The Great Hizzy!

I do like the front exterior, and the floors look like they're in good shape. Not a big fan of the back yard, however.

When were these pictures taken, P. Wright? And if I can FINALLY come up with some negative criticism, I'll say that it seems as if Seattle could stand to have some wider sidewalks (not the ones in these pics). Some of them appear to be awfully narrow. Okay, I've successfully found a negative to lob at Seattle. I feel better now. That's a beautiful looking mall, BTW.

Lots of exaggerations in both directions. Some of these people seem to have written their reviews in advance, whether they've made a recent visit or not. Some of it sounds like boosterism while some of the others sound like, "Hmm... here's yet another opportunity to display my pathetic need to feel superior. I'll talk about traffic!" At some point, you have to admit that when some "visitor" goes on and on about traffic, that they've got some real issues with reality, as I can't think of any U.S. city without bad traffic. OTOH, I think you're asking for a wry frown when you say that Houston is "perfect" or has no "cons". That's equally as ridiculous.

Good stuff, HR. Thanks. I believe KILT (Sports Radio 610) did a remote from there either Friday or Saturday (I'm guessing Saturday).

FYI - Today (May 2nd) is the deadline for the four cities (Houston, Atlanta, Miami and Tampa) to submit their final proposals/pitches to the NFL's Super Bowl committee. The announcement of the "victor" will be made later on this month.

I agree. It's the same dynamic in play for the Ballpark Lofts east of US 59. It isn't about just one building or one development. The infrastructure is in place for whole communities, with population densities in the five figures.

LOL I'm really starting to warm up to the idea of a multi-use retail/entertainment center at ground level with an observation tower of about 300 feet or so. The base would be where the shops/venues are located and the tower would extend from the center. Tie in Astroworld and Reliant Stadium with some pretty spiffy/unique corridors and you'd have a workable entertainment complex. What works here, as far as the observation tower is concerned, is that it would offer you a view of Houston's largest group of skylines, from Downtown to as far as Westchase.

I know it's on the fringe, but I don't really consider Riverway to be a part of the Uptown district. There is too much of a visual buffer between the main highrises that make up Uptown and those that make up the community of high rises along Woodway. But hey, maybe the Redstone's construction will mark the beginning of the end of all that.

Good lord...

Yes, more than likely north, near Main, and across Buffalo Bayou somewhere.

Louetta Road is being built up out the wazoo. From SH249 to I45. Lots of new subdivisions under constrution already or will soon be under construction. Harris County needs to be proactive and redo Louetta. It's designed to house medium heavy traffic in a rural setting. Traffic is much heavier now and the landscape looks more like FM 1960 than anything. It needs to have better drainage, sidewalks and a working median. Probably could stand to be three lanes in either direction as well.

My parents would dig this. Too bad they won't be out here for another month.

1. Bank of America 2. Penzoil Place 3. Williams Tower 4. Esperson Tower 5. Enron Towers (I and II) 6. City Hall (main bldg) 7. JP Morgan Chase Bank Building (Gulf Bank Bldg) 8. Rice Lofts 9. Wells Fargo Tower 10. Humble Tower Honorable mentions: St. Lukes Medical Tower, the Warrick Hotel, Franklin Lofts

Congratulations. It's been a while since a highrise has gone up in Dallas. Although, I'm not quite clear; is this inside the loop formed by Woodall Rogers, North Central, Stemmons and RL Thornton?

I believe KJB is right. I'm looking on a map and it labels that area as Shady Acres. Lazy Brook is to the west of TC Jester but north of W. 18th; Holy park is west of Ella and south of W. 18th; Timbergrove is south of W. 18th, east of Ella (more or less) and west of TC Jester; and Shady Acres is east of Ella/TC Jester, north of W. 18th/W. 20th and west of Durham.

I haven't heard of any progress on the proposed multimodal transit center. The idea has always been to incorporate the depots of AMTRAK, Greyhound, the Central American carrier to the south of the Greyhound Station (El Expresso?), and the north Hardy extension of METRO Rail at one location, like Union Station in DT Los Angeles. I've also thought that the now empty four or five story brick building right near the current AMTRAK Station would make a good Greyhound/AMTRAK terminal.

They've at least made progress on the large kiosk to be built on the SE corner of the park.

There is a connector line from the Katy/Northwest Transit Center line to the Westpark line planned as part of METRO Solutions. No final word on whether it would go down Post Oak or an alternative corridor.

^^^ LOL. That would be three games in a row.

From what I remember, it will top out at six floors (not tall at all).

Now THAT's a sweet photo. The building in the foreground with the crane is the new Hilton Garden Inn. I look forward to the middle third of Uptown becoming denser. You have the four or five huge strip centers on either side of Post Oak Blvd and it sort of takes away from the overall affect.

2008

You know I couldn't possibly forget about Idylwood (even though I did). I redid my list and apparently didn't see that I had deleted Idylwood without putting it back. If I ranked the East Side 'hoods, I would rank Idylwood right behind Riverside. The location along Brays Bayou and the hilly nature of the community are strong assets.

I tend to agree with that 27. The Inner Fifth Ward does seem to be a difficult proposition, mostly because there is a definite void between it and downtown that's hard to link and which would make revitalization much more difficult. Atleast with upper Third Ward, it is located in an area that would bridge the gap between downtown and the "universities", making it a more desirable area for re-development.

Well, I must say that the best thing I got out of this thread was a light chuckle at Dal's re-hash of "the most lack city" take. Fine work, Dal!