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  1. shasta
    Allen Parkway turns into Kirby...I call that stretch from Downtown to Reliant Stadium (NRG) our Broadway...or at least I think it will become that
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    Can someone, with superior photoshop skills. add in the missing buildings? The ones that have broken ground or are scheduled to really soon: Marriott Marquis, the other office towers, the other residential, etc.
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    Again..we are arguing what perception/ perceived stature/ ranking of a University vs how your major translates to actual value in the market place. The market (the actual gauge of what a person's education is worth) has been very kind to UH graduates..that's all I'm saying. Whether the University , as a whole, appears high on a list may be determined on a number of variables (some UH can control and some they can't...like access to the states PUF fund) but UH graduates most definitely have value in the marketplace and especially in Houston. So much so that something like 70 or 80% of UH graduates never have to leave the city of Houston when looking for professional jobs. Passing up a qualified candidate who has all the intangibles because they didn't graduate from a University ranked high in a magazine is laughable. My point is that people are going to start to look at the investment of a college education differently. The actual return on your investment is going to be more important that "prestige" in a magazine, especially when that same degree costs 2x, 3x, or 4x the price of tuition at a more reasonable quality University. This is why schools like UH..... and North Texas.... and UCF.... and USF are slowly taking a piece out of the historical flagship Universities of the state. This trend will continue and the academics at those schools has continued to improve dramatically each year...rankings take time to catch up. In fact, I am a fan of Shark Tank, and to date, the most impressive product pitch was from a graduate of the University of Central Florida......a school, according to Slick Vik, that shouldn't be able to produce such talent because they don't rank high in the magazines rankings.
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    Yes they never refer to UH as Cougar High...ever lol
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    August, I'm wondering if this guy even knows what ROI means? If an MBA at UH costs you $35,000 but it costs $120,000 at Rice then the average Rice MBA grad would have to find a job that pays twice or triple as much as the average UH MBA grad to keep pace....and that's if there are no student loans involved. It could happen but does the AVERAGE Rice grad make 3X what the average UH grad makes? ROI literally means return on investment and can be calculated yearly or over a period of time based on the amount of investment put in to get that higher paycheck. The reason so many UH alums are successful after they graduate is because their degree has a higher ROI because tuition is lower and because the students are more mature going in (they don't pick a school solely on athletics and tradition). Because of that they typically carry less of a debt load when they graduate. Many of hem cash flow their tuition because they work while they attend school. This means less of their paycheck is going to loans after school thus maximizing their ROI.
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    Let em tell you a real life story my Longhorn friend. When I was a High School senior I started looking at various architecture schools in the state of Texas. Of course I looked at UT-Austin, Texas A&M , and the University of Houston. I ultimately narrowed it down to the University of Texas and University of Houston. I scratched out Texas A&M because they did NOT offer an accredited undergraduate architecture program....that means according to the NAAB (The National Architectural Accrediting Board) they felt that the undergraduate program offered at Texas A&M DID NOT MEET MINIMUM ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS. This means any graduate of Texas A&M 's undergrad program CANNOT sit for the ARE (Architectural Registration Exam) because the board does not recognize them as a University that is proficient enough. Now..Texas A&M does offer an accredited graduate program...but not an accredited undergraduate program.I just checked and they Texas A&M has yet to be elevated to accredited status for its undergrad program. The University of Houston has offered an accredited undergraduate program consistently since 1959! I ultimately went with the University of Houston because of the city of Houston and the assets in the city. And about entrance into the University of Houston....I once sat in on an alumni board meeting where they discussed selecting incoming students into the architecture program. I can dispel your myth on this one as well.....at they meeting they discussed that they received about 1,200 applications for admission and that they would only accept about 100 of them. That's about an 8% acceptance rate. I just wanted to speak the truth because their are a lot of biased stereotypes against the University of Houston. The reality is that the majority of companies in the city of Houston feature many University of Houston graduates in pivotal management and leadership positions. All you have to do is look around!
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    You had a rich donor named Drayton Mclane, who slum-lorded the Houston Astros , refused to spend money on draft picks, pioneered a blackmailing scheme to get them into the American League, pre-fabricated a cable network agreement and its false value, all while selling the team for a ridiculous profit on his way out..... and then he put that money into Baylor's new stadium. He gave so much money that they are naming the stadium after him.
