crunchtastic
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I haven't seen anyone working on the west end in a couple of weeks. The CVS is coming along, though.
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Until they change the admissions policy, it's the University of Lowered Expectations. Otherwise, I really like Infinite Jim's idea of Downtown Houston University.
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Is this your office building with the rogue elevators?
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Like all the new development that popped up next to Reliant?
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Embassy Suites By Hilton Houston Downtown At 1515 Dallas St.
crunchtastic replied to ricco67's topic in Downtown
Debbie's BFF, Nancy Naysayer -
Are you faculty?
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I have a visual of Red and his dogs, cruising Caninos on Saturday morning for chicks. Edit: Red's dogs appear to be mighty mighty cute and he is not bad himself, so it isn't a bad visual, but a funny one. The whole shopping for vegetables thing.
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Houston is not in South Texas. All of these names are ridiculous, but none of this matters, because Empress Khatour will make a unilateral decision, despite the fact the she doesn't run UHD. Just like she did for provost, despite overwhelming faculty dissent.
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exactly, not everyone who visits the park is hungry for a $12 burger at The Grove. Which is why there should be a mix. Not overrrun with cart dudes, but options, anyway.
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On the one hand, Niche understands me perfectly. OTOH, Kylejack, your point about groceries is well taken. It's just that farmers markets here suck. I think what we'd all like to see is a combination of groceries and the like for people who live downtown, and sausages and beer for those of us who merely come downtown for leisure. We can dream, can't we? Vibrancy for all! And yea, they should bring back Party on the Plaza. When it was in its heyday, I worked nights downtown and it sucked watching all the day-shifters crowding off to the beer booths while I was driving into the garage. They could probably still book Joe King Carrasco. Might fit in the city budget these days. Niche, the locavore? Nice try. Really.
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It absolutely does. Density and its shiny cousin 'vibrancy' , at their most basic, just mean attracting more bodies downtown. This is Houston, not the Bay Area. You're gonna attract more people with a hot dog cart and beer than cheese and turnips. OK maybe not clowns. They can be scary.
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sigh, I suspect you're right. But when it comes to urban 'vibrancy' don't we really mean 'more people' ? 100 people in a square eating sausage on a stick and watching clowns make animal balloon looks busier, and therefore better (especially in brochure photographs) than 10 people buying locally grown micro greens and cutely packaged cheese. I cannot give up on my downscale, downtown food cart dream.
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yep! taco trucks, hot dogs, dudes on bicycles pulling little keg trailers...
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lol, some cheese and a couple of boxes of tomatoes in a parking lot is not a farmers market. Besides, the 7 people in Houston who care have already gotten up at 6 am to buy all the tomatoes anyway. I'm with 20th st dad. Bring on the street performers! Go-cups and tarot cards! And some damn mobile food vendors. Our urban quotient would go up a ton if one could buy and eat a shawarma on the sidewalks of downtown Houston.
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Gah! Manscape that neck, Tubbs, or we're changing your name to Patches!
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How true about New Orleans. The last time there we did a lot of walking in the CBD. The old deco office buildings there that have just been abandoned to rot are a shame. It looks like Charity Hospital is going to end up the same, unless some deep pockets intervene.
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So much for the all the hubbub over a wine bar: Tony Vallone is scrapping plans to open the bistro/wine bar in the new shoppping center. He cites the economy. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6231839.html
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Did you hear that the Macaroni Grille in Cypress went ghetto?? Oh sorry, I'm confusing this with another thread.
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Deep breaths!! I should have added that this was in 1983 when the city's art scene was far smaller, and he was a rather militant transplant from a big city in the east. Anyway the point is that there a still a lot of people (the kind who post on chron.com) who consider art in the public realm to be wasteful and unnecessary. I do not agree. Clearly you don't either.
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LOL. I remember my freshman year of college, I had a professor who said "y'all just remember that this is Houston. We don't do art here. We do chemicals." I like it too. It's a little pointy for my tastes, but that's fine; I'm just glad any pedestrian-only bridge is getting built over the bayou.
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Then it wouldn't be so 'arty'. Since it's being touted as a civic arts project, I wonder how much of the funding (if any) is coming from federal arts funding?
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I bet if someone were to find any random young hottie in a Midtown bar, put them in a cab, blindfold them, walk them into the ZaZa, and tell them they were on the new set of Bret Michaels Rock of Love, they would believe it. I must have missed my calling in the hotel-concept business. There is just no overestimating the bad taste of the young rich and their hangers-on.
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I like this idea of rail up top. One way, I dunno. Capitol isn't a thru street all the way between DT and Eastwood Park, not sure about the other side. I think it's a mix of warehouse and residential all the way down to that commercial site for the service facility. Will have to drive it tomorrow. I haven't thought about this in a while, glad it's come back up.
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Good luck on getting your friends and neighbors in Harris County to accept 'blame' for voting against tax increases.
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The Heights Restaurant And Bar Scene - More Coming
crunchtastic replied to Freelander's topic in The Heights
Chachos, mmm good! I didn't realize they were in Houston. They were crazy popular in San Antonio. Especially for pre-drinking and eating before going out.