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The Heron Museum District: Multifamily High-Rise At 4343 Woodhead St.
Nucleareaction replied to jlt1988's topic in Going Up!
La Tapatia holds on, but there are no other tennants in the strip facing Richmond. I wonder how much longer it has to go, or why the owner is bothering to hold onto it anymore. I don't see how anything can be done with that location, and it doesn't mesh at all with what Richmond & the neighborhood (I live down the street from this project!) is becoming.- 284 replies
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By the way, as part of the work on Dunlavy @ Allen Parkway, it looks like a stop-light intersection is being installed. As someone who has to dart across by foot and bike regularly, this will be a god-send.
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Pretty big parking lot there, maybe they can bridge the gap with a garage and something facing W. Gray?
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If only we had some sort of system to get people moving without cars on the road.... HMMMMMM
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Yep, just down the street from Little Big's and the Museum Tower on Montrose
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Alexan Downtown: Multifamily At 1414 Texas Ave.
Nucleareaction replied to downtownian's topic in Downtown
Not to go crazy off topic, but it looks like that's what they have been doing for Regent Square. Ripping up elecrical utility boxes, redoing piping alongside Dunlavy...- 316 replies
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Market Square Tower: 40-Story High-Rise At 777 Preston St.
Nucleareaction replied to Urbannizer's topic in Downtown
I think the ultimate issue that makes a lot of the beautification discussion kinda moot is that it's still a functional drainage waterway. We can try and control its flooding, but anything on the banks HAS to be flood-proof. No point in designing something otherwise. What that does to trash is what you hinted at - Houstonians can be careless & heartless sometimes.- 1,892 replies
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Elan Memorial Park & The Westcott Memorial Park On Westcott St.
Nucleareaction replied to Urbannizer's topic in The Heights
Looks like it would fit right in anywhere in Western Europe. Amazing!- 172 replies
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The tower they've cladding with brick right now! http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/27428-hanover-southampton-12-story-resi-only/
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The Langley: Residential High-Rise At 1717 Bissonnet St.
Nucleareaction replied to musicman's topic in Going Up!
I remember last year they were able to do the electric grid install then got shut down. This looks like it might be water utility work, so might just be another stutter step. I'm sure the first time a worker honks their horn at 6:59:55 am, it will be shut down.- 1,443 replies
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The Langley: Residential High-Rise At 1717 Bissonnet St.
Nucleareaction replied to musicman's topic in Going Up!
Spotted yesterday afternoon, snapped this morning.- 1,443 replies
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Incarnate Word Academy At 609 Crawford St.
Nucleareaction replied to Houston19514's topic in Downtown
Thanks to all the replies. Far less disturbing than I had originally thought, but yes it would have been nice to just have grass lots instead of parking spaces. All that heat capture, no wonder people didn't want to walk around! -
Incarnate Word Academy At 609 Crawford St.
Nucleareaction replied to Houston19514's topic in Downtown
Are we to understand all of those blocks used to have New Orleans style buildings on them, ala Market Square? Or were they warehouses? -
Regent Square: Mixed-Use On Allen Parkway At Dunlavy St.
Nucleareaction replied to Travel_n_Transport's topic in Going Up!
Something like that. Running by the empty lot on Allen Parkway the other week, i noticed they have flags all over. Looks like a layout of the streets and buildings.- 1,530 replies
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Regent Square: Mixed-Use On Allen Parkway At Dunlavy St.
Nucleareaction replied to Travel_n_Transport's topic in Going Up!
Saw a work crew upgrading the telecoms connections to this block yesterday, hopefully it is a good sign of things to come!- 1,530 replies
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Alabama Row: Retail Center At 1540 W. Alabama St.
Nucleareaction replied to Urbannizer's topic in Montrose
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I'd imagine it is because companies like Bayer, Pfizer, and Novartis already have huge offices in New Jersey. We will get them eventually, perhaps this governor can focus on that market as we already have enough Californians
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WestMont: Mixed-Use Development Coming To Montrose
Nucleareaction replied to groovehouse's topic in Going Up!
These, mostly. It should be an amazing retail location, but has now been taken by ANOTHER mattress shop. Granted, they were the only ones willing to take on the space and kudos to them for it. But now it means something better can't come along and we're stuck with it until the whole thing is gone in 4-5 years.- 697 replies
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WestMont: Mixed-Use Development Coming To Montrose
Nucleareaction replied to groovehouse's topic in Going Up!
Sad stuff from yesterday's run, Mattress Firm location coming to this corner. Has there ever been an audit into how exactly they make money? How many mattresses can one city need?!?- 697 replies
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To add to this, name one major city on earth that has clear water running through it. Venice, of all places, smells AWFUL for the majority of the year. Same with Bangkok, London, Vienna, Cairo, etc.
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The Langley: Residential High-Rise At 1717 Bissonnet St.
Nucleareaction replied to musicman's topic in Going Up!
FWIW, they mowed the grass this past weekend.- 1,443 replies
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After such a long period of dormancy for this site, any work is encouraging. I prefer to take the stance that they simply aren't counting chickens before the eggs hatch.
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Houston Endowment Corporate Headquarters At 3683 Willia St.
Nucleareaction replied to Urbannizer's topic in Going Up!
My office is right across the Bayou from this, I haven't seen anything going all month. Will check again tomorrow...- 256 replies
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Perhaps when those hotels moved into Dallas, it was more of an executive and white-collar city whereas Houston was a working-class city?
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If you want to directly compare Houston to Chicago, I would venture to guess it goes something like this: Incorporated in 1837, Chicago got its start as a cattle and rail town. Midwest goods were funneled into Chicago and then sent East by rail and water. Their proximity to the East Coast, combined with ease of access to all that frontier land, made it a logical place for entrepreneurs and immigrants to go. Because it developed as a city before the era of cars, the density of Chicago is far greater than what Houston has. Houston on the other hand, was founded in 1836 as a bayou port, but had the far larger Galveston just down the bay. It was a swamp here back then, Galveston was right on the Gulf, and if you wanted to ship goods you'd rather send them via Dallas to Chicago, or via Galveston to New Orleans and beyond. The climate was also a massive challenge, and combined with the ease of traveling deeper into the state, not many people decided to stick around. This meant that while Houston grew as a city, it was not nearly as explosive as Chicago, nor as dense. Finally, when Houston did emerge as a large city, the era of the car had begun and who wants to live cheek-and-jowl if they don't have to? Lastly, zoning. As we all know, you can pretty well build whatever you want, wherever you want in Houston. It's a major reason why we have upwards of 5 business districts. Chicago doesn't suffer from this lack of concentration, and thus has a vibrant downtown that people care to put nice buildings into.
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