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  1. Houston19514
    I believe Moxie's Grill & Bar is moving in to that space.
  2. Houston19514
    I like the idea. Unfortunately, they pretty recently (9 years ago) moved into a new headquarters facility custom built for them (and part of a master plan that was said at the time to have been planned to handle their growth for 30 years). So that one does not seem at all likely. Waste Management seems to be scattered about in a number of different buildings (mostly downtown). They might be ripe for a consolidating move.
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    That's what I thought. I doubt anyone is building city buses that are 10.7 feet wide.
  4. Houston19514
    What kind of buses are they using that are 10.7 feet wide??? That seems unlikely.
  5. Houston19514
    The properties in and near Allen Center seems to be the only thing Brookfield owns in Houston, so presumably, that is what he means. Very intriguing.
  6. Houston19514
    Chronicle readers are always the last to know... HBJ reported more than 2 weeks ago that construction of the new Willie G's had started in late March. (And what's with the "38 story tower . . . and adjacent ballroom"??)
  7. Houston19514
    What is HH? (Never mind. Just figured out you are referring to Houston House.)
  8. Houston19514
    Pretty sure people started moving in back in January or early February.
  9. Houston19514
    You may be right. If so, we obviously cannot move the I-45S to I-69S ramp to that location (or anywhere near there)
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    I see what you are saying, but still wonder how much of an issue it really is. How many cars will be going from I-45 south to the Bell Street exit, especially when you consider that this will not be the only way to get there (the "downtown" exits from I-45 will be well upstream from this point). Your proposed fix is perhaps not as easy as you first suggested. The I-45S to I-69S ramp comes in along with the traffic from I-10. Not sure how easily the I-45 ramp can be moved without causing other problems. Having said all that, this is certainly the time to raise the question and look for a fix. As I look over these new designs, I don't see a ramp to go from I-69S to I-45S. Surely there is one in there somewhere? (If it's hidden under the surface streets in the new design, there's the answer for why the I-45S to I-69S ramp cannot be moved further downstream.)
  11. Houston19514
    I did look at the rendering. I realize it is an office building. That does not change the path of the sun. You are wrong about their having sun in their faces from 10 am to 4 pm. That might be correct for a couple months in winter, but not so much the rest of the year. (Besides which, the vast majority of people working in offices do not sit facing the window.) South-facing windows are the most energy-efficient for buildings in Houston. (And are you really saying that our founding fathers built the downtown street grid so that office workers wouldn't have sun in their faces? That's a good one. Never heard anything like that before. Most historians believer they just laid out the streets roughly parallel and perpendicular to Buffalo Bayou.)
  12. Houston19514
    This makes me wonder if you have ever set foot in this community. ;-) In Houston, south-facing windows are much less of a problem than east-facing and west-facing windows.
  13. Houston19514
    I'm not sure how much of a problem this will really be... It seems likely that very few drivers will exit I-45 South so that the can weave through multiple lanes of I-69 traffic In order to get back on I-45 South a few blocks down the road.
  14. Houston19514
    That is the existing building fronting on Post Oak (housing Whole Foods)
  15. Houston19514
    I was looking for repurposed elevated highway viaduct or freeway that would be somewhat comparable to the Pierce Elevated. That 11th street bridge proposal in DC is getting kinda close.
  16. Houston19514
    Google maps routinely suggests 610 as an alternate route to I-45 through downtown. It just usually takes longer. But the discussion of Google maps raises a thought. I suspect freeway signage is less important than it used to be and therefore, changing the signage would accomplish less that it would have previously. Because a large number of people now navigate by Google/Waze, etc. So they take the fastest route, regardless of whether it is named I-45, TX 288, I-610, or whatever. (And at most times, I-45 through downtown is still faster than taking the East and North Loop around.)
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    Can you provide us some examples of repurposed viaducts and elevated freeways?
  18. Houston19514
    Not sure how bad that is, considering the building won't be ready for move-ins for another month +.
  19. Houston19514
    In a city that can't see a future in its past, developer will tear down Dallas ISD's 63-year-old HQ https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/04/17/city-see-future-past-developer-will-tear-dallas-isds-63-year-old-hq DISD.tiff
  20. Houston19514
    Except that the Dubai pool is only about 5 stories up
  21. Houston19514
    Bleu Ciel Update:
  22. Houston19514
    What's the current floor count?
  23. Houston19514
    There's a Willis Tower in Houston? I presume you meant to say Williams Tower? FWIW, CBRE did recently consolidate their 3 Dallas offices into one location...
  24. Houston19514
    Report it to the city
  25. Houston19514
    Pretty sure the city actually does not allow that.
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