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  1. Houston19514
    Perhaps true, but contrary to your initial post, few, if any have received dozens, or anything close to it.
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    Is it expected to have a flag, other than "The Post Oak"? I thought not.
  3. Houston19514
    In reality, American cities with dozens of hotels with condos on top are few and far between (I'm actually not certain there are any.) FWIW, we also have the Four Seasons.
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    Wow. That brings us to 10 out of the 11 new Avenida restaurants. 4 our of the 5 int eh GRB/Partnership Tower complex. And it's still January.
  5. Houston19514
    We do. Drainage tax is based on the amount of impermeable surface on a property.
  6. Houston19514
    Cool. For the record, with this news about Xochi and the news posted elsewhere about Brasserie du Parc, that makes 9 of the 11 new avenida restaurants open before the end of January; 3 of the 5 in the GRB/Partnership Tower complex.
  7. Houston19514
    I think NFL Experience is in the GRB. I think the event in Discovery Green is Super Bowl Live.
  8. Houston19514
    So the midtown apartment glut you've been telling us about will be absorbed by later this year? It looks to me like "hopes to start later this year" is actually more an indication that he does do exactly what he said, to-wit: Proceed with projects without regard to business cycles (and the fact he's proceeded this far rather proves the truth of his comment too.)
  9. Houston19514
    So you're saying the 288 crew has already paved the entire road? Wow! That WAS fast work.
  10. Houston19514
    Update on Avenida Houston Restaurants: According to their website, Pappadeaux opens tomorrow! January 25.
  11. Houston19514
    New Aloft/Element hotel almost complete on Mockingbird about a mile southwest of Love Field:
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    I'm not certain exactly what you talking about. It seems you are talking about I45 NB. But after the I45/I69/TX288 intersection, I45 NB currently has 3 lanes. In the future plan, after the I45/I69/TX288 intersection, I45 NB has 5 lanes (and runs in a straight line for a longer stretch than does the Pierce Elevated). If you are talking about I45 SB after the I10 interchange, an accurate analysis is a little more complicated. You are probably looking at the proposed I-45 lanes on the north end of downtown where it is proposed to run next to I-10. That area indeed shows 3 lanes, just as the current I45 SB has on the west and south sides of downtown. Here's the complication: Those proposed I45 SB lanes on the north side of downtown do not have to carry all the traffic that the current I45 SB lanes carry, because they don't carry the I10 WB to I45 SB traffic (and maybe not all of the I10EB to I45 SB traffic). That doesn't join in until you get past the northeast corner, at which point there are I45 SB lanes. THAT, in part, is how the new way is going to be better. (Capacity can/will also be added by curves being less tight (as you have acknowledged) and possibly by banking the surface in the curves, and one hopes by avoiding sharp dips/curves such as currently exist on I45)
  13. Houston19514
    With respect, you need to look at the future plans again. 45 NB does not drop to 2 lanes where it continues on its original ROW from I10. It is 4 lanes in that section (and that's without counting the downtown connector and I-45 max lanes). You've acknowledged the addition of northbound lanes on the south end of downtown at the 45/59 pinch point. It's rather odd that you know of this lane addition and yet insist that no lanes are added to I45. It is exactly at the pinchpoints that we need added lanes; that's where the congestion is created. The key lane addition on 45 SB is also at the pinch point. As you acknowledged, currently there are only 2 through lanes for I-45 SB where it meet I-69. However, as you failed to acknowledge, the new plan has 4 through lanes for I-45 SB traffic where it meets I-69. The fact is, the plan does add lanes to I-45, at least at the crucial points, and it does add capacity to I-45.
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    NM
  15. Houston19514
    Prett sure it actually does add lanes to I-45 through downtown.
  16. Houston19514
    Downtown garage ready to start construction.
  17. Houston19514
    Why would you say the project does not increase capacity on 45?
  18. Houston19514
    Still, there are benefits to even the $4 billion project beyond just the removal of the Pierce Elevated.
  19. Houston19514
    To be fair, the $6 Billion does a lot more than just remove the Pierce Elevated. So your comparison of the benefits of 60 miles of light rail to the benefits of removing the Pierce elevated, while ignoring the other benefits of the $6 Billion project is, to put it nicely, incomplete.
  20. Houston19514
    That's a crazy little nugget of huge news slipped in at the end of a story. :-)
  21. Houston19514
    If the stated deficiencies are true, you can be sure they will either be fixed very shortly or this won't be an Aloft Hotel for very long.
  22. Houston19514
    I imagine you are correct that they had this contingency in mind all along. But it's not correct to say the money is still going to the same people. Camden does not own Midtown Park.
  23. Houston19514
    I didn't post that information for you. You've made it abundantly clear you have no interest in facts.
  24. Houston19514
    No one is griping about the measly story. The Flora lofts building (if it happens) will be a lovely addition to downtown Dallas. Just wanted to clarify. I knew you were aware 2121 Flora was not in fact a 40+ story building so I thought perhaps I had missed something. (FWIW, the 40+ in your statement was in fact in reference to both buildings. Otherwise the 45 story building wouldn't be "2nd 40+ story tower.")
  25. Houston19514
    Here's an idea: Do some research. Make some attempt to actually know what your are talking about. The company building the 288 toll lanes is paying "us" for the right to use the right-of-way. It's all there in the development agreement.
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