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  1. Texasota
    Wow. Ok, 350sf.
  2. Texasota
    I would love to see the incentive limited to units under 500sf. That would encourage more affordable housing *and* greater density without need to ever explicitly use the word "affordable."
  3. Texasota
    The more I think about this the more it irritates me. The first step in good development is site selection, and this is an absolutely terrible site. The brochure crows about this thing being pedestrian oriented, but where exactly are these pedestrians coming from? There is nothing even remotely pedestrian scaled for miles around this site. Now if it were actually in the Woodlands, particularly if it were connected to the riverwalk area and Market Street, then it could actually build off of existing complementary development and contribute to a walkable district. As it stands, this is the pedestrian oriented equivalent of greenwashing. Just another place for people to drive to, walk around and shop, then drive home.
  4. Texasota
    Based on the site map its on the east side of 45 north of rayford. not even actually The Woodlands.
  5. Texasota
    I like the look of this. Shame about the location.
  6. Texasota
    Assuming that most of that is EIFS, it's going to look very, very cheap. The first two floors look like rusticated stone/concrete, but there is zero detailing. The should have just gone all out modern/contemporary; the pasted-on historicist silliness just makes it look that much cheaper.
  7. Texasota
    Not sure what that means, but it sounds like a terrible idea. Doing something with George Bush Park might make sense though.
  8. Texasota
    This is wrong and anyone who supports it is a monster.
  9. Texasota
    much better, depending on final material choices.
  10. Texasota
    I always love when buildings have to build around one hold-out lot. It gives the place character and keeps just a little bit of what used to be there intact. I also think it tends to drive more interesting buildings, though most developers will just do the bare minimum to make it work.
  11. Texasota
    In a smaller sense I would point to Bob Schultz with the Mid-Main projects. That includes: Renovating existing buildings, Constructing new buildings Working with MATCH on shared parking and ultimately almost single-handedly establishing Mid-Main as a neighborhood.
  12. Texasota
    I believe that's part of what the office tower/ parking garage going in across the street will be for. Of course that hasn't broken ground yet.
  13. Texasota
    no, wait, roughly 100.
  14. Texasota
    ugh, the city will require like 90 parking spaces for this. that's a big surface lot.
  15. Texasota
    This is going to be fun to watch. It's overall my favorite project going up right now.
  16. Texasota
    ...it's residential above ground floor retail...
  17. Texasota
    So.... I hate to point this out, but that block is where MATCH is going up. *Maybe* they're off a block and the actual site is the old permitting center. Maybe.
  18. Texasota
    i like it, but i wish the garage access and loading docks were all off of Rosalie rather than Milam and Louisiana
  19. Texasota
    That's actually an improvement.
  20. Texasota
    The midtown Fiesta is actually surprisingly fantastic, but it's too far away from downtown.
  21. Texasota
    bueno...muy bueno. The more variety downtown the better.
  22. Texasota
    Yeah I think the location was a bigger part of Little Bigs' success then they realize. I for one am much less likely to go to their new location.
  23. Texasota
    Eh, I went this year. At no point did anything seem remotely dangerous.
  24. Texasota
    Maybe not on Westheimer itself, but there's still plenty of gay community near the old parade route, and think about the concentration of gay bars that still exists along Pacific and Fairview/Tuam. Besides, its not just actual gay people who enjoy pride.
  25. Texasota
    its a carribean restaurant. behind jet
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