citykid09 Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Ideas For the New inner City Houston!What type of development would you like to see in the inner city?WesthimerKirbyGreenway Plaza area etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted June 30, 2005 Author Share Posted June 30, 2005 I could see this in the Kirby/ Westhimer area: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 the second would be neat-o, but i doubt houston will parallel anything like seattle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Personally, I'd like to see some more development and newer construction in areas such as 2nd ward/east side and the north side. It's dense enough that some of the main streets that you could have some affordable housing with some midrises with ground level retail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jghall00 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 The Santa Monica shot is really nice. I liked it there, the beach was nearby, and the downtown was walkable. I think that would be a great design for Kirby after reconstruction. Unfortunately, i don't think it would fly on Westheimer. Have you ever tried to cross that street? Crosswalks are far and few between. It's like running across the freeway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 No more new stuff until we follow through with what we have. Many people are great at planning but they suffer when it comes to follow-through. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 I'd just like to start with light rail/BRT in an appropriate location (i.e., please run the UH-Galleria line down Richmond and not Westpark!) Let's put the light rail where it will be useful, not just where it's "easy and cheap to build". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 Maybe instead of street level, they could elevate the rail, I don't see why they would build a ground level line agian, and the see it's not working along main with cars in the mix. CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Yes, kinda like the "cheep cheep cheep" I hear from you every time you start a thread like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 Yes, kinda like the "cheep cheep cheep" I hear from you every time you start a thread like this. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well these kinds of threads are more intersting then most of the ones on here latley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 elevated rail would be nice, but I only see it happening where it is aboslutely necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jghall00 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 elevated rail would be nice, but I only see it happening where it is aboslutely necessary.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I see rail on the street as conducive to improving the street life that Houston is currently lacking. Better driver training and enforcement will go along way towards reduce accidents, as well as reducing congestion and lowering insurance rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 The point is, I'd like to see nice and dense development, but, I don't want to have an exact friggin copy of something in another city. This is Houston- we should make up our own urban style. Take Atlantic Station, for instance. Sure, some elements are nice, but some parts of it are downright generic, bland, and something you'd commonly see around here already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 I could see this in the Kirby/ Westhimer area: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Houston gets far too humid for pretty much any foot traffic. That's why there are hardly any retail shops in downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 ltawacs, is that why the occupancy rate in Rice Village is so low? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 That's why there are hardly any retail shops in downtown.There were more 50 years ago than there are now, so your point it moot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 The Santa Monica stuff looks so cool..A lot of the retail is in the underground tunnel area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Humidity is merely a factor roughly four or five months out of the year. On a mid-October afternoon at 75 - 80 degrees, no one really cares that much about 50% humidity. It feels fine to most folks.June, July, August and early September are certainly different stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jghall00 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Humidity is merely a factor roughly four or five months out of the year. On a mid-October afternoon at 75 - 80 degrees, no one really cares that much about 50% humidity. It feels fine to most folks.June, July, August and early September are certainly different stories.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I kinda think humidity is just an excuse people use to explain the lack of street life in Houston. Any day of the week, any (non-rainy) weather, you can go to certain places, like memorial and hermann park, and people will be outside. The real reason why no one is out is because there's not enough worthwhile to keep them out. There are places a lot hotter and as humid as Houston. People are amazingly adaptable to all sorts of climates. That's we live on six of seven continents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Yeah, and the street life in the seventh sucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jghall00 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Yeah, and the street life in the seventh sucks... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No streets I'm sure the natives(penguins) love it though. Perhaps we should drill there for oil, then we can get some roads, then developers will come, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 There's already a Target on San Felipe a block away from Westheimer about three away from the Galleria. But I know what you mean, something more pedestrian friendly.Why not an elevated rail? Reduces chances of accidents. Unclogs streets by maintaining the same street space(no lanes taken away). As for pedestrian traffic there will be plenty as people get on and off to get where they're going.Humidity really isn't a factor. What it is is that people drive everywhere, businesses make it even easier by setting up at a strip mall or having a huge lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Unclogs streets by maintaining the same street space(no lanes taken away). will it hang from the sky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Yeah, and the street life in the seventh sucks...[Nelson laugh]Ha-ha![/Nelson laugh] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 I would like to see the development that occurred on Main Street in Downtown continue throughout the entire area.Also, taller and taller buildings should be built around Downtown to give the whole area a larger skyline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 I could see Greenway Plaza upgraded to look like this cool neighborhood called Westwood Village in LA.Houston does not to be so urban where you have to completely walk everywhere, I think it should kind of take lessons after LA which does a great job of mixing ccar drivers with padestrians.I present you the village, Westwood Village that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 Ahh Peets Coffee, Starbucks ain't got nothin on them. Chicago is so blessed to have one now up on North Avenue. It's mainly on the west coast, but they are expanding now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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