Comments on: The Finest Strip-Center Recital Hall in Houston

By: Triprotic

Triprotic — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:37:10 +0000

I visited the store the first weekend it was open, and overheard the general manager talking about how much more foot traffic the store is getting. He stated the obvious, which I’m surprised no one has commented on yet–think of the hundreds of thousands of people who are stuck in traffic every day on the elevated portion of 59 across from the store. The store’s sign is eye-level to those commuters (whereas it’s actually harder to see the stores on ground level), and you gotta think at least some of them are going to be interested in the store’s wares. Compare that to a low-profile location on Portwest that probably gets 1/10000th the traffic of 59. This is a rare case where being on the second floor of a strip center actually helps a company in Houston.

By: GoogleMaster

GoogleMaster — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:36:19 +0000

Resort and Spa Houston, just in case you are genuinely in the dark and not pulling our legs… a breast imaging center is where one goes to get a mammogram.

The people who try to race to the U-turn from the CVS exit closest to the intersection are probably the same ones who try to make a left onto Kirby from the exit on the other side of the same lot.

By: kjb434

kjb434 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:43:22 +0000

Devans,

the people that are trying to race across the feeder road from these places to the U-Turn I would consider inconsiderate and selfish or just stupid.

Chik-fil-a can be exited in the back to Westpark and a left can be made at Kirby. Behold zoo avoidance!

CVS customers should go through the parking lot of the strip center to get on the feeder road farther back or use the same exit from Chik-fil-a to get to Westpark.

I never try to cross over three lanes of traffic from a driveway and I block others that try.

By: Resort and Spa Houston

Resort and Spa Houston — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:42:10 +0000

Well that is quite an assortment of stores and I’m glad that the store is getting customers. I’m just having a hard time imagining what a Methodist Breast Imaging Center is. :P

By: devans

devans — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:06:50 +0000

Yes, so long as there are elevators, classical music will endure. Just kidding, love “Pachabel’s Canon”. Also, the orchestral part of “November Rain” by
Guns and Roses. Anyway, I hope they succeed.

On a related note, does anyone else think this strip center has turned the Hwy 59 feeder into a dangerous zoo! People exit the strip center wanting to u-turn at the next intersection. They have a few hundred feet to cross 3-4 lanes of traffic generally moving at (or above) freeway speeds. I see near-misses there almost every day, especially from idiots leaving CVS and Chick-Fil-A. I believe some of the exits directly onto the feeder should be closed; it’s that dangerous.

By: marmer

marmer — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:44:56 +0000

Yes, and Rice, UH, St. Thomas, and HSPVA, all with serious music programs. Portwest was way too far away. Speaking as a Rice musician, it was a real drag when Pender’s moved out of Isabella Court.

By: GoogleMaster

GoogleMaster — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:08:32 +0000

It helps that there’s a piano store just up the feeder (Sherman Clay) that has studio space where third-party teachers can give lessons, sending their students to Dowling to purchase additional music. For that matter, there’s another piano store on the other side of the freeway (Forshey). It’s not such a crazy idea, especially being so close to West U, where there must certainly be a large number of children who take some sort of music lessons.

By: kjb434

kjb434 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:35:12 +0000

I bet that flashy sign help his business out.