Ross
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Better economics for the AT&T building. You can save any building with enough money. The problem is that most owners don't want to spend $4 million to end up with a building that's worth $1 million. Nor do they want to spend a pile of money to rhab a building that can't generate enough rent to make the investment worthwhile.
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Saving the buildings is a want, not a need.
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How much of your money are you willing to give to the owners to rehab the buildings? Or, do you just want to use the police power of the City to force the owners to spend the money to satisfy your aesthetic values?
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How is it a cop out? Are you arguing they should spend, for the sake of argument, $4 million to have buildings worth $1 million? Sometimes, it just isn't economically sound to rehab a building.
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There was an article in the Houston Press about Huntington Village and its HOA http://www.houstonpress.com/news/tipping-point-in-huntington-village-the-community-association-has-all-the-power-7998755
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There are upwards of 400 stores and 50 restaurants at the Galleria, plus various other options nearby. As hard as it may be to believe, lots of folks prefer to wander around a brightly lit, indoor, mall with lots of shopping, eating, and people watching options than dodging panhandlers on the not so brightly lit streets Downtown. My colleagues who come here from South America and Asia have little interest in watching baseball or basketball, or going to bars, as those activities aren't reimbursed by the company. They do love to shop, often arriving with a half full suitcase, and departing with 2 nearly overweight ones. This is because equivalent shopping at home is far more expensive for them. On weekends, they generally head to the outlet mall in Cypress. They will sometimes attend Dynamo games, since they love soccer.
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It's apparent you never talk to international visitors, everyone of whom eould prefer the Galleria to Downtown. Not one of the dozens of foreign visitors I work with every year has expressed a preference for Downtown. There is very little fun to do Downtown, especially after dark.
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You are so funny, Slick. The Galleria isn't going to close any time soon. It's a tourist destination, and extremely popular. It's also a whole lot more fun than Downtown, and will remain so for some time to come.
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Out of towners, and especially out of country visitors, love the Galleria. They do not like Downtown at all, since there's very little to do or see, and no one wants to go to bars every night. Never underestimate the power of a major shopping venue to make visitors happy.
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No, the TIRZ, unless it's boundaries have changed, stops at 59/288. The properties are on the other side of the freeway. To make things even more fun, the Midtown Management District collects an 11.81 cents per $100 valuation property tax for improvements the TIRZ doesn't pay for.
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It's anti-gentrification land banking at the behest of Garnet Coleman who is bitterly opposed to redevelopment that might displace current residents of the Third Ward.
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This year
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When my office was downtown, most business visitors stayed at hotels near the Galleria. Downtown is overrated.
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Amegy Bank At 1717 West Loop S.
Ross replied to nolaboy's topic in River Oaks/Upper Kirby/Greenway Plaza/Bissonnet
On one extended business trip in the Middle East, I was staying in an apartment next to a building under construction. The crane was a luffing job type in the center of the new building. For a couple of weeks, the cab was at the same level as my apartment. The operator would lower a bucket on a rope, and then haul it back up. I assume there were trips for water, and to empty the "disposal vessel". The best part, though, was the days when the crane was being cleaned, and the guy doing the cleaning was walking all over the top of the cab, 13 stories up, and not tied off while he leaned over to clean the windows, polish the hydraulic bits, etc. -
Anyone know how much the cranes cost? I assume it's a daily rental.
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Call the City Arborist. Council won't do squat. The Arborist can tell you if they had a permit or not.
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Why? Their property, their choice.
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There's very little in terms of residential neighborhoods along the route to the proposed Dallas location, which minimizes opposition and cost. From the maps and aerials, it looks like they have a pretty straight approach with few obstacles. Getting to Downtown Houston is much more difficult, with very little available space to build dedicated structures to hold the HSR tracks. And that's ignoring the impact on people who live next to the line. I am also skeptical that UP and BNSF would be amenable to allowing their RoW to be used, given the potential disruption to freight movement during construction. So, it's your opinion that the people affected by a potential route to Downtown ought to just suck it up and give in, a sort of "best for the masses, so I'll screw up my life" approach?
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Uh, no. Lots of low lying places have underground rail. You just have to build it correctly. Of course, that might be a struggle for METRO.
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That's better than getting a glorified cubicle at random (no assigned seat) when you show up for work every day, which seems to be more popular with employers these days.
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It wasn't a priority. What's your point?
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LA is full of cars. And always will be.
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Nice piece of name calling, slick. I think I said something to the effect that light rail makes it tough to cross through streets because the rail blocks cars from crossing the through streets, thus requiring a detour to the next available intersection that allows passage. On the North part of the Red Line, that's quite a few blocks out of the way, depending on where you are.
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No, its not. I've never had any problems finding my destination in that area. It's easy to get on 610 North or West, 290, Or 10.
