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  1. Texasota
    I think both y'all are exaggerating (in opposite directions.) Uptown does have a decent mix, but it's pretty spread out and has some serious scale issues. Midtown has a massive advantage in that it has a real street grid and some very walkable neighboring areas. As for green space? Midtown has some good small parks, and Hermann Park and Buffalo Bayou are both very easily accessible. I'm excited that the TIRZ is pushing so hard to improve the neighborhood, but for me, Uptown is still not somewhere I would particularly want to live. I am very curious to see how the BRT line there does though, both for the neighborhood itself and as a prototype for additional lines.
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    That's my understanding as well. The process here is what seems particularly worth questioning.
  3. Texasota
    Yes. And I have. Do I get to have an opinion now?
  4. Texasota
    My personal aesthetic values? First of all, I'm clearly not the only person who finds this thing a massive aesthetic downgrade. Secondly, this is more than that; this is about maintaining our history and a city we can all be proud of. Yes, i actually believe we all have a responsibility to our neighbors and community. Thirdly, I have every right to criticize someone else's decisions, just as you have every right to criticize my arguments. What I don't appreciate is your statement that somehow, because I have no personal direct FINANCIAL stake in this property, that I have no stake at all or shouldn't criticize.
  5. Texasota
    Oh you mean for the Superbowl thingy? Maybe? Is ESPN just broadcasting from here or are there associated events/festivities taking place as well?
  6. Texasota
    For what? It should be roughly one Midtown-sized block.
  7. Texasota
    And it's perfectly fair to criticize an organization's priorities and not just accept their claim that this was their only option. This could have been the kind of project o generate good publicity AND donations to make something better possible, but I'm not aware of any attempts to do that. In an earlier post, you said they were in the "business of saving souls," but no, they're really not. They have responsibilities to the community in line with their status as a non-profit AND as an organ of a major church. If they are, in reality, in "the business" of anything at all then they have failed that responsibility.
  8. Texasota
    well, flow is/was a juice bar...
  9. Texasota
    The concrete lips are pretty filthy as well. I imagine a final exterior cleaning will wait until after they finish closing it up, installing the storefronts, fixing the canopy etc.
  10. Texasota
    I refuse to believe that Monty Large is a real person's name. ...but yes, I agree.
  11. Texasota
    Eh, there's no need even for that. More than half the block is a surface parking lot; a well thought-out infill building could slot in there nicely without touching either the church or the apartment building.
  12. Texasota
    Most developers are (understandably) conservative and tend to continue doing what has worked for them in the past, which, in Houston, generally was not mixed-use.
  13. Texasota
    Mark Davis' first sentence freaked me out, but overall this at least *sounds* good so far.
  14. Texasota
    Maybe they should pay taxes if they don't want public input on what they do.
  15. Texasota
    They also could have kept the Clayton facade and built something completely new behind it. Or, hey, just build something new that isn't hideously ugly. The idea that this monstrosity was their best option is absurd.
  16. Texasota
    I mean, these are intended to be relatively affordable. And maybe let's hold off on rendering a final aesthetic judgement until they're actually finished. Finish materials, signage, etc, especially for the GFR (!) will likely make a huge difference.
  17. Texasota
    For some reason I find this comment funny coming from someone with "Tuscany" in their name. At least we seem to be mostly past the whole "Tuscan" phase...mostly...
  18. Texasota
    honestly i would argue for widened sidewalks instead.
  19. Texasota
    That is fantastic!
  20. Texasota
    They could have at least saved and braced the facade, and then just built whatever they wanted behind it.
  21. Texasota
    ew
  22. Texasota
    Well, yes, but it's not downtown... (To be clear, I do still like it, but more as a catalyst for the area in which its proposed)
  23. Texasota
    Huh? It's a great area. Right on the edge of Montrose, in the more built-up part of Midtown, walking distance to the red line... It's a pretty fantastic location.
  24. Texasota
    No ire dude. I just happened to notice the garage in that picture right after posting in the other thread. But speaking to mollusk's point, a school is very different from an industrial operator. Why did HSPVA *just* start building downtown despite the high cost of land? Why are there any public schools in any CBDs anywhere? I'm not going to say that UHD absolutely won't sell this lot, but I would be very surprised.
  25. Texasota
    Yeah, the annual membership makes a huge difference, and, again, it's hard to get a feel for what these systems are really like from the Houston BCycle system as it exists now. There just aren't nearly enough stations for it to be terribly convenient.
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