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    If you look carefully you can see the rebar sticking out of the first columns of the tower. Be patient , before you know it there will be more.
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    Not a very good record!
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    Didn't you know it rotates like the Spindletop on top of the Hyatt.
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    They own everything from the bayou to the street facing the townhouses which is Clinton. From the Jensen bridge all of the way down past the old Brown and Root building in the background to the Hirsch street bridge. Thats where the golf course is being built now. I sure wish one of you drone flyers would post a current image of the course, just to see how the rains have helped make the grass green. Should be a fun little course to play and what views. And I'm not even a golfer.
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    Just for your eyes. A new exhibition opened to a crowd tonight at Moody gallery at Rice. "Urban Impressions" It features multi disciplinary works by an international group of artists. It also features some local Houston artists works. For anyone interested in urban planning, art and multimedia you don't want to miss it. Check out Mary Flanagans AI works and the collaboration with Rice students. Ric Lowes major painting in the main gallery is amazing and the photo montaged city murals by the Japanese artist Sohei Nishino are pretty amazing. A couple of very nice Julie Mehretu works on paper. The whole show is an interesting statement on urban dynamics. They had a nice chili spiced beer provided by Astral brewing made in conjunction with one of the artist work. I recommend the show.
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    Ive lived here for 70 years, and if anything it might be a little cleaner due to efforts of many to try and make it less polluted. It's always been a brownish color during part of the year and at other times it clears a little. No amount of dyes is going to make it bluer. As far as Brays being clearer. Flushing through ten or so miles of concrete instead of dirt will do that. It is what it is and will always be. Just be happy that we have a bayou that flows to the gulf. At some point even Austin will be faced with an empty or low lake downtown if the droughts continue. The Rio Grande has been dry in Big Bend this summer at times. Many central Texas streams and rivers have stopped running at times this year. There are bigger fish to fry.
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    A very handsome addition to our growing Buffalo Bayou frontage thanks to the amazing work done by the Bayou project over the last ten years. It has definitely helped to stimulate growth along this natural corridor.
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    I was getting gas today at the Circle k $3.07 gallon and saw a truck across the street in the northwest corner of the lot taking soil samples. Maybe things are heating up. Montrose is becoming what I always thought it would become. Probably not in my lifetime but it will be solid highrise residential from the museum district to Allen parkway.
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    Looks like the Embassy Suites is being devoured!
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    Has Oxberry Group ever done anything that would be considered aesthetically pleasing, and not built on the cheap. This is extremely disappointing especially considering what was supposed to be happening on these blocks. Some groups shouldn't be allowed to leave their marks on public property. One step forward and two steps back.
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    i imagine that you will have to enter from the main building to gain access. Besides if it wasn't fenced you'd have people camping with their tents all over the grounds.
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    A good friend was on that team and I watched over the years the frustration for him to see the project decompose in real time.
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    Our group Lindale played at Smithers park this year and had a great time. If you haven't been to the orange show and Smithers park in a while, your in for a treat. The pavilion that we played in is a large tiled bowl. It's really beautiful. The whole park is a tribute to broken tile mosaics and they are amazing! I highly recommend a visit for those who have never been there. Its just off the Gulf Freeway on the feeder before the Telephone rd. exit on Munger. They will have a concert series in the fall.
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    This is going to be beautiful!
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    I'm pretty sure they plan on bringing everything in the park up to the these new standards. Just think what they've already completed and how great it looks.
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    I must say that I was disappointed at the lack of progress, but it's really looking good.
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    There is a fairly substantial steel structure going up on this site. It takes up the whole block. I just haven't seen this much steel on a project in a while. It's being built by Paradigm builders. It might be related to the church on the block just north of it.
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    Needless to say the surface parking is a disappointment. It reminds me of a motor lodge. The view should be nice as long as someone doesn't develop the lot to its west adjacent to the rr tracks.
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    Just what we need. Another Mexican restaurant. Disappointing. This could have been so much more.
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    We lived in the neighborhood for 15 years, In the 1400 block of Branard, three houses from Mulberry, and right across the street from the park behind the new drawing center. Early on when just the Rothko was there from 71 - 73. Then again from 2003 2016. I know the neighborhood. I sat on my front porch many days and thought how nice it could be without the concern of traffic on that little street. I can say from experience that the removal of Mulberry between Sul Ross and Branard would do nothing to destroy the fabric of the Menil, but would make it a safer, more pleasurable space. There would be more room for events in the open area to the east of the Menil, and it would create a more pedestrian friendly approach to both the park and the museums. Why would a street make the Menil more appropriate. There would still be a flow around the spaces. It would just make for a more unified space between the Rothko and the Menil. If you've ever been to Storm King in New York, you get a feeling for art and open spaces. They might be able to add another sculpture in the open space.
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    It's quite remarkable, what the addition of these new buildings, landscaping and artwork have had in unifying and uplifting the overall campus.
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    BIG
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    I completely agree with you on all off your points. I just don't see the typical resident in this region that is willing to give it up. I'm a huge supporter of the rails and I am very hopeful that they will begin construction on these planned new lines and continue to rework the midtown streets into the new style urban streets like Bagby and Caroline. The growth of Houston was built on the car model and it will take a while to change that culture. I wish I could snap my finger and change it yesterday. It just takes perseverance and drive to get things done, and a whole lot of education. You're preaching to a fairly educated, small minority on this site, of the overall Houston driving population, and it will take a lot of patience, but it will happen someday. Let's just hope that it's not too late.
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    I too am a big believer in Climate Change. I worry about the future. I use to say that I fear for my grandchildren, but now I've amended it to say I fear for my children. I'm torn about the new fed proposal about the wind farms, I like the idea of that resource to bring power to 2 million + homes, but I also worry about the migrating birds which would be heavily affected. Sea life would probably cluster around the platforms just like they do at the offshore rigs. We have 5 million cars registered in the Houston Metro area. Unless the city, state, or the feds make it illegal to drive a car in the near future, people will still want to drive the car they've bought. You can't expect everyone to hop on the rail or bus tomorrow, and just give up that car and continue paying that 500.00 monthly payment. It doesn't matter if you drive a combustion engine auto or an electric car, you still have to park it somewhere. You can't get everyone on the Red line. Remember the Astros world series parade fiasco. Besides it will be a long time before people will be willing to walk to a rail station or bus stop. Most are just too lazy, stubborn or stupid. So, for a while I think there will be a need for parking garages and hopefully they can bring these down just as easy as they put them up. It's not poured in place for the most part.
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    Just curious Houston19514 Do you work for Central Houston? You always seem to have some inside info. If you do has Bob Eury left the stadium? He was always so positive and led both the Downtown District and Central Houston with such dignity and success. The city will miss him. He was instrumental in so many initiatives for downtown.
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