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Not really because Culberson put some language in a federal bill that said rail would never be built in that area. That would have to be reversed. And it's unclear that the elevated lanes will be built with LRT ready structural integrity but it seems like it won't have it.

It was the annual appropriation bill.  Which gets redone every year.  It's not some sort of double secret super permanent thing.  

this is how they get you. they lull you into a false sense of security that breaking the law around the tracks is ok, then they send out the trains on the prowl. stalking the people who think they are safe to break the law, then the train pounces and ravages their car!

 

This could be a nat geo special.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfWHqrYUqo&ab_channel=cpdude927

Daaaaaang, Marc - that crane's taller than Chase 

Once again, it kinda depends.  There are property descriptions that encompass waterways, but if it's "navigable" (i.e., either you really can put a boat on it, or it's 30' from cut bank to cut bank) the public has the right to use the waterway but not the adjoining land.  As best as I can tell from looking at the HCAD maps, there are a bunch of property lines in the middle of bayous.  On the other hand, there are also places where a flood control district or some other governmental entity has actually acquired the land - for example, Somerville and Lewisville are owned by the Corps of Engineers - not to mention parks.

This is as it exists in Texas.  In other states, YMMV.

We've had term limits since forever.

They're called "elections."  As an example, some were annoyed at how long Kathy Whitmire remained mayor, and thus put term limits on the ballot, successfully.  She ran for re election on the same ballot, and lost.

cloud, that depends upon just what sort of lake we're dealing with.

On one end, we've got places like Lake Travis, where the people who own property that is usually submerged still own it, and get really irate when the boathouses belonging to people uphill start landing on their freshly re-revealed shorefront property.  Somerville or Lewisville, you own up to the shoreline cable, regardless of how close or far it is to the water's edge.  And any number of other variations.

We can also see what ended up being wrapped into the Chron building (on the right), and the tall one in the center is the shorter version of what is now the JW Marriott.

Perry's defense strategy seems to be brought to us by the letters W, T, and F.

Trying to quash the indictment is pretty routine.  However, appealing the "nahhh, we're not going to throw it out just yet" ruling is a bit odd.  Once appealed, there's pretty much no way that particular issue is going to be resolved any earlier than September or so, followed by maybe going up another level - which will take at least six months more.  Which means the trial can't start.  Now it's primary season and we've got a Presidential candidate fighting an indictment while running.  Sorry, but "that drunk d*** was just out for me" is whiny at best.  In the meantime, without the appeals the case could have been tried, over, done, and forgotten. (unless he gets nailed, which is not a foregone conclusion.  Said the yellow dog Democrat.)     

To put it differently, the question "did your mother enjoy baking cookies?" is pretty much always entirely irrelevant (unless you're a guest on the Cooking Channel, perhaps), and thus subject to a good objection if you insist on being pedantic.  But since it's irrelevant, the answer doesn't matter, and just blowing past it takes less time than objecting - no harm, no foul, and whatever the answer was gets forgotten pretty fast.

Everything south of I-10 should have been built up instead of stripmalled and suburban big boxed.  

I suspect it eventually will be, just as the architecturally significant old Micro Center got bulldozed for Amegy once the dirt became precious enough.

the only changes we are going to see in the design will be related to MAJOR constructability issues.  Lets say the slope on the green roof exceeds ADA requirements or they cant find a warrantable product for that slope.  Those are the changes we will see as more renderings come out.  With a client like this you do EVERYTHING you can to preserve the design intent AND budget without neutering the architects key elements.

 

People on here sometime think that any change to a concept rendering is evil, but it is honestly part of the design process.  As the design architects hand over their baby to project architects there are often changes made before the builder is even involved.

 

/end contractor rant 

tl;dr version:  

Because this:

easiest way to wake up in the morning, don't use the snooze button, get out of bed immediately and stretch, or do some activity to get your blood flowing. I begin the day by throwing the sheets off of me and literally jumping out of bed, then doing some core exercises, before I go to bathroom, drink water, brush teeth, dress, anything. No matter if I only got 3 hours of sleep the night before, I feel ready to go. Granted, if I only got 3 hours of sleep the night before, I might start getting tired around noonish.

