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The white tile on those curved parts has been redone at least three times now. Cant seem to get it right. 

This development had studios for $2,200 a month and 1 bed 1 baths for $3,300. A $100 a person place is a regular hangout for people like that. 

These is so much potential in that area. Tons of empty or underdeveloped land. 

4 hours ago, Dakota79 said:

I wish it was taller. It's so depressing to go to Austin and see all those tall buildings under construction.  We haven't had anything over 60 stories since the 80's.. Sigh.

Their zoning pretty much restricts high rises to downtown only where Houston’s doesn’t have that issues. Market forces there for keep ours shorter and theirs taller. 

Really bringing that suburban feel to the heart of the city. 

We need like 200 of these developments in the city. What a great use of a small lot. 

I love how the Kroger and shopping center got demoed so we could have two gigantic abandoned lots in a prime area of town👍 The Houston way!

No surprise at all. Dallas is way more attractive to national and international audiences than Houston even though the cities are extremely similar. Dallas some how doesn't have a lot of the same bad stereotypes that Houston does even though Dallas is just as hot, humid and ugly.

The state government also seems to be more friendly to Dallas compared to their open hostility toward Houston. 

This is quickly becoming one of the densest areas in town with lots of plots to add more housing still available. 

Looks like 1/3 to half the trees are already dead :( The project looks really nice though. If the second building is supposed to be derived in Q3 of 2025 it should start soon then, no? 

On 8/26/2023 at 11:17 PM, quietstorm said:

Is this common? Our niece and several of her friends were affected. They were offered $500/week or two months free rent and are being housed if needed in the UH Hilton. 

Yes, it happens pretty much every year. Their construction time lines are woefully inadequate.

On 8/12/2023 at 8:01 AM, 004n063 said:

Forvige my ignorance - are there any plans for the large empty spaces on either side of this building (ie within the area that's currently dirt)?

The actual apartments and presumably some amenity space will be built in the area which is now dirt. They appear to be working on just the parking garage at this point. 

I love the change in color palette that this building brings. 

11 hours ago, samagon said:

there is no way for you to prove that, and I would challenge anyone that told you that to provide some proof that doesn't include some oral historical passing down from generation to generation, and specifically doesn't include information that originated from people who would stand to profit from selling land on the bayou. 

the reality is, the water's color is very natural. vegetation, organic matter, runoff, fine silts that never settle on the bottom, these are the major things that make the bayou look like it does.

the only bayous that I've seen that look clear are the ones that are channelized and straightened into huge concrete drainage ditches, there's a long stretch of Brays bayou that you can see things in the water, but that's because it's been traveling through 30 miles of concrete channel. head on over to Scott Street and take a look, I suppose if we really wanted Buffalo bayou to look clear and 'pristine', we might want to call in the Army Corps of Engineers to come do a concrete lining on the bayou.

Go look at more rural water ways in the region. Armand Bayou, Buffalo Camp Bayou, they aren’t clear but would definitely be a representation of what Buffalo Bayou would look like. 
 

Also, I just made a comment about water clarity in the bayou… no need to feel like I personally attacked you .

On 7/8/2023 at 10:50 AM, BEES?! said:

Beautiful venue!

And at the end of the day re:bayou coloring, there’s really only so much that can be done, and frankly the awesome habitat it provides for all sorts of cool, diverse animals and plants is way more important to me IMO. I mean, you can see gators, huge gar, and alligator snapping turtles right next to downtown! How many cities get to say that? It’s not a place for humans to swim, but that’s okay, there’s many other ways to enjoy the bayou.

Before development the bayou was clearer, not crystal clear mind you. Human development is what has turned it an opaque brown. 

10 minutes ago, Amlaham said:

The developments in Houston have been very abysmal honestly. Most major sites are being developed as either HUGE gas stations or strip centers with a sea of parking facing the street. The only thing Houston has really done is remove parking mandate in midtown and create market based parking in EADO, while the majority of Houston is left exactly the same. 

Houston is like those old cartoons where the background repeats every few seconds.

Don’t we have massive office vacancy rates in Houston right now? 

Developers have pretty much free rein in this city. The tower at Chimney Rock and San Felipe routinely have almost all lane shut down for construction. Probably a year or two to answer your question.

Are you referring to Wildcat? If so Wildcat is pretty popular and I wouldn’t see is going anywhere soon. 

I dated someone at McGovern med school and pretty much all of them wanted to leave the state. Don’t underestimate how these policies will drive talent away. 

On 6/10/2023 at 5:58 PM, hindesky said:

87 townhomes for a place called White Oak Station. They bought the land from Southern Pacific Railroad.

 

Figured it would be townhomes, thank you!

What’s the constitution going on in the second picture to the right of the train?

On 5/17/2023 at 10:13 PM, toxtethogrady said:

I keep seeing that same bright green on all the Maxxar aerials of the city, and I thought it was color-enhanced. There hasn't been much rain until very recently. Is that color natural or Chemlawn?

Seems to be a bit over saturated. Idk where you live buts it’s rained quite a bit this year.

9 minutes ago, Texasota said:

I just wish it were 6 stories instead of 2.

Why? This blends into the neighborhood much better than some overbearing block.

6 hours ago, thatguysly said:

Now they can be distracted by the Marquee and Dave N Busters.

I actually saw Chris Paul at that Dave N Busters when he played for us haha.