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  1. 56 minutes ago, IntheKnowHouston said:


     



    A plan reviewing fee permit was filed yesterday for 502 Main St, Floor 1.
     

    A few details from the permit:

    • Use: One-stop conversion, restaurant
    • FCC Group: Non-residential alteration


    I'm not sure what's planned here. I think Interio is still the current tenant.


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    Man this building is never going to see the love it deserves

  2. On 1/9/2024 at 12:10 PM, Houston19514 said:

    Agreed, it seems Metro needs to step up the Police presence, but I'm not sure how much police at stations will deter crime ON the train...  (FWIW, the entire city of Houston needs to step up police presence; hopefully the new Mayor will follow through on that promise ASAP.)

    Here's the story.  What is not clear (and this is not a criticism of the story; it would be difficult for anyone to know this unless they find the perp), is whether the fighting men knew each other. 

    https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2024/01/09/473913/houston-police-offering-5k-for-information-of-man-suspected-in-deadly-metro-stabbing/

     

    Well first it prevents people who aren't paying a fare from getting on to begin with. I'm not saying the killer didn't pay but I'll bet anything he didn't.

  3. 19 hours ago, steve1363 said:

    I think what was bizarre is that the fountains had been off for several months, they were miraculously restored a week before the CFP Championship game and then shut off for “maintenance” the weekend of the game.  Obviously it wasn’t maintenance.

    Anyway I think you guys have made a mountain out of a molehill.  They aren’t that beautiful!  If ABC wanted a beautiful water shot they could have taken the Mecum Fountains or the Water Wall at the Galleria.

    I agree, maintenance isn't the issue. It might not be the most beautiful fountain but I think it has potential if the square could draw more tenants. Also that waterwall thing that is never turned on needs to be removed. 

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  4. 18 hours ago, hindesky said:

    North building where I think the leasing office will be located. Notice the porch on the upper floor.

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    I just drove by coming from Ambrose Barbershop this morning. This development looks great! And the neighborhood is really starting to look much more aesthetically pleasing. I can't wait for East Blocks!

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  5. On 12/17/2023 at 2:21 PM, hindesky said:

    I think the worshipers thought god would smite them if they were late for services. The truth probably is the church's hierarchy thought people wouldn't show up to tithe their salaries.

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    I think when it comes to crossings like this, as people are coming from the freeway approaching Houston Ave, nice big signs saying SLOW DOWN PED CROSSING or whatever would help make drivers aware they are no longer on the freeway. Houston has a lot of "unique" intersections like this one where it would help. 

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  6. On 1/7/2024 at 7:43 AM, 004n063 said:

    Some progress photos. Nothing major to report, though it seems that the initial parts of reconstruction on the second phase (20th to 610, for some reason) are well underway, even though the first phase is unfinished.

    But I've been thinking a lot about this project since exploring yesterday, and I thought I'd share my thoughts.

    1. This is serious stuff. 

    The east side of Shepherd has or will have a substantial pedestrian realm with a comfortable and very clearly differentiable bike path. The west side of Shepherd has or will have eight-foot sidewalks. The east side of Durham is not quite as commodious as the east side of Shepherd, but it's substantial and still has the through-running bike path. And maybe most significantly, every (I think?) street crossing the "island" between Shepherd and Durham has or will have 8-foot sidewalks.

    They did pretty nice work on Lower Shepherd from 59 to Westheimer, but this blows that out of the water. This is Bagby-level treatment, but for a strip that's much more destination-rich, with much higher local population density. When all is said and done, I think it'll be the best stroad reconstruction in the city by far. But...

    2. It still is and always will be a stroad.

    There is still a ton of fast-moving traffic, and signalized crosswalks can be a long way away. It'll be safer and more pleasant to walk or ride along when reconstructed, no doubt. But crossing will still be dangerous and frustrating. The glorious new pedestrian realm will always be noisy and polluted. It has not been transformed into a street.

    But this isn't like Memorial, where apart from one small dense section, the general function is just road. All of the business activity along Shepherd scream to be a street.

    Except the road funtion of Shepherd/Durham is and probably always will be essential. It crosses 59, Buffalo Bayou, and 610 - it's the only non-highway road that does that.

    So adding more signalized crosswalks and/or further reducing the number of vehicle lanes would have a considerable impact on a lot of commuters. Would it be worth it?

    I tend to always favor safety, and I tend to feel like if a segment of roadway has the local demand to become a street, it should. But I don't drive on Shepherd as part of my commute. I don't take the bus on Shepherd as part of my commute. And I'm a bit of an urbanist radical, so there's a chance I'm a little biased. 

    But yeah, I think it'd be worthwhile to add signalized crosswalks at 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd.

    Truthfully, though, I think the whole project would have made more sense on Yale.

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    Knowing Houston drivers, someone will park here like a moron.

    I took the survey and I think the city needs to add more traffic lights and more pedestrian crossings. You can still sync the lights for car traffic, but it will slow drivers down and make them actually go the speed limit. That goes for all Houston stroads but yeah

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  7. I got hammered there many times but that was like 5 years ago. The neighborhood is def going through a change with ACME closing and the redevelopment of the property. The old One/Fifth building is getting renovated and Drake's is scheduled to open as well.

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  8. 1 hour ago, Yonkers said:

    I'm glad this project is not just one block or even a few blocks close together but something much bigger. That being said, I'm not sure how this will work with quite a few blocks in between them that are not part of the project? I assume they're just hoping that future development will be spurred because of them?

    Yeah I think that's exactly what's going to happen. There are a couple of other warehouses in the mix being renovated as well. 

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  9. 20 hours ago, monarch said:

    ^^^ you mean to tell me that city officials "CLOSED" down such a gorgeous fountain for maintenance... while downtown is loading up with fans and visitors from out of state for the CFP championship game?  why on earth, wasn't this taken care of beforehand?  my goodness houston!

    They did "fix" it before the visitors. The problem is this city doesn't know how to keep things running. I can't believe this is down once again. What is the real problem with this thing? 

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  10. 5 hours ago, texan said:

    The best opportunity will likely be during confirmation of Whitmire's nominees by the Houston City Council. Hopefully there's enough transit advocates on city council to derail (pun intended) King's appointment. Otherwise hope he doesn't have enough influence to create more transit dissidents on Metro's board. (Now back to UNITi, we can discuss this in another thread)

    Yeah let's keep it on topic. Let me just finally point out that none of this is official. This is just word of mouth I'm hearing. If it's still Sanjay then good but we'll see. When is this supposed to happen? 

  11. 1 hour ago, clutchcity94 said:

    Not familiar with Bill King. Is he from the Culberson school of thought?

    Yep same train of thought. I responded to a lot of his nonsense on Twitter and made it a point to let him know that voters approved the bond. We can't let the Culberson mindset ruin this again, which means anyone and everyone in this forum needs to be as vocal as possible, whether by social media, in person, or however you wanna do it. 

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