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    To address the comment in bold: Despite most people's jaded opinion, the University is neither a small school (apx. 41,000 students) nor is it a true definition of a "commuter school" anymore. Maybe in the 1970s but not now. The truth is that there are close to 10,000 beds on campus making it #2 in the state of Texas in campus living opportunities (quite a cry form everyone commuting) and I imagine another 10,000 live inside the loop. I,myself, lived on campus while I attended......... and I even grew up in the Houston metro. As far as hidden costs, I seriously considered a number of Texas schools, for both my undergrad and graduate degrees. I ultimately picked UH for both but my analysis found that UH and Texas A&M had comparable tuition rates. Rice and UT, on the otherhand, were double and almost triple for the same programs that I was looking into. The point is that hidden or not, the ROI is significantly higher at UH and at TAMU but at UH you get access to free athletic events. The UH football team has been ranked more times in the top 25, since 2009, than TAMU anyway, reaching up to #6 in the BCS standings in 2011 so the quality product has also been there...for free! While it may only be a few hundred bucks at TAMU it still is an additional cost for the students. That's my only point.
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    Not sure if this is a serious post or sarcastic? $300-$400??? The price, for students, to attend ALL University of Houston sporing events is ZERO dollars.....all you have to do is show your ID. Good UH Football season tickets aren't even $400 and that's for the brand new stadium. I know I paid less than $400 and I'm not too far from the field, on the ground level. Way to drink the maroon kool-aid and think that charging broke college students $400 is a "great deal"
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    True...almost every other major school in Texas has fees for the athletic derpartment PLUS they make you pay for student tickets. UH stidents actually have it easy- check out the student tickets for Texas A&M and then tell me UH students are getting screwed.
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    Captain- the only one who was suckered was YOU for taking out student loans. Blame yourself and not the University of Houston athletic department.
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    Congress discussing transit in Houston today: http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6239/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=17723
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    Frost Town was located in East Downtown (near Minute Maid). I'm not sure how large Frost Town was before Houston annexed it though.
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    It really is the Broadway of Houston and is starting to look like it.
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    The Christmas tree has nothing to do with Christmas. they typically put a Christmas tree on top of the building once it has topped out. Since most of our new downtown buildings haven't even broke ground yet..there will be no way we'll see "topped out Christmas trees" this December. Maybe December 2015.
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    If we have too little of anything downtown...it is residences with balconies. So I say bring them on and the more the merrier...it will help to create a different type of synergy downtown.
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    It is clearly noted as HOUSTON...home of the Texans. They do an aerial over Reliant and our skyline then they break away to the character that plays the Texans GM. Plus Arian Foster is a prominent, although not frequent, character in the movie. If you have any interest in football at all.......you will find this to be a very entertaining movie (just don't take it too seriously).
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    Houston is featured in the movie, Draft Day. There is a nice aerial shot of Reliant Stadium with the Med Center and then downtown in the background. IMO, this is the most complete view of the Houston skyline because you get 2 of the 3 largest density clusters in one shot, an on axis. Uptown is more of a jumbled mess when compared to DT or MC and it is harder to relate that district back to the other 2.
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    So we've confirmed that the owners of ES do NOt own the parking lot near their hotel? If they are planning on throwing up a 30+ building on that small part of block 98 then they can definitely make something work next to ES
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    They are NEVER bringing the turbines back. They tried to do something a little different but the turbines proved to have a malfunction and presented a HUGE risk to the developer. The small reward, in aesthetics, is not worth the risk...especially if that risk turns out to be catastrophic (which it almost was). They are never coming back....that ship has sailed a long time ago.
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    NOOOOOO.....Upper Kirby should strive to be a Broadway ...not Uptown
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    The 2017 Super Bowl not only will drive thousands of football fans to Houston, it will put a hard deadline on projects from office and hotel construction to a light-rail extension, a local developer said Wednesday. Which light rail extensions are they talking about? The ones under construction now will be done way before the Feb. 2017 date. Uptown? University? Another line? Wishful thinking?
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    Almeda has so much potential...let's hope quality developments, like this, can spur some additional restaurants and bars to locate on that street.
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    Anyone have a plan of where exactly this hotel will go and what will be removed?
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    More moviemakers eyeing Houston http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/entertainment&id=9469387
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