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  1. livincinco
    The existing freight line has maximum authorized speeds of 20-35 mph according to TXDoT, completely ineffective for passenger transit, not to mention that you are asking UP to prioritize passenger rail over their core business. Freight rail is far more important than passenger rail in the United States and should be prioritized accordingly. More than 100 million tons of freight is moved by rail through the Houston area annually. I don't understand the value of pushing some of that traffic back to trucks and the highways to provide passenger service. http://www.dot.state.tx.us/project_information/projects/houston/railway/galvestonup.htm http://www.gcfrd.org/docs/Freight%20Rail%20in%20the%20Houston%20Region%20Study.pdf
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    Totally agree with you. The fact that it couldn't survive to that point (the railroad went out of business more than 20 years before the Gulf Freeway was built) is very telling. I do find it very amusing though that certain comments, on this and other threads, seem to imply that the government funding of the Gulf Freeway was bad. Is there really anyone out there that feels that the government shouldn't have funded the Interstate Highway System?
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    Looks like this is finally moving forward. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Plan-to-renovate-city-s-front-door-to-begin-in-4291097.php
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    Montgomery County is going to be the theme park capital of Texas! We need to build a rail line from downtown that will be ready for these parks to open...in 2030...
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    Not sure what impact government support of airports would have on a Houston - Galveston line and the line went out of business well before the start of the interstate highway system. I like railroads and have used the trains in Europe, but let's not glamorize what they are. Railroads are historically (and I would say inherently) monopolistic. Individual routes were almost exclusively controlled by a single company and created huge amounts of wealth in the hands of select individuals. When faced with competition, what occurred was what generally happens when a monopoly has to face competition. The Galveston-Houston line went out of business in 1936, because it was a poorly run business that took on too much debt and wasn't able to adjust to the introduction of competition. A better run business could have survived.
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    Or it could have something to do with the decreasing economic importance of Galveston since that time?
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    Highly doubt that it will happen. Why open two locations that close to each other when they are so underdeveloped in the market? My guess is that they will quietly announce that the midtown location fell through a couple of months from now.
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    It's actually not that bad. Those are the listed "non-member"prices, but considering that "membership" is free, I doubt that anyone pays those prices. The "member"prices look like they are $12 and $18 for premium.
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    Based on their website, there is a premium on the tickets, but based on the quality of the seats, looks like it might be worth it. Seems pretty similar to Sundance Cinemas in many regards.
  10. livincinco
    Forever 21 is already located directly next door, but I don't know if anyone is aware of how successful that location has been and if there are any restrictions associated with that lease. IMO, they need to go hard after H&M. Landing them in that space would be a major coup for Pavilions and downtown.
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    That list was even more useless than most lists of that kind. It basically had every big city in the US. Really shocking that big cities are dirty.
  12. livincinco
    Sorry, guess my sarcasm didn't translate appropriately.
  13. livincinco
    Shame that the surrounding area hasn't developed since that picture was taken.
  14. livincinco
    So, let me sure that I've got this right. You won't set foot in this restaurant because of the name, but you would eat at it if it went by a different name regardless of the food that is actually served there? Congrats! You're not trendy, but that sounds just as pretentious as the trendy people!
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    I finally figured out what HAIF really stands for - Houston Architecture InMidtown Forum!
  16. livincinco
    Stupid question - Have you actually been to this establishment or is your comment solely based on the two opinions expressed earlier in the thread?
  17. livincinco
    I believe that they intend to offer lower rent on apartments with a view of field.
  18. livincinco
    Editor - these threads should probably be merged.
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    I agree with you. I'm pretty comfortable leaving this to the vision of Marvy Finger. The execution of One Park Place shows that he should be given the benefit of the doubt with this development.
  20. livincinco
    The idea that you would require ground floor retail on all sides of the project came from here, lol.
  21. livincinco
    Could retail survive in that location? Maybe. The difference is that you are talking about requiring the developer to include retail (on all sides) even if he feels it's not appropriate. That's where we're disagreeing. I wouldnt be surprised if the finished plan has some retail facing the ballpark (we haven't seen the plans yet, remember?), but this is a big win for the area and downtown in general even if it doesn't.
  22. livincinco
    Pushing for ground floor retail in this location is not a good idea at all. Downtown desperately needs residential development and you have a very credible developer that is going to provide that. Success with this project will encourage further residential development. It's questionable at best that this area could support retail of any kind at this point. Downtown has enough failed retail without encouraging more. How about letting the developer assess the demand for the amount of retail that the project can support and allowing them to build accordingly?
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    I think that Finger has earned enough of a level of trust with how One Park Place was executed to put the torches and pitchforks away at least until a rendering is available.
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    BTW, the irony of this post is priceless since this is right next to the "mugging in Midtown" thread.
  25. livincinco
    Shouldn't everything like this be built in Midtown? To make it more lively?
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