 

oh, one of THOSE guys...

I've done the shower shave for years.  It's more comfy on the face bits, too.  No need for a fog free mirror (they don't really work that well, anyway, and Sharper Image is gone) - just swipe your wet paw over the glass and you're good to go.  

The original DC-9 (DC-9-10) had a wider fuselage than today's regional jetliners and could accommodate a 5 abreast cabin and thus, a more mainline, less cramped feel for passengers. Modern regional jets are only good for 3 to 4 abreast seating.

True.  I spent plenty of time on TTA (later Texas International) and Ozark DC-9s back when I was more aerodynamic.  They didn't feel all that roomy at the time... somehow that extra seat or two seems to take away a lot of that wide open spaces feeling.  Personally, I don't mind the newer RJs.  Having only three or four abreast does away with the middle seat and allows everybody to have some elbow room.

YMMV.

The dent is in keeping with the scruffy, faded, mid-00s GM-ish looking coprolite in the foreground and what appears to be a cop car behind the tree.  All of this pays homage to this being a park FOR the people... 

I didn't drill down long enough to get to the methodology on the data collection (or even if a consistent method was used).  But in that one little speck of red - San Juan County, Colorado - I wouldn't be surprised if walking wasn't actually the main method of getting to work, since it's mostly about ranching with a bit of the tourist trap business in Silverton going on.

Further up the thread I posted some scoping materials from the start of the project.  There actually wasn't much schedule slippage.  

A full renovation is time consuming and ALWAYS runs into unexpected things - even when you've got as built plans (some of which could still be placed in the fantasy section).  The time line only gets longer when the building remains occupied throughout.

The regionals are generally one or more completely different airlines, sometimes but not always owned by the major, with different employees, contracts, and seniority lists.  They carry the major's colors as part of their code sharing arrangement.

Edit:  FWIW, the MD-80/717 started out as the 70 seat DC-9.

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Correct.  In addition, part of the deal with the Buffalo Bayou park development is pulling out vegetation that doesn't belong there and replacing it with natives.  Once they've got a root system established, they do just fine in floods - shoot, that's part of why river bottomland is so fertile.

That makes sense. The only problem is you can only tell when you hit the bottom of the cycle in hindsight. For all we know, the bottom is a couple of years from now, when all buildinga that are currently under construction are finished, and nothing has broken ground, or leased, in a couple of years.

Agreed.

Prime example:  Heritage Tower.  It was see through for years.

damn kids...

Just this very evening, the valets were waving people off from open spots ACROSS THE DANGED STEET so that they could valet cars there.  

FWIW, they have a garage or parking lot to use.

Starting out, I would have gone in to Henke & Pillot just to check it out. Now, nahhhhhhh... 

Every time I drive past there at night I get an earworm...

 The only neighborhood that they said didn't create a "big stink" was the Near Northside. So, guess what, no plans to radically change I-10 there. The elevated freeway will likely remain. 

I was at a number of the meetings about 45 and the near Northside.  Crikey, what did they want - actual torches and pitchforks?  Or just a higher income level and/or more Republicans? 

They've had permits for the valet slots at some times.  However, they also continued to block off the street parking after the permit expired.  They have no monopoly on this practice - some of the downtown valet companies get really abusive.

In any event, they're also pretty slack on putting up the required signage.

how many 20+ story hotels arent luxury? as has been pointed out.. Hotel Sorella is way worse than this, architecturally speaking, yet it ranked as the best hotel in Texas/the southwest.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/10/houston-hotel-tops-cond-nast-list.html

Well, there's always the Heaven on Earth Inn, at 30 stories...

As with adr, I was talking about Henke & Pillot.

And yes, their contracted valets are blocking off public parking on the street and threatening towing, which is NOT legal unless one has a permit and posts signs.  They sometimes have a short term permit, but not always, and I've yet to see a sign.