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    And, as has been previously noted, such a place already exists downtown (in Editor's neighborhood) at The Beacon. While perhaps not conclusive, one can see pretty strong evidence if one looks around The Beacon.
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    Found this: "Leaders of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital today announced an agreement to move Sabin's vaccine development program to Texas Children's and BCM as part of the recruitment of world renowned neglected diseases expert Dr. Peter Hotez." https://www.texaschildrens.org/about-us/news/releases/bcm-texas-childrens-announce-recruitment-dr-peter-hotez-and-team-major-advance-develop-vaccines
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    From a Texas Highways story about Trill Burgers: I asked Bun what sets his burger apart considering that it’s heavily influenced by “a big trend in California,” according to co-owner Nguyen. “It’s the trillness that sets the burger apart,” Bun says. The word “trill,” coined by Bun and fellow Houston rapper Paul Wall, is slang for being true or real. It might not mean much if you’re not into hip-hop culture, but Houston very much is. https://texashighways.com/travel-news/cheer-sear-smashed-burgers/
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    Where is the Area Command currently located?
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    Very interesting. Any idea of what became of the central laundry? Do they no longer have it?
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    Does the 54 possibly count the 2 cars parked in the Deliveries area?
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    … and Galveston
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    Or 4 lanes of traffic plus a turn lane, but who’s cutting? All of Westheimer inside the loop is slowly becoming more and more pedestrian-friendly.
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    and Houston metro has three of the top 20 North American water parks.
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    How about something like this? https://www.treesforhouston.org/tree-giveaways Trees For Houston hosts monthly giveaways during the planting season! There are such clubs/organizations in many neighborhoods (the last two neighborhoods I've lived in both had programs to landscape the esplanades or boulevards. Many other neighborhoods with strong HOAs also landscape such areas. But to your point, I've often thought it would be nice if Houston (city or an organization similar to Trees for Houston or Scenic Houston) made an effort to beautify and maintain the many esplanades/boulevards in the city/metro. I think we have an unusual amount of them and if we landscaped/maintained all of them (or at least more of them), we could call ourselves the City of Boulevards.
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    IIRC, I think Metro stays in the remaining property, at least for now.
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    Actually, the article was "Best NEW Hotels in Texas", and also included the Galvez in its list of Best. (The Chronicle of late seems to think their coverage area is solely within the Houston city limits, so they didn't mention the Galvez).
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    Editor's eagerness to disparage Houston won out over the facts again.
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    There’s at least one thread on this forum about old Ford dealerships. I don’t see anything about a dealership at this location.
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    I thought it had been fenced for years.
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    Have you taken any of the opportunities to share those thoughts with Metro?
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    I just discovered a new tab on the front page of the HAS website labeled "Redevelopment Projects". A lot of good photos, renderings, and videos in there. www.fly2houston.com
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    Quick update. The Downtown Management District received an update on the Cotswold Fountain repairs at their recent meeting. When the minutes come out we should be able to see what they learned. Stay tuned. (Unless you are one who prefers to stick with the belief that Houston's standard MO is to let everything fall into disrepair and never do anything about it.)
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    I was pleasantly surprised to see the Chronicle had such a prompt story about Houston's number of Fortune 500 companies. And they even touted that we have more than "any other city other than New York City". That is false. Chicago metro also has more than Houston. And then, they reported our number wrong. With the number they reported, we would not even be the third-ranked metro. I was briefly confused because, despite at least suggesting that we had more than DFW, she reported fewer. And the Dallas Morning News even said Houston has more than DFW. Fortune even did the work for them, showing the numbers in the largest concentrations. Houston - 25 Fortune 500 companies, not 22 as reported by the Chronicle (and that's still without ExxonMobil, which will officially relocate in the next couple months). In 2022 we had 24. Dallas - 24 (including ExxonMobil). In 2022 DFW had 23. New York City 59 Chicago 31 Houston 25 (26 with ExxonMobil) DFW 24 (23 without ExxonMobil) San Jose 20 Texas is the top state with 55. California second with 53. New York third with 50.
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    Good for you, Matty. Excellent digging finding that agenda. I actually watched the meeting. Mario was not there. Another HAS person was there. All he did was introduce the United Airlines people and United 100% made the presentation. I suspect they are in agreement that there will not be press releases until the United board approves it.
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    Aaahhh, I thought there must be some back story. Nevertheless, I think it would be good idea to add "southern cooking" to their signage. Hmmmm.... I just googled "Houston Black Wall Street" and the Chronicle tells us: "Sunnyside is a historically Black neighborhood in south Houston, set up for Black people in 1912 by a white councilman as the other segregated neighborhoods in the city center grew crowded. The city of Houston didn’t annex it until 1956. In the 1960s, Sunnyside had so many Black-owned businesses that residents called a stretch of Cullen Boulevard “Black Wall Street.” By the end of the 1980s, most of the businesses had shuttered.https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Sunnyside-fights-against-covid-inequality-houston-15571653.php Elsewhere, I found this: "However, one of the older yet ironically lesser-known Black Wall Street neighborhoods is Freedmen’s Town in Houston, Texas." https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/texas/houston-and-galveston/places/houston/experiences/news/houston-has-more-black-history-than-you-may-think
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    [Quoting myself because I missed the brief edit window] I noticed in the HBJ article it said this is subject to final approval by United's board. I suspect United will issue the press releases once that has been achieved.
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    Back to our regular programming; courtesy of HAS: New D West Pier
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    Wall Street seems like an odd name for a southern cooking restaurant.
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    In fairness, this is United's project, not the airport's. The presentation to the City Council Economic Development Committee was also done by United, not HAS.
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