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Could anyone provide emails and phone numbers of people in charge? It's time to raise hell. If they really are going to turn Bagby into a 3 lane road, not one cent of my Midtown tax dollars better be put toward it. I literally decided not to sell my town home because of the proposed pedestrian friendly reconstruction. Now they want cars to fly through Bagby at high speeds? Are these people retarded?

After looking at the rendering, it basically looks like one city block with an open field, trees surrounding it, and some very small, shallow pools. I'm not expecting much from this as far as the park itself. The retail space will make the area nicer though.

How about tennis courts and a driving range? Midtown people are active, let's give them something to do in their own neighborhood. Normally, you have to drive to Memorial for these things and it's always packed.

Shutting the convenience store down is a start but they really just need to find a new place for the Greyhound Station if they ever want to clean up the area. It's one of the scariest places in the city and nobody wants to go anywhere near there if they can help it. I love going to McDonalds for breakfast every once in a while but I have to deal with people on drugs walking all over the place in front of my car, not caring if they get hit or not. I wouldn't dream of actually setting foot inside. They don't call that location CrackDonald's for nothing.

I live a block away and went there a few times. The food was pretty good but everything else about this place was obnoxious. The logo is awful, the aluminum addition looks cheap, and the tables were wobbly and sticky.

I'm sure nobody here will agree with me but they should put in a Freebirds or Chipotle type of restaurant. I'd go there at least once per week. There are simply too many sit down restaurants in the area, especially Mexican. The Midtown young and busy demographic needs more quick, healthy food restaurants. I don't know why nobody has thought of opening a semi fast food burrito joint.

Same here. We went on a saturday evening around 9 and it was dead. There was only 3 other tables in the whole place. Food was on par with El Rey on Westheimer... disgusting.

Move. Please move.

For your and everyone else's sanity, please move.

I would gladly but property values have plummeted a good 20% in Midtown over the past 3 years. In the rest of Houston, real estate has stabilized to pre-recession prices but not in Midtown. Check out HAR. Prices are listed 15% below what they used to be and there are no pending sales.

I've been to the one in Dallas a couple times. It's a cool and popular place. THIS is the type of bar we need in Midtown. This is exciting. They have all the 80's video games and ski ball. They also have an old Nintendo so you can play Tecmo Bowl and Super Mario.

Those look like good developments. I think I was in a bad mood posting all those comments earlier. I think I'm just bitter because Washington has so many nice restaurants now and I find myself going there all the time. My friend bought a townhome over there before I bought mine in Midtown so he seems to be looking smarter right now. But, as long as Midtown remains somewhat safe, I think it is the better bet in the long run because it is a walkable area, the parking situation isn't THAT bad, and we don't have a huge clubby feel that the Washington area has. When those clubs become uncool on Washington, it is going to be terrible down there. I don't think you can easily transition them into other things. At least Midtown is able to make the transition from trendy young clubber spot to a laid back hangout spot fairly easily.

Sure. The Chronicle did an article about the Continental Club the other weekend: http://www.chron.com...ss/7037727.html Construction was in full swing this past weekend when I went by for Tacos. They will be the 3600 Main Shops. Here are the highlights:

WHEN THEY WILL ARRIVE

Planned openings for the 3600 Main Shops

Early June: My Flaming Heart (apparel, jewelry and folk objects) and Sig's Lagoon (music, posters and gifts)

July: Natachee's (restaurant) and Shop-O-Rama (vintage collaborative).

August: Big Kat's (barber shop/tattoo parlor) and Kat's Meow (hair salon)

September: Coffeehouse

As for Bagby, it's being planned by Midtown and I believe it's supposed to start in 2011. It's going to be a total makeover (new street, sidewalks, ramps, etc.).

I'm not sure what to think of "Cheerz." It definitely has more character than Open City. They are setting it up as a laid back bar & grill place (which is good) but it definitely looks tacky. Stucko exterior with painted on lines to make it look like bricks? Painted on windows? Just the name "Cheerz" is tacky. If you can't get the name "Cheers," just call it something else. Bottom line: it can't be worse than Open City but if it's owned by the same people, I'm not getting my hopes up.

I hate writing so many negative posts but since buying my townhome in Midtown 2 1/2 years ago, I've only seen the neighborhood decline and I seriously regret buying here. Worst mistake of my life.

Midtown residents don't even want to use the train. I tried it for 3 days to get to work downtown. I was the only Midtown resident using it. The train is merely a way for vagrants to come into the area and ask for money. Nobody even pays to use the train. Every time I used the train to get downtown, I was the only one that paid! It's $2 (if you are honest) and you have to sit there and wait 10 minutes for it. Then it takes another 10 minutes to reach your destination if you work in the Theatre District. Why not get in your car and drive for 5 minutes and park downtown. It's faster and depending on your company's parking situation, it's cheaper. God knows it's a lot safer! The best thing for Midtown would be to tear up the train stop at McGowen and let it go by.

We need the surrounding neighborhoods to interact more seamlessly with downtown and a good start is setting up an easy way for people to get to the trains...

I think a trolley would be a disaster. I guarantee you the only people that would ride it would be homeless people and would make our vagrant problem just that much worse than it already is.

Anybody know what is meant by "luxury" apartments? Where would they rank with Post, Metro Midtown, Smith St., etc? Also, with 180 units, how would that rank in size compared to the other apartments in the area? Thanks.

I believe this is the rendering...

http://www.davisbros...apartments.html

With more info here...

http://www.davisbros...ents_specs.html

According to the picture, the sidewalks look like the small standard size. I was really hoping they would make them wide like at Post. If Midtown is supposed to be a walkable city area, why don't they give us a little more room? It's so hard to walk around Metro Midtown because of this. Get rid of some of the plants, bushes, and grass and give us room.

all i can really say is there may be a change of plans...

A trendy commercial development with a large underground parking lot would be nice.

Is this project ever going to get started?

Somebody suggested the Washington area but if you like walking, I wouldn't even consider Washington. There are only a handful of places there (which you may not even like) and its not conducive to walking. Midtown is the only urban area with everything you need within walking distance. I lived at Metro Midtown because its cheaper per square foot and you are more isolated from the bums. You are also close to everything so I would check it out.

Anybody know when they will actually start construction? Estimated completion date?

Anyone have an update on whether they were able to catch the guys who stabbed Nick Lopez at Howl at the Moon?

I walk by Open City all the time and they aren't getting much business. I decided to eat there and it was actually very good. They serve their complimentary bread with a really good honey butter. I think the problem with this place is that they don't really have a theme to help them stand out and draw people in. It is really nice inside so hopefully it will catch on soon.

It looks like construction has finally begun on the lots of land at McGowen and Bagby owned by Harold Farb. They are supposed to be an upscale midrise apartment building. An existing cell phone tower on the big lot of land has stalled them. It likes like they are probably building a parking garage across the street from the big lot right now. Hopefully that means the cell phone tower will be taken out soon so they can actually start building.

The apartments are supposedly going to be really expensive. Every apartment will include granite countertops. After they are finished with that I'm guessing that some of the seedier stuff accross the street on Bagby will be torn down and they can put in some decent commercial development there.

It looks like construction has finally begun on the lots of land at McGowen and Bagby owned by Harold Farb. They are supposed to be upscale apartments. An existing cell phone tower on the big lot of land has stalled them. It likes like they are probably building a parking garage across the street from the big lot right now.