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  1. jmitch94
    Love when developers come in and buy out a business that adds to the community all to just demo the building and add nothing. Hopefully they sell the land and can bring in a developer with some power to get stuff done.
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    It's not the hip cool place anymore, also you'll struggle to got a lot of high earning individuals with the plethora of homeless and that Grey Hound station.
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    So cool! Is this your own camera or one that TMC3 put up?
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    Looks great. I'd definitely make use of this but people will be pissed when they eventually rip it up.
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    Fun story but his brother also tore down a history mansion in river oaks.
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    Correct, endowments are very strict and usually only spend around half of the income generated from the endowed money.
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    That’s assuming they stay in business and or hold up their end of the deal or even worse, aren’t granted more tax brakes in the future.
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    Corporate welfare, the only welfare in America that's not demonized.
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    God I hope so. The streets and "sidewalks" around site are in terrible shape and there is practically zero erosion control causing the run off to be massive.
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    I think most people here are upset with the fact that buildings are just not built like they used to be with more ornate decoration and sturdier and more costly materials. I don't see many fully brick and masonry façade buildings being built here in Houston. On top of that there are literally hundreds of empty grass fields in the core of the city, with ten times that number in asphalt surface parking lots and a hundred times that in shitty decaying strip centers. Also I don't understand why some people demand that a building needs to be of exceptional historic and personal significance in order for it to be restored. Keeping these buildings keeps some character in the city. All the new apartment complexes look the same and get very tedious. I once heard a description of driving around Houston is like those old cartoon chase scenes where the background keeping repeating over and over.
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    Business lie, like a lot, like constantly.
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    Love your personal, and for lack of better words, ordinary stories of Houston history. You hear all the big stuff but it’s cool to see a more intimate day to day history of our city.
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    That’s up to you and how much beer you’ve got.
  14. jmitch94
    Or the worlds tallest landfill, Houston’s only hills.
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    God I hope not, this building would look like hot garbage if they left it essentially they way it looks now.
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    So are the drive in movie, golf course and icehouse all temporary? Is anyone else a little nervous about them building all of these temporary revenue sources and then scaling back later phases because “this is good enough, we’re making money.”
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    The silvery black of these bricks remind me of the weathered cedar shingled houses of the north east.
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    I live in the apartments just south down Almeda and surprising traffic hasn't been that terrible.
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    I love Heritage Plaza, don't care what anyone says lol
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    Exactly! Pretty sure 90% of the time that line is just BS to get out of any public push back.
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    “Hey let’s build in this cool, interesting, and historic part of town and in doing so destroy all the stuff that creates that appeal.” - Every Houston developer.
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    Is there anything that followed up on the stair collapse? Didn’t three people die in a major structural failure? I feel like things got back to business super fast.
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    Depends on your goals. If you’re for increasing population density and creating a more urban city then yes this is about the bare minimum in regards to working toward that goal. This one project isn’t going to noticeably affect any of the concerns you listed and yes, I know a million rocks make a mountain but this mountain is already built.
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    Not ideal but a million times better than an abandoned grass/weed field.
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    They seem to just be replacing the bridges, is this going to help with flooding or does is just replace worn out bridges and improve traffic flow?
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