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  1. Nate99
    Here you go. The crates behind the fence on the Capitol side have windows in them.
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    The garage looks reasonably full of cars now too.
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    At some point I developed the assumption that annexation/incorporation was basically at the mercy of state level politics with little recourse to the annexed citizenry. The folks in Kingwood that remember it are still bitter, Clear Lake somewhat less, maybe. I can't cite a source, so I may be off base here. I'm kind of surprised they haven't gone after Cypress already, but if you look at other unincorporated parts, most notably the Aldine and Sheldon areas that they conveniently skipped over to get to Kingwood, it's clearly a money grab. Ditto Channelview, Highlands, etc.
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    They definitely connect at the tunnel/basement level, though who knows what is down there in the Battelstein space. Does the JW have any meeting or amenity space on the second or third floor? JW could at a minimum expand the lobby at the street level and have a second set of elevators that take you up in the other "tower".
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    There are cheaper options out there to be sure, but not as many as there used to be. There are $11 grilled chicken salads for takeout in the tunnels.
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    Seemed like a good fit for space with the JW next door. They have had the front doors open in recent days, so hopefully they are getting after it sooner rather than later.
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    There was an Oshman's and a Bennigan's that lasted quite a while in there too. It was a functional mall without an anchor department store, and that model has tailed off everywhere. It may have happened a bit earlier for the Park Shops given their location in the CBD, but the world is sprouting up around it now. It's an interesting space with potential.
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    Here in stingy Texas, we have a lower homeless population rate than in generous Pennsylvania, Maine, or Arizona. Whatever value proportional state spending on mental health has, it has nothing to do with homeless rates. Pennsylvania (generous) spends $1.98 million in mental health dollars per chronically homeless individual (CHI) (your link's stat x total state spending/# of CHI) while right next door in Delaware (stingy) they spend only $638k/CHI with an almost identical rate of chronic homelessness overall. If tripling the available expenditures for a given population that clearly needs that particular service has no impact on the rate of homelessness, you might be barking up the wrong policy tree, unless you measure virtue by what proportion of the public kitty you get dedicated to your particular cause without regard to need or results. https://www.usich.gov/tools-for-action/map/#fn[]=1500&fn[]=2900&fn[]=6100&fn[]=10100&fn[]=14100 https://ballotpedia.org/Total_state_government_expenditures
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    Not sure whose more compassionate state might do it better. These same types of people are dying of Hepatitis A and suffering from diseases that have been effectively controlled in the modern world since before WWII in California. No one's political orthodoxy is providing an answer, that's for sure. Caring for these people has to be among the most difficult tasks one can imagine.
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    "Now Hiring" signs are up, could be getting close.
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    If they can succeed, well, more power to them, I suppose. That there is any money left behind an idea at least 10 years in the making to re-enter an ailing industry that already died off once in this city is a testament to perseverance if nothing else.
  12. Nate99
    This reminds me of the Ag Extension Service that Texas A&M puts out. An academic outreach to the public at large. Interested to see what comes of it, but it sure seems to lack much definition.
  13. Nate99
    Hopefully they are filling with tenants. One of the major drawbacks of having to live in an apartment is the neighbor noise. People that have no long term incentive to get along with people on the other side of a wall are going to be even less considerate.
  14. Nate99
    Thanks, the upload prompt never showed up, just a little swirly graphic content to keep on spinning on my screen.
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    If anyone is having better luck getting the uploader to work than I am, feel free... https://i.imgur.com/D8nIXKp.jpg
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    I have had the opposite experience. Crowded midtown sidewalks often had fairly substantial piles of bagged trash when I was in NYC. I can't recall an analogous situation in Houston, mostly because (I figure) the buildings have room for their own dumpsters. Outside of Manhattan, it is hit and miss as well, looking out the window on the LIRR through Queens will make you wistful for the bucolic beauty of the ship channel. ETA: I basically repeated Reefmonkey's observation.
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    This seems like a relatively new model, at least for around here where there have historically been relatively cheap places to set up your own shop. There probably aren't enough local chefs licensed to drive concepts anyway, given the head start the other halls have.
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    I would bet that Chinese money is in there somewhere. They have been spreading investment out around the globe a lot recently. Seems like a big step for Nigeria, if it comes to pass, hopefully it helps everyone out.
  19. Nate99
    Can we call in the Air Force on the Days Inn?
  20. Nate99
    Hopefully it would be faster, mine was just an uneducated guess based on how long it takes to get to NRG and how long the drive would be along the same route.
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    Here's a 14 year old thread from the Downtown subforum. This thing's infamy is pretty legendary. https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/2503-holiday-days-heaven-on-earth-inn-801-calhoun/
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    I see an interesting logic underpinning preservation decisions, with new facts in each instance. My discussion around the topic might do better for the world if it were confined to my own head, or at least to sites other than this one, I will give you that.
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    If you know they will be valuable down the road, you can keep your aesthetics and make money for your troubles. It's not even speculation at that point and no one has to infringe on anyone's rights.
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    It's interesting to see where things pop up as alternatives to respond to changes. We may be to a point where there are a critical mass of folks that prefer the tradeoffs of a high rise instead of those of a commute. Depending on your situation, it is certainly compelling, but they sure are expensive.
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    Light rail to the airports seems a bad idea. Heavier rail, like NJT in Newark or BART in SFO works to some expensive extent where you have a dense destination, but taking an hour and a half tour of Acres Homes and Greenspoint to get to/from IAH is a joke.
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