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    Houston Zoo At 6200 Hermann Park Dr.

    in Museum District/Hermann Park/Rice University area

    Posted · Edited by txtiger

    I bumped my own photos by a follow-up post...  

    See the bottom of page 6 for a bunch of current renderings of the Zoo's new, consolidated Office building, the upcoming Jack's Cafe and Event space, and the forthcoming 'Birds of the World' exhibit (post-'Galapagos' exhibit).

    The Zoo was not all that spectacular until the opening of the African Forest exhibit, around 2015.  That particular development of property was the most initially monumental, and really kicked things off.  Improvements to the Elephant yards, the Bug House came after that, and now these additional big, themed experiences.  Just for fun, see here the original promo for that, from years ago:  

     

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    Adventure Pointe Amusement Park On Interstate 45

    in Coastal Prairie and Bay

    Posted · Edited by txtiger

    To editorialize a little bit:

    Damages to the tune of $800,000 for the amount of work listed in the above legal doc seems way low for the scope.  Programming and budget issues clearly seem to've really plagued this development.

    Strange to've settled on a "Wizard of Oz" theme, stirred in with Pirates and a train ride...  All after the promising original vision of a Downtown Disney-style attraction.  See again:  

     

    A cohesive Wizard of Oz-themed attraction could've been achieved to the tune of something like $500,000, through an entity like LSI:  

    Watkins Regional Park | Wizard of Oz Themed Playground (playlsi.com)

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    Sites At Orem Dr. & Almeda Genoa Rd. & Hwy. 288

    in Points South

    Posted

    I live right there in City Oaks, and have followed these sites a good bit.


    Components of The Market at City Park are slooooowly materializing:
    City-Park-Brochure_02.pdf (read-king.com)

    An AutoZone is just now going vertically, and a Starbucks is planned for the east side of 288, north of W. Orem - Bid Documents available at Higbie Plans :
    www.higbieplans.com

    This link to a loopnet.com listing has another general overview:
    PowerPoint Presentation (loopnet.com)

     

     



     

    Houston Museum Of Natural Science At 5555 Hermann Park Dr.

    in Museum District/Hermann Park/Rice University area

    Posted · Edited by txtiger

    The renovated John P. McGovern Hall of the Americas ('We the Peoples, Here and Now') opens to the general public on September 24:

    John P. McGovern Hall of The Americas | Houston Museum Of Natural Science (hmns.org)

     

    The new Welch Hall of Chemistry (to flank the Foucault Pendulum at Ground Level) is also now slated to open next Summer:
     

    Welch Hall of Chemistry | Houston Museum Of Natural Science (hmns.org)

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    Mixed-Use Development At 2103 Lyons Ave.

    in Fifth Ward

    Posted · Edited by txtiger

    On 3/25/2022 at 1:26 PM, texan said:

    This is so exciting! Meow Wolf began in Santa Fe with a donation by George R R Martin (of Game of Thrones fame) and now includes exhibits in Las Vegas and Denver as well. Houston is a perfect expansion spot for them, especially considering Martin has pledged his entire life's work to Texas A&M and spends some time in College Station. I'm going to the Santa Fe location next month and cannot wait to check this out when it opens!

    I experienced Meow Wolf's Santa Fe location in late 2019, and the Las Vegas location summer of last year.  Very cool, and noticeably steps-up from our own Seismique (though I enjoyed Seismique as well).  My husband and I got as far as "overthrowing" the front-of-house at Omega Mart, before heading out to see other attractions, but probably had a few hours of effort ahead of us to get to the bottom of the whole thing.

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    AECOM

    in Architects, Developers, Builders, and Designs

    Posted · Edited by txtiger

    The 2020 'Theme and Museum Index' report from AECOM is now available.  HMNS retains it's no. 11 spot amongst US-wide museum attendance (albeit simply because previous rankings from 2019 are held, due to the pandemic).  Interesting, and not surprising, to see the attendance drops.

    The .pdf of the report, here:  TEA_408_342874_210923.pdf (teaconnect.org)

     

    (Local waterparks also hold at nos. 9, 14, and 15 across those in the States.)

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    Minute Maid Park Mixed-Use Development

    in Going Up!

    Posted · Edited by txtiger

    I still think the last street section of Avenida should be demoed, and the whole, extended block be developed into something like St. Louis' Union Station:  https://www.stlouisunionstation.com/explore

    A monumental observation wheel like that in Munich could be centered on the Avenida, but w/ the long part of the wheel footprint oriented due-north.  Surround the wheel w/ family-friendly diversions, including something like a Legoland Discovery Center.  This would give Houston the 3rd-largest observation wheel in the States, after those in Las Vegas and Orlando, and a collection of family-friendly attractions beyond Downtown Aquarium.

