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  1. HoustonIsHome
    The more sq footage taken out from the commercial side and converted to hotel or residential, then the lower our vacancy rate for office space which gives us more chances for new commercial building. It's a win win. Preservationists get to keep our history and modernist get new shiny buildings.
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    I disagree Monarch. The Galleria has already been a shinning beacon of retail awesomeness. It became a standard that many malls copied. I was just afraid that renovations alone would not be enough to keep it awesome
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    I consider myself one of the biggest cheerleader of affordable housing. In order for us to continue growing rapidly we need more affordable developments. But for me hotels are a different story. I am excited for glitzy brands and glitzy new buildings. The galleria has been showing its age the last ten years or so. This will be a change big enough to keep the galleria in the premiere league. I was scared a bit for it with all the awesomeness going on in ROD, but with all the minor improvements like SAKs and now this, I believe that both ROD and the galleria will be just fine.
  4. HoustonIsHome
    I think these older buildings are sexy. I love the idea of retaining some brick downtown
  5. HoustonIsHome
    Nice, they have been working on the inside of that building for a while now. I think the outside needs more than just a skirt though.
  6. HoustonIsHome
    The genius of this building is that in market square it fits in with what you see which is the smaller buildings. A couple blocks away what you see are the newer taller buildings which it fits in with as well. I am hoping that wall does not remain blank. I was kind of partial to the original mural as it fit in perfectly with the market theme.
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    The Main Corridor is kind of developing like a less extreme version of LV BLVD in that one block in either direction and you feel like you fell off the surface of the Earth. I don't know how any politician and traverse Main and not see the benefits of the Red Line. Anyway, I am more of a fan of filling in and expanding out. There has been so much growth and yet so much room for development between Bell and Alabama. As Disco Green and Market Square have encouraged development, I do hope that the Super Park will continue this trend. The Super Park has the advantage of being already in an area that is booming, and it is right on a metrorail stop. I know we have been complaining a lot about the size and placement of the park and apartment, but I am starting to believe that you can't lose nowadays with a modern park. The lengths of these blocks (super block and to a lesser extent Midmain) lend themselves well to creating interesting pedestrian oriented developments. Since Berry does not cut through Mid Main, the entire Ensemble station is accessible to pedestrians without traffic cutting off the stations. It will be interesting to see what they do with the sidewalks and if a livelier version of Main Street Square Plaza develops at that location. So many possibilities
  8. HoustonIsHome
    Stopped outside this on Friday . It really had a presence. Totally transformed the area. Love the brick. This area will have new life once this opens. I wonder how this is going to affect HCC
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    Doesn't look like they are going down the 1st close road to me. Looks like they took the average route. I'm surprised we have not fallen into the low expectations we usually fall into and begin talking along the lines of "at least it's not as bad as embassy suites". This hotel might still become the it spot, but it sure could have been helped along on that path if the original plan was built.
  10. HoustonIsHome
    IAwesome. This one gets an A+ from me on being a huge improvement from what was there previously. I have such high hopes for south downtown. I probably would not want to live sandwiched between a hospital and a cathedral with a bell tower, but I love this building and what it represents. Hope the one on main And St Joseph takes off soon
  11. HoustonIsHome
    That is a huge site. I doubt this will be solely for a STEM building. I am sure they will include lots of parking, but I hope that will be in the form of a garage. It would be cool to include some residential component. Another cafeteria/food court area will also be needed.
  12. HoustonIsHome
    159k isn't even Houston's best, let alone the best ever per metro. Houston, DFW, NY, LA has been hitting that and more every now and then for the last 40 years. Atlanta was hitting those numbers at the start of the 2000s. Miami got there a couple times. But yeah, Houston's best years were the early 80s surprisingly since we had a lot less people to bare kids. In fact, the year before, Houston grew by 163K. Houston's best year was 82. We grew by 195k. There were 70k births and 30k deaths. So 155k was just from people moving here. If we had that many last year our total number would have been 215k because natural increase was 60k (98k births minus 38k deaths). I think LA had a couple 200k plus years. Houston's current growth is nothing new
  13. HoustonIsHome
    The western view of downtown is breathtaking at night. It's a welcome home sign when I am coming from a trip out west. But during daylight hours to me the best view is from the southeast in the proximity of the UH area. Along 288 the views are awesome from almost the beltway into town.
  14. HoustonIsHome
    Those town homes look hideous and cheaply made.
  15. HoustonIsHome
    It is nice if you can get ahead of the game and be ready when the economy bounces back
  16. HoustonIsHome
    What's wrong with just creating more parks? To me it would serve the east end better to have three 40 acre parks spread throughout the community than one big park. That way more parkland is evenly distributed to the people. I would be happier to have discovery green across the street than to have to go 3 or 4 miles to memorial park. Also , it's easier to maximize the use of smaller parks and they are safer and more family oriented. If the city does reinstate the acreage of parkland, then I see this as a net gain for that area in that the botanical garden would still be considered green space and the new parks would be increasing the acreage of greenspace. Sounds like a win win win for me. New parks/increase in greenspace New economic flow to the area in patrons to the park. New amenity for the area and the city.
  17. HoustonIsHome
    There was also a welder working on the gate Saturday. It looked like he was reinforcing the top.
  18. HoustonIsHome
    Absolutely fabulous. I would be so happy if the international tower lot and the chronicle building garage lot gets something that matches this.
  19. HoustonIsHome
    Surface parking? What else would we expect?
  20. HoustonIsHome
    The little plaza on Travis is just gorgeous. And it looks like more landscaping has been added. Plus the work on Dallas street had greatly changed the look of the area.
  21. HoustonIsHome
    Lol, it's this one going to completed before Block 334 too? This one flew up like a skyhouse.
  22. HoustonIsHome
    The old Houston center design called for Skywalk all over the place. People movers and monorail surrounded by these encased glass sky bridges criss crossed the area. The proposal was to make Houston the city of the future. Looked like something out of the Jetsons
  23. HoustonIsHome
    Ball Park District Ball Park Green Discovery Park Discovery District Discovery Square Union Square Union Green Trump Turn Hillary Heights Sanders Square Cruz Corner The possibilities are endless
  24. HoustonIsHome
    This one street is only about 4 floors up so far but it already had a much more conan ding presence in the area. I took pictures, I need to upload them later
  25. HoustonIsHome
    Damn, chase makes everything look small
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