re: I'm starting to sour on NOLA...

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Not sure what that refers to pr where these parks are in the city. 90% of those "parks" are golf courses. Sabine park is very small and hermann park is being over-developed

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Houston:

Park acreage: 53,134 acres
People served per park acre: 44
Oldest municipal park: Sam Houston Park, est. 1899
Largest municipal park: Cullen Park, 9,270 acres
Most-visited municipal park: Hermann Park
Median park size: 6.0 acres
Park land as % of city area: 14.0 %
Spending per resident: $35.16
Basketball Hoops per 10,000: 2.2
Dog Parks per 100,000 Residents: 0.6
Playgrounds per 10,000: 1.9
Recreation / Senior Centers
per 20,000 Residents: 0.6
Population density: 6.4 per acre



New Orleans:

Park acreage: 27,689 acres
People served per park acre: 14
Oldest municipal park: Jackson Square, est. 1721
Largest municipal park: Brechtel Park & Golf Course, 229 acres
Most-visited municipal park: Jackson Square
Median park size: 1.9 acres
Park land as % of city area: 26.0 %
Spending per resident: $116.09
Basketball Hoops per 10,000: 1.6
Dog Parks per 100,000 Residents: 0.8
Playgrounds per 10,000: 2.5
Recreation / Senior Centers
per 20,000 Residents: 0.7
Population density: 3.6 per acre





Houston does have a lot of green space. They have been and will continue to invest in their green spaces to make them better and more accessible to all residents.

Houston is still growing, improving, investing, etc. It's only getting better while New Orleans is forever declining.

I'm not shitting on New Orleans' parks. I'm saying Houston as a city is improving constantly, and that includes their parks and green spaces.

New Orleans is already established in that area and the city as a whole has been stagnant for a long time.

I asked you a question. Do you care to respond?

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Why did they do this?

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Took it down in 2015. All of the equipment and the screen. They replaced it with digital equipment and a new screen. So it's nothing but a glorified multiplex screen now.

They were likely losing money on it, or not making as much as if it were digital. A 70mm reel costs far more and is that much more difficult to turn a profit on, especially when maintenance of the equipment is considered. There are also limited options in 70mm and far more variety and quantity of options in digital.

It's really unfortunate because Christopher Nolan shoots much of his films with 70mm IMAX cameras. I saw Interstellar when it was still an IMAX theater and it was incredible.

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I'm starting to sour on NOLA

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Me too. I've lived in Houston too and it was very sour. Came back home to be part of the "rebirth" but I'm afraid that the city has peaked. Latoya becomes Mayor I'm gone.

Out of the options we got I hope she wins

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Obviously whatever you were referencing with regard to pedestals.

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Seriously? You don't notice them when you drive around?

Probably a half dozen through the quarter/cbd/LGD

2012-2013

Next to hermann park which was nice. They tore down the pagoda right when i moved. I thought that pagoda garden area with the ghandi statue was the prettiest part

Any city that has like 5 Rodin statues on public display for free impresses the frick out of me

That heat is goddamn unbearable tho