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  1. texasboy
    Thanks for the pics. Do you have any pics of the 16th Street Pedestrian mall and vicinity?
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    People, Denver is not boring. The downtown is actually what most of us on this forum want for Houston. HoustonianInColorado these are nice pictures but you and I know that they do not do Downtown Denver justice. Thanks for the shots.
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    awwwwwwwww.
  4. texasboy
    ok, not the best advertisement for whatever your selling.
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    :cries: I want to go, but my new job in Miami has stopped me from coming back to H-Town lately, plus I have been broke to pay for that rental car ____, hotel rooms and eating out.
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    Rodents are my worse fear. You all are scaring the ____ out of me, when I come back to Houston and make it back downtown. Usually rats are the only animals that are hard to find when people are around, which is a good thing.
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    I am always a fan of streetlevel pics, but these are the exception. These are awesome.
  8. texasboy
    Houston is one stop shopping. Dallas' is more spread out. At the same time Houston has a lot of exclusive stores the Dallas area does not have and the same can be said for Dallas.
  9. texasboy
    As Houstonians I think we are a little impatient, but we should be on somethings though. *Cough* Shamrock *Cough*. I have an interest in projects that are going up in my hometown of LA, specifically the ones that will change downtown, and I have noticed they are just as slow with proposed and approved projects. I cannot even tell you how long I have been waiting for LA Live which is a Pavilions on steroids with a Times Square type theme with massive billboards giving off light pollution, but I think they have a little bit more patience than us because they have not given up on the project.
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    I am all for entertainment but I hope the Houston PAvilions has just as much clothing retail as the one in Denver. Some of the Denver clothing stores are ann taylor, banana republic, express, gap, journey's, nike town, and victoria's secret.
  11. texasboy
    The Park Shops will still be busy at lunchtime and workhours as usual. I don't really think the downtown workers really care about the urban environment or experience of shopping for clothes or eating at Houston Pavilions as long as they can get their food and go, which they can do at the Park Shops. For th people that work in the vicinity of Houston Pavilions, I think they will kepep it busy. Plus it seems like most of downtown's population is centered around this development. Commerce Towers, St Germain, Capitol Lofts, Houston House, Humble Tower, etc.
  12. texasboy
    wow. you actually got a response?
  13. texasboy
    I agree Velvetj, but I think some people's ego will get the best of your post.
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    Ok, don't know what the fourth largest city thing came from, plus its meaningless since the city is close to 600 square miles, but anyway I know Houston is developer driven. I am saying that no zoning laws will probably or already have created environments in this city that will not appeal to urban developers looking for urban environments to build in. If you want to admit it or not, no zoning laws have killed the uniformity of this city. As for the no zoning since day one, Houston is a city that was incorporated in 1837. The city's urban infrastructure was developing just fine before the 1930's, better than it is today, and a master plan was produced for the city in 1929 which included zoning laws. The last time the city voted no for zoning laws was in 1993, not to mention this has happened two times beofre. In 1948 and 1962.
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    People. Houston has many mistakes, and I see some people here do not want to admit it, but we make excuses that no zoning is what makes our neighborhoods "cool". Sorry but most of the no zoning happening in Houston has made our neighborhoods so disproportionate. Ever wonder how you can have a dense walkable development in Midtown and then across the street there is a suburban CVS? Sorry but there is nothing unique about that and it is just a sign of bad urban planning. Houston will find out soon enough that no zoning laws will eventually kill the development of this city. As urban living becomes more trendy, it will be hard to find neighborhoods that appeal to urban developers in this city because of how it has developed. Hopefully downtown will have the same attitude that gives atleast one neighborhood in this city hope.
  16. texasboy
    you have a point. especially with the corner balconies.
  17. texasboy
    are you guys serious? i am not a fan of lifestlye centers, but some of these things listed are not even lifestly centers. crossing at 518? that is nothing more than a stripmall similar to town center in sugar land, not town square, but town center.
  18. texasboy
    wow. its even further than i thought. it's even far from the fall creek subdivision in humble, which is a long drive.
  19. texasboy
    http://www.kings-harbor.com/ I can't even put into words what this would do for the Bayou revitalization near downtown, but I guess the suburbs these days have to have their little downtowns too.
  20. texasboy
    it's called decentralization folks. houston has become so decentralized now, that downtown is not even the center of population or activity anymore like traditional cities. the fact that houston is so spread out as far as amenities makes visitors feel that they are in the wrong areas at times as far as entertainment. becaue a city of Houston's size should be more active than it currently is, specifically in the core, and edge cities such as uptown and the tmc kills the potential that downtown could have. i know it's hard to understand if you are not familiar with urban planning or design, but it's the truth.
  21. texasboy
    The Herrin Lofts look awesome, but aren't they building these in a different design?
  22. texasboy
    the dome looks great.
  23. texasboy
    first off, welcome. i agree that montrose, heights, especially the museum district area are great places to live and I am always envious when visiting the areas. the good thing about houston is the inner city neigborhoods west of downtown usually have a better reputation than the burbs. for dog care i would definitley consider midtown/montrose/ or the heights. i say those areas because i do not think anybody has mentioned how high the galleria area is for leasing out or owning retail space. i use to live in midtown when living in houston and there was always leasing space, plus i found that the area has a lot of dogwalkers. you can find this out by just spending a day in the neighborhood around post midtown square, where leasing space is always available. good luck in both finds, and again welcome to houston. edit: as for the $126K house out west. i'm not going to lie, you probably wont find that deal closer to downtown.
  24. texasboy
    I don't believe anything anymore. by the way, houstoncajun what is that in your avatar?
  25. texasboy
    i like it.
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