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    Just when you think we're making progress smh
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    Looks like a great spot for a mural dedicated to the Museum District
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    I probably should have been smarter with my words. What I mean is that those 2 issues are some of the most important with the current layout of our city. I do agree though, I have no idea why a boundary wasn't better established. Houston at one time was a small dense city. What I've seen happen is people who don't live in Houston or live out of state think Houston is 600 square miles of sprawl but that's actually not the case. Much of the area is undeveloped land, another chunk is sprawl, and the other section is The Loop which is Houston proper. It would have been nice for the city to cut itself off at The Loop but it annexed a ton of land for tax revenue purposes. While I'm not a fan, it gives the city leverage with how it wants to utilize all of that land, like one massive real estate agency.
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    I actually don't remember Parker's stance on much. And tbh I think SJL is going to win even though I completely agree with your point on the other two candidates. Whitmire is the only candidate that in my opinion is very moderate on everything. While he has a stance on public transit, it's a very basic outlook of simply getting people to work, school, etc. but I don't know what he believes in terms of expansion. He come's across like a guy that believes in roads first.
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    It hasn't failed. The ONLY thing that is holding this city back in parking minimums and setbacks, but letting the market determine what things are built has been proven to work in this city. The problem is those restrictions I listed are limiting developers in meeting the design potential of what they want to develop because they have to account for one or both. You can already see what free market development is doing in EaDo with less restrictions. And to add to your point, cities with some of the most stringent zoning are actually loosening those restrictions. One of those cities is SF. My last visit some friends of mine, who are native to the area, were all excited because now you can build multifamily in single family neighborhoods. I was like "Houston has been doing that."
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    Same
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    Literally ate up the sidewalk with landscaping
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    It's amazing what simple neutral colors can do. Unlike some of these apartments painting themselves black and white 😒
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    Yeah and tbh while Houston does have a large Cajun population, it's not like New Orleans where that is the culture. Houston is so diverse that it's not an easy sell here.
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    Blasphemy
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    Anyone else notice how great driving down W Dallas looks in this area? Just density all around. It's really piecing together nicely.
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    While that is true, shouldn't Houston make an attempt to reach out to the Feds and say 'Hey we want this in our city but we need your help because idiots like TxDOT aren't listening to us?'
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    So Wolf Capital Partners only owns 1111 East 11th correct? Any idea what they plan to do with the building?
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    All the ice cream melted in this heat
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    They easily could have found a way to coordinate a lease with an existing lot or garage
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    Is that a new wide sidewalk?
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    I wish we could delete comments . I saw the plans for reduced parking
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    No wonder those babies are so thin smh
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    The density!!! 😯
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    Very little parking dedicated for this site so we get full design potential. I love it. So many projects are happening all at once that it’s hard to keep track.
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    This will tie in so nicely with Upper Kirby and feel like one continuous neighborhood
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    This gives me vibes of what Regent Square could have been. I love this development and I can’t wait for Phase 2
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    Sphere has really blown up. Mike Chabala seems to being pretty well for himself after his Dynamo days.
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    I think what's really cool to finally start to see is the market based parking for this project. The parking just doesn't seem so overwhelming and better planned for the site.
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