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ugh I want it now.
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It's perfect. I will hear no complaints!
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Haven At Treeline: Multifamily At 17448 N. Eldridge Pkwy.
Texasota replied to hindesky's topic in The Great Northwest
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North Main Street Safety Improvement
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It's genuinely amazing how much worse it looks.
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I-45 Rebuild (North Houston Highway Improvement Project)
Texasota replied to ToryGattis's topic in Traffic and Transportation
Good to see confirmation, but this one was always going to happen. Midtown is well funded and good at planning. My big concern is the N Main cap.- 3,356 replies
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Are you talking about the detached garages facing the alley between Waverly and Ashland? Or do you mean the proposed houses? Given the alley I'm hoping that sign is just showing a generic development. Having the garages facing Waverly rather than the alley would be an atrocity.
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Why would they choose those columns? They don't match the new building and have strong Cinco Ranch vibes.
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Not very impressed by the siteplan, but Peargrounds might be the best name I've ever seen.
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Yep. And technically alumni actually only refers to men. Multiple Judies Cook would be alumnae. But I'm fine with removing that distinction. It's a dumb thing to gender and just makes life harder. Singular vs. plural is a meaningful distinction though.
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I know this is a losing battle but... alumnus alumni is plural
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38-Story High-Rise & Office Building At 2811 Kirby Dr.
Texasota replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Going Up!
Just keep marching them south on Kirby until you hit the village.- 135 replies
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X Houston: Residential High-Rise At 5501 La Branch St.
Texasota replied to Urbannizer's topic in Going Up!
I'm not talking about the FBI building. I'm talking about X Houston, the building this thread is about. The original design was better, but the planning commission did not grant them a variance for it. In other words, this design is an explicit response to development regulations as applied by the City.- 476 replies
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X Houston: Residential High-Rise At 5501 La Branch St.
Texasota replied to Urbannizer's topic in Going Up!
This building is literally worse than it could have been because the city *didn't* let the developers "build whatever they want".- 476 replies
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Parking Vault Houston: Garage At 1441 Walker St.
Texasota replied to houstontexasjack's topic in Going Up!
Well, and the actual garage itself is not bad looking. The lit panels make it memorable and make it *feel* less like this oppressive hulking garage. -
38-Story High-Rise & Office Building At 2811 Kirby Dr.
Texasota replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Going Up!
Eh, in some ways it's a convenient shorthand for knowing what a person's context/perspective is, especially if they give you a blank look when you try to be more specific (Rice Village, Montrose, "Downtown" Downtown). I do think there's value in talking about the city proper/inside the loop + uptown/the historic city/whatever as a distinct thing, and Downtown is easier for people than even "inside the loop" (which is maybe too restrictive anyway). It's annoying, but I understand why it happens and I'm not sure what the best alternative would be.- 135 replies
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Lots of people who travel regularly (especially for business) end up with a preferred hotel chain for points reasons. That translates to Marriott, IHG, Hilton, Hyatt, etc. That can end up being a surprisingly strong influence in hotel choice.
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But... the village is east of Kirby.
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I say this with all love and respect: Austin is bad and people who like it should be shamed for their wrong opinion.
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I don't think 6 stories is overbearing. I am familiar with the comparison, though Austin is *not* my go-to for urbanism to emulate.
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I just wish it were 6 stories instead of 2.
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I-45 Rebuild (North Houston Highway Improvement Project)
Texasota replied to ToryGattis's topic in Traffic and Transportation
That's not really accurate. Populations were smaller, but much more tightly packed. Size aside, the density of a contemporary American suburb/exurb doesn't really have much of a precedent in human history. Especially given that an exurb is 100% extractive. And yes, that includes extended family hunter/gatherer societies, though we can mostly only extrapolate from more recent examples of that lifestyle, which is inherently flawed because contemporary hunter/gatherer communities are all pushed to the absolute worst, least productive land in the world.- 3,356 replies
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I almost like it but those tiny baby windows kill it for me. i get they're cheaper, but they definitely look it.
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