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mala goode co some burger joint by a food network chef poke spot upstairs bar/lounge dish society i think sushi spot by i can't remember who and i'm blanking on the other confirmed teams behind the remaining concepts

I was thinking about it and thought "hey they could just run it as a single track" but nope - the red line goes under 59 now as a single pair of tracks, and only splits after 59. If I were TxDot, I would start the trenching by digging out either side under 59 for the train, close it one weekend and put in a pre-made support underneath it that would hold until they finish trenching the whole thing. I'd also do as much excavation work before closing the freeway as possible, but the traffic volume on the roads is high, especially Almeda and Fannin. Montrose would be the detour - and a parking lot

On today's demo report http://swamplot.com/daily-demolition-report-yare-thee-well/2018-03-02/

Materene, Thank you for your memories. Today is my dad's 93rd heavenly birthday. He was10 yrs old when he, my grandmother& two younger siblings came to Airline Drive in 1935. He had an ice route at this young age to support his mother & the babies. Epitome of a Houston success story. No education to speak of he became a successful business owner in Houston. The memories I have of Airline Drive & Farmers Market are rich & filled with love. From his little brother Ronny boxing with one of the Elizondo brothers, to walking in on a Saturday & receiving a warm hug and a piece of dulce from Mr. Canino, I'll never forget. Thank you again. They survived & thrived in this color blind life. Happy birthday daddy. I'll never forget our Saturday adventures. In reference to the trees heavy laden with God's bounty, we had that too. Our ancestors were amazing with their ability to plant a seed or seedling & we are still enjoying the bounty of their work. Not to sound crass, but my father would say of my Granny, "She could make chicken salad out of chicken shit". Only a hungry child of the depression could mean it as a compliment & our sweet Granny took it as such. They began their journey here living in the back of a box truck. If I am 1/10 the person my ancestors were, I consider myself accomplished.

I see all the stuff happening West of GRB (baseball, basketball, parks, hotels, etc) as being things that GRB has certainly helped, rather than hindered. All the progress in EADO, from my vantage point, that is in spite of GRB. As in, the GRB slowed progress, and caused a few failed starts for revitalization of the area. I think the soccer stadium has been one of the bigger catalysts in the area, at least to make it known and familiar to people. developers have been building townhomes over here for as long as they've been in midtown, it's just the proximity to things is more hidden, than midtown, so midtown blew up faster, and part of midtown's success has been the rail line, and part of EADO's hindrance has been the GRB. Now, if txdot just comes to their senses and doesn't realign 45 through the east side of downtown, EADO will really be able to stretch into a real growth stride.

Bob, It will be a mess for a long time coming. But, this is very similar a process that was done with 59, through Montrose/Museum Districts, where the arched bridges are now. This stretch was elevated before being placed below grade. This was done by feeding all traffic (both ways) to one side of the elevated structure, demolishing the abandoned structure, dig the new ROW, where the demolish structure stood. Redirect all traffic to new , depressed ROW. Repeat. It's something to watch.

Because HCC has a whole lot more in common with CUNY than it does with BC, and UH might get verklempt (e.g., the recent South Texas College of Law dustup). Besides, "Houston City College" has a nice ring to it.

Remember the market from many decades ago, in the fifties the market was always on my families shopping list. We still had a mule drawn produce wagon in the Heights circa 1956 that would cover the entire area. An old Black man must have been in his 80s and I suppose the man did this until he finally died. Really was pretty quiet and peaceful back in the day. Of course most homes already had fruit trees in their backyards, it was just something that survived the old depression era where people had to grow their own things. Our old place had an apple tree, fig trees, and plums not to forget the large Pecan trees which by the way are still there on the property. Its nice to look at the old place and it still survives and especially the tall Pecan in the front yard. I can remember my Grandmother using a very long cane fishing pole and burning out the worm nest up high in that Pecan tree. My last time to visit that market mentioned in the post was way back in 67 and I was home one weekend on leave from the Army while stationed in the Dallas Fort Worth Air Defense, I tried to drive home every weekend I could and one trip I went to the market to get a few things, can't remember the details it was a long time ago and of course looked a lot different than it does today with so many changes over the decades.