     

    Discovery Green Park At 1500 McKinney St.

    in Downtown

    Posted

    Hate to gripe about anything, but who approved this play equipment...:  https://www.chron.com/houston/article/Discovery-Green-renovated-playground-16047416.php?IPID=Chron-HP-CP-Spotlight

    ...when these equip aesthetics exist:

    https://www.playlsi.com/en/commercial-playground-equipment/playgrounds/pioneer-park/#playgroundstory

    https://www.playlsi.com/en/commercial-playground-equipment/playgrounds/signal-butte-park/

     

    (DG's new play features have a terrible color palate for the location, and the equipment is way too standard-fare.)

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    Discovery Green Park At 1500 McKinney St.

    in Downtown

    Posted

    While the Green's new playground equipment is certainly fine-and-good, I kinda wish more modern and/or imposing equipment had been installed.

     

    Something like the new 'Hedra Tower' system from LSI, Inc. would've been cool: https://www.playlsi.com/en/commercial-playground-equipment/playgrounds/signal-butte-park/

    ...or an overall plan similar to LSI's/Mesa, AZ's Pioneer Park:  https://www.playlsi.com/en/commercial-playground-equipment/playgrounds/pioneer-park/#playgroundstory

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    Discovery West: Mixed-Use Development Downtown By Skanska

    in Going Up!

    Posted

    Flagship retail would certainly be great...

     

    I'd still love to see a City Target put in, right along the curved edge of Discovery Green:

    https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/07/21/opening-day-is-right-on-target/

     

    Back over on Dallas St.:

    A monumental Lego Store, w/ a Legoland Discovery Center (on the 2nd level of mixed-use, would stretch above other ground-level retail).

    https://dallasfw.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/whats-inside/a-visit-to-the-ultimate-indoor-lego-playground/

     

    An M&Ms store:

    https://www.mms.com/en-us/experience-mms/mms-world-stores

     

    And maybe even a Crayola Experience (maybe the 2nd level of mixed-use on the other development block):

    https://www.crayolaexperience.com/plano

     

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    Other urban diversion centers:

    Chicago - https://navypier.org/

    St. Louis - https://www.stlouisunionstation.com/

    Seattle - https://visitseattle.org/neighborhoods/waterfront/

    San Francisco - https://www.pier39.com/

    San Antonio - http://www.shoprivercenter.com/shops/?genre=fun

     

    ^Loaded with observation wheels, flying theaters, Lego experiences, aquariums, mirror mazes, miniature golf, etc... 

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    Discovery West: Mixed-Use Development Downtown By Skanska

    in Going Up!

    Posted

    If I were Skanska, I'd try to bring back some of the spirit of the originally-proposed Nau Center for Texas Cultural Heritage, and get some tourism-related attractions in, there along the edge of Discovery Green:

     

    I'd put in a heavily-Texas-themed Flying Theater:
    https://www.super78.com/flying-theaters

    http://dynamicattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dynamic-Flying-Theater.pdf

     

    (See also Seattle's "Wings Over Washington:"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaMiqp3Y9kc )

     

     

    And a put in a large/exploratory, adventure Mirror Maze, showcasing Houston's history:
    http://mirrormazesint.com/mirror-mazes-international-floor-plans/#infinit1200  

    (or even better, something more largely experiential like "Nat Geo's Encounter: Ocean Odyssey" in NYC:  https://natgeoencounter.com/experience )

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    Grand Texas Theme Park At 23065 Highway 242

    in Other Houston Neighborhoods

    Posted

    Loads of info. in the following Dropbox links, as provided on a Grand Texas Development .pdf, which I found on LinkedIn:

     

    Grand Texas - General

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/09mhlgabeuu0k7s/AAD4VgIO3aQXlWFL0BgaH59Na?dl=0

     

    Big Rivers Waterpark

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eyomug9a1ry189r/AAASUo5qhCFvGny6HS7lv957a?dl=0

     

    Grove Factory Outlets

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4ol0latnncd3he6/AAC-_Cebt8CXPM1Dn69zpD7ua?dl=0

     

    Grand Texas Theme Park Development

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2m1uf5ii4snalpy/AAABLPQ1j1qsGBX5MDZcRsFHa?dl=0

     

     

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