webster

It looks like there will be another Variance Request Meeting for this project on January 23. Based on the Plan that was sent to the neighboring homeowners, there will be ground floor parking, and the front (lobby and leasing office) will face Austin St. It is not clear how tall the structure would be.

We live in this area, and during the summer we walk the dog at night (around 9:00pm) after it has cooled down. We haven't had any problems. I have not walked to the greyhound area, but when I drive through there, I also see residents walking their dogs at night too. I think someone from the suburbs would not be comfortable doing that, but when you live in the city, you learn to live with everything that's in it.

You obviously do not know the area. In the many years that I have lived here, I have never been caught in a traffic jam driving through Gray, Webster, or La Branch in Midtown. We have a balcony where we spend time sipping coffee; reading and enjoying our view of the downtown skyline. There is ambient city noise, but it never gets too noisy, and we have not witnessed any violence. Did you know that there is a Dept. of Homeland Security facility in the corner of Austin and Hadley - one block from the proposed apartment site? We see patrol cars covering the area all the time. A neighbor made the mistake of parking a U-Haul truck across the street from DHS and within minutes, patrol cars were around to check the truck out. Also, there is a benefit to being between DHS and St. Joseph Hospital. After Hurricane Ike, the area was without power for only 30 minutes. I understand that Montrose and the Heights were without electricity for something like 2 weeks. Take note: no electricity means no air conditioning... in the sweltering heat of Houston.