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  1. HoustonIsHome
    Oh wow, look at that density.
  2. HoustonIsHome
    Awww, the balance of this house makes it kinda charming. Newly constructed homes rarely have this symmetry.
  3. HoustonIsHome
    And to think this was a camping spot for the homeless a few years ago. There were always people sleeping around that little building. Gives hope to the area just a few block south past Pierce. A few developments like these can really turn around the neighborhood
  4. HoustonIsHome
    For that size, 40% leased should be enough to have a noticeable affect on activity in that area. Can't wait for it to all come together as that neighborhood matures
  5. HoustonIsHome
    I think AP was supposed to have their initial store in that building, but that didn't happen and the Montrose location was chosen instead. There was an AP poster up for a while. I used to frequent American Apparel a lot. Wish the store had materialized in Downtown as that would have been a more convenient location for me.
  6. HoustonIsHome
    Easing up parking restrictions is what is needed to make downtown and midtown better neighborhoods
  7. HoustonIsHome
    Three awesome pics, but the middle one is definitely the money shot. And I am even a Dan if the beige brick. In this instance it fits well.
  8. HoustonIsHome
    I think it's hedious. Depending on the trees chosen (we love skeletal looking live oaks) the final version might be even worse. We really do need more pretty trees though. I think they are doing Green Str... I mean Dallas street right
  9. HoustonIsHome
    You know 609 is magic when it makes that chase tower look good
  10. HoustonIsHome
    That's exactly why I said the city knows who butters their bread.
  11. HoustonIsHome
    Government always in bed with fat cats. Chevron knows what it can get away with. Especially with Exxon pulling out of downtown. I hate that we lost such a large tax base in the heart of our city. Some of these taxe payers could have lived in and around downtown, contributing to the $$$ that make the city stronger. But instead of focusing on strengthening the core to keep the tax base that we have, we want more and more loops so our biggest tax payers can flee further and further away. Back directly on topic, the powers that be at chevron know what they are doing. The city knows who butters their bread.
  12. HoustonIsHome
    No one is spending other people's money. I simply stated that flooding on that lot is a weak excuse as there are retail areas in buildings much closer (right on ) the Bayou. I just drove past that lot and Franklin inclines. So not only are there areas closer to the bayou, they are also at a lower elevation. Plus, it looks like the ground floor of what ever building was there before sat a bit higher than the curb. If the ground floor of whatever was there flooded, all of downtown would be too at that point. And is it too much to want better for our city? Is it too much to want to preserve the look and feel of our historic district? Is it okay to always settle for less?
  13. HoustonIsHome
    Mollusk, they might have been there long before they came up with the flood maps, but they are still there right? Along with Spaghetti Warehouse and Sunset Coffee. The block you mentioned, is that the one the suburban looking chase drive through is on? Apart from Bobruss' s response, that block is right on the Bayou, despite being further down Milam.
  14. HoustonIsHome
    Let's NOT begin making excuses For these developments. The Magnolia ballroom is right across the street from this proposed mess, and is in fact closer. Red Cat cafe is closer still. There are multiple retail areas between the bayou and this development, so that is a weak excuse.
  15. HoustonIsHome
    Well Houston is not SF. And no one is advocating reducing supply. In fact I am advocating increasing supply by leaving existing supply in tact and adding new luxurious supply. The existing luxurious supply should, as you say try to be more competitive by dropping price, but not as competitive as the existing lower priced units that keep getting demolished in favor of ultra luxury units.
  16. HoustonIsHome
    I hope so too. Timeless beauty
  17. HoustonIsHome
    Is been a million years since it was proposed and yet this building would still look awesome if built today. What are the other towers in this rendering?
  18. HoustonIsHome
    Would you really need a tremendous number of parking spots with a location like Hermann? A drivers paradise like KBR would definitely need tons of lots, but Hermann does seem to manage lots of visitors by having more options via both cars and Public Transit.
  19. HoustonIsHome
    Let me respectfully disagree with you here. I have seen Houston rental stock rise by the 10s of thousands in the last few years and the prices have steadily risen. This is largely due to new arrivals accustomed to paying higher rents in California and certain east coast states. I think the balance would be preserved if the affordable rents were left to coexist with the newer and more expensive residences. But if you create new residences on vacant or abandoned property AND on already occupied AND we continue to receive new residents accustomed to passing higher rents, what makes you think the new builds will lower prices? These new apartments are often better looking than what was there before These new apartments are often better use of the the land in terms of increasing density. However it is not sustainable to keep eliminating the lower price point units and creating these fantastic but Uber expensive units. The city will continue to densify if we add to what we have. Not everyone can afford a $2000 a month unit. In fact the bulk of our city can only afford maybe $600 to $1000 Taking away housing for the 75% to build for the 25% will result in the 75% breaking for the burbs. Now guess what is going to follow the people? The jobs, entertainment and retail. And guess what that does to our metro? It makes it even more spread out as people seek cheap housing and the service industry chase them. We need to increase density by maintaining the crappy but affordable housing that we currently have And build new luxurious housing. We need both to keep the city growing. Perfect example is Dallas from 2000 to 2010. Dallas built so many new developments all the census estimates predicted that the city grew by hundreds of thousands of people based on the density of all the new luxurious builds. But what they didn't take into account was that these new units were created by displacing many many low income residents. Houston is a huge city by the land area. We have enough space for both. I wouldn't be surprised if by the next census we join Dallas in having all these new buildings but yet out rate of growth drops from hundreds of thousands a decade to only a few thousand a decade.
  20. HoustonIsHome
    And similarly, highly priced. Makes me almost want someone to build a huge ugly box building but with cheap units. Our service industry residents are going to have a hell of a commute in the next few decades if middle income units keep getting demolished to build higher priced ones.
  21. HoustonIsHome
    I don't think the garage takes away from tower. I think it looks like a continuation of the building. Looks like a gun standing on its butt
  22. HoustonIsHome
    Hines isn't getting younger. If his goal is to leave the ultimate landmark them he won't be sitting on this for long. But let's face. People keep boosting him like everything he does he does for the city. Now I do admit, that if you asked 10 people what are the most impresdive landmarks in our city, probably 9 out of those 10 would give a Hines building because he dominates our skyline: Chase, BOA, Galleria/Williams tower, Shell, Calpine, 609 Main, BG group place, etc. But Hines, like every other company out there is out there for the $$$. Hines group will ask themselves two things when deciding what to do with this lot: How can we maximize profits, and How can we maintain our brand. Now, the city getting a tower to br as g about may still happen, but I doubt Hines goes out there with a mind on giving the city something to be proud of. 609 Main is a nice state of the art tower not because Hines thought it would please this city, it is a nice state of the at tower because Hines knows that he could sell it. If Hines determines that the best bet is to build a 25 floor safe looking building on this lot in 12 years then that's what we are going to get.
  23. HoustonIsHome
    A couple of residential buildings this size in Midtown east of main would make such a difference
  24. HoustonIsHome
    Looks like the downtown days in with replaced windows.
  25. HoustonIsHome
    The was a hose running from the building out to the curb on the Travis side. Water was coming from it. Looks like they were draining something
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