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120 feet down? Isn't downtown Houston 60 feet above sea level? I'll ask a geology professor friend of mine. I'm curious as to what they encounter at that depth.  

Numerous of my fellow college professors in the real sciences voted for Donald Trump. In our area, Atascocita, the Trump signs are way more numerous than the Harris signs. Still, I have many true friends who voted for Harris. We are old school, we still respect and like each other. 

20 hours ago, editor said:

Wanna fix it all in one swell foop?  Pedestrianize Allen Parkway. 

I disagree. The traffic problems this creates would be awful. It will push traffic into side streets instead. This will make a huge number of people angry and for what reason? Because some people do not like cars? Until something better comes along, the automobile is here to stay.

Keep in mind that many millionaires (like myself) are labeled as such due to no debts and high house value. But many are not HNWI's, so the St. Regis is mostly out of our ranges. But one can dream.

Wise choice of palms. Sabals take the cold well, unlike some other varieties. Pindos and Mediterranean Fans work well also. It is an elegant layout.

5 hours ago, BEES?! said:

I still think a slide going down into the bayou would be pretty lit.

Indoor Schlitterbahn? I'm all in!

I would be cautious about slides into the bayou. Neighbors down the street had a slide into Lake Houston. One day, they spotted a six- to seven-foot gator hanging around the slide. I don't want to imply the gator had nefarious motives, but they shut down the slide. I do not know the gator or snake situation along the bayou. 

On 7/17/2024 at 1:34 PM, hindesky said:

From my friend who is a traveling surgical tech working at Methodist today. He calls it downtown Methodist but he is from the burbs. 🤨

 

We live in the burbs. I constantly explain where downtown, midtown, and TMC are to my adult children.  No use. As usual,  In one ear out the other like light travelling in a vacuum. But then again I am only dad. 

Went to a wedding at an Auberge resort in Hawaii. If this thing is half as beautiful as that, it will be a stunner.

On 6/16/2024 at 12:07 PM, hindesky said:

These concrete highway dividers are new here on the feeder and under IH45 Gulf Fwy & Nettleton St., across from Hay Center and NHH Ennis. There are a bunch of new surveyor stakes too.

Get ready for a decade of construction nightmares. Time to buy a helicopter and a condo at the Allen to use its helipad. 🚁

 

Went through that during the Eastex freeway expansion. In an un-airconditioned pick up truck.  

Learned patience. Important once children entered the picture.

9 hours ago, Trae2 said:

Walmart builds urban stores you know. They'll just have parking underneath. Fun fact: before they built the Heights store they approached the city seeing if they wanted Walmart to build an urban style store but the city didn't require it

My daughters and I went to a Walmart in Honolulu e few weeks ago. Had an urban feel to it. Parking garage. Trying to get a break from Oahu prices.

Houston first is claiming this will add 1 million square feet to the GRB. How much of that is parking is unclear. Either way it will mostly likely propel the GRB toward the top 10 in terms of total space. I did not realize Houston attracted that many conventions.

Back in May 2013, my children and I just dodged the Moore Oklahoma tornado (EF 5).  We had approx. a 15 minute warning. This was my second EF5, the first the 1966 Topeka tornado.  We had 10 minute warning. Ten days after Moore, a 2.5 mile EF5 hit El Reno outside OKC, killing three experienced storm chasers ( the tornado unusually went NW to SE for a short while). I do not know what type of engineering has to be placed to protect people in a supertall skyscraper during an EF 5. I cannot imagine a building that size could be evacuated in time.

On 8/31/2023 at 10:22 AM, Ross said:

If Trump had not committed crimes, he would not be indicted. It's really that simple. I would hope that any politician that did what he did would be indicted and tried.

Guilty until proven innocent? A bit hysterical no?

I hate to knock one of the holy words of modern speech which is repeated ad nauseum, but diversity is a bad word to describe the rich tapestry of American life. The word is related to divorce, diverge, divide. in other words to separate.   Much better to speak of E Publius Unum.  I realize the word is hopelessly lost, much like the word decimate which means one tenth and now has replaced devastate. 

On 1/19/2024 at 6:07 PM, citykid09 said:

Houston will never get an Olympics because Houston will never build a heavy rail transit system. 

I think our jungle -like heat and humidity during our summer may have more to do with no Olympics than a heavy rail system. Great for the vegetation though.

Glad tree roots are protected, but a bit leery on how slippery they are, especially after a rain. Suppose it is better than the sidewalk being lifted a foot up by tree roots. Moving in the right direction.

I will never understand economics and commerce. I can see Houston to Havana flights making sense financially, but Houston to Holgun? 

Wish the B1M or a similar channel would do a show on TMC Helical Park. It is an outstanding project.

Does anyone know how the Hardy toll road extension to downtown (if ever built) will connect to all this?

Is this the building you all are referring to?

I hope Baker "bakes" them and Bochy "botches" it.

I take this as good news for the Houston area. 

I think Monarch's "How on Earth Does This Even Happen" needs to be seriously studied.  DFW has landed many economic plums in the last few years. Many more than Houston. This latest bit of news is humiliating considering the tens of thousands of biomedical professions in our city. I have my scapegoats; poor flood planning, bad media from previous tropical cyclones, and of course everyone's favorite, bungling politicians. In truth the answer is likely more complex. This hopefully will be a wake up call.

On 9/1/2023 at 2:14 PM, sapo2367 said:

From this thread -- here is the official rendering

 

Not Including the ramps, I count it as a 48-lane roadway. Even larger than the current Katy or anything in Argentina or wherever. We win! Though I must admit to one fact I

find difficult to believe.

No eighteen wheelers? In Houston?

15 hours ago, august948 said:

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on North and South Vietnam

This is pathetic. How can anyone get their facts so twisted up? Good luck to you all if she becomes your mayor.

If elected she will be a major representative of Houston, which is soon to receive enhanced publicity from the Moon landings and other events.