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  1. Texasota
    There's no such thing as "taco critical mass."
  2. Texasota
    Well, the holman station is pretty great. and prairie (despite that one large parking lot.)
  3. Texasota
    um, well... hmmm...
  4. Texasota
    Yeah that looks like they used somebody's leftover bricks, ran out completely, then resorted to EIFS.
  5. Texasota
    Yes it's Deco. I'd assume 1920's. I would also hate to see it go, but I don't think there's been any indication of that. It's a shame Ben's Beans didn't survive though.
  6. Texasota
    I don't think that 2' dimension refers to the walkway- it looks like it's the bump-out in the building facade. That said, it looks like the walkway is 3'-11", which is still pretty narrow.
  7. Texasota
    I mean, that's basically like having a sign that says "restaurant"
  8. Texasota
    very nice
  9. Texasota
    Is it ok if don't like this OR ROD? ...regardless, we're lacking some serious detail here. I don't particularly like the massing (it could always be worse, but I refuse to celebrate mediocrity), but it's not like we actually know what this is going to look like yet.
  10. Texasota
    I do feel bad for the saleswoman.
  11. Texasota
    The site plan makes me sad, but this would be good for the area.
  12. Texasota
    Look at the wires man. Look at the wires
  13. Texasota
    Sovereign?
  14. Texasota
    It's a protected landmark, so it wont get torn down. Whether it's allowed to sit there and rot into the swamp is another question.
  15. Texasota
    I...I don't understand that site plan at all. It's like all the worst things about urban development and suburban development combined.
  16. Texasota
    Much of Louisiana is pretty terrible in terms of street interaction though. Main at least is pretty good about not having parking garage entrances or blank walls. Even with the remaining parking lots, Main is easily the nicer street. Also, you could really stretch Main's "no parking lots" goal all the way down to 59. Or Brays Bayou.Or OST. Or 610. At the very least, Main through Midtown and the Museum District could easily be included.
  17. Texasota
    thats a photo.
  18. Texasota
    It's not about feelz, it's about what a city prioritizes when in it grants a permit. A city is a public entity, and its ability to grant permits is based in its ability to represent the public at large. Obviously there's a line there, but the question is really not whether the city or members of the public have any input on private development, its what exactly that input is and how the interests of the public are best balanced against the interest of the private developer that is, at the end of the day, entirely dependent on *public* resources like roads, utilities, etc.
  19. Texasota
    i thought they were live/work spaces?
  20. Texasota
    "more substantial than what a bus would need" This really is the biggest problem with BRT- you do true BRT and the same people who killed the light rail complain. I support BRT, but it's way too often used as an excuse to do nothing.
  21. Texasota
    That is objectively false. It's additional density though, so I'll take it.
  22. Texasota
    Renderings are never set in stone. These do appear to have been done by Gensler though and may very well represent the current design. I would not be at all surprised if that design changes, but these appear at least to have been done for this site specifically rather than showing generic fancy glass towers for purely conceptual purposes.
  23. Texasota
    And we can either reinforce the status quo or we can push for improvement. This is not the most pedestrian-friendly area in the city, but it's a long way from the worst. It has serious potential, and this does nothing to build on that potential.
  24. Texasota
    Neartown is a made-up name. Let's really not encourage it.
  25. Texasota
    I mean, where do you think people walk from? Anyone walking from the neighborhood would pass this thing on the way to Westheimer. Is this the absolute worst possible location for this building? No, of course not. That doesn't make it good.
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