Houstonist: Weingarten, LaMesa help to bring more homogeneity to Houston

becki

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:01:01 -0600

I stopped going there long ago. We simply tried to eat at Mi Luna and there was no place to park, every place had a tow-away sign. We parked in the garage and I HAD to buy some lipstick thing at Bath and Body so I could prove I was "shopping" in the yuppy stores. I could not relax during dinner as I was so worried I even parked somewhere wrong in the garage. I live in the subs, NW Harris county. This is one reason why I rarely "go into town". There is no where to park. I still recall the Village movie theatre that turned to a porno place and the sweet ladies in the toy and china repair shop . That area was a dump until the West U Yuppies poured money into the area.

jim

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:07:37 -0600

I think new development is a great thing, but I'm not sure dropping this high-density project into the already congested Village is a very good idea. You can hardly drive and park there most of the time as it is, and I don't think an underground parking garage is going to help that much.

Village Idiot

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:28:44 -0600

One of the more controversial aspects of Lamesa's plans (that the article failed to mention) is the closing off the 2400 block of Bolsover. Weingarten did that with the 2400 block of Amherst about 13 years ago, so I guess Lamesa thinks they can too. Fortunately, Lamesa's application has not yet been approved by the city. Some of the folks in one of the local residential neighborhoods (http://morningsideplace.org) have been following this closely.

Bryan

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:08:53 -0600

I don't want to see treasures like the River Oaks Theater torn down, but I must say I don't see the big problem with this new development. I mean, is ALL real-estate development in our community supposed to grind to a halt?

Jennifer

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:18:34 -0600

David Kaplan wrote nearly the same story about 5 years ago - about the same store no less. I guess he figures that no one reads his stuff so no one would notice.