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  1. Exciting news. Industry Building 1 has broken ground! Soil testing across the street at UT Research Park!
    8 points
  2. Can they be convinced to take out the CVS across the street instead?
    4 points
  3. They've got the smokers going this morning 👀
    4 points
  4. I was on the live zoom/google call, and I wish I could have given some affirmations or something. The museum district has benefited greatly from the city's initiative, and because of it we see more parents walking with strollers and kids than ever before. Also a lot of joggers, bladers, and walkers. We got significant improvements because of the bike lanes, the local elem school, and certain people requesting sidewalks and ADA improvements. I'm sure it came before other more deserving areas so it doesn't feel as equitable as I would like, but its so nice. I don't really understand why other neighborhoods aren't taking advantage of this, or why people are fighting it like the garden oaks peple: https://www.theleadernews.com/community/oak-forest-residents-at-odds-over-sidewalk/article_caa89f8a-1bd1-11ec-ab02-534e61a541e8.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share It feels like the COH is dedicated to the pedestrian experience in a very significant way and I hope it continues because it benefits people's quality of life in various ways and their property values (for those who don't engage in any of the above listed activities).
    4 points
  5. Photo of the week. I like how the sun hits the building.
    4 points
  6. The end result of more Marie Kondo is this...
    3 points
  7. A request to abandon this street has been received by the city. There are two signs posted a long Grand Blvd.
    3 points
  8. Fast-growing software co. Liongard opens Ion office, adds employees during pandemic
    3 points
  9. SubdivisionPlatPDF_BG3820.pdf Proposed multifamily by Fairfield Residential will replace the Houston Women’s Center.
    2 points
  10. Thanks for your recap on this meeting. I've been trying to get straight answers from the COH about sidewalks for forty years, and have been left with the impression that no one really knew or cared much about the various aspects (i.e., if the homeowner can remove an existing sidewalk without replacing it, who's responsible for construction and financing new sidewalks and repair of existing ones, if laws regarding the blockage of sidewalks are ever enforced, etc.). I've been told that the regulations vary depending on in what part of town the sidewalk is located, as it varies from one subdivision to another. Did anyone raise this issue, or was I given misinformation? Is there a chance that some Einstein can develop a Universal Sidewalk Constant? I'm so tired of the conflicting answers to simple questions.
    2 points
  11. Everyone in Houston loves no zoning when it works for them, but laments it when it doesn't. Houston is a growing city, and a densifying one. Yes that means people moving in with more stuff than they need, and yes that means they need to put it somewhere, and no that doesn't mean they want to drive all the way out to Katy to access it. This is the nature of the beast when it comes to Houston. All the rapid growth of new apartments and towers we cheer, and that is thanks to no zoning. Be prepared for side effects of it. You take the good with the bad, and hope that this cycle Houston gets more good than bad.
    2 points
  12. Oversaturated Pickle Market is a good band name
    2 points
  13. hm. Mango Pickle, Bumpy Pickle, I know they're going to be different concepts, but we might be approaching peak pickle.
    2 points
  14. Does anyone know if any neighborhoods have applied for walkable place designation?
    1 point
  15. I assume they want to abandon the Greensboro loop and not Grand.
    1 point
  16. The city of Houston may be decidedly blue, but its on the conservative end of that spectrum. Whoever we get will most likely be a centrist. We won't be seeing anyone winning by promising to raise taxes to fund social experiments or declaring they'll defund HPD. What I'm more curious to see is how the next Harris county judge election unfolds.
    1 point
  17. Turner's recent fumbles are garden variety City Hall stuff that the average voter doesn't care about. And the election isn't until 2023. The city of Houston is decidedly blue and it would take extraordinary circumstances for a Republican to win a mayoral race. And the Republican bench for Mayor is not deep and is mostly old white guys. Anyone remotely aligned with Trump would be DOA. Anyone from the Tex Leg who voted for the abortion ban is DOA. The only shot would be a more ambiguous center right candidate from the business community or a former pro athlete, etc. who has never run for office. Self funded would help too.
    1 point
  18. Seems like it would be way too late in the I69/610 rebuild process for it to be related to that. Plus, i don't think that project extends as far west as Chimney Rock.
