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  1. thatguysly
    I like the Galleria and Williams tower in the background when the view is to the north and not the west.
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    That would be incredible
  3. thatguysly
    I was at U-Plumb It on Montrose this weekend and the owner talked about this project saying he got an invite to the public meeting. He just told me 20 stories and the setback. Same info that is posted here.
  4. thatguysly
    Losing Kirby Mansion for a car dealership is awful. It isn't as bad a storage unit but it sucks.
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    I think part is that it is full of so many people not from Houston or Texas and there was never an identity to rally behind. Dallas is the same but the show Dallas really gave it a national identity. Houston is huge but never the focal point of a tv show or movie. Atlanta has an identity that has come from music and entertainment.
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    Dang I missed seeing them
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    Schools is the biggest factor for sure. And if you want a yard.
  8. thatguysly
    The highways can't really be expanded anymore unless you do a funky underground thing like DFW did with 635. Point being that mass transit, light rail especially, must be more heavily considered. I cannot believe expansions like 288, with all that room they had to work with, didn't integrate a light rail extension from the Med Center.
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    This one will look a lot better now that the podium will be blocked from view. The west side of the podium isn't as bad since it is the entrance and they added some glass.
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    Drove by this weekend and it looked the same
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    This topic is brought up a lot in my office. I am currently in the Uptown area. The majority of those that live in suburbs live in Katy. Those in Katy want to have the office in the Energy Corridor. Those in the loop want it to stay where it is. And those in the other parts of the city aren't as vocal. Polls have been done to see if people want to move to Energy Corridor or up 290 to split to the Katy/Woodland difference. The loop wins for now and more so with younger workers, who make up the majority of the office. The big negative that management sees with a suburban location is it kills recruiting for people living anywhere but the loop and that one suburb. A central location helps bring in the most talent from throughout the metroplex. People in the loop are more willing to go to a suburb just because it is against traffic but from what I can tell in a larger office is that going to suburb to make one group happy makes that majority unhappy. It is hard enough to commute from Clear Lake to the Galleria. But it is much worse to do Clear Lake to Katy.
  12. thatguysly
    Wow
  13. thatguysly
    I saw that today as well. It's not the actual Target parking lot but the space behind Arabella and next to the Skyhouse parking garage. I was worried that plot would be forgotten and happy to see it will be filled.
  14. thatguysly
    Yes please. That building would look great.
  15. thatguysly
    Crane is coming down
  16. thatguysly
    Is this expected to start soon as well? Hines could be doing some serious work in Market Square.
  17. thatguysly
    I think Midtown will explode with them similar to Uptown in Dallas.
  18. thatguysly
    To add to that, downtown Austin has the music scene and nightlife to backup living there. Houston only recently started working on bringing downtown back and it is still way behind Austin.
  19. thatguysly
    Great looking tower
  20. thatguysly
    I like the design. It is unique when wraps can feel cookie cutter.
  21. thatguysly
    They just need to build that parking garage already
  22. thatguysly
    As long as they don't end up like that vacated building downtown that no one wants to tear down or renovate. I agree it will be interesting to see how cities across the country deal with the issue of aging towers 40+ floors in height that have no architectural appeal.
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    Yup. thanks
  24. thatguysly
    I am pretty sure Allen House can't be touched. Low income housing and historical.
  25. thatguysly
    You're right. Not sure about this site.
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