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  1. por favor gracias
    I wish Exxon would have built on the chunk of land closer to the freeway where there were hardly any trees to begin with. It's not like it's "secluded" in its current location.
  2. por favor gracias
    It looks like it will extend the skyline pretty significantly coming in from the North Freeway (amongst other views).
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    The Hines building is supposed to be 33 stories and have 289 units. http://swamplot.com/a-first-look-at-some-of-the-33-story-apartment-tower-hines-wants-to-build-in-market-square/2013-08-22/
  4. por favor gracias
    I wish the International Tower would get built for this one. Could we at least have a vote?
  5. por favor gracias
    Love it, and I really like that sculpture in the rendering too.
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    There are a lot of ways to skin a cat, no doubt. I would love to see both trains and streetcars in Uptown. I think it would be best to reconfigure San Felipe for the scenario you laid out. It pisses me off to no end that they took the center lane away from San Felipe just west of South Post Oak Lane and replaced what used to be room for automobiles to turn left onto South Post Oak Lane (northbound) from San Felipe (eastbound) with a few trees and landscaping. Although it looks very nice, I couldn't help but think "they know damn well what they're doing." Now, that turn lane only allows room for 8 or 10 cars (if that) and San Felipe is now routinely backed up to Randalls and beyond because of it. You're right about the lack of rail in this town, and that has everything to do with local money and politics. It seems like almost every decision that is made as far as transportation is concerned in this town is all about "looking nice and productive," but actually being inefficient and we end up consuming more gas and/or using toll roads. And don't get me started on our construction practices...
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    I like the streetcar idea on the back streets, but not necessarily on a road like San Felipe around 610...at least any time near rush hour. Even if it takes cars off the road, I don't like the idea of larger vehicles on highly-congested streets. It would probably be better than not having them, but I would prefer mass transit to not be on street-level or have any interaction at all with the existing cluster___ that is our road and stop light system. I don't think as many people would use a streetcar as opposed to a train in general (wouldn't have to sit in traffic), but I certainly wouldn't rule out the possibility of that being a big hit over there if it happened. Not all subways are expensive to build. Several of them have been built around the world recently in Dubai, Vancouver, Seoul, Mexico City, Bangalore, Helsinki and Barcelona for much less than $200 million per mile...and a few of them near or below $100 million per mile. The Barcelona Sants-La Sagrera tunnel, completed in 2011, costed about $63 million per mile. At $100 million per mile, we could put subways all over Houston...from Hobby Airport to the Astrodome/med center area, and then up Main St. through Hermann Park/Rice University, Midtown, Downtown, and up to Greenspoint, IAH and The Woodlands with main stations in keys places Downtown, Midtown and the med center where other trains can connect people to destinations like Greenway Plaza, the Galleria area, the Westheimer Corridor, Westchase, the Enclave Pkwy/Energy Corridor area, the City Centre/Memorial City area, then back through the north side of the Galleria area through Memorial Park, Allen Pkwy and back into downtown again and then perhaps back down south to U of H and back to Hobby Airport...for about the same amount of money that went into 3 or 4 Katy Freeway expansions (and that doesn't include the cost of time and money wasted sitting in traffic during the construction process or the fact that we have to pay for our own automobiles, gas, tolls, insurance, repairs, maintenance, etc.). It would then be well worth it to add a few more connectors, moving walkways and/or streetcars up and down Post Oak, the West Belt between Westchase and City Centre, and somewhere inside the loop around Kirby, Shepherd and/or Montrose. That would provide viable alternatives and change the quality of life (and hopefully development patterns) in Houston "forever."
  8. por favor gracias
    Since there are only 60 or 70 something units for this tower, there isn't this need for a giant garage. I think this "podium" blends in very nicely as well. Beautiful building IMO.
  9. por favor gracias
    Indeed...thank you for the link.
  10. por favor gracias
    That's communism!
  11. por favor gracias
    Haha...perhaps I should have clarified that our subway/train system should not only run on, but be made out of oil and gas.
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    At the rate we're going, we'll have 10 million people in the metro area by 2040. I agree with both of you, and I would add that Houston really needs to build a mid-high speed subway/train system (at least around the inner loop area and out to the airports).
  13. por favor gracias
    Transco Tower is 901 ft tall.
  14. por favor gracias
    Thanks for all the info, Houston19514.
  15. por favor gracias
    I wish they could have sped it up by a few months when the Final Four will be in town, but it should be very nice when it opens.
  16. por favor gracias
    It'll look great from the view in your avatar. This thing is going to top out around 150' higher than the new building at 811 Main. Really looking forward to this one...and hoping for the International Tower and Skanska building to follow suit soon.
  17. por favor gracias
    I would love to see Houston get a fast, efficient subway network that connects downtown with the med center, Greenway Plaza and Uptown (and eventually out to Reliant Park and Hobby Airport on the south side, Greenspoint, IAH and The Woodlands on the north side and out west from the U of H main campus through Montrose/River Oaks, Highland Village, ROD, the Galleria, Westchase, the Energy Corridor and CityCentre). The Westheimer corridor is ripe for this kind of development. Limited stops at key destinations with well-planned street level interaction and moving walkways would help tremendously. If only we could build it for the $63 million per mile that Barcelona paid for their Sants-La Sagrera tunnel, or the $69 million per mile that Seoul paid for their "Subway Line 9"...or even the $165 million per mile Vancouver paid for its "partially underground" Evergreen Line.
  18. por favor gracias
    Whew...given that we are one of the fattest cities, my first thought was that somebody ripped one over there.
  19. por favor gracias
    Perhaps a bit of a downer, but thanks. That said, the way Main Street is kicking off seems likely to provide for lots of future entertainment options in the area.
  20. por favor gracias
    I am loving this project plus all the other stuff going on off of Main Street. On a side note, does anyone have an update on the Midtown Superblock project or the Crosspoint Property development in Midtown with the Alamo Drafthouse? I haven't heard anything on those projects in quite a while. Are they still planned to be built?
  21. por favor gracias
    I don't get why some people "feel the need" to take jabs at those who are simply standing up for the overwhelming interests of their community. It just comes off as rude and arrogant.
  22. por favor gracias
    Well that sure is convenient.
  23. por favor gracias
    Larry Dierker makes that comment and I'M "being lame" for flipping the script?
  24. por favor gracias
    Me too...I think ours looks so much better.
  25. por favor gracias
    Or perhaps you could build it in your own back yard.
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