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Old 12-28-2012, 02:59 PM
 
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Why is it hard to believe people shop there?!? Lots of people work downtown and have lunch hours to burn. That store has bailed me out many times. Don't have a gift for the baby shower after work? Just run over to Macy's during lunch. Break a heal off stepping in a sidewalk crack? Limp over to Macy's and buy a new pair.
Because the building looks like a state correctional facility.
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Old 12-28-2012, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Houston(Screwston),TX
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I nominate that old Macy's as the ugliest building in the history of the US. Houston should declare it a national landmark. Japanese tourists should come and take pictures of it. I can't believe people shop there.
That's a bit too much. Ugliest building in the US?? LOL
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Old 12-28-2012, 03:40 PM
 
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That's a bit too much. Ugliest building in the US?? LOL
It's in the running. It's got my vote. It's pretty ugly.
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Old 12-28-2012, 03:47 PM
 
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Why is it hard to believe people shop there?!? Lots of people work downtown and have lunch hours to burn. That store has bailed me out many times. Don't have a gift for the baby shower after work? Just run over to Macy's during lunch. Break a heel off stepping in a sidewalk crack? Limp over to Macy's and buy a new pair.
Is editing not allowed after a certain amount of time? Wanted to fix my spelling error in the original post, but it won't let me. Heel, not heal.
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Old 12-28-2012, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Houston
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It's in the running. It's got my vote. It's pretty ugly.
The Macy's building is only slightly better looking than that monster with the crown on it's head in Memorial City.
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Old 12-31-2012, 12:05 PM
 
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The Macy's building is only slightly better looking than that monster with the crown on it's head in Memorial City.


lololololol
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Old 01-01-2013, 10:18 AM
 
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Development may sprout near Greenway Plaza | Prime Property | a Chron.com blog
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Is the developer of CityCentre (and the new owner of Houston Pavilions) planning a high-end real estate development inside Loop 610? The Munoz + Albin architecture firm website shows these renderings of a mixed-use project planned around what appears to be Levy Park, a public park tucked along Eastside Street near Richmond in the Greenway Plaza area.
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Old 01-06-2013, 12:12 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Why not demolish the Macy's building, move it into The Pavillions (b/c Lord knows Books a Million is going to leave a huge ass space...which is smaller than the current Macy's) and develop the chasm that the old Macy's is sure to leave into...oh, I don't know...AN ACTUAL SQUARE!! That way "Main St. Square" will have an actual freakin' square w/ space for maybe a food truck or two? Picnic tables...a green space. Make it sort of like Market Square only in a different part of downtown for people who might not have time/are unable to walk all the way down to Market Square during lunch or after work? Hell, maybe pay homage to the former store and call it Macy's Square? Article I've read say that Macy's will move to a "smaller space nearby" - I read this as the former Books-A-Million space (or somewhere else in The Pavillions).
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Old 01-06-2013, 08:18 AM
 
Location: Houston Inner Loop
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Why not demolish the Macy's building, move it into The Pavillions (b/c Lord knows Books a Million is going to leave a huge ass space...which is smaller than the current Macy's) and develop the chasm that the old Macy's is sure to leave into...oh, I don't know...AN ACTUAL SQUARE!! That way "Main St. Square" will have an actual freakin' square w/ space for maybe a food truck or two? Picnic tables...a green space. Make it sort of like Market Square only in a different part of downtown for people who might not have time/are unable to walk all the way down to Market Square during lunch or after work? Hell, maybe pay homage to the former store and call it Macy's Square? Article I've read say that Macy's will move to a "smaller space nearby" - I read this as the former Books-A-Million space (or somewhere else in The Pavillions).
Your idea would be limited by the fact that it's not commercially viable. The owner that pays taxes on that land would naturally like to make the best business decision when considering development options. A square would have the capacity to bring in very limited revenue. Perhaps boosters could put some of their own money into play and proceed with your idea.
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Old 01-20-2013, 10:45 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Your idea would be limited by the fact that it's not commercially viable. The owner that pays taxes on that land would naturally like to make the best business decision when considering development options. A square would have the capacity to bring in very limited revenue. Perhaps boosters could put some of their own money into play and proceed with your idea.
Yeah, that's true. Too bad Mr. Harvey Finger (I think his first name is Harvey) can't develop an apartment complex there with room for a grocery store on the ground level. How wild would it be if there were a Whole Foods in the heart of downtown Houston!? People would frequent the foods area for lunch and then you'd have several stories of apts up above. There's a lot of potential for that space and I just hope the right people make the right decisions so it doesn't end up being another empty parking lot...
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