samagon Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 (edited) every time I see this thread, I see memes in my head. Edited September 22, 2023 by samagon 4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityliving Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 (edited) The Tower crane is goin up Edited September 23, 2023 by cityliving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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strickn Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 (edited) The langleyites and the residents of X can have a friendly treehouse rivalry As shown in the third and especially second photos We'll call them the Hamptons (south west and south east) Everybody stay crabby out there! Edited September 23, 2023 by strickn 🦀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 One of the TAS Concrete company tower crane operators messaged me, said it will be a luffing tower crane, they will finish up on Sunday. But it will have to be jumped several times throughout the construction of 22 story building due to Comansa crane specs. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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samagon Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 On 9/23/2023 at 4:27 PM, strickn said: The langleyites and the residents of X can have a friendly treehouse rivalry As shown in the third and especially second photos We'll call them the Hamptons (south west and south east) Everybody stay crabby out there! I'd love to see a zipline installed between the two! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) NAMBY v PAMBY (please, across my backyard) debate breaks out! Edited September 25, 2023 by strickn 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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strickn Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 22 hours ago, samagon said: I'd love to see a zipline installed between the two! In these last two photos I see that the X is farther away than I realized. It’s on the other side of the ZaZa (Warwick) Hotel. Instead of it I was looking at the building going up by Richmond & Woodhead, so please update your carabiner accordingly. I’m sure Bob Hope would have liked the view from the Warwick’s zipline too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Amlaham Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Initially I wasn't too excited about this (not a NIMBY, I just wish it was on a main street like Kirby, Montrose, or Main st instead of hidden in a neighborhood), but wow this is really going to impact and expand our skyline since there aren't much buildings around! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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__nevii Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 BWAHAHAHA, glad to see this project still going. NIMBYs can stuff it. Now if only we can them to recognize the connection between the "problems" associated with the increased developments, and the city's lingering regulations regarding parking mandates (which need to be axed ASAP, they are the number one rule that is limiting Houston's infill potential). 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__nevii Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 On 6/17/2023 at 6:39 AM, 004n063 said: Minimum lot size, minimum parking requirements, and setback requirements have combined to reinforce sprawl citywide. Add in lots of neighborhood deed restrictions in relatively close-in neighborhoods, and you get the situation we're in, where we're indiscriminately building 20, 30, even 40 miles out from the city center, and then trying to maintain infrastructure that serves all of that inefficiency. But with true zoning, it'd be even worse - no taquerias in the neighborhood, no renovations on old 8-plexes that were grandfathered in (this is still an issue with parking mins), et cetera. I'm all for noise ordinances, neighborhood quiet hours, etc. - as long as they are maintained at the neighborhood level - and as a teacher whose school is about 15 feet from a highway, next to an auto body shop, and across the street from a sheet metal factory, I'm certainly open to the idea of segregating certain types of uses. But separating all commercial uses from all residential (which is typical of most zoning codes) and barring multifamily development from all but a few areas (which is common of many zoning codes) is bad news and contributes to the insane housing markets we see in nearly every other major city. That said, I'm confused about these parts in bold. While I do agree that the lingering building regulation can stymie ideal urbanist's environment, Houston doesn't even segregate housing types (in addition to lack mandated residential, commercial, etc separations). Hence, I don't see any legality stopping a huge surge of "middle housing" in Houston in case density is needed. The overall lack of absolute density restrictions in the city can yeild apartment towers where needed (hence highrises in Montrose, even River Oaks at Huntingdon). The ETJs/suburban areas have deeds of their own, as well as larger minimum lot sizes compared to city center. Parking mandates were also not present at all in the city until 1989/1990 period, I believe. So, basically, I'm not sure how much developers are actuall prevented in building new infill in Houston given the lingering regulations. Or if they simply go for the suburbia green-fields due to being enabled by state legislature's highway building (via imposing highway focus on TXDOT). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post hindesky Posted December 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2023 The Langley is due north of the Sunset Blvd project. Can anyone guess how many tower cranes you can see in this pic? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Looks like six. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, bobruss said: Looks like six. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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