houston First."
  9. https://ig.ft.com/us-cities-index/ "Houston has taken the top slot as the best US city for foreign multinationals to do business in the second annual ranking compiled by the Financial Times and Nikkei. It gained the top spot by offering business friendly policies, excellent logistics, affordable cost of living, and a diverse community for overseas companies." https://www.ft.com/content/8854bb17-938d-4dd5-88a8-c1605a4c5bce "Ever since crude first gushed from Spindletop Hill in 1901, Houston has been an oil town — the epicentre of America’s oil and gas industry, its fortunes rising and falling with those of the sector. Today, though, America’s fourth-largest city is rapidly expanding beyond the industry on which it was built. Not only has it become a centre for green energy innovation, but other sectors, including medical technology and aerospace, now call the Texas city home."
  10. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/10/12/houston-venture-capital-activity-q3-2023.html "There were 30 deals in the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the lowest number of deals since the third quarter of 2020, according to the Q3 2023 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report, which was released Oct. 12. However, those deals were worth an aggregate of $596.23 million in Q3. That’s the largest amount of capital invested in the region since the same quarter of last year https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/11/14/houston-innovation-technology-sba-deputy-admin.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s "Houston is one of the fastest-growing startup cities in the world, according to PitchBook’s Global VC Ecosystems ranking. The region came in at No. 5 based on one-, three- and five-year growth rates for VC deal, exit and fundraising activity.
  11. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/04/14/houston-coalitions-bid-doe-hydrogen-hub-funding.html "Two Houston consortiums confirmed they have submitted bids to the federal government for a piece of $8 billion in funding for regional clean hydrogen hubs. According to the Department of Energy, the money will fund six to 10 so-called H2Hubs intended to scale up the commercial production of clean hydrogen. The funding will come out of the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The HyVelocity Hub bid was submitted by a consortium led by the nonprofit Center for Houston’s Future, the University of Texas at Austin and the nonprofit GTI Energy. The other group, which is led by Southern States Energy Board and includes the University of Houston among its academic partners, submitted the LIGH2T Hub bid."
  12. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2023/10/26/467775/houston-621-area-code-starts-by-2025/ “Once telecommunications carriers have exhausted all telephone numbers with the current 281/346/713/832 area codes, new numbers will be assigned the new area code 621,” according to the commission. “This new code is expected to meet numbering needs for an additional nine years.”
  13. I'm sure many of you are probably aware, but I did not know this. I knew it was up there, but not second.
  14. I know there's been an increase in interest in what's been dubbed "lost media" in recent years - i.e.: content or materials tied to productions that either are exceptionally rare or otherwise hard to find through conventional means, for whatever reason. While I think the term has been watered down somewhat, it is still kind of cool to either see something that hasn't been seen in a long time or otherwise offers insight into some aspect of the medium. I thought it would be an interesting question to pose if anyone had any requests for rare or random things they've seen on tv locally over the years. I've gotten them over the years on my YouTube channels and it's been kind of nice to actually find or fulfill some of them when/if I can. A personal request is something I may or may not have - I just don't know any more. I'd seen the tape ages ago and now I simply can't find it. Rick's Furniture: The RIck's Furniture "Show" & Commercials - 2000-2002 Basically an infomercial for the old RIck's Furniture locations (4114 N. Freeway / 13705 E. Freeway / 5025 Jensen Dr.) that began right around the year 2000. It showed up pretty frequently at around 5 AM on Channel 39 for a while. Later that year, it picked up a near-permanent berth on Channel 55 at 4 AM - in between a rerun of Have Gun, Will Travel and First Business - so it was easy to record as it was on almost EVERY morning. It was hosted by local musician Bruce Middleton who, at various times, was either paired with a woman to talk about some of the special deals or a kid to show off the comfort of the furniture. It looked like the perfect 4 AM infomercial as well. It likely was spliced together from two halves as the first half was a bit more professionally done. The second half had some odd gaps and scenes that held a moment or two too long as well as a take where the host flubbed a line and immediately tried to pick it back up with zero editing. I seem to recall reading an article online around that time (when it was still airing) from a paper in Montgomery County or somewhere on the north side that profiled him and mentioned his work in the infomercial. He had a quote to the extent of "The music that I did for that was really special"... but from what I remember it was just a reworked version of Grover Washington Jr.'s Mister Magic and a few various clips of him playing the Rick's Furniture jingle (You'll find at Rick's Furniture / we've got prices you can live with) on the sax. The infomercial was STILL airing well into 2001. Only stopped in the late summer. Recall running into it a couple of weeks before 9/11 and then it was just pulled. Mr. Middleton was in their fantastic commercials that aired around that same time as well. I know I have a few of those. One had a version where he generally pitched the place and there was a spot where he would pause and respond to a respond to an off camera comment that said "Whoa, those are some crazy prices!" and he would say "Crazy prices yeah!". It was hastily edited in, though the version where there's only awkward silence (in place of the off camera comment) actually aired a number of times. Usually in the graveyard hours. Another one he sang and danced a bit in went something like... Whatchu gonna give me for that bedroom set? Whatchu gonna give me for that sofa set? Whatchu gonna give me for that dinette set? Hoooooh, yeah! The furniture maaannnn, is in the house! At the time, I thought it would be great to get online but we just didn't have the video sharing or streaming tech we do today. If I ever find it, it's all going up on my channel.
