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    The Astros aren't looking at those developments without considering the environment they play in. They're also looking at St Louis which is more urban. The idea is to get a feel for what to incorporate in to the development. I expect it to blend well with MMP. I just expected a much larger plan to be unveiled.
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    Nah I don't think that's fair. While a lot of people come in to the city from the burbs, many inner city Houstonians still frequent the businesses around the ballpark when those outsiders aren't here. I think what's been leaked is a good example of how the Astros front office operates as a whole. Jim Crane talks big, does very little, and moves at a snails pace. My expectation after all this time was to at least see renderings for the northern side of the ballpark along with the old Home Plate location. If all we're getting in the next 3 years is one little building, then that's extremely disappointing. Crane has said in the past that he's waiting for the NHHIP project to finish before he'll consider redeveloping the eastern side of the ballpark. If he's waiting for all of that to finish, then this is going to be a long slow process.
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    This new tower helped tie this side of Downtown together aesthetically
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    When he said "That's where you applaud." 😂
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    Wow even that development isn't very old to be torn down
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    While I feel like this is a major loss for EaDo, it's also a great addition to Midtown. I'm guessing they already know St Emanuel is eventually going to turn in to a racetrack after the 45 realignment.
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    Yeah and that place stays busy till closing. We have some very wealthy folks in this town.
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    Duh, my bad. Thanks
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    Wait so is Flying Saucer closing?
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    I'm ready for Phase II
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    Actually that whole area by Christ Church Cathederal / Cash Register Building has many buildings that could be reurposed. Many have lawyers or bail bondsmen in them but a few bars for the area would make the area feel much more connected. Not to mention the homeless constantly trashing the neighborhood. My biggest issue is this isn't starting till November 2024!?!? So we have to wait another year before anything even starts?
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    NHHIP?
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    This is a very creative way to help support local vendors. I like the idea of each small business getting the opportunity to set up shop in a larger space inside POST. If this is successful, POST will take off. We could see major names like Apple or Google open up shop at some point.
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    That's actually great news! Downtown needs a comedy club bad. I'm surprised The Houston Improv hasn't moved Downtown yet.
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    It wasn't meant to be a tour guide video but an unbiased view from someone who is very well known in the world of building strong cities. In my opinion Houston doesn't need to toot it's own horn, it needs to continue building smarter. From there people will see how great the city is. But when you have poor sidewalks in Midtown right adjacent to Downtown, people are going to focus on the bad before the good. He was brutally honest which is good. The Astros jabs were all in fun, nothing to take seriously. The bigger point is that Ray really liked Houston and praised the city for it's efforts. He also understood the battle between the city and region. It was great he covered Prob B. I see the effort passing pretty easily. A lot of people in Houston have been scratching their head for decades wondering why certain things are being done that they don't want.
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    Great video!
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    And what sucks is this part of Downtown has some nice charm but it's trashed half the time
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    I expect more retail to fill in the little old buildings once this goes up. This part of downtown has so much potential.
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    The city needs to go ahead and demo that ugly ass bank across the street
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    Yeah Morgan Group will def fill the space soon. I don't expect this to stay vacant long. A Target would be perfect
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    I mean there isn’t one single variable at play here. Young people are moving to cities that they can walk and take transit. That’s also a pattern that’s been increasing even before the pandemic.
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    There has to be more to this. I thought that store was doing well.
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    Maybe so, and even then we still need to address the issue of car dependence. This is a learned lifestyle. I'm not speaking for all young people, but I know folks in the car insurance business who also tell me that the trend of young car owners is dropping significantly.
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    No I totally get what you're saying. As with anything you need a network. I made the same argument to one of the candidates running against Abbie Kamin. I basically told her, imagine if the city of Houston only had one main road and that's it. How many people would be able to access it and use it? Very few right? Right now people against the bike lanes are using arguments like that to try and convince others that we don't need them and that nobody is using them. But the same was said about the Greenway trails and look at them now. They are used all week for commuting or for recreation. Even kids are using 11th St to get to school. You also have to connect to destinations and people have to feel confident enough to ride in the lanes and know they can get from point A to point B safely and easily. The White Oak Bayou Greenway is a great example. It's become a major connector for those coming from the Heights to Downtown all the way through Midtown and Montrose. Right now we have a patchwork of lanes that at some point will begin to connect and ridership will start to take off. The lanes on Shepherd are going to be a huge connector north and south. My Uber driver recently tried to convince me that nobody rides or walks in Houston and I had to point out that it was only 60 years ago that Houstonians were walking and taking transit at a high rate because it was the norm. Houston was also smaller and denser but the point is that if you build things for people and not cars, it works, no matter where you live.
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    This is remarkable. It's almost like they're building a Houston we've all dreamed about .
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