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  1. Tumbleweed_Tx
    This is the parking lot where my hooligan friends and I used to hang out in the early 80's.
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    All I see when I drive by construction sites is guys holding up shovels. Well, someone invented a shovel that stands up by itself, so that many guys aren't needed anymore
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    get out the jackhammers, lads, they're going to have to widen the bus lanes. Or, they will do what was originally intended and put a choochoo train down that line because "the buses just don't fit ::wink wink::"
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    the then HL&P Building was finished in 1968, the shadows say that this view of downtown was winter of 1969. It must have been cold that day since the flag on City Hall says a north wind is blowing and it's 12:30 in the afternoon.
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    it seems like it was designed by someone who was never stuck with jury duty, or there would be twice as many elevators
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    just like the Texans.
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    that's like the new subway stations in Paris where they designed the stations, built them, then found out the trains were a few CM too wide. They had to jackhammer off a few cms of platform.
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    never in my life would I have thought I would be coming to an architecture forum to learn that birds and gekos snore.
  9. Tumbleweed_Tx
    Those buildings in NYC have separate entrances for tourists because they have much-hyped observation decks. The separate elevators shuttle tourists up there without interfering with tenant operations. They also charge admission. The one at 600 Travis wasn't a problem until the open air buses started bringing large crowds to the observation deck.
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    It was close to the old 1464 when it was in it's original spot. We went there a few times during the two weeks I took driver's ed back in 1980. We would take all the country roads int he Sugar Land and Richmond areas.
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    "A leading producer of aggregates" So, sir, can you tell me what the source of your aggragates is? Yeah- we blow stuff up.
  12. Tumbleweed_Tx
    It took them a few years but they finally built it
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    yay, we're the center of something in the world. Now those city leaders who have an inferiority complex because they don't think we're a world-class city because we don't have enough commuter trains have something god to tout at Houston. /sarcasm
  14. Tumbleweed_Tx
    my buddy is a bartender at Molly's next door. I'll admit I never gave this plain white building a second look... lol
  15. Tumbleweed_Tx
    It's not that bad of a value engineer on this one. The original spirit of the first render is still there, it just doesn't have the curved inward walls whose molds are cost prohibitive. The COULD have pulled an Allesandra here, they didn't.
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    yo, 1970 called, it wants it's weewee measuring contest back
  17. Tumbleweed_Tx
    that's the same size plot that The Marlowe is on.
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    it will buff out. They need a minefield around them to stop taggers... lol (in minecraft)
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    don't they stop running trains into downtown immediately after games? I sat at a train station by the stadium waiting for an old girlfriend who was a chef at the stadium. Trains never came in the half hour I was there. They stopped and went the other way on the east side of 59. Also, streets in the French Quarter were made by the Spanish in the late 1700s. They had no reason to make extra wide avenues in the horse and buggy era. Streets like Esplanade, Canal, Elysium Fields, etc have a wide "neutral ground" because they used to have trolleys running down the middle
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    It will be needed right about the time construction is finished
  21. Tumbleweed_Tx
    this building would be an excellent candidate for an automated garage
  22. Tumbleweed_Tx
    IIRC, it's being removed to help improve water flow in the area. Nothing will go in it's place. The North Canal would be a better solution than tearing down this building (unless it's crumbling, or the city has something against Rowdy for tagging it)
  23. Tumbleweed_Tx
    are they still working on parking levels here? Or have they moved on to the residential floors?
  24. Tumbleweed_Tx
    WF has a totally different demographic. They don't target lower income people like Fiesta does. It's the same with Randalls. They are an upscale shopping experience.
  25. Tumbleweed_Tx
    especially to those in the Cosmo
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