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  1. Texasota
    I feel like it doesn't adopt so well to wider screens, which seems...not very forward-looking. Probably works well on phones I suppose.
  2. Texasota
    Woo! Parking where it belongs. Underground where I can't see it.
  3. Texasota
    It's strange to me that this is just getting a standard 5' sidewalk.
  4. Texasota
    le sigh. Classy old warehouse building that could've easily been re-purposed torn down to be replaced by faux-warehouse strip mall. blech.
  5. Texasota
    anybody want to read a paper? http://www.rudi.net/node/22225
  6. Texasota
    I mean, that's almost what they did. They left the bare minimum of floor slabs and columns and otherwise completely rebuilt this thing.
  7. Texasota
    I think they can ameliorate that by making it very clear that its temporary. Literally put up a billboard in the middle of the block showing the future tower. I feel like similar temporary use has been done before, though I can't think of where and don't have time to research it right now.
  8. Texasota
    lots of underground parking, i think under this as well as the new wing
  9. Texasota
    You know, if this is going to sit for a while, I wonder if the downtown district couldnt convince chevron to use it as a short term park. As soon as the new residential buildings start coming on line, it would be cheap and easy to throw up some temporary volleyball nets, fencing for a dog park etc. I suppose its usefulness would depend somewhat on what (if anything) actually gets purchased for use as a permanent south downtown park
  10. Texasota
    Based on what exactly? "The rest of the people" will either park in existing garages or on the street, or take transit or a bike in. What's the breakdown of commute type in Seattle? I assume its different from Houston, though I have no idea by how much.
  11. Texasota
    "but obviously they would need more"... I sincerely doubt that any other parking is planned for this project. Our perspective is just skewed by what we see here.
  12. Texasota
    Well, no, not if there's anything left of the old buildings. Besides, Hines could put up a pair of high rises where the garages are now and do something more interesting with the existing non-garage building.
  13. Texasota
    Why does anything need to replace Fiesta? Is Fiesta going somewhere?
  14. Texasota
    What, "art cone thing" wasn't specific enough? ;p
  15. Texasota
    It's for the art cone thing. Like what was on Montrose, the Inversion house, and that outdoor stage in 5th ward.
  16. Texasota
    Pad sites on a light rail line. Such a waste.
  17. Texasota
    The larger building is all structural timber actually. The interior photos are all of the smaller (newer) building.
  18. Texasota
    Well, there's a woman in a tshirt in the second rendering, so maybe they're going for more of a mix
  19. Texasota
    I can tell it's for wealthys because from photos of the interior I'm not completely sure what they even sell. Is it... jewelry? I guess?
  20. Texasota
    Is the extension of the trail finished here? It sure looks like it.
  21. Texasota
    Using it to commute is largely dependent on increasing the number of stations. Right now stations are located primarily at destinations; they need to also be easily accessible in comparatively residential areas, even just within midtown, Montrose, etc, but the big obvious one is the entirety of the Heights. Even 100 stations will be too low to reach most people who could otherwise take advantage of Bcycle for commuting purposes. Compare 100 stations to the number of stations in the DC area, New York, or even Minneapolis. WITH THAT BEING SAID, getting the total up to around 100, if carefully targeted, will make a huge difference. I'd like to see them keep the range pretty low to maximize station density, but we'll see.
  22. Texasota
    Walking downstairs to get groceries is SO HARD YOU GUYS!!! I have seen Whole Foods provide lockers where you can order your groceries ahead of time and then just pick them all up from the locker though.
  23. Texasota
    such a diversity of young attractive white people
  24. Texasota
    Houston IS unique in that even the historic buildings being renovated into apartments are getting garages. The Rice Hotel got a garage, the Texaco building is getting a garage, and the Great Southwest building also has a garage proposed. Other cities with more historic (pre- WWII) building stock are more likely to end up with renovated buildings with little or no dedicated parking, but that just isn't happening here.
  25. Texasota
    Again, all of the new tenants have parking spaces in dedicated garages. Who would these new, separate garages be for?
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