Daniepwils

I called OPP on Friday, and they said they are very close to finalizing the grocer. No official confirmations for which one it will be though.

That just made my day! Keep us updated

TIVO for the win! Or you could have watched it again on EPSN, they replayed the entire game this morning.

So whats the deal with this place? They seem very tempting to me since I work in downtown. The prices are really cheap but is there a catch somewhere.

With no parking and very few building amenities the resale of these will be a pain. The location is amazing though (minus the bums).

Besides, I stated that DG is taking a majority of the park interest in downtown, regardless of what little park interest that might be. Which park downtown is busier than DG? Tranquility? Sam Houston? Root Memorial Square? No, these parks are all deserted most times, certainly moreso than DG. So yeah, DG is taking a majority of the existing park interest in downtown.

Are you not counting the homeless at Tranquility and Root Memorial jk

So by this, you're saying that just b/c someone is rich, that means that they do not use public transportation? Or that (more specifically) rich people don't ride the bus? I suppose having money will give you more options than someone that is poor and doesn't own a car, but it does not guarantee that the person will not ever ride the bus. They may be concerned about their carbon footprint, or may not like to drive, or they may be too miserly to hire a private driver. If you're going to be so adamant about accusing others of making sweeping generalities, you should avoid making them yourself.

Are you kidding me? This is not New York or San Fran...

I guarantee you that a "rich" person in Houston does not and will not ever take public transportation in Houston unless one thing changes. That change would be if the public transportation system was more reliable and FASTER than a private automobile.

I have had a place in downtown for 5 years now (3yrs in Humble Tower Lofts, and 2yrs in Commerce Tower) and never once have I stepped foot on a bus, they are unreliable and take forever from what I have read and hear.

I presume you are referring to One Park Place??? That has never been planned as condos for sale, and has always been planned as a rental building. (And I haven't heard anybody refer to them as "bargain rates" ;-)

With banks not lending for most new commercial projects, do anyone know if the rehab of the old Days Inn is still a go. And has anyone purchased the old Savoy Hotel. Both project would be a major lift to that end of downtown. I am aware that the luxury condo project across from Discovery Green is having such a hard time selling units that they have decided to rent them at bargain rates until the economy improves, which could spell trouble for all those other projects in the works downtown.

Actually they did start out as for sale, but I don't think they had enough people interested so now they are for rent. This happened well before all the harder financial situations happened with the banks and the economy though.

with Discovery Green sucking much of the park interest in downtown.

Not really. DG is empty most of the time during the day (other than when kids are out of school or there is an event there).

I see why they are picking a day in the middle of the week and not Saturday. Some people work all week and the only time they would be able to get things done with USPS would be on a Saturday.

I don't see why they just don't fire all the "slow poke personnel" and the extra baggage they have sitting at counters not doing anything.

however, for the first time in my 4 years of living in Baldwin Square, a drunk homeless man was knocking on all of our doors and yelling Merry Christmas last night.

LOL, he is about a month off, poor fella!

Someone told me that they will mark the tires of vehicles. So all you would have to do is move your vehicle up a little or back a little or rub it off?

Does anyone else know how exactly they will be able to tell if you left and came back to that spot as opposed to just staying in the spot for 2 or more hours?

Secondly, wouldn't this be considered vandalism

I don't think most people realize how bad things are going to get. I don't know much about commercial buildings and residential but I know a lot about petrochem and there is nothing coming up in 2010. In 2009 we're going to still be coasting on old projects from before the crash. Even if the economy turns around overnight we're still looking at a year of no construction projects. Once the projects that are funded are done, there's not going to be anything new for a long time.

You are indeed correct. Most of my work is with commercial real estate transactions and it has already begun to decline (it actually started declining in the summer).

Oh, yeah. We did that too. The gifts from Santa would be in front of the fireplace, unwrapped, under our stockings.

LOL this is exactly what we do? Are you my brother!!! I remember that each of us boys would have a group of presents from Santa. We would try to get downstairs first to "pick" the best group of toys. But our parents would tell us which group of toys would go to which boy. It was so fun back then!

The best stocking present I get is about $100 worth of dollar lottery tickets.... that is a blast!

We open gifts that we have received from everyone (friends and family) on Christmas Eve. Then overnight Santa comes with more gifts (that are not wrapped) that we get in the morning.

Letter I sent to S J Lee...(not that she cares)

Ms. Lee, I would like to let you know that I am against the auto bail out, as is the majority of the American population. This country was founded on the basis of capitalism and bailing out the auto industry is anything but. Those companies made bad choices, one being not to invest in alternative fuel means. Instead the majority of these companies actually bought patents and technology from other people and companies to hinder the production of a vehicle that runs on alternative power essentially shooting themselves in the foot. We should not bail them out as it would start a precedent that every other failing company could use to gain government aid.

I find it very dishearten when the majority of American's are not for this bailout yet the majority of our government leaders are. This shows just how out of touch the American government is with the people of America. Remember! The people you are suppose to be working for!

Didn't he just give his reasons?

I don't get the tie in to Obama's administration. Why would Obama care about this when there are bigger things in the country to worry about at the moment. Even if we didn't have the economy crisis at the moment, I doubt Obama would ever do anything regarding a train going to Galveston.

If I were the Obama administration, I'd try to have this thing up and running in record time.

Huh? Why is that?

50th or 51st floor

I thought this thread was going to be about Clay Aiken ...

Don't worry; there'll be plenty of downtown residential development after the economy is back in swing. The trend is moving closer to downtown, not away from it.

I have honestly never been inside the downtown Macy's yet. Is it even crowded ever?

Compared to the others, no. Also that Macy's doesn't have certain things that other Macy's has (Lacoste for one)

This last Red Apple sell was the only time I have ever seen it remotely crowded.

6-7ish. My body naturally wakes up at 5am for some reason (haven't had an alarm clock for over 10 years) I can go to bed at 10 or 12 and still get up at 5.

Isn't Live Oak the building that comes with NO parking whatsover? If so, that would be enough to steer me clear of the place, even if you think you can live without a car, future resale might be tough because of it.

No, that is Kirby Lofts on Main. Live Oak Lofts has secured parking and street parking.

They are creepy, him especially. Something is not right

That map shows tunnels and skybridges. Have fun figuring that out

The sad thing about this is that it happens everyday in politics, he was just caught.