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  1. UtterlyUrban
    Much of your post is likely true. One point of minor clarification though......(assuming I interpreted your post correctly).... the “race riots” around the country were occurring before the assignation of MLK take one of the most notable: Newark. It happens a year before MLK was killed, as I recall.
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    As with everything, it all depends on how either side of the discussion defines the word “ around”. Those who were PRO highway described a freeway that cut between established neighborhoods and downtown as “ going around”..... those who were CON highway described the same freeway as going through the core. Both are correct.
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    Would think that software innovation may be ancillary to the bulk of the work. I would think that much of the work will be focused on traditional energy and sustainable energy as well as medical and health. I further suspect (and hope) that there be robust outliers to this “core”. But, if someone really wanted to found the “next big thing” in software, they will head to the Valley,
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    But the folks staying at the Holiday Inn Express will be digging the 2 minute walk to Booze and Bands!
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    Hey! This ^^^^^^^ is great news! I will head over there when it opens!
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    I too am excited to see this potentially moving forward. It will be terrific for the area and will draw other uses to also come to the area. However, i feel that, given its location, it will be more difficult to lease up than other residential areas of downtown. The owners, if they build it, will need to “get real” on lease pricing.
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    No kidding? I have never heard any of this story. I need to google..... unless you are pulling my leg!
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    Wow!
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    “A Gay Pair of guysput up a parking lotWith a pink hotel, a boutiqueAnd a swinging hot spot” I mean, who else, in the box of stereotypes that was 1970, would build this?
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    I am assuming that with all the windows in and that blue material on the sides that this building is “dried in” so that all the work inside is proceeding. Is that a correct assumption?
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    I always seem to head to NTB in midtown. That’s said, I agree with you. The park IS a better use for the burgeoning neighborhood. However, I do hope that is all of the lots across Downtown fill up over the next 15 years, that we are able to keep some of the “context” of urban life in place. That “context” includes places to repair your car, wash your car, store your processions, get a cheap hamburger or a cheap haircut, etc. Without these, IMO, you are left with Disneyland.
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    Good news.
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    This is great to see. For a building this large to fill up this quickly is terrific and likely faster than the owner’s projected. I read somewhere that landlords (and their bankers) of large complexes believe that a 5-8% vacancy rate is “structural/normal”. The fact that they have essentially “filled up” very fast is a credit to there marketing and the product that they delivered. Kudos to them. My gut gut tells me that Aris will fill up just as fast.
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    I agree, unfortunately.
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    “The Homey”? somebody should be embarrassed.
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    Bingo.
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    I honestly don’t understand what this means. Can you explain?
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    I agree. Downtown was a wreck and midtown was a wreck on crack (literally). By the 1980’s, I think that it is fair to say that Houston had turned its back on its downtown. Houston was not alone in this, true. What “saved” Downtown? What created the Downtown we have today? A few bits of vision between 1980 and 2000 and, frankly, Millennials coming of age, asking questions about urban planning, ex-urbs, and deciding to put their vote, their money, and their persons “close in” to the city core.
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    Good! I don’t find this unfortunate at all. Frankly, in my opinion, for neighborhoods to be vibrant they need all sorts of “ infrastructure”. Places like U-haul, splashed in among the bars, residences, dining, and clothing retail, create the web of “stuff” needed for an exciting, dense, urban experience.
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    When complete, If it looks and feels anything like this, it will be the “must live at” midtown location for many, many people. It will be in huge demand. question: what is a “laneway”?
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    Brick is good. better than synthetic stucco. but I am sick of beige. would a reddish or brown brick been so shocking to the senses of the 2010’s Houstonian that it would have caused mass revolt? Are we all just beige now?
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    I am surprised that they didn’t do the “produce thing”....... CVS is buying one of the health insurers and their pitch to wall street includes that they will use their retail stores as “neighborhood health centers”..... when I heard that, I immediately thought of this store’s concept.......
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    This surprises me. ”5 star” hotels are “typically” not “convention hotels” ( yes, a lot of quotes)..... convention hotels attract the typical mid-level manager/worker ...... not the luxury expense budget crowd. And, this hotel is “far” from many of the office towers on the other side of town. Very curious ........
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    Sadly, at least on United, nobody will be flying a 747 anymore
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    IF you are currently under 30 years old, you just might see that in your lifetime. If you are over 50, probably not. Either way, it is a great vision.
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