citykid09

That's cool. I just hope that Houston will be able to handle all of the growth without expanding land wise.

I could have sworn that I posted on here that Bojangles came here around the early part of this decade. Did someone delete it??? I remember they had 2-3 locations, but they closed up pretty quick.

I didn't know they entered the Houston area already, can't wait to try it! Zaxby's 8103 LOUETTA ROAD SPRING, TX 77379 http://zaxbys.com/home.html http://www.zaxbys.com/locator/MapDisplay.aspx?storeid=35501

It seems to me that concentration is more attractive. Riding down the street and seeing a shopping center would usually not make me want to see the shops within it. But if the area is set up in an urban way where the store are right up to the sidewalk with trees and people walking around, I would want to check that area out. There are thousands of shopping centers in Houston, but how many truly urban areas are there to shop? The Montrose area has bits and pieces that are similar to the urban street scape of Little 5 Points (L5P), but there is lots of empty land that can be filled in, side walks that can be fixed, and trees that can be planet for shade.

This one reminds me of San Fransisco

Yeah, but I'm sure if he saw the Uptown/Galleria area, he would be thankful for the somewhat urban Buckhead.

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I believe both Uptown/Galleria and Montrose can learning something from both Buckhead and L5P.

I would believe Target is looking at midtown. But I think that they would probably build their own two story building. They have urban Targets all over the US. Seattle has one, Atlanta, Charlotte, Minneapolis, and a lot in California. Here is one in an urban development in Seattle: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21241102@N00/3291761118/ Here is a video of a two story Target name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Wont the Whole Foods in Uptown be two stories? name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350">

I think they showed that episode last night.

Cracker Barrel is coming to the center: http://gis.bryantx.gov/public/SDRC/2009%20...try%20Store.pdf

I heard that we are move towards a national driver's license/id and license plate in the near future, so it won't matter for long.

Everything you said I agree with. I like the California plates. And I was wondering the same thing about the XXX-XXXX. Batman. But where did that come from. I looks like its real.

I like it better than the old ones. They should have done the license plates with Texas written like that.

City of Gotham? What counrty is that plate from? I Voted for the one with the skylines at the bottom. They were all ugly. Why does everything in Texas have to be the generic RED, WHITE, and BLUE? I know there our National colors, but can't we come up with something else? Same goes for Houston Sports Teams (except the Dynamo and the Hockey team).

If I remember correctly, the subway stations in Atlanta were air conditioned. I'm sure the newer subway systems across America are.

I posted that picture to get a better understanding of how the area would look. I knew that that was already built, I have seen it in person enough, I was talking about the building in the rendering with all of the billboards.

Okay, now its all coming together. I know exactly where this is now. When all of this gets built this is going to be a nice area. So when exactly will the tall building get built?

So is the 24 Hour Fittness on the right where the guy on the bike is in the rendering? The building on the left is brick, and the other building on the far right (distance) seems taller, so it must be out of site of the rendering??? Correct?

Can someone tell me, was this below......... (continued) supposed to look like this?

Well I did not read that particular article, I just found an article on it to share with you all. from what I read earlier, only on street in the Times Square area was closing off a section. But this street was closing off 2 sections total, one section is in another busy square that is not Times Square.

In LA. Its LA's version of Times Square. Victory Park: I wonder if they could modify the whole area so that people could see it better and get to it easier? I thought it was a bad design when I first saw it. The should have taken a look at Times Square before building it the way they did. All off the billboards should have been on the street where people could just walk and drive by. It would have been much more successful if they had designed a street similar to the way Times Square splits, and added large high and midrise buildings high dense all through out. Then sell add space on all of the buildings. It could have been much better than Times Square in my opinion. By the way the Times Square area now has a few of the main streets in the area permanently closed of and turned into pedestrian malls. I saw it on the news earlier this week. So the way that we a use to seeing Times Square with cars on both sides of the median of buildings is no more. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09151/97343...d=lifestyle.xml

Is that Kroger where Hastings is now? If so I don't remember that building behind it. Is that where Whatabuger and the other places are now along Texas Ave?

In Houston, a Party Corridor http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/05/31/travel/31surf600.1.jpg Benjy’s is among the new arrivals on Washington Avenue. By YASMIN GHAHREMANI Published: May 31, 2009 A DRIVE down Washington Avenue in Houston reveals mere remnants of the decay that pervaded this three-mile strip just a few years ago — a bail bondsman sign, a lone pawn shop and a handful of vacant lots hint at what used to be. Sites like these once dominated the street, but today, Washington Avenue has been transformed into one of Houston’s most popular nightspots. Full Article: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/travel/31surfacing.html