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  1. Main finally closed for restaurant use?
    8 points
  2. This project is turning out soooo good. Just imagine if in a future phase they add apartments or office space around the main building, it's a completely new district/neighborhood.
    7 points
  3. Finally a commemorative plaque. I don’t promote myself as a witness to what happened to all those souls during the last 50+ years but I was here for the last 15 and agreed that a memorial would bea good thing. A place to visit and reflect. I have attended so many community meeting that concerned the idea of a memorial; so many starts and stops.. Ideas like a plaque in the backyard of Mary’s before it was razed. I viewed the drawings for a memorial on the median at Waugh and California I listened to an idea of writing the developer where 1/2 Price Books stood to dedicate a small corner of Land for memorial as the whole lot was redeveloped. There was another small corner at California and Grant, where remembrance flowers could be placed during pride week; now gone to development. I guess I bring this up because it took so long and I knew the community needed it. i ‘m so glad it’s here for us now.
    6 points
  4. They just posted a new aerial on their FB:
    6 points
  5. I feel like we don't have much room to complain since this is an abandoned field that's being developed. There's no "small scale", iterative development options. It was either this or more townhomes. I'll take the former any day.
    4 points
  6. Looking for any sort of update on this land or The Tanglewood Medical along post oak lane if someone has a nugget. The area along Post Oak Lane next to the Wynden has been in a state of construction/disrepair for a few years now. Sidewalks all messed up, dirt and mud everywhere, half put up construction fences. Trying to figure out what is going on there.
    4 points
  7. I can't speak for Triton but will echo his sentiment. A more water-centric design is preferable to the back side of buildings and a pedestrian path. Ideally it would be developed more like the Riverwalk in San Antonio (pictured below). Having said that, I'll trust Midway and take this over the current field or allowing someone like Randall Davis to develop it...
    3 points
  8. I know I kind of stated it earlier in this thread but my main issue that remains with this development is that it currently looks like any other mixed-use development I've seen in other cities. Sure, that sounds great but it's name is East River and it's placing literally zero emphasis on the water. It's placing all of it on two streets that run down the center of it. It needs to shift the focus more towards Buffalo Bayou. All I see is a single sidewalk going down the water... where's the patios, where's the docks, where's the steps that take you all the way down to the water... where's anything indicating this is a RIVER development. It should, at the very least, have some of these characteristics: Edit: I can already hear some people saying that at least East River is providing some natural landscaping, some trees and what not along the river. Again, that's great. I'm not saying the river needs to be lined with wood for patios and concrete. Here's what I'm saying. Here, look at these 2 pictures for East River ^ In this photo above, nothing is pointing towards the water. It's just a sidewalk. All the restaurant and bar activity is on the street in this next photo: Tell me I'm not the only one seeing a huge missed opportunity here for East RIVER.
    3 points
  9. They not doing the drop off/pickup zones anymore? https://cityofhouston.news/city-of-houston-to-pilot-pick-up-drop-off-zones-in-downtowns-historic-district/ Also, Downtown District replied and said that Little Dipper patio will open on Friday and two more in the next few weeks. Restaurants do have to get TABC approval to serve out there evidently, so maybe a paperwork issue.
    3 points
  10. Would be awesome if they would close off from MidMain to downtown Friday evening through Sunday.
    3 points
  11. While moving my (not quite as) fat (as before) carcass around Memorial Park yesterday, I caught this in action... Then I decided the best way to go around the track is clockwise - that way, you don't have to look at The Astoria on that stretch of the trail.. But then again, wanting to get out of that thing's sight range should be good motivation to go faster.... Oh, at the trail is moving about 100' to the north where they are building the tunnels, they need to move the mountain of dirt first.
    3 points
  12. Here’s my recommendation: The MadVac LS175. Done. Sweep and move on. Oh wait this is Houston we are talking about? Nevermind. Dang look at those curbs and sidewalks in that pic. And pristine asphalt. I haven’t had my post-work alcohol tonight....my cynicism is coming out.
