houstonartstudent

Anybody see this on SNL the other night? I do believe that is Houston getting destroyed by giraffes.

http://maniacworld.com/truth-about-Giraffes.html

That was hilariously stupid!

Lock, I've always wondered about that too ... isn't it bordered by rail to the north though? Maybe that's why?

The space was formerly occupied by Cameron (for oil or chemical or something like that)...anyways the site would require a ton of prep and "decontamination" in order to build on it and although the government offers incentives for developers it's obviously too much of a hassle for anyone right now to have any interest in building there

So, you disagree. The fact that they did not poll the members of HAIF for this book does not make the book bogus.

And all of this has to do with the Pavilions how?!?...I'd rather hear an argument on the jumbo trons

I have a family member who does business with Arne's. The last she had heard was that they are working with the insurance co. & contractors to reopen as quickly as possible but that this won't happen before the end of the year. The store itself wasn't damaged just the warehouse is what Arne's told her.

If you're driving towards I-10 on Studemont they've updated a billboard to the left of the road stating that "We miss you too" and "Reopening soon"

I guess I should start selling off my company paid-for spot in First City Garage right across from the House of Blues

I guess some people on here just love bitching about things. I'm thinking they would have been happier with the 3 boring parking lots that were there before.

I'm really dissappointed that they didn't include an indoor ski park in the plan like in Dubai Geeze Houston!

I think this is a great addition to the downtown area, I think in the next year after the economy swings up again we may have some exciting news as companies announce new stores for HP. I also think they were very creative with their common spaces in how the incorporated the drainage at an angle with built in seating and planters.

I don't get it. Is it some conspiracy?

Naw it's just the owner displaying their beliefs in a non-"IN YOUR FACE" way - Also, if you think Forever 21 messed up by placing their flagship store in an area with the wrong demographics, you should think of telling all the people downtown with that same yellow bag that they're shopping in the wrong area

I still think it's a great space - just wish they would have a broader selection...on another note, I noticed on the pavilions website that Lids isn't opening until next spring, but the store looks almost complete...do y'all think other stores could possibly be opening sooner than projected? - I would think they'd try their hardest to take advantage of the Christmas season

Was anyone else surprised by the massive christian books and merchandise section in BAM? The views from the inside are nice, I almost forgot what city I was in!

No Kidding - and I love how Judaism and all the other religions were put back in a section that I believe was called "other spiritual" or something like that

My wife and I went milling about Houston Pavilions last Saturday. I thought that McCormick & Schmicks might be open.

But the feel and look of the place EXCEEDS what I saw in the renderings. It is a fantastic design. It's certainly different. Just like Horton Plaza in San Diego is different...Houston Pavilions is different. The view of the skycrapers is astounding.

I just can't wait for more shops to open there...getting more customers. There were some people at Books A Million that night.

My complaint is that the guard rails around the cross rings could be higher. It is so easy just to jump down on San Jac or Fannin from that...or be pushed over.

And parking could be at least 3 bucks instead of the 5 we paid that night. I personally don't mind paying 5...but I just want added incentive for more patronizing.

Houston Pavilions is the kind of place that can really attract regularly...I just can't get over how cool that design is.

Has anyone tried walking there from the Pavilions to about Main @ Capitol (or close to Sambuca)? What's the distance like? I know I could look that up on a map or something but would still want to know how someone else finds a stroll like that.

I wanted to stroll that but my wife was heavily disappointed that McCormick & Schmicks was not open and she was hungry (wound up going to La Strada in Montrose).

It's Doable - might not suggest it at night though - I work in first city tower and sometimes the coworkers want to go to Frank's Pizza which is pretty much the same distance...it's not too bad but you will feel like you just walked off your dinner, which is always good I suppose

No, but there were people there... wasn't empty.

There were tons of people in XXI - unfortunately they all work there and stand around doing nothing, just like Abercrombie and Hollister minus the people that walk around spraying the clothes with cologne

Not sure, but at least I'm sure a guy can buy clothes there to pretend to be a girl.

Ha...Ha...real funny - Yeah they sell men's clothes up on the second level (very small selection though) - the one at mem. city has a men's section as well, really cool cheap clothes, some bad cheap clothes too though

Just made my first purchase at XXI...this is starting to look like a bad thing to work only 2 blocks from the Pavilions

Pavilions website is rebooted and refreshed.

No longer a construction orientated site.

www.houstonpavilions.com

Your update is soo last week - but yeah, looks like a typical mall website now, vacant spaces and all!

I didn't realize there were still so many vacant stores...prime real estate for some big names, say apple?

ah ok..that must be the opening party.

I don't think they're going to have an "opening party" per se for Cowboy Mouth, just a few nights of shows...and then the night of the Blues Brothers that your friend got tickets to will be the big celebration - I think most of the tickets were given away and then they auctioned off a few for a charity or something like that.

He'll be in Austin saturday I think - Houston's show says cancelled because of the Hurricane...(?)

Oct 10 2008 7:00P

House of Blues - CANCELED DUE TO HURRICANE IKE Houston TX

Oct 11 2008 7:00P

Paramount Theatre Austin TX

Bow Wow cancelled too....what a shame

Just looked at the website and the Dave Attell opening night has been cancelled - hopefully saturday is still going on and nothing is wrong/damaged with the facility

not sure if anyone's said this already, but I think they should just turn it into the worlds largest parking garage, maybe with a few restaurants on the top level....at least then it would solve the parking problem and still look good from the outside.

Here's a more recent list of tenents...just a few adds. Site map looks to be about 90% leased at this point.

http://www.frpltd.com/property/documents/BunkerHillFLIER.pdf

ANCHOR TENANTS

HEB

Kohl's

Academy

PetSmart

Circuit City

Staples

OTHERS

Freebirds

Bora Bora Nails

Lifeway Christian

Corner Bakery

Chick-fil-A

Olive Garden

Arby's

Denny's

Candelari's

El Rey

Super Cuts

Mattress Firm

T-Mobile

Vogue Cleaners

Panda Express

Massage Envy

If Academy is going in, they must be vacating their location near Voss/I-10...I liked that one as it was unique...and what's with the tenant list? Is this Katy?!?

Yah, I'd never heard anything about the gap being exotic, but then I don't know - I'm relatively young. I do remember when Banana Republic sold safari clothes in the 80s, which was brought up in earlier posts, but I'd be curious to hear about the Gap before my time.

I think they just meant that it was exotic in that it was the only one in all of Houston. Maybe they'll be "exotic" again sometime soon if they don't get out of their slump.

Some pretty ambitious planning (nice though):

Aerial: http://bl.vismark.us/DTS/lots/maps/aerial.asp

What they have so far: http://bl.vismark.us/DTS/lots/eplats/index_base.asp

Conceptual Plan:

I think the little red trails better represent all the cars that will be stuck in traffic when this place is built...haha

now I see why downtown Houston has restrictions for building signage...that American Bank logo on the top of One Shoreline Plaza takes away from its interesting design...but great pictures nonetheless!

The pictures posted are great and much appreciated, but do no justice to actually driving by and seeing the angle the building is going out on....with each floor it gets more and more exciting!...I wonder if the people in Dubai feel like this, or is this architecture too "classic" for them?

someone told me an Apple store is coming to downtown. This is the only place where i can see them opening up. any word?

I looked it up on the ifoapplestore.com(main rumor site) of any future Houston stores, and the only one coming up would be at Willowbrook Mall...if they can have one why can't downtown?!?...I think it would be a hit with all the convention visitors and business people downtown.