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  1. Texasota
    I don't know the details, but certainly Ave and TGV both operate on shared track in Spain.
  2. Texasota
    That's awful. Hopefully the perpetrator's car was totaled.
  3. Texasota
    Maybe we should move complaining about Regency Square to the Regency Square topic
  4. Texasota
    Argh. I know we're not in Europe, but someone really needs to talk to them about their name.
  5. Texasota
    That's a great and obvious use they should have thought of a long time ago.
  6. Texasota
    well, it also makes tearing down existing buildings difficult or impossible in many cases, and if the existing building is a single family home, that will still have a similar effect. The big problem in the Heights historic districts has been 1200sf homes on 6600sf lots. Developers can't tear down the existing house, so they had instead just been appending massive additions to the rear, ending up with absurd mcmansions with the original house serving as little more than an entry hall. The historic ordinance has had some amendments and Heights-specific design guidelines were developed, but a lot of the damage was already done. Montrose has a decent number of historic districts as well, but houses and lots are typically much more in scale to each other (smaller houses, larger lots, and the occasional genuine mansion), so you don't have the same problem there. Woodland Heights, Germantown, and Norhill are all more intact as historic districts because of a combination of smaller lots and, in Norhill's case, a somewhat overzealous attention paid to deed restrictions. Norhill worries *way* too much about garage apartments, which have nothing to do with preserving the historic character of the neighborhood. If anything, encouraging garage apartment construction would be much more in keeping woth the neighborhood's historic character. And, for what it's worth, large chunks of any definition of the Heights are outside the districts. You can tell because that's where the wide-scale townhouse development has been. The whole southwest section (S of 11th and W of Heights) and the NW section (smaller lots/blocks around W 19th), both of which are original parts of Houston Heights, have had tons of redevelopment.
  7. Texasota
    Hopefully not sushi. Too many good sushi places too close to here.
  8. Texasota
    *rolls eyes* It's definitely not worse than the Embassy Suites. Is Autry Park better? Of course! Is Regent Square as good as what was originally shown? Not at all! But it's not bad! I think the Dallas St frontage is generally pretty good - it engages the sidewalk and is overall pretty pleasant. There's a lot of potential for the retail plaza at Dunlavy, especially once that street gets rebuilt and the next phase of Regent Square (hopefully) gets built. The long term vacancy *is* a problem. But hopefully it's one that's finally going away.
  9. Texasota
    Eh, the hate on Regent Square is overdone. In reality, Regent Square and Autry Park *together* are completely transforming this part of W Dallas.
  10. Texasota
    As GFR for a 39 story tower? Sure.
  11. Texasota
    It wasn't an "eyesore" until very recently. It was a handsome building the owner allowed to sit vacant.
  12. Texasota
    Yeah, I'm sorry, but this is nonsense. You can absolutely get a meal at (numerically) most places inside the loop for less than $20. And beyond that - restaurants exist at multiple price points. Some will be more expensive than that, but if they're less expensive than an equivalent restaurant in peer cities, that still makes Houston relatively affordable.
  13. Texasota
    huh? Houston has gotten more expensive, but almost every restaurant in the city is pretty affordable by national standards.
  14. Texasota
    I just want people to give their businesses real names, especially if they're planning multiple locations. "Taste" is not a name.
  15. Texasota
    Hobby is always a great experience for me, but I can't agree on the food options. Gotta break that Pappas monopoly.
  16. Texasota
    I want this building to stay called "SIGNAGE"
  17. Texasota
    neat, but seemingly unrelated - these are replacements for the general fleet.
  18. Texasota
    No I get it. I don't think "cheese and wine" is exactly the issue though - Light Years is a good example of a place that still feels like Montrose. Montrose Cheese and Wine is borderline for me - it doesn't have *quite* enough personality.
  19. Texasota
    The fact that bars are required to provide parking in most of the city is *also* completely insane.
  20. Texasota
    Yeah, but gas stations typically sell *sealed* alcohol. Even if you're leaving by car, you're probably not drinking until later.
  21. Texasota
    Yeah Montrose cheese and wine is pretty chill. I don't see the issue.
  22. Texasota
    The dorky stickers seem like a very bad sign, but I'm also glad to see something like this going into this building.
  23. Texasota
    Or not. It would make a great bar/icehouse.
  24. Texasota
    Hmmm. Why did they bother to "keep" the building exactly?
  25. Texasota
    I'm sure it's just for cost reasons. I *am* glad they're tucking the parking lots away so they mostly won't be visible from either Jensen or the bayou.
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