There's also an office bldg going up in the City Centre near Memorial City
There's a 12 story tower going up at MD Anderson Texas Children's is still working on the 12 story Maternity/Women's Health Center There are multiple 5-10 story apartment complexes rising all over the place The 14 story twin to the Cemex Bldg near Memorial City is still being built out |
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For whatever reason, Houston is now the laggard in terms of downtown dynamism.
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I'm not sure what difference you are talking about because at night there are pockets of activity. The pavilions, which I go to monthly always has a crowd. Where the Pavilions have flopped is where it comes to shops and daytime activity as the night life is strong. A handful of new bars have opened up within the past year across the street from House of Blues. As to the seediness, Houston in general appears pretty seedy and gritty comparatively. |
some photo and video updates for Skanska's 3009 Post Oak: http://goo.gl/jNXR7
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Regarding seediness, yes of course there are areas like that. But there are also a ton of super nice areas in the city. The cool thing is that a lot of formerly seedy areas are getting upgraded rapidly, again because of so many people who spend their time making a positive difference in the city. The same thing is happening all over the country, fortunately. |
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I agree downtown is relatively dead after business hours especially during a week night except for Friday and maybe Thursday. There are pockets of activity there have been incrementally improving. It just seems you haven't been downtown during the weekend in awhile. |
Who wants a dead downtown anymore
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Some more updates on Ashton Rice Village:
All photos by me http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7044/6...250500ed_b.jpg IMAG0139 by dv1033, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/6...b271a672_b.jpg IMAG0140 by dv1033, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6...f5ddcb44_b.jpg IMAG0141 by dv1033, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7060/6...2c2a66f3_b.jpg IMAG0142 by dv1033, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7203/6...c60343da_b.jpg IMAG0143 by dv1033, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6...f5814a59_b.jpg IMAG0144 by dv1033, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/6...357ef73c_b.jpg IMAG0146 by dv1033, on Flickr Personally, since I love Rice Village this is a top project being constructed for me. It will be 6 six stories with a small amount of ground retail. |
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I'm liking the progress, thanks TexasPlaya
Also, some more pics for High Street http://goo.gl/7OTDw (more at the link) http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SIBtaCRTrM...2520Street.jpg and 2525 McCue apartments http://goo.gl/9h4JX (more at the link) http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vcZJYlufgQ...apartments.jpg |
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Having a dead and seedy downtown just destroys the entire city for me. If they can't shake the stigma, something drastic need to be done to give Houston a proper center. Do you really want to be another LA? |
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Downtown LA isn't dead at night. Sure, it's not Times Square, but there are some pretty great places to go.
As for Houston, I love downtown, even at night. Not sure how someone can claim it is dead when the Astros have averaged over 33,000 per game since moving downtown. Meanwhile, a few blocks away at the Toyota Center, the Rockets have averaged over 16,900 per game since moving downtown. Heck, even the AHL Aeros are drawing over 7,100 per game this season. And, lets not forget that the Toyota Center brings in the big name concerts (later this year includes Madonna, Radiohead, Nickelback, Van Halen, Cold Play and more). Speaking of concerts, Cowboy Mouth is playing at the House of Blues TONIGHT. Later this month, the Dropkick Murphys, George Clinton, and Heart will all play at the HOB. Over at the Verizon Wireless Theatre, that venue will host everything from Wanda Sykes to Roller Derby to Florence and the Machine to something called the Mariachi Invitational. On the East side of downtown, Warehouse live continues to book some awesome gigs like Love Void and Young the Giant. And then there's the fine arts. The HSO draws over 350,000 to Jones Hall per year. The Alley Theatre brings in over 190,000 to see first run plays. The Hobby Center packs them in for Broadway tours and more. The Houston Ballet at the Wortham is the nation's 4th largest ballet company and just opened the nation's largest dance facility across the block where folks on the sidewalk can gaze at the practices. And then there's things like the new Sundance Theater, Lucky Strike, Artista, Discovery Green, La Carafe, Market Square, and the still hanging on club and bar scene. I've been to lots of downtowns and Houston's is perfectly healthy. |
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