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  1. HoustonBoy
    Great video! Question, is the landing/balcony area at 11 seconds a maintenance area or is it a sort of covered balcony/lounge area?
  2. HoustonBoy
    I think that's a temporary suspension along with Ethiopian Airlines
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    BIG's first Texas project 😍 that's awesome. I can't wait for all the lots behind this one to be built out. He's already familiar with Houston being that he was a visiting professor of architecture at Rice.
  4. HoustonBoy
    I'm a big fan of this development, I hope it happens.
  5. HoustonBoy
    Why do St. Lukes's spires have scaffolding around them?
  6. HoustonBoy
    Dear God, I despise this building. Paint it all black and save us of this eyesore.
  7. HoustonBoy
    I love Houston's greenery and our urban landscape. There are very few cities in the US that legitimately have four full-scale skylines.
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    Im excited to one day walk on the first hill/change in elevation in Houston history
  9. HoustonBoy
    Politics above the common good. I have hope that new and grand infrastructure is within our great country's near future.
  10. HoustonBoy
    Which seems...impossible.
  11. HoustonBoy
    Has Ethiopian Airlines ended service to Houston? Wikipedia (I know, I know) no longer lists Ethiopian as flying to Houston via Lomé.
  12. HoustonBoy
    What is under construction right now? Is this development going by phase or are all towers under construction at once?
  13. HoustonBoy
    Its a command that translates to "fear us"
  14. HoustonBoy
    Singapore Airlines pulling out of the Houston market permanently or in the interim?
  15. HoustonBoy
    Wondering the same thing. I could see Hobby losing passengers. Hopefully no destinations will be lost being that Southwest is still adding new routes to HOU.
  16. HoustonBoy
    So is this under construction?
  17. HoustonBoy
    I really wish they could paint a giant mural or paint some type of photorealistic building on the flat surface. Oh well, I guess that's a discussion for a different thread.
  18. HoustonBoy
    It's a single dwelling? Wow
  19. HoustonBoy
    Port Officials replaced FIGG down in Corpus Christi for the New Harbor Bridge Project and replaced them with ARUP. Maybe they'll do the same here.
  20. HoustonBoy
    This is how I see it haha I wish this could be converted into a flood-proof outdoor terrace or walkway. Such a unique structure within Texas I feel.
  21. HoustonBoy
    What ever happened to the Moxxy hotel? Great pictures
  22. HoustonBoy
    The Houston Mexican Consulate is closing? Is that for good? Where can I read up on this?
  23. HoustonBoy
    I think Arabella would be a completely different tower if it wasn't painted white. Right now the contrast between the white and the glass is too jarring and makes the tower look unfinished/cheap. I think it'd be a real plus if it was painted a darker grey/blue mix.
  24. HoustonBoy
    I would LOVE for this train to come to fruition in Texas. I think we could sustain it and develop a new culture within Texas that appreciates trains and regards them as equal in terms of transportation options, but the problem is that we would have to create that culture from scratch whereas all the countries you mentioned already have that culture (and infrastructure) in place. I have ridden high speed trains and subway systems all across France and Spain and in every community/major city where I've arrived there is a HUGE population of dense urban residents who do not see trains as a convenient second transportation option, they see it as their main/only option. What good are trains when you have to rent a car just to get from the station to the main parts of a city? If our cities weren't so spread out and if our politicians saw the redundancy and ineffectiveness of highways then maybe we would be able to make a more concrete case for the role of trains in our state, but unfortunately we are not there yet. It'll take proactive infrastructure development and a change in the ways in which Texas residents perceive trains.
  25. HoustonBoy
    I'm not surprised by the jump in cost, but an increase of $15 billion is not a drop in the bucket. The price is $30 billion now and just one year ago it was half that. It is starting to sound eerily similar to that of the California bullet train, "its going to cost $30 billion, no wait $50 billion, no wait $78 billion," and then all of a sudden it's all but canceled. If I had the type of money to even consider investing in these large scale projects I would absolutely be worried about the fact that a similar proposal had already failed (albeit it had uneven terrain, tunnels, and different political forces) coupled with the fact that this service would be connecting two decentralized metropolitan areas with little to no real public transport. As much as I want Houston to keep building light rail, I am not going to kid myself and believe that it is at all efficient or even comfortable for business travelers, and that includes Dallas's light rail as well. I'm still team Texas Central, but I do not believe that the price will get lower; just the opposite. I am no expert and I really hope that I'll be proven wrong, but I don't have confidence that this will get off the ground. I'd much rather have heavy rail metro service throughout Houston and Dallas that connect to both airports.
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