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    I've said this many moons ago and it wasn't well received, but the one thing that concerns me is that we may be going overboard with parks here after years of not having much. It is going to cost a lot to maintain Disco Green, the new cap park, Trebly Park, Market Square Park, Lynn Wyatt Square, Buffalo Bayou Park, not to mention the proposed greenbelt and now the Pierce Elevated Park. If they're not all regularly teeming with people, I just fear they will become overrun with homeless or become neglected and turn into something more like Tranquility Park or Midtown Park. Not to mention, who in the heck wants to go walking around the Pierce Elevated for 6 months a year without any tree cover. (There's the same problem with the Post Skylawn.)
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    Great intel, Houston19514
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    I apologize for being more than a month behind and thinking I had news! 🤣
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    Moxy signage is up.
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    How about Opening Day?
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    Sounds like now is the time to have conceptual renderings then! (I doubt the 11-month development "starting" timeline requires them to actually "move dirt" in that timeframe, but rather reach a certain design milestone that would allow them to obtain some permits or financing, etc. Regardless that which City Council has granted, it can grant again with an extension of the development period.)
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    @Montrose1100 summarized it If transit is included somehow in the above, I assume only from the perspective of trade value (e.g., purchasing more rolling stock). The truth of the matter is Houston's economy has not been a great performer pretty much since the JCPOA with Iran was signed and became effective on 1/1/16--ESPECIALLY when compared to Dallas and Austin. We're now starting year 7 of this post-oil-bust period and have lost a lot of ground. As I recall, we used to have the fourth (or maybe even third) largest gross regional product of any US MSAs, which meant we really punched above our weight as being only the 7th largest by population. We've fallen quite a bit. If this index relies heavily on trade value, I would expect that value to vary considerably based upon the price of oil. I'm sure next year we'll go up in the rankings (or whenever it measures 2022 data. Your article is dated 2/17/22, with data delays, especially when considering the fact that one has to get data from however many countries, I have a feeling it was probably based on 2020 data.) Most of these rankings seem to me to be one-dimensional but boy do they make good clickbait. The truth of the matter is Houston is widely known as the "Energy Capital of the World," which should be more "revealing" than any of this sort of measurement--try filling in the blank for "__________ Capital of the World" with Dallas, Austin, Philadelphia, etc.
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    Seems strange not to announce something ahead of the 2024 season on the momentum of the World Series victory purely for marketing purposes . . . it's not like they have to move dirt any time soon.
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    Yeah, that'll definitely do it. Nothing like a local BRT line to elevate a city's ranking largely measuring trade and degree of globalization.
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    I feel like W Hotels were overrated from Day 1. As far as I'm concerned, getting a W here would just send the message we are 10 years behind. I may be wrong, maybe there is a refreshed W concept that would be better, but the original one, just plasticky kitsch.
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    I'm even more interested in the probability that the details on this get announced before Opening Day.
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    Strange placement for team store considering where the "Ballpark Village" will be (still not liking the silence on this one!), but I guess there weren't a lot of options.
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    There are no new passengers by definition! Transportation is a derived demand!
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    Well there’s that, too, now that you mention it. 🙃 Structurally integral underground cables on adjacent blocks? I’m no engineer but rings hollow to me.
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    How would that even work legally? It'd be quite the encroachment.
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    I look at those photos and I think Houston House is iconic in its own way. What a survivor! Built in 1966 and has never changed its name, even when you think there would’ve been a need to from a marketing perspective with all the new construction. Are there any other downtown properties besides the Beaconsfield and the Plaza and Peacock that have been residential for over half a century? Incidentally I just looked up the Plaza and Peacock and they were built in 1923, so this is their centennial. Beaconsfield of course are not only pre-WWI but also months older than Titanic sinking. I’m sure I’m missing some.
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    True
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    The Icon has one, no?
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    So the restaurant is being closed and replaced with a lounge of the same name or is this the old Subway space and the second-floor terrace above the existing restaurant?
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    AMEN Well, if I had to guess, the building was just sold. Seems like they’re waiting on the new legislation to pass Council (which seems in the pretty early stages), then they have to design it, then get the financing. I’d be shocked if anything visible happened within six months, but what do I know?
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    Yikes
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    Downtown Houston hotel occupancy is a little more than 50%. There are a couple active hotel developments as it is. RevPAR isn’t anything to write home about. Not sure where the frustration comes from. The project is not proceeding now for very obvious reasons. You don’t issue a monthly press release that says “Now is not the time, but we’ll keep you posted.”
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    TxDOT’s contribution to the park by funding the structural cap is nothing to sneeze at. Anyone who thinks that TxDOT should fund the actual park itself, and that the absence of funding is somehow an indicator that it won’t be built, just has zero idea how these things work. I wouldn’t be surprised if TxDOT can’t even fund such things legally as part of its enabling legislation. Even if it could, I can understand from a policy perspective why they wouldn’t want to get into that business. The federal monies going to this project are restricted, too. I think the Infrastructure Bill may provide some more flexible funding options.
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    Accurate
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