    2 points
  13. Hopefully a block away because like you said some don't have a clue about how to drive around downtown.
    2 points
  14. With all these freeway rebuilds, I just keep thinking more express lanes that push through clogged interchanges are needed--and not more concrete. So much of our traffic issues are at interchanges. For instance that eastbound mess from Silber to T.C. Jester where you have to move over 17 lanes just to avoid traffic between all the exits between Silber and TCJ. Heck, we almost need one lane just devoted to through traffic from W. Grand Parkway to E. Grand Parkway.
    2 points
  15. If you ask me, it’s the developers who are averse to creativity, not any particular parts of town.
    2 points
  16. 2 points
  17. Phase II: Residential, 41 units http://www.tramontedesign.com/the-center-residences
    2 points
  18. Save River Oaks Protest was held in front of the River Oaks Theater. Glad to see people wearing masks at a large gathering.
    2 points
  19. ROFL Classic NextDoor "MY HAIR IS ON FIRE!!!!" FWIW, walked by on my evening walk, within the last 45 minutes or so. Watched them bring down the old chiller, so the wind must have calmed down, I guess.
    2 points
  20. This has been in the works for awhile. Lauren Groves, former CoH Planning Department transportation team member now works for Public Works and mentioned it during the Bicycle Advisory Infrastructure Subcommittee meeting today. This has been in the works for a few months as they needed lots of entities to sign off on it. One thing that was kind of funny was that they weren't sure who was paying for it. I think they decided it might be TXDOT (*cough bloodmoney *cough*) This has always kind of bewildered me that it has never been done, but here we are!
    1 point
  21. Has anyone else thought our city has exceptionally poor light timing? I am at my wits end trying to get someone to fix a few intersections that cause giant clogs on my morning and evening commute. They require some realllllly simple fixes that would save all the commuters 5-10 minutes if corrected, each day. Why is it impossibly difficult for the city to figure out? Have they just said "screw it" with COVID? The recent freeze only seems to have made the bad turn into ugly. I drove down Westheimer from the Beltway to 610 last weekend, Saturday about 8pm, and I kid you not, hit a red light at every intersection but 2 the entire distance. That is A LOT of intersections. It was a painful experience knowing the light immediately ahead was going to turn red as my current intersection light was turning green. After awhile it became almost comical how poor the timing is. What could have been a 35 mph cruise the whole way down turned into a 45 min nightmare. I experienced a similar feat driving San Felipe between Voss and the loop. Hit almost every light without fail. Driving the speed limit only seems to make it worse. It appeared some people had outsmarted it and knew if they went 50 in a 35, they could make every light!!! Dangerous as heck. Anyone know how to program some traffic lights? Hit me up. :)
    1 point
  22. Do we really think that's enough? So a single sidewalk. I see an orange brick sidewalk coming down, ok. I see some tables and chairs on one of the buildings on the right. Maybe I am just envisioning way too much of a riverwalk area, since I don't think this portion of Buffalo Bayou floods that much. Yes, we can all agree this is better than townhomes. But I seriously think there's a missed opportunity here where there should be a very central focus to the water and I'm just not seeing that.
    1 point
  23. Does that include the Lyric Center parking garage or the Cambridge Office Building parking garage at Rice because both of those are excellent? Also the parking garage at the proposed development at Taft and Fairview was/is definitely not the ordinary schlocky garage.
    1 point
  24. Ignore the fact this was taken from the passenger side of the car as we were driving past. Lol.
    1 point
  25. Put enough of this down and eventually we have more flood protection. I have so many questions though. I wonder how much water sits in them at any given moment. Seems like a mosquito breeding habitat. And you know they will get silted up—wonder how they can be flushed out if clogged.
    1 point
  26. They talked about bike lane maintenance today in the BAC Infrastructure meeting. I know we discussed it somewhere but I can't find it and didn't think it needed its own thread. TLDR: Street-sweepers need a 10' lane, so anything that isn't is SOL until some community partners or local residents step up. Recommendations (this is a draft report. Final report is coming soon):
    1 point
  27. Back during Bill White's terms as mayor he had a project that improved the light timing fairly well. I recall it made a big difference during rush hour on Westheimer at the time. There was a document put out that went into detail and supposedly the timing was going to be maintained into the future. I guess that fell by the wayside after he left office.
