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  1. Alec
    A few more renderings here: https://www.archpaper.com/2020/01/akon-finalizes-cryptocurrency-city-senegal/ He's really going for that "alien fungus taking over The Watergate" look.
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    Yeah, in the most urban version they build their own functional public transit system to other residential and business hubs. The downside is that they set aside 60% of residential units for foreign investors who will leave the unit empty, and they peg the price of groceries to a NYC Whole Foods.
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    I'm surprised the promo map doesn't show the proposed Post Oak Bus Rapid Transit expansion running along the west side of the lot. I would think that's a major selling point for most likely buyers of that lot.
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    Thanks! The trick with Imgur is to upload the image, then right click on the image itself to copy the image URL. Don't copy the sharing link that Imgur gives you or the URL from your browser. Then you can add the picture to your HAIF post by using the "Insert other media" in the lower right corner and pasting in the image URL.
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    More floorage for the storage:
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    The Goodyear building is no more.
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    The HSPVA red is no more. Long live AIMS emerald green!
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    This is the best my cell phone can do:
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    The tallest cherry picker I've ever seen is reaching over the top of GRB right now. I hope someone a little closer can take a picture; it's got to be twice as tall as the building itself.
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    Canopy And Wood Bar To Close. https://houston.eater.com/2019/5/15/18624879/canopy-montrose-closing-woodbar-may-2019 I'm sad to see them go; it sounds like the proprietor just wanted to focus on her other projects.
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    Chain link has been up around the site for a week or two and now the green fence "liner" is up as well.
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    Bell has dedicated in-street ROW in the Interactive Bike Plan Map. It is in the "Potential Short Term Implementation Opportunities" layer. Edit: I buried the lede here; the relevant info is that this section is relatively high on priority list for bike infrastructure. I agree that this is a very realistic addition in the next few years.
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    So much beige.
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    Recenter 4/26/19.
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    I like this idea for Houston, but I'm not sure a location with a 48/100 transit score will give it the best chance of success. Maybe this is a design based on street parking and not transit?
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    Also: The Build 50 Challenge is a campaign developed by BikeHouston and issued to the City of Houston, Harris County, Metro, Houston Parks Board, and others to build 50 miles of on and off street bikeways in 12 months (or by May 2019). Every line on the map under the “Build 50 Challenge” tab is apart of the Build 50 Challenge. As a part of the challenge, these projects need to be completed or under construction by May 1, 2019 to be counted. Most of these projects are being funded by Precinct 1 with the agreement that the city will lose the $10 million commitment if they don’t spend it by the end of the challenge. Watch Mayor Sylvester Turner and County Commissioner Ellis commit to the challenge here.
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    Those 19 miles are just part of the new facilities. There will be an announcement in the next couple weeks (there are 7 days, 6 hours and change left on the Build 50 clock) and I think people will be pleased .
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    They aren't up yet. When they are, they'll be here.
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    Dumpsters on site.
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    Finishing up the pour for floor 2. Sorry about the image quality; zoom + dirty window = instant impressionism.
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    According to an email today from Downtown Management District, the pour is still on for 3 p.m. Saturday: Good Morning, Just a note: Houston-based real estate firm Hines plans to pour the concrete mat foundation for its latest downtown Houston office tower this weekend. The mat pour for Texas Tower, on the former Houston Chronicle site (800 block of Texas), is scheduled to begin Saturday, March 9 at 3 pm and take between 19 to 21 hours, wrapping up around 11 am Sunday, March 10. Street closures are as follows: Saturday, March 9 (Noon) - Sunday, March 10 (3 pm) - Complete continuous closure of the 500 block of Travis - Complete continuous closure of the 800 block of Texas - Complete continuous closure of the 500 block of Milam Thanks! angie -- Angie Bertinot Houston Downtown Management District Director of Marketing & Communications | Retail Development Program 909 Fannin, Suite 1650 Houston, Texas 77010 713.650.3022 (o) | 713.650.1484 (f) www.downtownhouston.org www.downtowndistrict.org
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    Another from today - top-out tree visible beneath the crane.
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    alpha++ cities In all analyses, London and New York stand out as clearly more integrated than all other cities and constitute their own high level of integration alpha+ cities Other highly integrated cities that complement London and New York , largely filling in advanced service needs for the Pacific Asia alpha & alpha- cities Very important world cities that link major economic regions and states into the world economy All beta level cities These are important world cities that are instrumental in linking their region or state into the world economy All gamma level cities These can be world cities linking smaller regions or states into the world economy, or important world cities whose major global capacity is not in advanced producer services Cities with sufficiency of services These are cities that are not world cities as defined here but they have sufficient services so as not to be overtly dependent on world cities. Two specialised categories of city are common at this level of integration: smaller capital cities, and traditional centres of manufacturing regions -https://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/gawcworlds.html
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    https://imgur.com/a/2UaYh4o 2/16/19 from the NE corner (Shepherd School of Music side)
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    Certified planner and smart growth evangelist Charles Marohn explains "The Real Reason Your City Has No Money." https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real-reason-your-city-has-no-money
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