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Nope No wrong again Downtown will alway be a small part of what is inside the loop, bounded by I-10, I-45, and 59 or the Heights, 4th Ward, 6th Ward (east end) and Midtown.

Plastic is a moron, I said it for you.

Why not?

I saw the WDSU.com (NBC affiliate for New Orleans), and the broadcast I saw was really plain, no graphics, the anchors were not dress up in suits, and the only thing that I saw that look new-like was the ticker at the bottom. The studio looked very plain, or the temp studio they made.

I would be happier when things get back to normal, but hey you need to help when it is needed.

where is your source for this? 4th Ward, it is happening now, so is Rice Military

I heard that refugees with LA plates/I.D.'s gets free parking, and free admission to Zoos, Museums, and other public places. If you all know of more, please post them below. *excited to be the first poster in this thread!*

Oh Lord, a bunch of bitter evacuees in the 10's of thousands to fill our city. I think we could handle a few thousand in the area, but 25K people in one place. . . You know there is going to be riots and more trouble.

That is true, but Sharpstown has the honor of being the first Master Planned Community.

posted by mike, I wonder if he still comes on here.

I would think Sharpstown was the first master planned "suburban type" non-grid community in Houston. It was built around the 1950's. Being the oldest master planned community, you can see that is failed, crime is everywhere and the mall is a piss poor excuse of a mall. Many of the other high-rise developements were cancelled after suburban decay took affect. The ones that remain are not in any better shape. Parts of Sugarland are already going through this effect.

Thanx for the post, but it is very likely that it will get closed or moved. It was cute to try to make this work in this topic, but this really belongs in "Off topic" not here.

See, that second picture is the grid I am talking about.

* frustrated * Ok, Plastic A "grid" as quoted from the insightful stephen berlin johnson. "The power of short blocks is ultimately that they create a more even density in the city fabric: because short blocks offer more potential routes from x to y, they diversify the flow of pedestrian traffic through the city. In the long blocks model, pedestrians are funneled onto a few primary pathways, which quickly become over-crowded. With short blocks, they spread out through the entire street system. So you get some people on every street, unlike the long blocks model, which puts all the people on some streets, and no people on other streets. In the long blocks model, you get Times Square interspersed with desolate stretches; in the short blocks model you get the West Village: a bar or restaurant on every corner, a few interesting boutiques or bookstores in between, an interesting mix on the sidewalk, but never so much that you feel crowded out." Again, look at a map of downtown houston, notice that small grids are not the same thing as the streets you called out. 4 streets making a huge block is not a grid system. . .goof.

Plastic needs to get booted, he frustrates me.

Anyways . . . Getting back to the subject, joking or not. The suburbs, will never be a downtown CBD, for one reason and one reason alone. It has nothing to do with the location, but rather the infrastructure. Take a look at the Houston map and locate Downtown/Midtown. You will see a road system call a grid. All of suburbia does not even come close to a grid. (mostly unneeded curvey roads and cul de sacs) Grids are small blocks of street/sidewalk systems in straight lines. You can't have the downtown feel without that. . .period If you go to the uptown houston website, they have a whole plan to create more streets within the area to make a grid. They have the right idea. Uptown has future potential to make it, but not HW6 or Westchase.

I am glad someone moved this topic. I hate people who start threads in the wrong topic. Anyways, I also welcome the extra $$$ coming into the city from the New Orleans peeps too.

I have an open ditch in my neighborhood and would not change that for the world Sure, I would like a sidewalk. But the open ditch give it a country feeling in an urban environment. That and when it rains hard, the water is absorbed into the ground much faster.

*knock knock* hello!?!?! They've been rebuilding the uptown area for the past 4 years. Where have you been? Have you not seen the new condos, new shopping centers, new freewway upgrades, and even the cute new metro bus stops. Come on now!

I agree with most other people in this post. We need to make downtown a place of work and PLAY. Shops/clubs/bars with residential on top of them. Simple solution.

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It is the best, unlike the other Starbucks, it is not as busy. I can't wait until that Nazaars Plaza gets rid of the adult book store and gets other tenents.

Cities was a rip-off GOOD!

Highrise living is ok, but don't expect much of a return on your investment. And the maintenance fees on top of the mortgage, might be a double whammy on your pocket book.

That park in front of the George R Brown is just a haven for the homeless. They invade the benches and just stink up the place. They need to lay off the crack and get jobs!