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    Thanks for the updates Golyadkin! Do you live on campus?
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    Thanks for the first-hand info!!
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    Hey everyone... I am the author of the TexasLeftist blog. I got the information about IAH's Terminal B because I was streaming the Council meeting online. That's also why I posted the tweets from ABC13 reporter Miya Shay and Jerry Peruchini, both who were also in attendance at the meeting. If you listen to Council's discussion for that day, they imply finalization of the expansion plans. My apologies if I confused anyone. Though my blog is opinion-based, I try to get the facts correct there. As a result I've amended the language in the hopes of some clarification. Thanks for checking out the blog!!
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    Very interesting that half of those are in one building!!
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    Like a soya bean, but they grow on the outer fringes of the garden patch.
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    Well I'm pretty happy/hopeful at the moment that Downtown is getting another mega-hotel... somethin Houston desperately needed. 5 Allen Center is still very much a possibility too.
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    And the new downtown hotel will be... a Marriott Marquis!! 1,000 rooms! Council just approved it 16-1, no discussion. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/City-to-offer-hotel-developer-138M-in-incentives-4109932.php?t=e58f23689fcf61987c
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    What I love even more than the hotel rooms, the cool design or the height... this development has AWESOME potential for the street level of the area. really excellent. Can't wait to see all of the new Conventions Houston will attract with this beauty!! And we'll finally have the hotel rooms to garner some larger customers!
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    Of course not. These are types of investments that our community needs to be making... not just to educate visitors residents alike about our past, but also to build for a better future. Like it or not, tourism is a very real and lucrative industry. Houston is making the right move by placing a keystone of opportunity in downtown.
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    The Swamplot article says that is precisely their goal.
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    This is exactly what I've been hoping Houston would do... develop a center for Heritage Tourism!! This will be a cornerstone for downtown and the region, just like George R. Brown and Discovery Green have become. Look at all of the economic indicators... heritage tourism is a rapidly growing field. Good for Houston that they are being proactive to take advantage of this coming opportunity. Kudos to Mayor Parker and the business leaders on this one! $55 million is a big investment, and I hope they don't skimp. I think I'm going to call them and ask about patents for the gift shop. I already have some ideas!!
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    Ask anyone that ever has to park on UofH campus. They'd probably say it would help a hell of a lot.
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    It ain't rail, but definitely better than nothing!! IMO, the University Line should still be the top priority.
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    The rendering appears to be 1000 rooms. I counted and it's 20 by 25 starting at the 3rd story.
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    Let's hope they are starting a trend!!
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    This is a top priority for Downtown Houston and the whole city. Even if the hotel doesn't look exactly like the rendering, there's no way they would "skimp" on a project this substantial. We didn't skimp on One Park Place or BG Group Place either.
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    Besides restaurants, the next best thing to have is Touristy stuff... knick-knacks, sports gear, and "I'm in Houston" souvenirs. That will ensure a steady flow of conventioners, and maybe some Discovery Green visitors. After that, I'd go for a CVS/Walgreens/Rite-Aid that's ACTUALLY open 24hrs. Put those in right next to the Convention center, and you can't go wrong.
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    Very cool! Keep me posted... I know lots of frat guys and music majors!
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    The drug dealers and prostitutes in this area scare me. What I don't get... they're concentrated in a few apt buildings. Everyone in the area knows where they are. Why doesn't the city just force them out? The property values have to be skyrocketing for that area by now, and I know the city wants residents to be safe.
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    Exciting indeed!! A quick pointer to keep steady business... I work at UH and use the Campus Rec gym. If you can serve smoothies and be open around the gym times, I think it would be a great move. Smoothie King's hours are really fishy, and they need some competition anyway. But even if you can't, the more options we have on/near UH Campus, the better. It has swelled now to over 40,000 students, and when you throw in faculy and staff, our daytime population is right around 50k people. Congrats on the bold venture!!
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    But freeways also cost money. And so do cars. Texas drops billions and billions of dollars each year on new freeways, and no one ever gives it a second look. But the very second someone mentions rail, everyone is up in arms about it. The amount of spending for public transit that is spent in this state is ABYSMAL compared to the golden calf that is our never-ending freeway budget.
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    As far as I know, Lot 13A is being taken for space so that cargo can be delivered to the new dining hall. Not sure if the entire lot will be gone, but I know it will lose several spaces. There aren't any plans to turn it into anything else.
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    This shopping center has really fallen into disrepair... and fast!!
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    I say we build the University Line.
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    I'm not a Downtown resident, but in Montrose so pretty close. I go to Phoenicia at least once every 2 weeks. Any time I'm there I see a healthy number of customers in the store... it's developed a regular and stable following. Phoenicia is different from other Houston grocers of course... it has a very European setup, and remind me of the supermarkets I went to in Paris or the UK. But the prices are quite comparable on many items to Randall's or Kroger. Some items like pasta noodles or some of the cheese are actually cheaper than the chain grocers.
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