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I think that all parking minimums are bad, but parking minimums for bars are particularly terrible, and a good first target for elimination.

I think that is a great point. Obviously we are used to projects being scaled back, but he has tripled the overall scope of the project from the first look. I think It would be much more difficult to back the entire thing at this scale as he said for 1 tower. Seems like Caydon has been pretty good on their word without significant delays. In Houston, these hot areas seem to create momentum. I think 3 towers plus the parks should be a huge boost to their overall likelihood of success. Now... can we get 3300 Main going as well? They seemed to be here first but still no construction from them. I think they could also benefit from this 'momentum'. In my eyes, this creates a strong center for midtown, moving it away from Gray / Bagby.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/11/06/australian-developer-secures-financing-for-midtown.html?ana=twt EDIT: Renderings removed at the demand of Large arts in Collingwood, Australia. —Editor

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/11/07/texas-a-m-board-oks-joining-tmc3.html

Nice to see others still envision a signature bridge over Buffalo Bayou.

Or, maybe, he's expanded his plans. When it was first floated he wouldn't need financing, it was just one tower. He's since made more land purchases for future development.

Progress update:

Nowadays, it seems like most people want to avoid direct sun, anyway...

This way the pool will have downtown views. That was probably deemed more important than making sure that it had the best sun in the afternoon

In Australia i guess it would makes sense to put the pool on the north side of the building.

Wasn't the 41 story apartment tower supposed to break ground this quarter?

This side would only have to hold up the garage portion. The proposed tower would be on the side closest to the park and could presumably have an independent foundation.

Could the future of this tower be in the details of the slab? Would they have poured a slab strong enough for a 40-50 story tower or is the slab only engineered for a parking garage? If it's the latter, we have our answer.

From what I heard- the developer asked that the Montrose TIRZ lines be redrawn to include this development.

What you are looking at is a Solider Pile with Timber Lagging retaining wall. These systems are a common way of doing soil retention on deep excavations. They are almost always left in place once construction is complete. Sometimes they are used as the backside of form work for concrete placement (if that is where your permanent wall goes). Other times the permanent wall is formed away from the lagging and the open void is back filled with soil or gravel. If you would like to continue to nerd out on deep foundations check out two of the big contractors that play in this space: https://www.berkelandcompany.com/sheeting-and-shoring http://www.haywardbaker.com/solutions/earth-retention-shoring

Why am I always disappointed when I open this thread...

Nobody is trying to make Houston like NYC haha. Wanting good connected development is needed in every city.

I agree, but maybe for a different reason. The biggest impediment to workable transit is a lack of density. And the biggest impediment to achieving sufficient density is the requirement that every development provide parking. (There are others, but this is the biggest.) Once cars can drive themselves, you can de-couple parking from the destination. Even if the dominant model remains everyone having their own personal vehicle, if the cars "valet park" themselves, then you can eliminate the rule that off-site parking can only be a short distance away. That opens up a ton of land area for additional commercial and residential development, which could result in corridors with enough density to make transit work.

Hello, I would like to introduce myself and my husband. We just purchased this home. We have hired an architect very familiar with this area and renovating older homes. Our architect has also found the original drawings at RIce University archives! Apparently Leonard Gabert was in one of the first graduating classes at Rice. We plan to phase out our renovations. We are gathering much more information as we continue to comb through the intricate original plans. We are also looking at obtaining landmark status on the home possibly

any updates on this? i dream of seeing that mattress store and the empty building next to it being knocked down...OFTEN!

After 56 seasons, they did it. THE ASTROS ARE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!!!! Now, they can redesign the Crawford St wall once more to include a place of honor for the World Series banner.

Back in the day, Berryhill Sunday's rocked (2006 time frame; start at La Strada, then to Berryhill around 4:00, then around 7:00 to wherever you could stumble to next). But that parking lot sucks, so unless the restaurant is really good, I'm driving to the next taco stand.

The Main Street Enhancement Project focuses on safety, aesthetics, environmental considerations and connectivity. Residents, business owners, visitors and tourists will benefit from the upgrades made to area, which is an important site for transit between NRG Stadium and downtown. More lighting and widened sidewalks are just a couple of enhancements on this project. From an aesthetics standpoint, new landscaping and street furniture will accentuate the modern look and feel of the area, encouraging merchants to set up businesses in the area, and welcoming residents to look to Midtown for their new home. The project will also encourage nearby private development. http://houstonmidtown.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Main-Street.pdf

It was rough then. A lot of stores closed down. I remember whole shopping centers being pretty much empty. The big apartment districts like Fondren SW, Broadway and Greenspoint all really took a hard hit and never did recover. Inner city areas like the Heights and Montrose that had started gentrifying just sort of stopped. Subdivisions out in suburbia had blocks and blocks of streets with no houses. In some of the tract home subdivisions you can still see the jump where all of the sudden you go from 70's style tract homes to 90's era red brick, (when building started to resume) right in the same subdivision. Rents were unbelievably cheap. You could get a decent one bedroom apartment in the suburbs for $175 a month.