Houston Needs A Swimming Hole (Galveston, McKinney: bars, beaches, garages)

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by Forever_Knight

One surf park doesn't prove anything.

Austin also has the formula one track and sxsw among other things.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by Forever_Knight

Which still doesn't help the case that Austin attracts cool development disproportionately compared to the other Texas cities.

What attraction does Houston have that is as cool and unique as a surf park?

What festival does Houston have that is anywhere as cool as SXSW?

Houston outshines Austin in traditional attractions like the arts, zoo and cuisine, but Austin out-cools us.

Keep in mind that I'm no Houston basher, but a major booster of Houston, but let's be honest about it.

[cBach]

Originally Posted by AI0N

Houston has access to an island that contains a rainforest inside a pyramid.

Houston has an annual festival in the form of the L&RS; historically, it had No-Tsu-Oh, a Mardi-Gras-like celebration.

In the past, the city was the center of future cool/innovation: NASA, Astrodome, Astroworld, etc.

You shouldn't read too much into things/draw false conclusions. Austin's Surf Park is an innovative concept, but it isn't as if the city had this long, storied history of getting all this cool stuff, while the other Texas cities missed out; that would have to be how it is in order for your claim to hold true. Furthermore, the context behind this design was just a man following his dreams, who just happened to be in Austin; it's the same way Ted Turner just happened to be in Atlanta when he made his media empire.

Having lots of California transplants in Austin helped make his idea successful though. Lots of those folks were missing the surf back home.

[cBach]

Originally Posted by AI0N

However, I do think Texas could learn more from places like Florida, China, Brazil, Japan, Argentina, South Africa, eastern Australia, etc rather than California.

Why is that?

[misterno]

Originally Posted by texas7

My favorite beaches are Florida beaches; however, if you google them -- they've had just as much flesh eating bacteria, if not more, than Galveston. Color of the water isn't an indicator of bacteria.

With so many sharks swimming around Florida Beaches you would be crazy to put your feet into the ocean.

[10Acious]

This is the inspiration for this project:

Streets Beach in Brisbane, Australia:

Brisbane Beaches - Beach Travel Destinations

A fantastic idea indeed.

[Texyn]

The initiative is still in operation.

[cBach]

Here are some ideas for Houston.

How about a floating pool like this in Buffalo Bayou? Germany has one (Badeschiff), see below:
http://www.arena.berlin/wp-content/u...45780197_n.jpg

Or Piscine Josephine Baker:
Piscine Joséphine Baker - Paris tourist office

Or The San Alfonso del Mar Seawater Pool in Algarrobo, Chile (they could build something like this in Galveston):
http://www.elcomercio.es//noticias/2...1--647x231.jpg

The Floating Lake Pool at Grand Hotel Tremezzo in Lake Como, Italy:
http://ciaobambino.wpengine.netdna-c...o_LakeComo.jpg

[DavePa]

Originally Posted by misterno

With so many sharks swimming around Florida Beaches you would be crazy to put your feet into the ocean.

Give me the Azure blue hues, White sand beaches and tiki bar and mmmmmm that ocean breeeeeeze, other nightlife nearby and day life ...... as for even going in the ocean.... for'geta'bout'it . I'm fine with all the rest. Florida is still the US Tropical paradise in its coastline at least. No ----> Brown waters like coastal southeast Texas many times. Oh and the Bayous too.
Houston also needs to get people out of the tunnels downtown and do something with those huge bland parking garages that are block size even.

Then the city say.... we are better then just DITCHES in out streets too.

[Texyn]

Originally Posted by DavePa

Give me the Azure blue hues, White sand beaches and tiki bar and mmmmmm that ocean breeeeeeze, other nightlife nearby and day life ...... as for even going in the ocean.... for'geta'bout'it . I'm fine with all the rest. Florida is still the US Tropical paradise in its coastline at least. No ----> Brown waters like coastal southeast Texas many times. Oh and the Bayous too.
Houston also needs to get people out of the tunnels downtown and do something with those huge bland parking garages that are block size even.

Then the city say.... we are better then just DITCHES in out streets too.

Your responses to these posts are always random; they barely have anything to do with the context of the discussion.