PuroAztlan

Naw, I don't think so.

Yea, I think so.

<br />You mean the other 1 tower, right? The condo tower was scrapped. Was there ever another tower?<br />

I'm fairly certain there was a hotel also.

Walking by this yesterday, I was really struck by the height of the office portion of this complex. 11 stories (8 of office space) will keep the retailers busy until the dinner/basketball/baseball/convention crowd arrives at night. From this perspective, it is an entirely different project than Bayou Place. I really hope it becomes a catalyst for a continued development boom in the downtown area.<br />

If only the other 2 towers weren't scrapped.

Anticipated start date is Jan-Feb 07.

Please let me borrow your time machine so I can go back and invest in the stock market and make trillions. Tia.

I think midtowncoog is right. This park is looking way too crammed with stuff in too tiny of an area.

There's not really enough green space imo, but who knows. Maybe when its finished the bums will tinkle all over the place and nourish it into thriving, lush jungle.

Obviously it will be nice for all of the millions of sports fans that venture downtown to have a place to walk, eat and do some shopping.

I thought the answer was obvious.

Little experiment: Go downtown one night during a Rockets game and look at all the foot traffic from people walking to and from their vehicles.

Now imagine a few blocks away a giant 3 block, 3 story entertainment/dining/shopping complex is open for business. . . . .

And were not talking a 1 block, 2 story complex with most of the space taken up by some artsy-fartsy theatre.

I'm entering this thread late, but here's my 2 cents. I don't think any of these downtown projects (pavilions or bayou place) will really succeed if the target is mostly local people. We need to attract tourists. It kills me everytime I hear someone from outside Texas raving about San Antonio and RIVERWALK!!! Houston has much more to offer than San Antonio, but it's not packaged up as neatly and pleasingly as riverwalk, so tourists can't figure out where they're "supposed" to go. We need to copy SA. We need to turn the Bayou into Riverwalk and call it something else and suddenly we'll have a downtown scene.

Yes, lets turn Houston into San Antonio.

When I was a kid, my folks tried to make me play T-ball. I hated it. It took place outside in the summer, when I would much rather be inside watching Speed Racer on channel 39. Eventually they stopped trying to make me go outside during the summer and everyone was happier.

<br /><br />A little company called Microsoft....<br /><br />

Microsoft may be headquartered in Redmond Washington but most people associate Microsoft with Bill Gates not Seattle.

<br />I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and have to chime in on the Seattle thing a bit. Yes it gets rain, but Houston gets more. The winters can be cool and damp, but thats what seasons are about. Houston winters are much nicer, Seattle summers are impossible to beat. But the reason I live in the Heights is because it reminds me of the artsy side of Seattle. The outdoor cafes, the walkable neighborhoods, the art galleries, the live music venues, the mature trees are all things I found back home. Honestly when my company told me they were transferring me here, I was not impressed. I had no desire to move to a city that offered nothing more than concrete for entertainment. This was 7 years ago. A lot has changed, including my perception of Houston. I'd still take Seattle over Houston any day, but H-town has grown on me (and will get better as mass transit and inner-loop development occurs) and I think the biggest battle that Houston has to win is perception to the masses. Perception trumps reality...Houston is not a laughing stock, but our city has to do a better job of marketing itself to the rest of the country that thinks we are. And to do that we need to find a reason to bring people here to visit. What does Houston offer that can't be found in other places? Once we have that identified, we need to exploit it.<br />

I've heard (from people that lived there) Seattle is a depressing place to be. Its not even a blip on the international radar. What's it known for besides that "space needle" and a bunch of heroin overdosing 90's grunge rockers? Houston offers far more, which is why people come here for employment why were the fourth largest city and still rapidly growing. Id pick Houston over Seattle any day. But that's just me. I thought this thread was about the Houston Pavilions.

"THE HOUSTON PAVILION WILL BE GREAT SUCCESS!"