kjb434 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I just hope there would be support for the retail right there. It seems the Pavillons will have a better support for its retail.The proposals nice, but the current Bayou Place isn't necessarily a crowning achievement. The Aquarium is doing fine and is often busy. At least it is getting people into downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 They are now tearing down the exterior walls to the west side of the old Albert Thomas Convention Center. Does anyone know what they are doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 The space would make for a great bowling alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Check the other thread. It's going to be office space, maybe some commercial retail. I think it was primarily leading to office space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Bayou Place looks like a cheap Houston Pavilions. I went there once about a year ago and ate at the Hard Rock Cafe. I will beat anything that the Hard Rock Cafe moves to the Houston Pavilions when its built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Bayou Place isnt the best - but it is a pretty good re-use for an old convention hall. Besides who actually eats at Hard Rock - I look for them to leave the Houston market altogether in the next few years - stick with the funky locations - ie London, Paris, Hawaii ect.... places where locals think eating there is a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 ^^^^^Maybe the Hard Rock could move to Main St or into the Pavilions after they are built. I think what has gone wrong with Bayou Place is that unfortunately the Metro Rail Line was built too far away. I think there are future plans for a subway line to pass right under the location where Bayou Place is. I also think one thing they could do to be improve access to and from the Downtown Aquarium and Bayou Place. That will happen soon after the bayou improvements I think there is a pedestrian bridge in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 ^^^^^Maybe the Hard Rock could move to Main St or into the Pavilions after they are built. I think what has gone wrong with Bayou Place is that unfortunately the Metro Rail Line was built too far away. I think there are future plans for a subway line to pass right under the location where Bayou Place is. I also think one thing they could do to be improve access to and from the Downtown Aquarium and Bayou Place. That will happen soon after the bayou improvements I think there is a pedestrian bridge in the works.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>The subway is history. The new metro vision has a new east-west rail line from UH/TSU, a mixed-use expanded Wheeler station, Greenway Plaza, and ending in Uptown. There are no new lines planned for downtown. Although the Red line is suppose to be extended to a new multi-modal train/bus terminal just north of downtown, around where the current freight train tunnel is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 The subway is history. The new metro vision has a new east-west rail line from UH/TSU, a mixed-use expanded Wheeler station, Greenway Plaza, and ending in Uptown. There are no new lines planned for downtown. Although the Red line is suppose to be extended to a new multi-modal train/bus terminal just north of downtown, around where the current freight train tunnel is.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>so what is in the plan at central houston website is history? and what is the freight train tunnel?when did that happen?look at page 14http://www.centralhouston.org/Home/Framewo...ges%2019-36.PDF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Exactly what I was going to say. The westside line from Downtown to 290, either on Washington or 7th Street, will run beside City Hall from the GRB. At least the current plan is to do so. They haven't tossed that line yet. It just isn't on the fast track, like the Galleria-UH-TSU line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Exactly what I was going to say. The westside line from Downtown to 290, either on Washington or 7th Street, will run beside City Hall from the GRB. At least the current plan is to do so. They haven't tossed that line yet. It just isn't on the fast track, like the Galleria-UH-TSU line.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>and it will be a subway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Althought the map says subway station, the map also says LRT. LRT can be lowered into a tunnel, but I doubt it.Also, everything is that is visionary. Nothing is set in stone. It is used as a template. Just like the Buffalo Bayou Plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Althought the map says subway station, the map also says LRT. LRT can be lowered into a tunnel, but I doubt it.Also, everything is that is visionary. Nothing is set in stone. It is used as a template. Just like the Buffalo Bayou Plan.Well I hope it happens Houston does need transportation options. And Light Rail on surface streets won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Althought the map says subway station, the map also says LRT. LRT can be lowered into a tunnel, but I doubt it.Also, everything is that is visionary. Nothing is set in stone. It is used as a template. Just like the Buffalo Bayou Plan.I don't why you doubt they would put LRT in a subway. That is exactly what they propose to do, both in METRO documents, and in the Central Houston document that eelimon linked to. That has been METRO and city leaders' preference all along. The document states that the subway would be built contingent on METRO's funding timetable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downtowner Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 i can't imagine wanting to live next to I-45 at this location. i wonder how people in the sabine street lofts and 2016 main can stand the road noise in units on the freeway side.I live in Sabine Lofts and don't hear any noise at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 ^^^^that quote is from 2004 a little late with that comback Huh?No just joking I see you recently joined. Welcome!I live in Sabine Lofts and don't hear any noise at all.Anyhow, one can get used to any kind of nose that is near ones home. And you begin to miss the noise after you move awayAhhhh! I miss Marin Corp boot camp in San Diego. The airport landing strip is right next to the barrcks on that base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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