Posted Mar 13, 2014, 9:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Centropolis
i dunnah.
Not many cities — okay, no city outside Houston — would let a developer build an entire business district from scratch miles from the urban core, but that’s exactly what Gerald D. Hines did nearly half a century ago. Anchored by the Galleria mall, the largest in Texas, Uptown has emerged as a “downtown” to Houston’s western suburbs, centered on Post Oak Boulevard, just west of the 610 Loop.
you have the plaza in kansas city, one developer.
downtown clayton in st. louis, also nearby by the galleria mall (pictured)....
kcphotos.com
you see, this IS our uptown, except its a little further from downtown st. louis than uptown houston is from downtown houston. |
The author does seem naive by saying that this is exclusive to Houston. Dallas has "downtowns" outside of the central downtown, as does L.A. and other cities. How about Atlanta's Buckhead?
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