So, Fisher and his web of LLCs and other legal entities became either illiquid or insolvent. His lenders attempted to foreclose (August 2016). Fisher sued, alleging bad faith in the structure of the loans (September 2016), and asked the court to restrain the foreclosure sale (which it did). Much legal wrangling ensued. A number of Fisher's entities declared bankruptcy (Jan 2018), at which point the case was removed to federal court. I would expect the site to remain in its current condition until the bankruptcy gets resolved and the property is sold to another buyer.

This is great news as Mala Sichuan is one of the top restaurants in the segment. An awesome start and sets a high and unique tone for the concept. Really eager to see the next sign-ons.

Cause No. 2016-64847, KAVAC Holding Company, LLC v. Paull Partners, LLC et al. Look it up on the Harris County District Clerk's website. Summary: cross collateralized loans, cash crunch, foreclosure, injunction, bankruptcy removal and remand, and enough defendants to field a football team. One. Hot. Mess.

you're right, eado was chinatown a long time ago, if you know that, you must certainly remember the construction of GRB effectively doing irreparable damage to chinatown. now they live in Alief. hope you're right and the re-routing of the freeway doesn't end with the death of eado, but helps make it stronger. 10 years of freeway construction in a transitioning area won't be easy. history isn't on the side of hope in this case, but certainly, eado is a great area for revitalization, it will work due to location, maybe people will keep this in mind and push the area through construction, certainly when construction is over the area will come on stronger than ever, maybe it'll just take a 10 year respite from growing.

I brought this up for the green/purple lines awhile ago but forgot about the red line too. I’m curious what their plan is; probably close it to one track while they excavate and move on to the other after that’s finished.

...to storage while the streets are torn up and poles moved. Looks like they will be returned to their glory.

There's another Marlowe in Chicago https://livemarlowe.com/ Looks like its a Miami based developer - no ties to Randall Davis that I could find https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/4/13/15284942/chicago-construction-river-north-apartments-marlowe-tower Looks completely different. Why would they be the same name?

When I was much younger Eado was Chinatown, and it was a very vibrant community with lots of restaurants food service stores grocery stores and residents. I've always been intrigued by the area way before it was EADO. The freeway screwed The east side just like it did third ward. My original remarks were focused on Downtown and the revitalization of the east side of downtown. I mentioned EADO, because I think once GRB was built it brought attention to that area and helped bring the ball park and the soccer stadium east also. If they bury the freeways and build the park above it will improve the EADO neighborhood and make it that much more part of the fabric of thAt side of downtown. Right now you don't have an easily accessible park and this would give you one. I think in the long run this will be a positive as long as they cover the freeway.

For a guy that likes to provide high end living, he builds the worst podiums in the city. It bothers me working in Uptown and having to stare at the giant white blocks every way I look. He is obsessed with white stucco.

As previously mentioned, HCC has practically nothing in common with Boston College, a highly ranked and regarded 155 year old Jesuit research university with one fifth the student population of HCC. However, both HCC and CUNY are locally focused public institutions that have similar missions as exemplified by open admissions policies and strong remedial programs, resulting in large, very diverse student bodies - to name just a few parallels.

The goofiest one... they turned the arches 90 degrees by the Dillards while they get lengthened. It's now north-south in the parking lot instead of east-west over the road.

or 610 traffic will be even worse from people trying to go around the area...

^^ You are right about the amount of traffic on the Montrose streets, as opposed to most of these streets through midtown. And as I recall, all of the bridged streets in Montrose were closed as they built the arched bridges one by one. A major concern, at the time, was that alternate fire routes (and/or stations) , had to be created for emergency vehicles, south of 59. The Arched bridge design approach was taken so that there would be no columns on the new roadbed on 59, to keep the highway as narrow as possible and still accommodate the HOV lane. I doubt that this same requirement will be taken, or even possible, through the midtown section. The LR line will probably be rerouted by a little bit...but, certainly it will have to be closed to some time. Will be really interesting to see how it's all done. It's the most (if not only) fun of watching these big highway projects unfold.

Except now there's one of the most heavily traveled light rail lines in the country going over where they're going to trench

I really wish Randall Davis would design/build a parking podium that is less conspicuous. Yes, it may cost more, but it would be soooo worth it aesthetically.

I rode past the now closed Sears on Main about 2:30 yesterday afternoon. There was a truck in the parking lot on the north side of the building taking core samples. That can only mean someone is thinking of erecting a structure on the site and needs to know the soil conditions to design the foundation. Exciting!