  15. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/real-estate-merger-ember-maquina-concourse-houston-18397113.php "Concourse Development, the Houston real estate developer behind the Grand Prairie and Windrose Green master-planned communities, is merging with Maquina Holdings, which has invested in high-rises such as the Wilshire and the Lexington in River Oaks and the Hawthorne in Tanglewood. Run by Vicente Rangel, Maquina will be absorbed into the new firm with Concourse. The merger, which closed Monday, creates Ember, a name inspired by the spark of something new. Ember's principals will be Rangel and Concourse's Harry Masterson and Jordan Mack, overseeing a roster of 11 projects mostly in the Houston region."
  16. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/general/article/astros-rockets-att-sportsnet-southwest-purchase-17838568.php "A decade after losing millions of dollars from the collapse of Comcast SportsNet Houston, the Astros and Rockets are negotiating to get back into the regional sports network business as owners of AT&T SportsNet Southwest. If negotiations proceed as planned, according to sources with knowledge of the talks, the teams will create a new business entity that will assume ownership of the network from Warner Bros. Discovery. While negotiations continue, Astros and Rockets games will still air on AT&T SportsNet Southwest, which has carried both teams since 2014."
  17. https://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?parkID=456&projectID=95793 https://texashighways.com/culture/history/remembering-migration-of-freed-slaves-emancipation-trail/ "In 2019, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, both of Texas, introduced the Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act, which started a Park Service feasibility study of the proposed trail and its historical significance. The study’s findings, expected by the end of 2023, will be shared with Congress, which could then designate it a national historic trail. That would allow for a management plan and marking historical sites as permitted by private landowners."
  18. http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/news/team_news.j...t=.jsp&team=hou I actually like the name now. At first it did not sound that great, but it has a good ring to it. The colors and logo for this team are pretty decent.
  19. https://sparkpark.org/wordpress/ "The SPARK School Park Program works with schools and neighborhoods to develop community parks on public school grounds. Since 1983, SPARK has built over 200+ community parks throughout the Houston/Harris County area. Currently, there are 150+ active SPARK Parks. Each park is unique, with its design based on ideas and needs of the school and surrounding neighborhoods. While all of the parks are different, a typical park consists of modular playground equipment, a walking trail, benches, picnic tables, trees, an outdoor classroom, and a public art component. SPARK Parks are available for public use after the school day (including after-school programs) has ended and on weekends and holidays." School/Park Locations: https://sparkpark.org/wordpress/schools/#locations https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/education/2023/09/21/spark-parks-in-woodland-heights-neartown-among-those-being-upgraded-in-10m-campaign/ "As part of the $10 million campaign, Spark officials will build 20 new school parks in four years at several school districts across the Greater Houston area. In addition to that, the campaign also involves improving—or "resparking"—20 existing Spark parks. Sixteen schools were initially identified, including eight schools that will get new Spark parks and eight schools that will have existing parks improved."
  20. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/08/24/mitsubishi-logisnext-americas-new-facility.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=1#cxrecs_s "A groundbreaking ceremony was held Aug. 23 for the facility, which is being built on Logisnext's Houston headquarters campus, at 2121 W. Sam Houston Parkway N. Construction is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2024. The facility will support manufacturing of key electric warehouse products across the Jungheinrich, Cat lift trucks, Mitsubishi forklift trucks and UniCarriers Forklift product lines. It will have a total floor area of 73,000 square feet and will serve as a dedicated fabrication space for in-house welding and painting of masts and frames, Logisnext said."
