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  1. Texasota
    Both streets are on the Bike Plan - hopefully this incorporates that.
  2. Texasota
    Shops at Arrive? Seriously? They're renaming it, and they actually thought of something worse?
  3. Texasota
    That would be great. No more pad sites in Midtown!
  4. Texasota
    Ok, can we at least agree that "if you don't like it, leave" is an unacceptable statement? Everybody has multiple priorities, multiple things they care about. It is possible to love a place while also recognizing its flaws. It's possible to love a place while also wanting to improve it. Criticizing people for having an opinion that's different from yours makes people defensive, and it makes it much harder to have a productive conversation.
  5. Texasota
    Um, no. The red line *only* shares lanes in the Medical Center, and the Purple/Green *only* downtown. That's, what, roughly two miles total? Now, don't get me wrong, I would love to see the green/purple line downtown given fully dedicated lanes, and I seriously hope that happens, but that's a very long way from "60-70%."
  6. Texasota
    Wait, so we lost Meteor for nothing?
  7. Texasota
    People can be sad when buildings they don't own are torn down. It's not like he's advocating for seizing it and turning it over to the proletariat. Calm down Ross.
  8. Texasota
    ---I kinda dig it, enormous parking garage aside.
  9. Texasota
    It's quite striking on the inside, but from the sidewalk the experience is exactly the opposite. This is a pretty sensitive update by the original architecture firm, and I think it will end up being a good example of addressing a building's deficiencies without ruining what makes it distinct. Of course, we'll see how it actually turns out.
  10. Texasota
    I will add that, while I've never found this building beautiful, per se, I've always found it interesting, and I've always liked it. I'm glad they're keeping it - I look forward to seeing how it turns out.
  11. Texasota
    Wait, are they replacing the Amtrak station? The obvious location would be the Burnnett transit center.
  12. Texasota
    I'll take it. ...please stock natural wines...
  13. Texasota
    Oh dang! That would be a great step.
  14. Texasota
    Because so many of our neighborhoods and cities are so absurdly low density, I'd imagine we need more retail per residence just to keep places from being completely retail-free.
  15. Texasota
    Random palm trees are one thing that would make absolutely no sense in that part of town. That neighborhood is all about its oaks so I'm glad the rendering shows real trees on the street rather than overgrown grass trash trees.
  16. Texasota
    Eh, but the gas tax as it currently exists (as I understand it) doesn't actually cover the cost of highway maintenance, so you would really want a higher toll than that to ensure long-term stability (and improve upon the current situation.)
  17. Texasota
    Don't forget they got various tax incentives for that project, and those were based on more than just "considering" rehabbing it.
  18. Texasota
    Agreed. Midtown needs pedestrian-friendly ground floors, not enormous ugly parking garage blocks.
  19. Texasota
    I really think they must have felt burned by what happened to the Carter Building. (J.W. Marriott) That building also had some of its original facade underneath the modernist slipcover, but, rather than maintain what was still there and add new materials where necessary, the developer removed *everything* and went back with *shudder* EIFS with bricks drawn on above the second floor.
  20. Texasota
    Well put. I'd add that neighborhoods like this one, that at least didn't start out car-dependent, are the best positioned for this transition. I'd also like to see the City move toward more of a form-based code. It's something they've played with a bit- minimum setbacks, historic districts, transit corridors, but i'd love to see the transit corridor regs become requirements rather optional and expand to cover major bus, bike, and pedestrian areas with some kind of ratcheting mechanism that allows them to expand but not contract.
  21. Texasota
    The Mckinney frontage looks substantially different. No indications of any changes on the Lamar side though. This isn't revolutionary, but it definitely seems like an improvement.
  22. Texasota
    I would have said that sounded low actually; it's a pretty big lot.
  23. Texasota
    This seems ...unproductive. There are genuine points to discuss here, but, since that's clearly not what's happening, somebody is just going to have to unilaterally disarm, or at least change the subject. Here's my suggestion: trains. Let's talk about trains.
  24. Texasota
    Gene calm down. There's no way to know yet whether this building will have a good brunch place or not. It's too early to get excited.
  25. Texasota
    So this would go in the vacant lot? That sounds fantastic. The agenda should be up next week or so which will give us more details.
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