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  1. thedistrict84
    I guess I'm technically an Urban Achiever given my age range, which is fine because I am a big fan of The Big Lebowski.
  2. thedistrict84
    I had no idea that air conditioning dated back to the 1920s. I honestly thought it was introduced sometime in the 1940s or early 1950s.
  3. thedistrict84
    I drove by this project on Emancipation for the first time in a few weeks and I have to say. . . the window, door, and brick color combination is giving off a "middle school in some random suburban town constructed in 1995" vibe. I'm not a fan.
  4. thedistrict84
    The 800 Middle St. project is such an ill-conceived project for multiple reasons. Thanks for the heads-up, I just emailed Councilwoman Cisneros urging her to oppose this project--although from her quote in the article in support of affordable housing, it sounds as though her mind is made up already.
  5. thedistrict84
    I think we are talking about the same thing. It is way too narrow to be another building even a few blocks away. I believe it is some sort of mechanical system or ventilation apparatus for the building, I'm just not sure what. With the current iteration of the building, there are rooftop A/C units on the "pedestal" exactly where this structure appears to be. ETA: It could be a ventilation shaft, since vehicles were presumably moved around in at least part of the building.
  6. thedistrict84
    Are you talking about the structure to the left of the photo, behind the Jack Roach Ford sign? If so, I do not think that that is a separate building, but rather part of the roof of the same building. If you go to the current street view from Yoakum, you can see the same basic pedestal there. Not sure what was on top of that pedestal though, as the date of the photo clearly predates A/C or any other similar ventilation systems.
  7. thedistrict84
    I agree Mr. Graffiti Artist, this is a very stout development for the area.
  8. thedistrict84
    Commerce is just a bad street all around. The tracks running down the middle have created a lot of potholes through washout, and the City has only patched some of it. Oddly enough, the street is so wide that you also have a lot of people speeding at 45+ MPH down it, especially between Palmer and St. Charles. It's a bad combination. I drive down it every day and definitely get some Mad Max vibes. They cannot redo Commerce fast enough.
  9. thedistrict84
    Living in the area, I also routinely see those comments on NextDoor. Long-term residents essentially bragging about being able to tolerate high-decibel train horns like it’s some sort of badge of honor—unlike all of the new residents, apparently—is the strangest thing.
  10. thedistrict84
    He was totally joking. They’ve paved over portions of the Commerce St. tracks in multiple places, so it wouldn’t even be possible at this point. On the new East End Bike Plan, the Commerce stretch seems to be a target for development. I’m holding out hope that they pull out the railroad tracks and repave the entire street, adding high-comfort bike lanes.
  11. thedistrict84
    As someone who lives on Commerce St., a substantial reworking and repaving of Commerce with dedicated bike lanes added to connect the Harrisburg Rail Trail and Buffalo Bayou trails in downtown is definitely optimal.
  12. thedistrict84
    $22 million seems like a lot for 89 units. But, the scale is reasonable, and this development wouldn't be immediately near another mixed-income development (closest would be the 55+ project going up at Scott and Clay). That being said, I'm surprised that there have not been more market rate offerings announced in the immediate area, especially since HHA purchased The Circuit by BBVA and is transitioning 51% of the units to affordable (at 60% AMI if I recall).
  13. thedistrict84
    That looks to be the right project, I noticed Freund St. on the renders as well. Good find. From what I recall, Padua is the developer that owns a lot of land in the area and has been very vocally against HHA’s proposed EaDo 800 project nearby. A few of the townhomes represented in the last two photos have already been built, and there are more slated to be constructed along N. Live Oak, by the silos.
  14. thedistrict84
    I bet the person who rode the motorcycle there is regretting their choice. Seriously though, why put together a render that shows the property in a steady downpour? Are they trying to obfuscate some of the design details? I don't get it.
  15. thedistrict84
    I’m also looking forward to this stretch of trail being reworked and transformed. It also seems to have a good mix of housing, which should be the goal for most new developments.
  16. thedistrict84
    https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/03/23/electronic-scooters-could-soon-be-banned-from-houston-sidewalks/ Article regarding proposed amendments to City ordinances targeting scooters. Article hints at but doesn’t really explicitly say that the proposed amendments are intended to treat scooters the same as bicycles—especially Chapter 45, which already bans bicycle use on sidewalks in “business districts” (i.e., practically all of downtown, Midtown, and most major streets through Montrose, The Heights, the East End, etc.).
  17. thedistrict84
    This is a few blocks away from the other development by the same name, which seems odd. Also no "Phase I" or "Phase II" designation, which probably wouldn't make sense anyway given that the lots are not contiguous. I will note that they were doing soil sampling at the 415 N Charles address a month or so ago, so something large is definitely planned to go there. Apartments above a parking structure makes perfect sense, given how low that lot lies.
  18. thedistrict84
    As someone who formerly lived on Peden St. in Montrose, this topic having the name misspelled is making me irrationally anxious.
  19. thedistrict84
    @ljchouasked an important question in another topic, and I figured it best to rehash it here to see if anyone knows: what is the latest on HHA's so-called "EADO" 800 development at 800 Middle St? I know there was a notice and comment period regarding an environmental impact study by the City of Houston which ended in October, but I haven't heard anything since. I did hear that the contract to purchase the site for the Ojala development was tabled during the last HHA meeting in late February, after a large number of people commented in opposition during that meeting. I guess that is a win at this point. For the record, I do not oppose affordable housing developments and welcome the ones that are here. The problem is the volume of such developments already in the East End, and the very real concern that development of these projects is outpacing market-rate developments in the area. I've been cautiously optimistic about recent efforts to spread these developments out in other neighborhoods, and hopefully that trend continues.
  20. thedistrict84
    I believe there is an ongoing TCEQ investigation into one of the tracts that make up the larger property relating to contamination. There was also a notice and comment period with the City of Houston regarding environmental and infrastructure impact, which ended in October. I had submitted comments at that time, given the scale of the property and the inherent issues with access and overwhelming traffic given the narrow ROW of neighborhood streets nearby. I have not heard anything since.
  21. thedistrict84
    Heck, that’s even better. Now when somebody talks about “all of those condos in the East End” in an attempt to denigrate townhomes, at least they won’t be completely wrong.
  22. thedistrict84
    Guess the apartments are back on, good news for the area. We definitely need some more market-rate apartments in the area. The unit count seems a bit small, so I’m assuming these will be larger units?
  23. thedistrict84
    Good to know the time table on this, we need more of these predominately market-rate housing and premium office and retail developments to come online in this area soon, to help offset all of the affordable housing planned. It is nice to see a developer in tune with the history of the area and going out of their way to emphasize not only reuse of existing buildings but using materials that are consistent with existing building styles.
  24. thedistrict84
    I retract my previous statement. Ugh.
  25. thedistrict84
    Man, I was way off.
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