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  1. thedistrict84
    Post on the Houston subreddit regarding this building.
  2. thedistrict84
    I just walked through there this morning and noticed the same thing. Do you go through those paths on your bike? A portion of the path is unpaved through there, and it gets a bit rough.
  3. thedistrict84
    Maybe we can change the name of this thread to the Esplanade on Navigation? Aside from a few small murals, none of these recent developments are really “art” related (except for the 8-bit Pancho Claus I spotted on the St. Charles end, near Merida).
  4. thedistrict84
    Yes, those too. And don’t even get me started on the churches in strip centers...
  5. thedistrict84
    Yes, please. This city has way too many churches.
  6. thedistrict84
    Let me get this straight... we lost two beautiful Art Deco homes that, while in need of work, oozed personality, for a generic, four story apartment called... *checks notes*... The Nest? I love Houston, but the lack of any serious conservation efforts here to save buildings like the unique, historic homes that stood on this lot before makes me sad.
  7. thedistrict84
    Curious move to use bug screens for the parking garage, since Volkswagen has recently discontinued the Beetle...
  8. thedistrict84
    Curious that On Time Electric is still listed as the current occupant of 3012 Canal (and on Google Maps too). They moved over to a building at Adams and Sherman maybe a year and a half ago. The building on Canal has been empty since.
  9. thedistrict84
    The name on the second notice lists “EADO Canal Development” so it sounds like some sort of new development is expected. If Pruitt was behind it, I don’t think it would be listed in that manner (and since they have been in the East End since the beginning of time, they certainly wouldn’t call this “EaDo” for a number of reasons—first being that this isn’t anywhere near EaDo).
  10. thedistrict84
    Yes, because let’s have more people driving to, parking at, and driving from a bar than an arcade room. In what world does that make sense? The minimum parking requirements in this city cannot go away soon enough. (Even assuming part of that calculation is the extra space that arcade machines take up, it is still absurd for that kind of disparity.)
  11. thedistrict84
    They’re making some progress on the golf course.
  12. thedistrict84
    Noticed some variance request signs on the N Ennis side of the Pruitt Co. shop, for reduced parking minimum requirements and reduced setback on Canal. I had no idea that Pruitt Co. was possibly moving (they mostly perform heavy commercial vehicle service and maintenance, including fire trucks and other City vehicles). I live a block away, so I’ll be watching this closely.
  13. thedistrict84
    Maybe I’m confused by the way you worded it, but this property does not fall within the existing or proposed (recently adopted?) MBP area in that map. This property is east of the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway, which puts it outside of the zone. If it is outside of the MBP, then the typical archaic parking minimums required by the City of Houston apply, correct?
  14. thedistrict84
    I think everything southwest of that intersection is owned by the University of St. Thomas, so I’m not sure that address is exactly right. I would think it would be closer to 59, given the name. Of course, the website is absolutely zero help (as you mentioned).
  15. thedistrict84
    Makes sense, given the close proximity to the Green Line’s Coffee Plant/Second Ward station.
  16. thedistrict84
    This project looks to have been held up a bit due to all of the rain we have experienced over the last several weeks. They are finally starting to make some progress. Based on locations of framing and plumbing going in, it looks as though the building will front Commerce, which is probably ideal. As an added bonus, they look to be retaining the two mature trees at the corner of Commerce and Velasco.
  17. thedistrict84
    I walk by this site often. I’m fairly certain that the sign fronting Commerce mentions InTown as well. I think the fence is just a practical result of the layout of the two sections. The section fronting Canal is organized along a single “L” drive due to the corner lots which aren’t part of the development, whereas the part along Commerce has a series of lateral drives perpendicular to a main drive. Homes on both sides back up to the fence. I thought it was initially divided by phases, but they’ve built homes on both sides of the fence—and many lots on both sides have not broken ground.
  18. thedistrict84
    I had asked the same question earlier in the thread. It’s a new residential building for Harmony House, a homeless services provider. http://harmonyhouse.org/about-2/
  19. thedistrict84
    So this is another new place going in at this strip center which is definitely in the path of the I-45 reroute. Leads me to believe that the owners of this land know something about the project that perhaps hasn’t been made public. Maybe the federal Title VI investigation has some momentum to it and the efforts to undermine the project have a chance of succeeding.
  20. thedistrict84
    There are still a bunch of individual home sites in that development that haven’t broken ground, especially along Commerce. They’re going to be working on those for quite a while. I’m not sure “wrapping up” is the best way to categorize their progress.
  21. thedistrict84
    @ljchouhad heard the same thing a few months ago from a different source.
  22. thedistrict84
    Yup that’s another one on my list too. I’ll let you know if I win the lottery instead, and we can spearhead these efforts together. lol
  23. thedistrict84
    This is a really cool and interesting photo, thanks for sharing. It is weird seeing the (then late model) work vehicles present at the job site and the number on the sign without an area code.
  24. thedistrict84
    I really want to see this renovated in the near future. Would make for a cool bar or restaurant. It’s right near the top of my list in terms of buildings in that immediate area I’d like to see rehabilitated, along with the old Saragusa grocery store over on Canal near St. Charles.
  25. thedistrict84
    Hopefully TXDOT will acquire and bulldoze it soon, to put it out of its misery.
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