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  1. downtownian
    Yeah. Regular tickets are below face value on craigslist too
  2. downtownian
    Was able to get a VIP ticket at 40% below face value yesterday.
  3. downtownian
    I like how someone's first post is digging up a thread from 2011 to critique a relatively small building's design.
  4. downtownian
    Have you seen the lobby of Texaco? It's beautiful. I'll try to get some pictures next time I walk by. They look pretty close on everything but the hole / parking garage.
  5. downtownian
    At the 609 main tour today, guides indicated that a coffee shop by the Blacksmith (coffee shop in Montrose) team will be going in the southeast corner of the lobby and a white table cloth restaurant will take the north retail spot. Also indicated that B&B Butchers will be opening something in 1111 rusk.
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    I'm going with my friend. Sounds like a fair amount of HAIF will be there.
  7. downtownian
    Add Lone Star Taco Company to that list (a ripoff of Torchy's) and you can get tacos at El Burro and the Bull in Conservatory
  8. downtownian
    Agree. Although the ZaZa and Omni pools function like that. You can book a weekend room at the ZaZa for ~$180 and get 4 people into the pool. Also, the upcoming Aloft rooftop pool should be a good scene.
  9. downtownian
    I live in the Capitol Lofts (constructed in 1908, converted to lofts in early 2000's) and the monthly maintenance is ~$0.55 / sq ft. It covers very basic building upkeep and maintenance including an onsite porter Monday through Friday for 8 hours a day. It does not cover utilities. Amenities are basic - the rooftop deck and gym are bare bones.
  10. downtownian
    This listing is for a 564 sq foot 1-bedroom for $1,875/month. The listing states opening is November. http://realestate.marthaturner.com/Sites/MTP/dispSearch.cfm?mlnum=92314908#_self
  11. downtownian
    Looks like they are offering two months free. Monthly rental rates are $2.25/sf before the incentive and $1.85/sf after the incentive. http://realestate.marthaturner.com/Sites/MTP/dispSearch.cfm?mlnum=69760124#_self
  12. downtownian
    No, living real close does not count. Please move downtown with the rest of us. We are the inner-inner-loop.
  13. downtownian
    HAIF is really moving downtown. Believe there are two HAIFers moving to Market Square Tower and someone recently moved to Skyhouse.
  14. downtownian
    Submitting without comment: The Lancaster Hotel - Preserving our History
  15. downtownian
    TriBeCa is my ideal urban neighborhood - relaxed, mature and historic. Downtown Houston will never be like that given our commercial business focus. However, I could see us being like the Chicago loop or New York's financial district which I both love. When I lived in New York, I would avoid Times Square at all costs.
  16. downtownian
    Instacart / Favor / Uber Eats / etc. all offer grocer runners at this point for HEB / Whole Foods / Sam's Club / etc. Imagine it will be through a service like that. It's not that big of an amenity. I live in a non-doorman building and have my dry cleaning picked up and dropped off every week and am having my groceries delivered by Instacart today at 7pm.
  17. downtownian
    There is a small property tax on Downtown property owners to support the Downtown District. For my residential property, the 2015 rate was 0.12%. They're projecting assessments of $11.7mm in 2016. http://www.downtowndistrict.org/static/media/uploads/attachments/2016%20Operating_Capital%20Budgets.pdf
  18. downtownian
    What is your favorite downtown hotel new development?
  19. downtownian
    I like the phrasing. "Houston historic riverfront"
  20. downtownian
    That's not really residential but fair enough. Will create a lodging & other poll later.
  21. downtownian
    What is your favorite downtown residential new development?
  22. downtownian
    Beautiful buildings like these are well suited anywhere. They are heart of the theater district and across from Alley Theater and Wortham. This is very short sighted - it will be the next area to be developed after Market Square takes hold - only a few blocks from Market Square Tower and Aris. In my ideal city, they would have a nice pub or restaurant on the first floor for before and after show drinks and a few studio apartments above them with character. A nice little bar district consisting of Birra Poretti's, the space currently housing the Steinway showroom (the roof is beautiful and not utilized by its current occupant).
  23. downtownian
    Nice win for the Hotel Alessandra - Jose Hernandez confirmed as new chef for its yet to be named restaurant. Jose is the former chef of Radio Milano which received a three star review from Alison Cook. The upscale dining scene is really developing downtown. New restaurants below: -Main Kitchen (Erin Smith recently left however) -Prohibition -Pappas Bros Steakhouse -New Hotel Alessandra Restaurant -The upscale Italian restaurant at Finger's ballpark apartments -La Fisheria http://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/Jose-Hernandez-to-helm-new-downtown-restaurant-6660268.php#photo-7024636
  24. downtownian
    I can't believe I forgot Jackson St BBQ - I ate there for lunch. The new Finger Apartments at the Ballpark are going to have an upscale Italian restaurant and upscale late-night diner that should be interesting.
  25. downtownian
    Depends what they are in the mood for - list below, I'm sure I'm missing some. I would just go to Market Square park and walk around: Bovine and Barley Honeymoon Cafe Prohibition Main Kitchen Vic and Anthony's Fusion Taco Batanga Azuma Sushi Bluefish Sushi Artista La Fisheria MKT Bar The Grove Bombay Pizza Bombay Grill Perbacco Springbok Irma's Line & Lariat Hubcap Grill Pappa's Steakhouse Quattro Moonshiners Hearsay Niko Niko's Edit to Add the Below: Frank's Pizza Roma's Pizza Morton's Massa's McCormick and Schmick's Greek Myth Cafe http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/top-10-restaurants-in-downtown-houston-6417699
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