    1 point
  28. 1 point
  29. Given this design, I'm most happy that they didn't run a street down the riverfront (bayoufront?). Even if the current plan is only an enlarged sidewalk, it's all *pedestrian* at this point. So hopefully as this development matures and is a success, they can grow the pedestrian infrastructure, build out plazas along the water, and add a few smaller commercial structures with patios. All those things. Basically, I'm glad they haven't closed the door on that yet, even if the current focus seems to be more traditional streetscapes that remind more of the River Oaks District than something like the DC Waterfront development.
    1 point
  30. A part of me thinks it’s to keep the homeless out. The rest of the building is fenced in.
    1 point
  31. Whatever the cause, love love love the design of this project.
    1 point
  32. Where would the poorly driven ubers drop people off at?!!? Pre-pandemic it was wild to me how many uber drivers weren't familiar with downtown and would try to drive right up to the main street to drop people off. I had two drivers mid 2019-early 2020 go the wrong way on one way streets in midtown.
    1 point
  33. Are you sure about the Chik-Fil-A thing (closing because of the BRT project)? I'm thinking that may have been an urban myth.
    1 point
  34. Just noticed a project at UCLA that looks suspiciously familiar. So who had the curvey façade idea first? Steven Hall or Johnston Marklee? UCLA ARTS UNVEILS NEW MARGO LEAVIN GRADUATE ART STUDIOS | UCLA Arts Johnston Marklee
    1 point
  35. I can't wait to see how this building will interact with the downtown skyline behind it. I realize that this building is about half a mile away from the west side of downtown, but it is still close enough that at some angles it might work to expand the downtown skyline somewhat. I would love to see that last photo at a wider view. Where was it taken from? Thank you for posting.
    1 point
  36. Managed, maybe elevated lanes considered for I-10 as TxDOT tries out options for clogged corridor Saw this on reddit...
    1 point
  37. This place was PAAAACKED Saturday night. The parking lot looked like a car show and there was a very long line just to get into this place.
    1 point
  38. KEEP MESSAGING WEINGARTEN TILL THEY LOSE THEIR MINDS!
    1 point
  39. I don't know about current tower cranes but the old ones I operated didn't have that feature. Current models of RT cranes do have an option that the operator can set to stop you from booming down too much or from swinging in a certain part of a turn. I'm guessing that modern tower cranes probably do now though. So many things on cranes have computers that can control a lot of functions.
    1 point
  40. Rode by toward the end of my ride. Turns out they are changing out the chiller on top of the Finger Museum Tower apartments. But they weren't able to make any lifts since it was too windy. They will have to finish up on Sunday. On cranes I've operated the manufacturers have notes that tell you to de-rate the capacity of the crane depending on the wind speeds. The Tadano cranes I've operated say you have to de-rate by 50% if the wind is 20-27mph and by 75% if it's above 27mph. At 30mph you have to stop all crane operations. Not sure what the charts are for this crane but I'm sure they have wind speed limits too. With those kind of limits there is now way to make these lift with as windy it was today and it was very windy today.
    1 point
  41. My best friend of 25 years Justin Furstenfeld (lead singer of Blue October) is playing some socially distanced outdoor solo shows here! March 12th AND 13th! Hope to see you there! https://www.whiteoakmusichall.com/#event-listing
    1 point
  42. Franklin itself could really stand to be redone. There's no reason for it to be anywhere near as wide as it is. It's not on the Bike Plan, but throwing some protected bike lanes on there would really help with circulation between the trails and the surface streets. Some street trees would also be nice.
    1 point
  43. I know a lot of people dismiss the architectural merits of this shopping center as already so compromised, but even with all the ham-fisted alterations, I still found some charm in the place. Despite it all, it was still distinguishable from most strip shopping centers and I wish they would embrace that rather than destroy what they have. That theater, its marquee, is a landmark for the community and one appeal to living in the neighborhood. It's your calling card. Why tear it down?
    1 point
  44. nope. there are plenty of examples worldwide of roadways being constructed of brick in far worse climates than our own and the quality of those roads is far better than even our concrete roadways. that doesn't make it a good idea for Houston, we just shouldn't use a different excuse to cover for the real reason, which is that we as a city don't want to pay the taxes necessary to support the cost of better quality roads, of any type.
    1 point
  45. ...decadent? I mean, I like it, but it's in no way "decadent."
    1 point
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