BeerNut

Looks like they got a cash infusion.  There were workers there earlier in the week

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Quick pic taken while leaving Asia Society.

I still wish the crown lighting was bolder.   Based on my observations it's just a large atrium with lights pointed towards the ceiling.  

I have to make time to go to the movies with so many movies and shows available through streaming services.  Ipic is nice for a date night movie if we're both interested.  Edwards Greenway is my goto now that Sundance is no more.   I honestly don't see how theaters plan to stay relevant with quick releases to video and streaming as I often find myself using that excuse to pass on going to the movies.  I do wish Alamo was inside the loop as they seem to be the only theater focused on customer engagement.

http://www.metronext.org/pdfs/2019_meeting_notices.pdf

@ToryGattis  Figured I would share your Chron Opinion Piece

On 1/10/2019 at 10:31 AM, Luminare said:

 

Apparently this is in need of some serious reform. Unfortunately it seems like its another one of those items where both sides of the aisle would like to do something about it, but when each party takes power they seem to kick the can down the road in order to use it themselves. With that being said, I'm nearly 100% confident that every other nation probably has a backdoor through the process like this. While its been mostly used by Chinese investors to get into the US, I'm pretty confident that China has the exact same thing, but in reverse for US investors.

I doubt many US investors get Chinese citizenship.

The grumblings about loss of on street parking have started on Nextdoor...

Has Houston bikeways given up on Houston redoing West Alabama with dedicated bike lanes?  I wonder how much of this was affected because of the issues with with Montrose TIRZ.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2019/01/17/318457/housing-center-hoped-to-balance-tradition-and-gentrification-in-third-ward/

The nice oak trees make it hard to get a great picture.  

On 7/10/2018 at 11:00 PM, CrockpotandGravel said:

Social Beer Garden at 3101 San Jacinto (Houston midtown) is bar from a guy who owns Shamrock Pub in Humble. I would be surprised if this place survives in Midtown. The Kirby Group and the group with Pub Fiction have a grip on the Midtown bar landscape.

Guess the land owners had some legal issues is why this is taking forever

On 11/16/2017 at 5:11 PM, BeerNut said:

Updated photo

Around the corner...

A little over a year later...

1 hour ago, wilcal said:

 

I don't think commercial/consumer GPS is good enough for that. Some cities have introduced specific parking areas for scooters on the sidewalk or in on-street parking spots and I don't think GPS resolution is good enough to determine if you parked on one part of the sidewalk.

 

Yeah you're right about the resolution for GPS...maybe BLE or something similar.  

Walked through Finn Hall around 8pm and there was a decent crowd and they had a musician playing a guitar.   Prices were about what I expected for a place like this. The clientele looked like people staying out late after work and people on dates.  

For those that are against scooters under what legal/technical frame work would you allow them?  The parking could possibly be handled by geofencing parking areas that are determined by the built in GPS.  You could encourage users to park in these areas by a implementing a "good neighbor" refund or ride bonus.  As for riding on sidewalks,  I see people ride bikes on the sidewalks all the time.   Maybe slow down traffic speeds through road design and have bike/scooter lanes in areas that people travel.  I'm not sure what the right answers are but scooters/dockless bikes fill a niche for people that would probably take an Uber for short range trips.

@bobruss When is the HAIF meetup going to be at BrassTaps?  Liked the layout and pricing, will definitely be on my radar as suggestion to meetup for watching games.  

I also took some pics of signs for future businesses opening.  

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Getting adjacent counties to contribute to commuter rail is one issue.   Gulf Coast Rail District is supposed to be intercounty organisation to develop commuter rail.

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