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  1. These are great examples of how additions should be done. From my perspective, the exterior physical materials are less relevant to making the house "historic" than the style and proportion of the house. The biggest problem with the historic ordinance is that it forces additions to take on strange and ridiculous camelback proportions that would never have been built when the homes were originally constructed. On the other hand, these additions are far less noticeable and don't stick out like a sore thumb. Even better, they provide a house with better flow and allow the homeowners to preserve more yard space by centering the house rather than pushing most of the addition awkwardly to the back yard.
    2 points
  2. When you drive by this thing, with how close it is to the street corner it looks huge, and it's only 5 floors high... 35 to go! And I'll get some shots soon from a completely different angle atop another nearby building, where you can really see it impact the skyline (not the AT&T building unfortunately, haha) OK, now that I promised I'd do this, hopefully that'll lock me in to actually getting it done!
    2 points
  3. Not sure if you call it a highrise, but Emporis would... the 12 story Hanover Tower in Rice Village is moving forward. The garden store and small apartment building are now vacant and fenced off. Demolition should start very soon.
    1 point
  4. Now you are using facts/logic to argue with preservationists....the preservationist loathe facts & logic. They fight with emotion, emotion, no matter how illogical, can never be wrong. The ordinance is about control and property values...if you control the structures, you control the value. Its not about preservation, history, or anything else. Its a very vocal minority attempting to assert control over people who just want to go on about their lives. S3MH says we "cant get the political support to repeal" the ordinance - but that is a half truth....the support is there, the political environment is not. To repeal something is very different than enacting it, and everything is politics....this is a very insignificant issue in Houston, its just significant in our neighborhood. The council, the HAHC, everyone is making sure that everyone who appeals wins - that is not coincidental. To appeal costs money, if you have the money to appeal and to stage the fight, then you probably have the money to sue too - As it is right now, there is an argument that the ordinance has not actually caused anyone harm...without harm or damages there is no standing to sue...It will most likely take someone being denied at the appeal level to gain standing. If the council just approves everyone, the ordinance can not be judically over-turned, which is why everything gets approved. It takes money to win, and so far not enough of it has been ponied up. The support for the districts, and the ordinance is nowhere near what the preservationist would have you believe it is...they used dirty methods and trickery to enact the ordinance, more & more people who later find out they are harmed by this will continue to drop their "support" for this ordinance. I see it daily, as more and more families want more space without moving out of the area. The ordinance IS anti-family, and while it IS possible to live in a small space, very very few people want to do so....especially those who have the money to live where they want and in the house of their choice, like so many Heights residents.
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  5. The interior layout was ...awkward. The bar was fine, but then they put oversized couches against the inside wall that were too far apart for a group of people to talk to each other.
    1 point
  6. It doesn't really matter whether or not you think a 3000 square foot house is un-necessary. That's totally up to the property owner, and it should not be any of your concern. And I say that as someone who lives in a 1400 square foot 2 bed one bath house with a wife and child. Scale is irrelevant, unless it's your property.
    1 point
  7. I flew from Sugar Land to IAH on Metro Airlines a number of times in the early 80's. They flew a Twin Otter, and if you connected to Eastern, the flight was essentially free. An added bonus was the free parking at the Sugar Land airport.
    1 point
  8. Not intending to argue with Brie. I have made a few responses for the benefit of others who apparently are waiting on pins and needles for me to respond.
    1 point
  9. So, it looks like they are filling in the joints of whatever the exterior covering/sheeting is. Perhaps it is not so temporary as I thought. There were also workers working on putting a brick pattern on to a section of it. Without knowing exactly what every step has been, it is tough to say definitively, but it looks like it will be faux brick exterior.
    1 point
  10. Taken just a few hours ago: Sent from my iPhone5 using Tapatalk 2
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