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  1. HoustonIsHome
    I think if the slap a facade on that garage this thing would look half decent.the garage is such an imposing behemoth. Can't they add fake brick or something over it? Maybe some inoffensive paint. They need to leave the Humble Oil building alone and donate ask that glass to this building. Lol
  2. HoustonIsHome
    Here are a few Greenspoint pics, the last two are city view place which is on Bennar and Imperial. It has ghetto clientele but far from what I would call ugly. Why would visitors on the rail be turned off?
  3. HoustonIsHome
    I have no fond memories of Greenspoint. I just hate people saying areas are ugly because it is high crime. The four buildings on the corners of the Benmar and imperial valley intersection are far from ugly. Even the highly ghetto City view place apartments on the northwest corner. If you think this area is ugly then you have not lived. Take a shot at 5th ward, parts of 3rd ward, Sunnyside. THOSE areas are ugly. Greenspoint, Fondren, Gulfton, are dense high crime areas but they are not ugly. Prostitution happens all over the world from palaces on down. That does not mean an area is ugly. The intersection you talk about had immaculate roads, well kept buildings, and landscaping renewed multiple times a year. If you don't tell any visitor that this area is high crime, they would think its a nice area. I hate when people say an area is ugly because it is high crime.
  4. HoustonIsHome
    What about that ROW that runs about two blocks east of Elysian? It runs into Hardy where its a straight shot to the airport (10 miles according to Google maps) from the Hardy yards. A direct rail route (no stops from there would be less than 20 minutes. Riders could transfer to the red line at the Burnet station
  5. HoustonIsHome
    Its about 8 miles north of the northline center. If there are no more stops the rail would get there in 15 minutes. But yes, that's from northline. How long does it take from northline to Mainstreet sq?
  6. HoustonIsHome
    Again, the mall is 4 miles away. Secondly, I am taking about greens point. Greenspoint is the area between Hardy and Ella. Greenspoint is not the area around the airport asking the beltway. When I get on a pc I will post pics of Greenspoint. It is surprisingly green abd scenic. There are quite a few well kept parks in the area. Frankly I think you are one of those drive by people who have a strong opinion of something you know little about. The area east of Hardy along the beltway and south of it is NOT NOT NOT NOT Greenspoint or even the city if Houston. It is Aldine CDP. You can have a good laugh if you want. Gi ahead wallow in that ignorance. Greenspoint is high crime but I stand by my point it is far from ugly
  7. HoustonIsHome
    There is nothing wrong with Greenspoint visually. It it's well kept, tree lined and looks better than half the neighbourhoods in Houston. But anyway. The airport is 4 miles away from Greenspoint
  8. HoustonIsHome
    Yeah I walked by there too. Was great to see construction all up and down main. This, Skyhouse, Savoy, Greenstreet and Macy's site all in a nice little stretch
  9. HoustonIsHome
    It is??
  10. HoustonIsHome
    Duh my line would be in addition too the lines to the major cities. What you stated is just the same thing being discussed from the start
  11. HoustonIsHome
    Don't like it Looks like a homelesss shelter thrown together with random parts
  12. HoustonIsHome
    I have no idea what I am taking about. That's why I said we will have to wait and see. I certainly love the building. Dunno yet if I like where it will be plopped
  13. HoustonIsHome
    The Amtrak area and the post office area is ripe for rejuvenation
  14. HoustonIsHome
    Houstonians need to stop judging architecture via drive bys.
  15. HoustonIsHome
    Oh Joy joy, happy happy joy joy
  16. HoustonIsHome
    We will see
  17. HoustonIsHome
    This building is quite appealing, I am not sure what to say. I guess we will have to see how this looks when it's done sitting there by itself on the highway
  18. HoustonIsHome
    I think this is sexy from so many angles. The building itself is nothing to shout about, but the sum of the buildings in the area photographs well. I really hope the Alliance ones don't spoil it.
  19. HoustonIsHome
    I agree.The 500 Crawford complex isn't going to be a game changer, the game has already changed. This complex is just one player in the game. I am anxious to see what the two near Market Square does to activity there. Park Place was an immediate upgrade to the convention district. Market Square already has some nice activity in terms of restaurants, bars and of course the park, so it will interesting to see what new potential will be realized. As for the 6 complexes joining Houston House in SE downtown, the change that can happen there is just too much for me to imagine.
  20. HoustonIsHome
    Let's build them NOW!
  21. HoustonIsHome
    I agree that residential is the area that will help strengthen downtown, but I think the residential initiative rather than one complex is the game changer. I think the south part of downtown is going to clean up and improve greatly once all those apartments gets going
  22. HoustonIsHome
    It would be nice to get a couple blocks of these in the east of downtown area
  23. HoustonIsHome
    College Town line? Tyler to Nacogdoches to Huntsville to College Station to Georgetown
  24. HoustonIsHome
    Are you being serious or sarcastic?
  25. HoustonIsHome
    A diverted route through college station isn't geographically that much further. In my opinion a more interesting route would be Houston to college station, CS to Waco and then transfer to the 35 corridor route north to DFW or south to Austin SA. Apart from the Houston to CS route I would have a direct route to Austin. It is closer to Houston than SA and having to go to SA seems so circuitous to me From Houston these would be my routes: 249/ highway six to college station-Waco-DfW 290 to Austin-San Antonio 45s to Galveston and I10 to New Orleans After you live the Houston CSA there's pretty much nothing between Houston and Dallas on 45. Would have been nice if we had a city the size of Waco where Centerville is located
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