  21. https://www.unicefusa.org/what-unicef-does/respect-children/child-friendly-cities https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/government/2023/08/10/houston-officially-named-nations-first-child-friendly-city/ "The Child Friendly Cities Initiative, an initiative from the United Nations Children’s Fund, aims to establish safer, more inclusive communities for children, according to the organization’s website. To gain recognition as a Child Friendly City, communities must develop action plans that promote the best interests of children."
  22. Saw a profile of this idea in Texas Monthly. The person heading this is working on commissioning a study for development to be funded through a kickstarter page. They have surpassed their goal of $71k and are now at almost $82k. https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/texasland-theme-park-houston/ “I realized that Texas broadly, and Houston specifically, has all the metrics that my team look[ed] for: a massive and burgeoning population, a business-friendly environment, and, from the content side of things, a unique identity.” Houston hasn’t had a theme park since Astroworld closed in 2005, a decision McGee reminded me was made because the park sat on Six Flags’ most valuable land, which the company chose to sell, not because Astroworld wasn’t profitable. Here's a broad overview of what they want to do from their kickstarter.
  23. The recent actions from the Texas government has made it increasingly clear that the state has it out for Harris County. Not only with the suspicious state takeoever of HISD (despite an overall decent "B" grade, with plenty of worse off elsehwere in the state), but also the recent laws that have been coming out of state legislature: SB1993 grants the Secretary of State (SoS) the authority to rerun elections "under certain circumstances" for counties with at least 2.7 million people. This bill passed Senate, and is currently in House limbo. Unfortunately, two other bills have made it past House, with only the Governor's pen awaiting... SB1750 abolishes the election administrator position for "counties with 3.5 million or more," returning duties to elected county clerk and tax asscessor. Both positions are currently (D) in Houston, so not a big deal (overreach aside), right .... https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/texas-bill-abolishing-harris-county-election-position-heads-to-governor/ Not so fast! Here's the particularly egregious doozy: SB1933, which grants the SoS the power to seize election authority (administration, voter registration) from local officials, and even suspend and replace them, with nothing more than "good causes to believe in 'problems'". The dooziest part? The bill had a last minute amendment right on the spot in House just to increase the population threshhold way up 4 million... https://twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1661106078518476810 So, why such specific threshholds, hmm? Want to take a guess which is the ONLY county in Texas to fulfill said population thresholds (at least, at time of bill creations)? Moreover, are the purported "election problems" in question not possible STATEWIDE, regardless of population? Oh, and the Secratery of State is actually one of the few Texas positions that is non-elected (instead, appointed by governor) ... and there is NO BURDEN OF PROOF regarding the so-called "causes to believe" in question: clearly not a conflict of interest, right? 🙄 No matter how it is sliced, this is straight up targeting baked into legislature. Way worse than the uproar concerning the "Tennessee Three". The "F-word" not only came out of hiding, it is blatant and blaring its foghorns loud and clear... Note: this thread has political relations, but I posted it here since this forum was more active/livelier, as well as the fact that the particular forum in question (Local, State, Federal politics offtopic) was missing the option to "create a thread."
  24. https://baytownsun.com/local/bayland-island-hyatt-regency-set-to-open-this-week/article_49eb1868-f380-11ed-b5cd-cf24a0ed4dd0.html "Hyatt Regency Baytown-Houston is set to officially open its doors on Thursday and reservations are now bookable online at Hyatt.com. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Thursday at the hotel site on Bayland Island. The hotel will serve as Baytown’s only full-service waterfront hotel. It will have 208 guestrooms and over 18,000 square feet of meeting and event space."
  25. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/04/21/janis-burke-houston-international-sports-city.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=4#cxrecs_s "Houston has also been approached to host the Pan American Games, which is larger than the Olympics in terms of the number of athletes and venues, Burke said. The city would be working in unison with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee to host the event, but it has not yet decided if it would be doing so. “Just to be asked if Houston is interested, it tells you where we are in light of how the world views us for putting on sporting events,” Burke said."
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