WesternGulf

It would be nice if something hit the Village. PT sucks out there and there is only one "quick" bus. I say they need to start another line coming from that rail yard at the Fannin South Station and hit Kirby to the Village and try to make its way up Shepherd to Washington to hit the Intermodal Transit Center on the Near Northside.

Pretty cool. Although I am sure that will give several people the creeps of someone flying like a bat out of hell on the ground coming from a hole.

That's funny. I'm wondering why do they have it marked the 28th.

Definitely. I never knew it lit up like that at night. Great shot by the way.

Texas A&M undergrads are 79% white, 3% black.

TSU is 85% black, 2% white. (based on total enrollment...couldn't find stats for undergrads only).

To be fair I think that is kind of p.c. I think the comment was just based in ignorance as far as "black schools". It is also very p.c. to wonder why the black population is so high and why there are not that many whites. It is the same for almost every HBCU. If one answered their own question "Why?" they would see it is not TSU's fault as far as diversity.

But if TSU runs itself into oblivion then it's their own fault.

OK?

Oh goodness. HBCU's were started because blacks would not be accepted at any other college so they started their own. That said, any race could still go to those schools. We could probably say systems like these are not needed anymore but they will always be HBCU's historically. Why take it away?

Jan. 24, 2007, 1:29PM

UH exploring proposal to start medical school

Idea to partner with Methodist, Cornell comes amid projected doctor shortages

By TODD ACKERMAN

Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

In a move that would ratchet up an ongoing rivalry in the Texas Medical Center, the University of Houston is considering starting a medical school in partnership with The Methodist Hospital and Cornell University.

The idea, quietly explored by UH leaders in recent months, comes amid appeals for medical school expansion because of projected statewide and nationwide doctor shortages. Houston now has two medical schools

I can't b**** about this one.

Does anybody know why they would choose that part of downtown? Why wouldn't they choose vacant space down by Main Street Square?

There's already a CVS at Main Street Square. This area of downtown has ZERO retail outside of restaurants and bars. Plus, Preston station has a hell of a lot more residential population surrounding it than Main Street Square.

It's good news when downtown can start attracting retail business that isn't strictly aimed at the tunnel crowd. It's the little conveniences like this that may help attact more residents over time. They do more to improve downtown as a neighborhood than a lot of clubs.

Ditto. There's nothing like it in the area. These are the type of businesses that will have you seeing actual residents walking around on a Sunday night.

Similarly, a metro area of Houston's characteristics doesn't need a light rail system...at least not at present.

A metro of 5.3 million people does not need a light rail system at present? We should have started a long time ago. If you want to admit it or not, it is probably why we are having this problem now.

Not all townhome developments are bad. Usually the ones in the East End above 300K have the best designs.

Ah. Leica lens, 12x zoom. drool.

Nice work.

Here are some photos I took about a week ago with the zoom lens focusing on the Medical Center.

There's already a platform that was built under the 59/610 interchange to accomodate future LRT from Westpark.

Huh? Part of my question was couldn't they extend the Post Oak Boulevard BRT to wherever the LRT turns away from Richmond, so that area will not be abandoned by public transportation for the folks who want to get off in Greenway and the Galleria except for Westpark? Atleast they won't be "railroading Richmond" which the AO crowd seems to be worried about.

I thought that building with the curve was part of the Memorial Hermann expansion on Fannin.?.?

That's unfortunate. They could have boxed in that parking lot with the development facing Richmond and Weslayan. Probably could have used a lot less land by mixing in the 500 apartments too. When will some folks learn?

San Diego and Portland are probably the modern posterchilds.

Washington DC's greatest streetwalls are usually lined up with the subway lines. Usually in older cities with the oldest transit systems such as Boston, DC, Philly, San Francisco, and Chicago, some of the greatest density is found above subway or rail lines.

Some of DC's high density areas above subway lines.

Question: Will everything west of Greenway Plaza, or where ever the rail is suppose to turn off, be abandoned by public transportation? If anything seems like the BRT route to the Galleria up Post Oak should start at Greenway Plaza where the light rail tuns off or will AO complain about that also? Better than nothing at all.