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    Hmmm. Very cool, but it does look a little lacking in the shade. I guess I was hoping for more of a Parque Mexico vibe. Gonna be veeery hot if the renderings are accurate.
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    I get why the developers wouldn't want to highlight competitors, but to me the Alta and RS developments are the real selling points of HAP. They both highlight Hanover's better design and give it a bit of an integrated urban neighborhood vibe, rather than the island-in-suburbia vibe these renderings suggest.
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    Thanks! Sounds awesome. I would also recommend the Escher exhibit at MFAH for those interested in dense, perambulable spaces. The earlier (pre-illusions phase) sketches in particular are awesome.
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    It'd still be worth adding an additional ped/bike bridge halfway between Jensen and Hirsch. Maybe from the Middle St. development. I'd be willing to personally pay dozens of dollars toward that.
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    They sweat the onions tableside, I assume?
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    Could also be that there's a halfway house right there. I know for where I live in Midtown, the homeless services centers are all clustered fairly close together (for obvious reasons), which definitely leads to a more noticeable presence. It's not really an issue for me or my neighbors (as far as I'm aware), though - just sad and frustrating to see. And probably makes walking at night uncomfortable for people on the slighter side.
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    I am confused by this because the east end of Brays, while not exactly clear, always looks a lot nicer than any part of Buffalo or White Oak, from what I can tell. Is it really just soil?
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    I really don't want to derail (heh) another thread, but...like...no
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    This is too much good news for one day, Hindesky. Go easy on us.
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    They would, but the long-term effect in either case would be a reduction in traffic congestion.
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    You're thinking of the building on the northwest corner of Crawford and Holman, aka the most confusingly "just slightly off" project in the city. At this point, I'm pretty sure it's just one guy who is stoned.
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    Definitely team no-tunnel here as well. Actually, I'm fine with a tunnel, but only if it follows a pedestrian-oriented street redesign.
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    I'm sorry, but are you suggesting that highway-style "street" designs are incompatible with dense urban districts??? How dare you.
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    I also hope it catalyzes the construction of a pedestrian bridge there (or reconstruction of the Jensen bridge to better accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists).
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    Washington needs a straight-up LRT extension, in my opinion. (So, especially, does Westheimer). A w. Dallas / w. Gray trolley loop could be effective as a true trolley, I think, because of the length limits (though I'd happily take an LRT line there as well).
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    If somebody wants to go out there and counterprotest with one sign that just says "Nah" with an arrow pointing at her signs, I'll give you like 18 bucks.
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    Petition for a West Dallas trolley
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    I, for one, would take about a thousand more "boring" buildings just like this.
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    1) Is this for real? 2) Is it still planned for [this](https://maps.app.goo.gl/faaUSgrXduUiBrep8) lot?
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    To each their own, I guess. I don't have a problem with high-rises fundamentally, but in Houston they tend to be pretty set back and generally disengaged from the street. The Southeastern building in the rendering doesn't look like anything special, but at least it helps move the street toward something a bit more like contiguity.
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    Nextdoor NIMBYs and misguided 22-year-old anti-gentrification activists aside, I generally think the prevailing attitude toward development in this city is "oh cool, new thing" and, having grown up in Boston, I can't tell you how refreshing that is.
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    The Matrix says hello
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    Why would anybody subject himself to that?
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    The best part is that people actually seem to mostly get it. There was a thread on r/Houston recently complaining about the Shepherd construction, and by far the most upvoted responses were those that explained the project and emphasized the pedestrian improvements. That said, it's not perfect. It's still a bit of an island. In the next 20 years, I would love to see LRT lines on Washington, Montrose/Waugh/Heights, and Shepherd/Durham, as well as a couple of continuous protected bikeways from (at least) Montrose through the Heights.
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    Other than the fact that the bike lanes just...end...(are we just supposed to stop existing there?), I actually think RS is still perfectly fine from an urban planning perspective. That's why I'm not at all bothered by the architectural blandness. Yes, it's weird that they had so much space dedicated to one bar and nothing else happening at opening, but they need the Hanover and Alta and RS projects to fill up a lot more before more businesses will be able to succeed there. Hopefully the next phase is more interesting, but in the meantime I'll happily take the unit density and lack of street-facing parking.
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