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  1. Texasota
    If you zoom in on the pdf, it looks like the "space" is actually a single story storefront component.
  2. Texasota
    I honestly think the convention center, Toyota Center, BBVA Compass, Minute Maid, and the Theater District are enough for downtown to be a destination. I'm not really sure what else you could add to that mix...even in terms of music venues it's got HOB, Bayou Music Center...maybe smaller venues? There's NOTSUOH, but that's really small, and somewhat limited in terms of who it attracts. I'd love to see the Majestic become a full-time venue..
  3. Texasota
    Both the CVS and the bank are an incredibly poor use of land at that intersection; I wonder under what circumstances either property owner would be willing to sell...
  4. Texasota
    there is another neighborhood between midtown and TMC.
  5. Texasota
    Right. That was my point. I have no idea what that graphic was supposed to mean.
  6. Texasota
    Exactly.
  7. Texasota
    That's a nifty graphic. Does it perhaps portend?
  8. Texasota
    Yeah, I'll be curious to see some before and afters here.
  9. Texasota
    I kind of like the bare concrete like that. not sure they need to apply anything on top of it.
  10. Texasota
    There is an executive order instructing the Planning Department to design and implement a Complete Streets policy. That has not been done yet, so what Houston's does or does not entail is not currently known.
  11. Texasota
    You know it will be interesting to see how this translates into into a real building; those rendering show zero texture. Now, I'm assuming it will end up being mostly EIFS, but one can dream...
  12. Texasota
    barf
  13. Texasota
    Go west. There are plenty of homeless people along Westheimer/Richmond etc west of Uptown. And yes, downtown is more walkable than uptown, largely because of scale. Individual blocks are much, much smaller than Uptown, and they're laid out in a consistent, predictable grid. That makes it much easier to get between places, and to adjust your route if you change your mind after you've already started walking.
  14. Texasota
    Even the Energy Corridor is well west of the city's demographic center. Even if you pretend that nothing exists east of Downtown, the Energy Corridor would still not be the demographic center. I wonder if, after they finish filling in greenfields between Spring and The Woodlands, the area between The Woodlands and Conroe will be next. I suppose it probably won't even take that long.
  15. Texasota
    If you open 3 bags of M&Ms and each bag has one blue M&M, then one blue M&M is typical per bag of M&Ms. In a single bag of M&Ms, multiple blue M&Ms would in fact be atypical. That analogy would only make sense if there were multiple "Heights Wests."
  16. Texasota
    Not exactly. This is TIRZ money, so it's only property taxes paid on properties within the TIRZ. Depending on how specific "you guys" was meant to be.
  17. Texasota
    Yeah, somewhere between Spring and The Woodlands is nowhere near the "demographic center of Houston." And if its Camp Strake then that's actually outside the Houston metro area (I believe.)
  18. Texasota
    townhomes are not the problem. "Gated" is the problem. And yes we have rivers. They're called bayous.
  19. Texasota
    Hmmm... Hopefully that means additional buildings in the vacant blocks immediately south and west.
  20. Texasota
    No, I meant the "Hines" part. that seemed weirdly specific yet totally misleading. It almost made it seem like a recent Hines development. It is home to the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, but the building is generally just referred to as the Architecture Building. As for beautiful... I dont think you've spent very much time in the building if that's your description of it.
  21. Texasota
    what do you mean, "added bonus (Hines)"? That's a 30 year old Philip Johnson building.
  22. Texasota
    yeah something about it is kinda freaking me out. but i dont hate it.
  23. Texasota
    There are ways to provide for that without cutting the building's front door off from the sidewalk.
  24. Texasota
    ugh i hadnt noticed that nasty drop-off driveway. so much for using the whole site.
  25. Texasota
    Nooooooo... Keep downtown classy!
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