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I usually take 59 South home, and the greenary is very welcome. However, I'm kind of torn about how wild it has gotten. It kind of represents our natural vegitation and how some of our bayous look like Vietnam. But I've noticed after the sun sets a couple of the lights have been out, and are starting to orange fog over. I'd imagine with some of the plants growing almost over the bulb that it would be hard to change them.

To be clear I like vegetation but the out of control look drives me crazy. It's my personality. Some people like the wild look but I like the clean cut look.

I'd prefer they put something they will maintain. The galleria 610 is beautiful and this stretch looks bad to me. It's my opinion, I didn't say it was right but I'm entitled to it

Houston's affluent population is growing and pretty rapidly. I agree they also grow by annexation but this city doesn't need to in order to survive. It's a luxury

Of a very poor quality. (And, however you did your smiley emoticon thing)

Make sure the ground around your foundation does not dry out too much. This can cause the ground to contract and contribute to the foundation problems. It may not save your foundation, but it will help keep it from getting worse. You water it by putting a soaker hose close to the foundation.

This is so important with how hot and dry we get in the summer but almost nobody keeps their foundation wet.

I maintain it looks atrocious. The vegetation is half dead and completely neglected.

So this will replace Jack-in-the-Box?

Jack in the box is on shepherd. I think this will be replacing an old Spanish style lowrise office building a block south of Washington on Waugh. I could be wrong, but that lot seems large enough for this development. They boast uninstructed views, but the sterling bank building could be a problem there

I like

When does TXDOT give up on the stupid vegetation on 59 and start over?  It looks atrocious driving through there.  There are trees growing out of what should be crawlers up the freeway. 

drove by the site today.. you are indeed correct. the entrances to the building are fenced off and boarded up with no trespassing signs. i didnt realize it was empty. i wonder if they are going to implode it or take it down slowly? hopefully the former, not just for the awesome show, but so Hines can get on with their work..

That's been fenced off and boarded up that way for a long time. 

This thread popped up out of the blue. Is there something going here?

I just don't understand the use of mega in the thread title. Yes, they say it'll have office, residential, hotel, and retail which could make for a pretty big project, but that doesn't mean it will be a "mega development"(if that means anything).

Add parking into the mixed-use mix, though, and it'll probably be pretty mega.

The truth is it'll probably not be anything other than a grand idea

To answer the OP.  I've always thought around Westheimer/Montrose.  That would require some major street planning to make it happen, but I feel like that area wants to be more walkable as it is, and a walkable development would do very well there.

Garages, no (note even the rich), but cell phones are everywhere in the third world.

Garage/Hut, what's the difference

How were you guys so lucky to score Astros tickets?

Anyone who knows the Exxon culture would find this story hard to believe, even at a much lower transplant cost. Exxon is run like a military organization, complete with ultra-redundency in their systems, and ultra-conservatism in their policies and actions. They refuse to put their name on sports arenas because they believe it is a waste of money. It is extremely unlikely that a $1 million tree transplant would be approved at this company...at least for the reason stated in the story. Exxon is not Enron. Never was. Never will be.

I have hard time believing they would approve the tree transplant to begin with.  But as someone who deals with Exxon a lot, if they do decide to go forward on a project, it will most definitely cost five times as much as a smaller/leaner organization could do it.  They are known for redundancy (over engineering) and gold-plating projects.  They are very large, and projects reflect that.

Nice sidewalks... NOT, yet

There you go

Is the chevron tower confirmed at 58? I thought it was more like 50

When heritage plaza made a tunnel connection to the garage they open trenched it. I drove over big iron plate for a long time

I like the Texas culture and make no apologies. I hunt, like BBQ, and own a pair of boots. We have the largest rodeo and livestock show and its kind of awesome. If that embarrasses some of you, then not my problem. Maybe you shouldn't worry about what people in other towns think. Oftentimes the "enlightened" ones are the most narrow-minded anyway.

I did it once. The flight was cheaper from HOU-IAH-CLE instead of direct IAH-CLE. It took about twenty minutes. This was about fifteen years ago. When I asked why they had the flight I was told something about logging hours but I'm not sure if that was right.

Yeah, the comparison of Uptown in Dallas to the TMC is completely off. But uptown Dallas to midtown Houston is a much closer comparison.

In terms of actual residents , I think midtown Houston has just about caught up to uptown Dallas. What we're still a little lacking in is mixed use retail, or a more predictable pattern of retail throughout the area. We're still letting far too many developers come in and just build whatever they want. More is about to come on line, so that will help.

I'd say the two areas are about the same size now.

Midtown Houston vs uptown Dallas seem like odd comparisons

Maybe the name of that apartment building (Canal Place) speaks to the future of the project. I mean there is no canal anywhere near the building so why would they name it Canal Place. Perhaps they know that the south canal will be built and they named the building accordingly.

It's very near canal street

I know an XOM engineer being moved to ...Tyler and its a good career move. I know another that recently moved to Brussels. I suspect some will leave the company but I don't think XOM is worried if that's what you're implying.

Often youth think nothing can hurt them and that they are invincible.  That is why this contest was so important to Mayor.  The videos do an excellent job of depicting the dangers of texting and driving.  It is her hope that their messages will help convince their peers, as well as adults, to put the phone down while driving.  The Mayor reminds us that we all have to change our habits and refuse to put our own lives and the lives of others at risk.

Unfortunately I see grown adults texting on I-10 every day on the way to/from work.  I wish they made a device I could put in my kids cars that disabled text function and only allowed phone calls to certain people and emergency numbers.