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  1. Texasota
    Re-exposing the turquoise will make it stand out better too.
  2. Texasota
    ...astrodome?
  3. Texasota
    This building, unlike the Marriott, shouldn't involve taking off the entire facade and then putting up EIFS in its place, so maybe it will be faster? Depends on how much work needs to be done to the interior, especially since it's a conversion from office to hotel.
  4. Texasota
    Yep, they've pretty seriously uglified it. I think it will still be pretty good at the street level, although I'm concerned that they'll cheap out on materials.
  5. Texasota
    I'm not familiar with a derogatory word synonymous with happy. What would that be?
  6. Texasota
    well that's horrifying.
  7. Texasota
    That's how downtown used to be.
  8. Texasota
    That's implausibly rad.
  9. Texasota
    Eh, separating the garage out probably makes it easier to adapt the design for different sites in different cities. Plus, if, in the future, market conditions incentivize a higher use, the garage itself can be replaced without touching the apartment building itself.
  10. Texasota
    What possible reason would there be to expand the GRB? It's already large enough, and expanding it even further just makes it even more of a wall.
  11. Texasota
    It's really great to see this building get renovated rather than torn down.
  12. Texasota
    Eh, it's one less surface lot. Maybe this will help spur development on the lot next to the Center for Dance
  13. Texasota
    Allen Parkway is ...narrow?
  14. Texasota
    The sidewalks on Washington are particularly atrocious.
  15. Texasota
    On a poorly paved sidewalk next to a freeway exit ramp. Let's not oversell the quality of the connection to the bayou trails.
  16. Texasota
    Well, but don't forget that Jones Plaza, Tranquility Park and Herman Square are pretty close by too, and it seems like they are likely to get some work done soon. I guess my point is that, if there's an issue, it's not about a lack of park or park-like space nearby, but rather a lack of programming within that space. Sesquicentennial Park, Jones Plaza, and Tranquility Park could all be *much* more useful and successful if redesigned.
  17. Texasota
    Are there specific amenities you're thinking of? Something that the combined proximity of Market Square, Sesquicentennial Park, Allen's Landing, and the bayou trails doesnt address or there should be more of?
  18. Texasota
    3/4 mile? This building is going in a block from the bayou, and new trails are currently being built on the south side. Sesquicentennial Park is two blocks away.
  19. Texasota
    two blocks over. nuns tore down a nice two story brick building and put the Foley House in its place.
  20. Texasota
    Why? Would it really be out of place in the vacant lot between La Carafe and Hearsay? or on Commerce Street next to Spaghetti Warehouse or backing up to the sunset coffee building? or facing Main between Nit Noi and the Harris County building? or in the parking lot next to Treebeard's? There actually seems like there's quite a few places in the historic district where you could plop it down and it could become a great little bar/restaurant.
  21. Texasota
    I'd really rather it actually be *used* for something than just become another attraction in the Sam Houston Park architectural petting zoo
  22. Texasota
    How about we push it to a corner and make it into a bar/restaurant? Maybe move it to near Market Square?
  23. Texasota
    The problem with Randall's is that it's terrible.
  24. Texasota
    Richmont Square is going away.
  25. Texasota
    Randall's in Midtown is a full-size major grocery store. The problem is that people here expect an 80,000 square foot grocery store (or bigger) even in an urban setting, which is totally unrealistic.
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