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  1. Texasota
    Yeah this thing is actually pretty good. I would prefer something a bit less architecturally banal, but at least its not faux Tuscan or something.
  2. Texasota
    Huh. I can't quite figure out what angle this rendering is from. Is this from the south looking north? What's with the weird landscaped driveway ...thing? It just seems like a huge waste of space.
  3. Texasota
    We're getting a weird spiral ziggurat!
  4. Texasota
    OMG! I have to cross the street to go to the gym?!?!?!?
  5. Texasota
    I like it, but i wish there werent a parking lot between the stadium and Cullen.
  6. Texasota
    plus, TJ Maxx? really?
  7. Texasota
    eh, 1300 Capitol makes perfect sense. It's 5 blocks from Jones Hall. That's less than a 10 minute walk. Students are carrying heavy equipment? Their campus would be directly on the light rail line. Yes, parking could be an issue, assuming that this one block is all that HISD owns. There are two blocks caddy-corner to this site that are currently completely vacant- perfect locations for parking garages and close enough to connect with skyways. Would a location actually *in* the theater district be more convenient? Maybe, except that there are also venues on the east side of downtown now. This site is within easy walking distance of the Theater District, HOB, Discovery Green, the Convention Center etc.
  8. Texasota
    design? not too bad? A privately funded cultural center is the perfect opportunity to produce something architecturally significant, because the risk is much lower than it would be with most development. Look at Asia Society- at $50 million it was more expensive than this, but much of that is because of program, the initial cost of a huge geothermal system, high-end materials etc. This is a very high profile site- the perfect opportunity to make an architectural statement. If this thing is trying to help "sell" the city and region, a piece of recognizable and distinct architecture would be a lot more useful than this historicist crap.
  9. Texasota
    Regardless of whether this thing is a terribly useful expenditure of 32 million dollars, is nobody else bothered by the fact that it's architecturally hideous?
  10. Texasota
    As an arch student, may i suggest that you stay open 24hrs? I'm pretty sure we can keep you in business...
  11. Texasota
    A high rise? At that intersection? Why would you want that? This will help tie together the stuff north of alabama with the galleries etc a couple blocks south, and provide them with some foot traffic. Now If we could just get sears to restore their building on wheeler...
  12. Texasota
    Yeah I think Phoenicia makes clear what a downtown grocer has to do to survive: they need to offer people who live in the surrounding neighborhoods a reason to drive into downtown. Phoenicia offers something different enough from Kroger, Fiesta, HEB, Central Market or Whole Foods that it's somewhat of a destination. Plus, yeah, their prices are actually very reasonable.
  13. Texasota
    It doesn't always have to be tall. Honestly I'd take a strong relationship with the street over "tall" any day of the week
  14. Texasota
    I second "Burj Ashby." Now let's never talk about it again. Or the historic ordinance for that matter.
  15. Texasota
    Eh, I would rather the city and developers spend that money on almost anything else.
  16. Texasota
    The power lines have to go somewhere, and we don't have a whole bunch of alleys in this city...
  17. Texasota
    Hmmm, I don't dislike these, but the faux balconies just bother me so much... At least give me something big enough for some potted plants.
  18. Texasota
    well, that wouldn't be 20 more blocks of "this," now would it?
  19. Texasota
    No. Mixed use neighborhoods yay! Forced consistency boooo!
  20. Texasota
    When did the word "plaza" cease to have any meaning?
  21. Texasota
    Eh, Torchy's is overrated and overpriced, but this is really not a terrible development.
  22. Texasota
    Um, y'all's Giger meters are way off. ...Although there's a part of me that wishes this design were way more biomechanical and inexplicably phallic.
  23. Texasota
    Well. That's boring. But inoffensive.
  24. Texasota
    What? Why? Regardless of how I feel about the hideous architecture of the condo building, residential makes perfect sense for the area.
  25. Texasota
    That corner facade IS hideous. And I HATE uptown.
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