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    Ditto...sounds like we both live near Brays. Project Brays and this other deal are unrelated, at least as far as I can tell. My fear is that since Brays already has trails along our stretch we might not see much improvement, as it seems the focus is on adding and connecting trails. Not sure what remains on Project Brays, though it sounds like a lot of the work is upstream and focused on flood control Here are some websites on the Bayou Greenways 2020 http://houstonparksboard.org/bgi/2020/ http://www.bayougreenways.org/ https://www.h-gac.com/community/qualityplaces/workshops/documents/stw-09-30-2011_The_Potential_for_Houston's_Bayou_Greenways.pdf The first one lists "Braeswood Homeowners Association" as a stakeholder but I'm not sure that actually means anything
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    To further Brian's point, if you go to pg. 4 of linked report it breaks population change down by census tract. Tracts 41 and 51 (western part of loop) grew 11% and 13%, respectively, from 2000 to 2010 while the eastern areas inside the loop actually declined. As someone who has lived in Midtown, Montrose, and now also Braeswood over the last decade or so I can assure you there has been quite a change. Of course it is related to growth in the Houston economy, but if/when things slow again let's just see how much better the suburbs fare I don't have any references handy but I am fairly certain the property value increases in the western part of the loop have outpaced the suburbs. Then again, there are a lot of suburbs out there and certainly some areas have done better than others
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    Wow, yeah the west side of downtown looks pretty bad. I guess the only thing worse than a bunch of surface parking lots is a bunch of empty surface parking lots Looks like Tulsa has built a comfortable lead
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    Current Final 4 has Houston vs Tulsa: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/04/08/final-four-parking-madness-tulsa-vs-houston/ Sorry if this is already posted elsewhere - not sure whether this is a widely read blog but it actually made the news in Tulsa. Kind of interesting, anyway My money is on Tulsa (my hometown) to take it all. There's actually been a bit of a resurgence on the north side of downtown there but yeah, downtown in general is still pretty desolate. If only they had just zoomed out a bit on that shot of Houston....or maybe thrown in a picture of the area around Reliant Some of the original entrants didn't seem that bad, but maybe my view was biased after working at 800 Bell for a few years
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    Facebook page confirms that they sold it. End of an era for me as I spent quite a bit of time there years ago after it first opened
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    Yeah, I'm certainly no expert in the market dynamics for new apartment construction. That said, there are literally so many new announced projects coming up (or under construction) in Midtown/Montrose/Greenway it's hard to keep count now... Quite a few new projects along Richmond Ave itself, even though the University Line seems indefinitely delayed
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    Moving to Old Braeswood within the month - I really hate leaving Montrose, but babies happen My understanding is that Project Brays is going to virtually eliminate the 100 yr flood plain around Brays Bayou upon completion in 2017. Is that true? Just curious as our new place is on the edge of the 100 yr (flood insurance is minimal) and well, that would be nice. I'm afraid that might tend towards more tear downs and re-development, but there's already some of that going on. I'm surprised so many of those 50's style ranch homes are still around
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    I was wondering if he would get slapped with a felony... http://blog.chron.co...picasso-attack/ Not sure why it took so long since his name has been out there for a while
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    From the Galveston County Daily news: http://galvestondail...m/story/319850/ Awesome news! Two of the taller, vacant buildings in Galveston are to be renovated! I had noticed the work and progress at the Jean Lafitte hotel but wasn't sure what the story was there. Now if we can just get some news on the Martini Theater... With the cruise industry booming in Galveston I would have thought at least one of those towers would have made a nice boutique hotel My wife loves Galveston so we actually bought a historic (weekend) home last year and now I love it, too. I'm biased but it seems like things are getting better
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    Well we already have the "Fairmont Museum District". Lots of places listed for sale in my area (77098) also claim "Museum District" as well. To be fair, at least you can easily walk to a museum (Menil)....but yeah, that's still a stretch
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    I don't know. That video didn't really show much.... A similar thing happened to Union a while back (discussed on here), in which some people turned away at the door claimed the club was anti-gay (it wasn't), when in fact the place was just overcrowded. That said, in the video it doesn't really look all that crowded to me, so I'm not sure I buy the "we weren't staffed for 150 people" argument. If anyone actually knows when they've been closing on Tuesdays (not just what was on the website), that would be interesting to know
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    Wow....no news here, but that's awesome! Maybe it will take some "pressure" off the one in midtown. I wonder if they would close the smaller one at Holcombe and Greenbriar?
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    Hmmm....not sure if this has been mentioned or not, but I didn't realize that HEB had exclusive rights for 2 years and had declined to build (assuming this quote is accurate). Was HEB really outbid, then, or did they simply opt not to build on this particular site? Doesn't this make all of those comparisons of a Walmart vs. an HEB sort of irrelevant? (Of course, the fact that Walmart is willing to pay the most $$ alone makes the comparison irrelevant)
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    This must be the most unscientific poll ever - we've now got people signing up just to vote. Which reminds me, shouldn't these polls be anonymous?
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    Wal-Mart should build the store on stilts and convert some of that beautiful land into a park
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    Could have fooled me...I thought those pothole-infested streets were!
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    You're right - the corner being turned at the 3 min mark appears to be someone headed south (SW, I guess) on Nagle and turning right onto McGowen. I see you already linked to the Ralston's down the street, which is really the only identifying marker besides the shape of that building on the corner Edit: Random story, but I actually ran into Forest Whitaker at the baggage claim in Luanda, Angola a couple of years ago. Talk about unexpected...
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    Perfect! A central wal-mart not in my neighborhood is exactly what I've been hoping for....j/k. Well, sort of But seriously, it does seem like a pretty good place for one, and it's not like it's smack dab in the middle of the Heights. I also don't see how this would kill the mom-and-pops when Target hasn't
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    The same thing happened with 2222 Smith St back when they built it - you can see it sticking out on bird's eye view on bing.com 2222 Smith St
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    I see you were in the 24 hr gym parking garage, too. I got there about half an hour later and just left after the gym lost power and they closed. Pretty amazing vantage point. The fire had spead quite a bit from this photo
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    You got me curious - here's a link to the story on their website: Houston Heights: Small Town in the Big City
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    The link I posted has worked every time for me - it's to the River Oaks examiner. Longer article with two *.pdf links
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    Is this what you're looking for? It's got a link to a *.pdf of the properties affected Examiner
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    More details on the ribbons @ swamplot I can't see an HEB as there already seem to be plenty of grocery options in the area. Plus, how on earth could there already be plans for what to do with the trees? Doesn't HEB already own the somewhat struggling Shepherd Plaza?
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    That's what I'm thinking (and hoping). That way, even though it has taken such a long time they can still have a nice "completed ahead of schedule" PR at the end
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