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When completed, the development will be doubled in size and bounded by a burgeoning residential district to the west and a the Lenox/Financial District to the north which is itself going through some major infill.
Looks nice, reminds me of Reston, Tysons or Bethesda. Wheres the foot traffic tho? Looks like a nice day to be out and about.
Note, it was stated that the core of Atlanta is more walkable, not the city overall. I tend to agree and one big reason for that is the tunnels in downtown Houston which take away from pedestrian activity on the streets.
Looks nice, reminds me of Reston, Tysons or Bethesda. Wheres the foot traffic tho? Looks like a nice day to be out and about.
Your not going to see alot of foot traffic because this area is exclusive. Its different from Atlantic Station where there is tons of foot traffic from your average shopper.
Miami design district is the same way at times empty
Your not going to see alot of foot traffic because this area is exclusive. Its different from Atlantic Station where there is tons of foot traffic from your average shopper.
Miami design district is the same way at times empty
This thread has nothing to do with DTH but he is right. Those tunnels damages the potential for DTH on having a more vibrant downtown. There are some cities that have tunnels as well that wants to get rid of them.
I disagree. Houston may have smaller sidewalks but houston beats atlanta on density. When you factor in how houston is patterned and densely built and parts of atlanta is more compact. Its a tie.
Houston is a better connected as fsr as infrastructure outside of rail.
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And exactly what is the core???? Inner Loop Houston suffers from lack of mass transit, but makes up for it being dense in comparison to Atlanta. What each other lacks, the other makes up for it. It comes out to a tie.
As I said before, you in a sense can't really even compare Atlanta and Houston because they're growing and building differently. Houston is more West Coast LA approach, whereas Atlanta seems greatly influenced by the East Coast.
The average residential area street in Houston has sidewalks, narrow streets and smaller yards in comparison to Atlanta. Houston maintains it's density from the core unlike Atlanta.
It's a tie.
Does it really matter if Houston is more dense residentially throughout the entire city if walkability is only found in the urban core?... Even then Houston's urban core is nowhere near as cohesive as Atlanta's urban core. Your average tourist is going to spend their time within and around the urban core. It won't really matter if Houston has more residential density 8 miles outside of downtown...that's mostly likely just suburbs anyway regardless of the city(unless you're talking about the big urban 6 cities)
Houston has zero neighborhoods with the compactness or urbanity of Midtown Atlanta as seen in the photo below. It has no Atlantic Station. It has no Castlebury Hill. All these can be found within Atlanta's urban core center.
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