    1 point
  19. People need more Marie Kondo in their life.
    1 point
  20. I believe the part about the lag in permitting. When I was still working in Houston for a small boutique firm, even the "expedited" permitting route would take months, and that was pre-covid. Now that everyone and their mother is in a rush to build build build because who knows what will happen next, plus staff shortages?....yikes.
    1 point
  21. That probably explains why the series "Ozark" is filmed in the Atlanta area, and not in the actual Lake of the Ozarks. Sometimes this can come back to bite the filmmaker. I've heard that at the Houston premier of "Urban Cowboy" the audience burst into laughter, because when John Travolta stepped out of his trailer, the famous mountains of Pasadena TX could be seen in the distance.
    1 point
  22. I have yet to be convinced that the haircut one gets at a "craft" barbershop justifies the price premium over the haircut one gets at any number of old-school, no-frills barbershops. To each his own.
    1 point
  23. Still moving... They have a little driveway and parking lot carved out now. Interested to see it completed!
    1 point
  24. Eater Houston gave HAIF some credit for breaking the story. https://houston.eater.com/2021/9/7/22655143/blk-mkt-birria-opening-montrose-les-noodle-location
    1 point
  25. they've been marinating the idea in a brine of salt and vinegar (pickle jokes, I got them).
    1 point
  26. I quit being surprised a long time ago at the number of people who still haven't figured out that it's far better to underpromise and overdeliver than the other way around.
    1 point
  27. All good, yes, but odd that they're still marketing an unrealistic timeline on social media.
    1 point
  28. Greentown Labs sounds like a weed manufacturer.
    1 point
  29. Ever heard of exaggeration?
    1 point
  30. What on earth are "curated" condos? What does that even mean? And how can it be "iconic" before it is even built? More than the usual amount of marketing blather here. Surprised it's not "artisanal".
    1 point
  31. seems to be a race to the finish. will they be able to open while pickleball is still cool?
    1 point
  32. Still looks like a decent enough buildout after all the phases are complete
    1 point
  33. I walk by this lot daily from my job on 18th to Dunkin Donuts. This is awesome!
    1 point
  34. https://levcor.com/projects/1903-yale-street
    1 point
  35. Colleen's was fantastic. You could get lost in there for days browsing, and Colleen herself was quite a character. She had an awesome selection of Texana, the best of any bookstore in the city. If we're talking antiquarian bookshops (not necessarily the same thing as independent bookshops), in addition to Colleen's there was A Book Buyer's Shop, originally on Studewood until Larry McMurtry took it over and opened Booked Up there. A Book Buyer's Shop relocated to Shepherd in one of the houses along the curve between W. Gray and W. Dallas, and remained there until the owner passed away and his daughter liquidated the inventory. Booked Up closed down when McMurtry consolidated his inventory in Archer City in several huge buildings (now greatly reduced in size, as he recently sold off a significant chunk of his holdings), and the former Booked Up location now houses a dog groomer. Another place that had a very nice selection of collectible Texana was the Out Of Print Book Shop, on Times Blvd. in the Rice Village - not sure if they moved to another location or shut down. And of course Detering Book Gallery on Bissonnet, which stood tall among Houston's rare book dealers. Detering downsized their more common stock to re-emphasize their focus on the higher-end antiquarian market, and relocated from the house on Bissonnet (now the restaurant Antica Osteria) to a much smaller space within the Museum of Printing History on W. Clay. In 2008 it was rebranded as Graham Book Gallery when longtime Detering manager Oscar Graham bought the business upon Herman Detering's retirement. Gamadge's Book House was a relatively short-lived generalist dealer on Richmond - the exact location escapes me now, but it was in Montrose, I believe between the boulevard and Mandell. There was another shop that I can't remember the name of on Richmond just past Shepherd, across the street from the Sandman Building. Becker's Books on Westview is another place you could get lost in for days - it's another bookshop that's in a converted house, and they have a truly staggering number of books onsite in addition to an offsite warehouse. Most of these shops were in business during the 1990s and early 2000s. Just like new book shops, the Internet has brought significant changes to the collectible/antiquarian shops, but despite the number of shops that have closed in Houston over the past 25 years or so, I think the antiquarian trade as a whole is in decent shape. As the old joke goes, one makes a small fortune as a bookseller by starting with a large fortune.
    1 point
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