MidtownCoog

It is a combination of a desire to grow, but only in a way that a few select folks deem appropriate.

Nothing wrong with that.

This is not unique to Galveston. Look at Fredericksburg, where my interloper relatives live.

Too bad New Braunfells couldn't have hold onto that, too.

We have "Tree Doctors", and they are all up in mrfootball neck of the woods.

The guys at the nursery from HP/Comapq refered me to one, but he was so busy he could never make it out.

What people like Kinkaid forget is that people have been living urban in Houston (even if it is New Frontier sytle) longer than any city in Texas. And Houston is making progress.

Houston is not Boston for obvious reasons. I have lived in the burbs, the central core and a walkable city. They all have good and bad.

I will say there's a lot more to life than being able to walk to the grocery.

Is that really what defines a person?

Popular walkability?

just pointing out that they aren't as popular as one may think.

And not everybody there walks, either. Case in point, San Francisco is running out of parking spaces.

So if everybody walks everywhere, why do they even need cars?

A larger music venue would be nice. If people drive all the way to The Woodlands for a concert, why not Galveston?

So this would be like a faux-version of The Strand?

Which cities are "popular and walkable"?

They both have their perks.

Inner-city Houston is more or less a suburb.

Agree, especially compared to fighting 7.5 million people for the train, subway and bus or paying a congestion charge fee for the pleasure of sitting in traffic.

QUOTE(woolie @ Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 @ 8:27am)

My own aesthetic tastes run towards traditional-urban, european-style cities. I am willing to make the net-income and convenience sacrifices to live in one. I feel it's more than repaid by the accessibility of things that I consider important to my quality of life. A diverse, organic urban fabric. Mixed-use. Less reliance on big box stores. Multiple transportation modalities. I prefer to live and walk in a world populated by people instead of cars. I think there's a quote, "what fascinates people is people." I care about the quality of the built environment... I feel that a place that's been occupied for hundreds of years isn't old, rather it's a continuously optimized solution, an urban organism fully adapted to its context.

ps. I don't ever want kids. So many things don't ever enter into tradeoff compromises

But have you actually lived like this before? Or is this your plan? I've lived like that in a large city and it's not for everybody. I grew tired of it.

Too bad you don't want kids, since the utopia you describe sounds a lot like Seasame Street. Sunny day and all.

I think the perception, as I have said before, is a lack of understanding by Houstonians as to what makes a

Niche will be the first to tell you I can't type.

But if you can't figure that typo out, then I see a tent and a van down by the San Jacinto river in your future.

Lockmart, aim high, young man!

Don't settle for being "middle income" and you won't have to worry about it. You can do it!

And have you ever dealt with Galveston's politicians? Especially the Planners? I have, and I stand by my comments.

Oy vey. And "you were the youngest one in the room." I know, I know this.

The Chicago Firm could just as well be Randall Davis or anyone else looking to make a quick buck developing 3,000 + homesites.

DT Hyatt has inside/outside elevators. They are behind glass on Smith St.

If the best you can do is correct typos, you might as well log-off now and stop reading.

The proposed development will not take 51 years. You've never heard of figuratively speaking?

Right now Galveston can barely get drinking water to the West End with the current infrastructure. Just last two weeks ago it was not even safe for drinking.

These are some of the issues people like you don't understand. You get all your news from sloppy Chron.com articles when the real world is out there. I don't even think the Galveston "planners" are thinking about it.

You may get all ga-ga over a Chicago firm putting their mark on Texas. This project needs a little more research before we give them the greenlight.

Lying about what? I am not opposed to "The Preserve" other than it's a bit over the top as proposed.

The two 16 story hotels take the cheese factor through the roof.

This is nothing more than another case of a bunch of crazy Yankess coming to Texas with plans for everyone. Too bad the Galveston planners can't see past the money.

It took Jamaica Beach 51 years to reach it's current size.

I guess this is where we agree. I don't see much affordable housing "inside the loop" for "middle income famalies".

And where there is, you'll be missing something else, no doubt. It's like Kool-aid, no sugar. Peanut butter, no jelly. Ham, no burger.

Well if inside the loop is where you want to focus your attention then you are ignoring one of the points the author of the editorial was trying to make.

It's just seems like the salary of a middle income, suburban type family wouldn't be able to afford a home in the area I'm talking about; inside the loop, not Houston as a whole.

And that's part of your problem. You are too focused "inside the loop".

Not to mention the city center lacks what most "suburban type families" desire even if price is not object, house wise.

What a meaningless resolution! Leave it to the Dems. They love their non-binding resolutions.

Why even bother?

Thanks for posting. I plan to protest. But every sales-data sample I see shows that I may acutally be undervalued.

Not sure what my protest grounds will be now. I need to rethink my approach.

I like the Hoff. Not so much on the suites, though. Rip-em-out!

As far as that end zone facility, it looks like they took part of the wellness center and attached it to Robertson.

How uninspiring.

The Chron weighs in: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4875021.html