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  1. Houston19514
    Hopefully, it would also block the view of the county's horrible parking garage.
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    https://www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/airports-allowing-non-ticketed-visitors-through-security Tampa Pittsburgh (because they built a large shopping component in their very large underutilized terminal and they are trying to get people to come to the airport to do some shopping) Both require registration before going to the security lines. Seattle had a month-long test in November 2018 Another program in Detroit: https://loyaltylobby.com/2019/10/24/detroit-metro-is-the-latest-airport-to-allow-non-ticketed-passengers-inside-departure-area-under-dtw-destination-pass/
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    That would be an odd thing for the City to do, considering that the County owns both this property and the adjacent plaza.
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    I really don't want to continue the ridiculously off-topic reminiscing of times past, but I have to ask: What exactly does it mean to have been "stampeded out of there"?
  5. Houston19514
    Jewish families were systematically rounded up, sent to prison camps and exterminated. Historical fact.
  6. Houston19514
    Curious why you're not too excited about Kirby.
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    Just saying it is already possible to get a Banh Mi in Midtown after 8pm. I have no opinion on how many Banh Mi vendors is enough.
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    Nice little development you have planned there. it'd be a shame if something were to happen to it...
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    Mai's Open 'til 3 am Cali Sandwich & Pho open 'til 9pm Simply Pho open 'til 10pm
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    Interesting. Thanks.
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    As Wilcal showed above, United does not have space problems either for flights or for specific (wide-body) aircraft. (There are 14 wide-body capable gates in Terminals C and E; the doubling referred to in the article is referring only to gates in Terminal D. It's easy to get misled by that article; such is the state of Houston journalism.) Space is simply NOT an issue that is in any way keeping United from adding international destinations..
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    /\ Interesting analysis, but FWIW, at least according to this article from Forbes, a flight has to be at least 8,439 miles to even crack the top 10. The longest of the imaginary Houston flights would be only 8,055 miles, well short of even being the longest flight from Houston (Houston - Sydney: 8,596 miles).
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    It may not be a spite thing. But it is definitely not a space thing. The added international gates they are working on are to provide more room for non-United international flights. United has plenty of room for additional international service. IF Terminal E is currently fully booked, they could easily shift a domestic flight or two to their gates in Terminal C or even Terminal A to make room for an additional international arrival in E.
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    I think it's a mixture of your first three (which, when you boil them down, really come down to #2). I don't think it has anything at all to do with room for expansion or efficiency of facilities. I don't think either of those is an issue for United at IAH.
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    Houston Business Journal recently had an interesting article about the top 10 international destinations not currently served non-stop from Bush Intercontinental. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2019/11/27/these-10-nonstop-international-routes-fromdont.html#g/464257/11 #1 was a little surprising: Ho Chi Minh City (FKA Saigon) #2 Manila #3 Mumbai #4 Shanghai #5 Rome #6 Karachi #7 Tel Aviv #8 Seoul #9 Delhi #10 Bangkok If only we had a major airline interested in maximizing their Houston hub. As an example of how it's done, look at what American is doing at DFW. The Dallas Business Journal did the same analysis regarding DFW flights. Their No. 1 unserved destination was Tel Aviv and the passenger count was about the same as IAH's Tel Aviv passenger count. Tel Aviv is #7 on IAH's list! And more to the point, American is adding Tel Aviv service from DFW. Any chance United will be adding service from Houston to ANY of our top 7 unserved destinations... ever?
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    Do we know that it is being torn down? I think demolition permits don't necessarily mean the building is being torn down.
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    /\ According to HCAD, there are still separate owners... 4 different owners on the block.
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    Pretty sure it will be roll-on/roll-off, just like light rail.
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    You seem determined to believe that this building is going up extremely slowly. In reality, this building continues to rise at very much a normal pace of construction.
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    Interesting... I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw they were not going with the white. I didn't think it went with the upper part of the building, at all.
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    As the article says, the $2.66 million is just to "begin the design, permitting and environmental assessment of the proposed North Canal project".
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    Do we know a firm date for the mat pour?
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    Very true, but this does seem like more detailed information directly from the developer than what we have seen before.
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    Looks like a solution in search of a problem. Quite right, but even more important, not all roads leading to downtown (and through Midtown) need to be high-speed thoroughfares. Outbound traffic can (and does) turn left on Holman, then right on Crawford. Done.
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