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    It would be cool if it were a midrise with a Central Market on the ground floor. Now THAT's mixed use!
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    Is it still beautiful? Hope you're avoiding those golf ball hailstones!
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    My sense is that some of the HEBs in Houston are built to Central Market requirements. As it is, the definition is kind of flexible; the CM in Fort Worth is not like the CM in Grapevine at all.
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    Covered it in asphalt so no one could find it.
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    All it needs is a sign saying "No Handball Playing".
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    Another wrap. Feh...
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    Meanwhile at Block 334... "One coffee bean...two coffee beans..."
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    I guess those extra special windows at the Skyhouse would not appeal to you. Then again...Welcome to the Skyhouse!
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    Fittingly, that was the name of an old porn website from back in 1999....
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    Atheists.
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    Maybe I should send a note to Steve and Doug...
  12. toxtethogrady
    I guess that's a concrete example of the value of a smaller, fuel-efficient car.
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    This side of town is starting to hop with activity, as both Generation Park and Valley Ranch are ramping up. The momentum is here.
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    WTI is $56 a barrel this evening. Slowly, slowly...
  15. toxtethogrady
    Is this like "BM Peelar"?
  16. toxtethogrady
    DC has Busboys and Poets - food, drink, extensive library, countercultural poetry slams on a regular basis. Houston could stand some of that - and not off Washington Avenue.
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    What is that blue paint?
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    I would have not expected professional lacrosse in Houston except for the MLL's plans to bring the All-Star Game to BBVA. Lacrosse is very much an East Coast game. None of the Houston schools have much of a lacrosse tradition. As for hockey, Quebec had a team and it left for bigger gates elsewhere. It's interesting that ACBJ rated all the possible cities for the NHL and put Houston on top of the list. Happenstance?
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    I've seen Lamar and I've seen schools on Northside; it appears the renovations are updating the school buildings nicely. But updates cause their own controversies, as the demolition of the old Wheatley High demonstrated. (Incidentally, a lot of famous names in basketball went through that high school; it used to be a direct pipeline to Guy Lewis and U of H).
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    I'm not sure the space is sufficient to support a campus layout; campuses suggest lower density and more greenspaces (e.g. Exxon Mobil), and this tract is comparatively small. But the concept does appear a bit dated, though that's a complaint that can be lodged against other recent proposals (you hearing me, Cambridge?)
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    And that was a fun groundbreaking. I think at some point the School District will realize prices are not going to come down a whole lot and get off the pot. Somewhere I saw that materials costs for projects in the Woodlands had dropped about 7%, but that's it.
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    Or give it a New York theme and call it the James Coney Island.
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    The last "major" hockey team was the Houston Aeros, who brought home two league championships before folding in 1978. Houston has also had a minor league hockey team, but they got kicked out of Toyota Center two years ago and relocated to another city. Now the talk is hot and heavy about bringing an NHL franchise to Houston - but the NHL spurned the Aeros in 1978, and the recent closing of a minor league team for lack of local support doesn't look good (and even after four championships, the WNBA couldn't make it in Houston). So what's it going to take to bring the Aeros back? (My guess - a deep-pocketed owner, which is who Drayton McLane and Bob McNair were). http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/04/study-houston-considered-best-market-to-add-an-nhl-team/#29954101=0
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    Us former Virginians do a double-take any time we see a reference to the James River Oaks. Makes us think of Richmond.
  25. toxtethogrady
    The Permits section for HBJ confirms what we're seeing. $3 million building permit issued to the Lusk Group for 2915 North Main. This one is going up.
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