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I can't get excited, it sounds like The Woodlands

+100 for this forumer. Sounds ... ver far from central Houston.

Not bad. The base is different. I like it. Wonder if the colors up top will change.

Dear goodness ... here we go again.

Good find Urbannizer. I wonder if it will be as white as the picture shows.

I contemplated whether or not to post this - we own in midtown and go out downtown a lot! My job took me west this week and I work with Air LIQUIDE - thy recently announced they are. Holding a 20 story campus in EC - man I know I'm gonna catch heat but - couldn't any of those companies build move DT ? I literally flew home all week on the Katy tollway but how long is that possible? Anyway probably not the best topic to post this but the wind has been taken out of my DT loving sails - someone pick me up...

I work on Park Row... there is no possible way you "fly" home using the regular lanes. However if you're sucked in to the hctra's scheme then it is quite possible.

lol seriously? 4 miles away would be like that campus being in uptown Houston vs downtown.

I wonder if the midlandians are howling at chevron for building their campus in the middle of nowhere ...

Becaus the physical boundaries have rebounded downtown. The highways redefined what is considered downtown.

Off topic but have you meet some of those weirdos who call most areas in the loop downtown?

Some jerks at work think Kirby at 59 is k

Downtown. $*@&@%!.

the first four wards have their dividing lines at Main and Texas, so that's hy the quadrants are divided there.

why redraw the map....lol

Finally, a semblance of logic.

Demographic center of houston = middle of nowhere

Got it.

I may be wrong but I was under the impression shell was moving up north.

I'll stay home and look at the pretty colors on the real time traffic map.

Like rainbow colours? Awesome.

If one is to divide downtown into qaudrants it should originate at the geographic center.

I heard they're going to build their own islands out in the gulf a la Dubai so they can monitor their offshore oil rigs.

We already know (and the change of the name of the building re-confirms) that Shell is essentially gone from this building. But that's pretty funny on the architect's part.

So Shell is indeed following Exxons lead in moving to the middle of nowhere?

We're staying open for tomorrow so far.

When I moved to the Eastwood area several years ago, HEB Gulfgate was a much better store than it is now. At some point, the HEB head honchos decided to re-merchandise it to compete with the likes of other area grocery stores with a predominately Hispanic clientele such as Sellers Bros, Fiesta on Wayside, and the smaller ones.

However, many of my Hispanic neighbors drive out of our area to grocery shop at HEB and Kroger in Montrose, as well as Randall's and Fiesta in Midtown.

Agree. Now I usually get my groceries at either Sam's club or the HEB on Buffalo speedway. Near westpark.

Cool list. What are the names of these?

They should've built one tall building on less land. Wow!

Exactly what I've been saying for years.

I still don't get why any company would move out to nowhere-land.

So many buildings ABOUT to break ground downtown I can hardly stand it, I've got Bank of the Southwest Syndrome (BSS), keep thinking a dire economic crash is going to derail everything right before it happens. Feel like walking the streets like a madman with a shovel and breaking ground everywhere myself.

You should try to build your own tower on a random parking lot.

I agree. I've been thinking that this new Walmart grocery will have an effect on Fiesta and probably Sellers too.

There was a Kroger on the corner of Polk and Wayside, where the large Family Thrift Store is. Kroger's took up the entire building. Then, Fiesta was built. I don't remember just how long afterward, Kroger closed.

Seller's Brothers has been a constant though. It has survived the closing of K-Mart and the re-inventing of the entire center with various smaller stores. The fact that it is on the other side of I-45 may help their situation.

I visited the HEB last Saturday. It's usually packed on weekends but not so that day. I can only hope that HEB does clean up their act and improve the store but others in our circle are thinking it's destined to become a Mi Tienda.

Is mi tienda like bravo ranch? I went to the one on Richey in Pasadena and was floored by their lack of selection. It seems all they carry are the cheap no-name brands. Ugh.

I'm betting they will have their own post office - however small - onsite.

Does anyone know if there are tunnels for all these buildings... you know... for yhe summer?

I agree. About time. I wonder how many other foreign nationals are locked up in TX prisons. I wonder what a breakdown on country of origin/nationality would look like. How many are on death row.

I went there yesterday afternoon, upon seeing the fresh garlic, I bought it all.

In all seriousness, I went to HEB in Gulfgate on Sunday at about 7 to buy some vegetables and see if it was the typical madhouse, there were a lot of cars in the parking lot, but once I grabbed everything I needed I only had to wait for 2 or 3 minutes in line, rather than the 15-20 it usually takes.

Walmart, even if you don't go, is a positive for the area. Hopefully it stays this way, enough people in HEB to keep it busy, but not so busy that I choose to drive farther for a shorter line.

I'm not so sure. There's a fiesta, HEB, and a sellers within a mile or two of this place.

All it needs is Godzilla running amok while Tennishero's Midnight Love playing in the background.

Awesome work!

Will the light rail go this way?

That was fast. Good news to hear. Thanks for the update!