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  1. Texasota
    It's an ugly building but it's also very visible. I weirdly support this.
  2. Texasota
    Is the extension of the trail finished here? It sure looks like it.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Texasota
    Also, how long was Texaco vacant? The Rice Hotel? Union Station? The Melrose Building? Vacancy doesn't always mean that a building is no longer useful, and it certainly doesn't mean that it no longer has value.
  6. Texasota
    such a diversity of young attractive white people
  7. Texasota
    Don't jump to blaming historical status (which they had to apply for.) Houston Permitting isn't really set up for this type of project, so a vast array of things could have slowed the process down.
  8. Texasota
    Never underestimate the ability of city permitting to slow things down.
  9. 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.
  10. Texasota
    Again, all of the new tenants have parking spaces in dedicated garages. Who would these new, separate garages be for?
  11. Texasota
    How does that make it easier on new construction? Every new building under construction includes multiple new levels of parking. Yes, there are new residents, but they are getting their own dedicated parking spaces in brand new garages, and I can't imagine they are driving much of anywhere within downtown.
  12. Texasota
    Most of these new buildings have a few levels dedicated to car storage, which wouldn't have been true when the old greyhound station was built.
  13. Texasota
    It seems like it was a better building too. I think the feeling of trashiness comes as much from the building itself in midtown as anything else.
  14. Texasota
    Yes, much more character than the historic home that was there before.
  15. Texasota
    Well done everyone. Another example of our ridiculous parking minimum's making a project worse and wasting land.
  16. Texasota
    If you're happy with how the Marriott turned out, then no. Actually doing a good job would be significantly (impractically) more expensive.
  17. Texasota
    Much of that is only true by car. I genuinely don't understand the point of living in the central city and then driving everywhere. They are also building a Whole Foods in Midtown, and while the Randalls and Fiesta aren't fantastic, they're a whole lot better then nothing.
  18. Texasota
    If you're building out a cigar bar in 1950s building, why not play that up? This looks like they're sort of weakly gesturing at that, which just makes it look boring and bland.
  19. Texasota
    Or, you know, give people a reason to be there. That's the real test: at what point will adding nearby residents and increasing retail options reach a point to make a noticeable difference?
  20. Texasota
    eh, no. Part of what makes Williams Tower iconic is the fact that it basically stands alone. 609 Main will be a very nice tower that helps densify the skyline, but it will be a long way from iconic.
  21. Texasota
    Yeah, 800 Bell is a classy building. I like the proposed changes at the ground and tunnel levels, but whats proposed for the building itself will just rob it of its character and create another boring glass box.
  22. Texasota
    What's the purpose of the giant sandbox?
  23. Texasota
    Seriously? You like 2016 Main better than 800 Bell?
  24. Texasota
    yep, cheap and ugly. very 90's
  25. Texasota
    I'm a bit surprised (and disappointed) by how obvious the location of the crown is.
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