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An Alamo Drafthouse inside the loop would be fantastic.
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Memorial Park At 6501 Memorial Dr.
CaptainJilliams replied to themidtownguy's topic in Uptown and Galleria Area
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Memorial Park At 6501 Memorial Dr.
CaptainJilliams replied to themidtownguy's topic in Uptown and Galleria Area
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Now I'm starting to connect the dots. I saw the fence up about 1-2 weeks ago, but I forgot what development was going here. Great stuff.
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Memorial Park At 6501 Memorial Dr.
CaptainJilliams replied to themidtownguy's topic in Uptown and Galleria Area
I've seen on several Houston Instagram accounts that there is new signage around the park that indicates the land bridge will open in 2022. If I find a picture I will post. -
Proposed Residential Development At 400 Jensen Dr.
CaptainJilliams replied to Urbannizer's topic in Going Up!
Perfect location for access to the East River Project. -
The RO: Mixed-Use Development At West Alabama And Buffalo Spdwy.
CaptainJilliams replied to YakuzaIce's topic in Going Up!
I just want this one to start so bad! -
The Vic At The Interpose: Multifamily At 1111 Shepherd Dr.
CaptainJilliams replied to Ross's topic in The Heights
Finally, they cleared everything and teased us for a while. Good to hear construction will kick-off soon.- 136 replies
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You'd think, right? At least somewhere around 80-85%. I wish I knew for sure.
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So they would be committing money towards the portion where the proposed highway caps would connect midtown to the museum district as well as where the big cap would connect EaDo to Downtown correct? (If, of course, they agree to commit $100M)
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Looks like they added a giant blender ball.
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Homelessness In Houston
CaptainJilliams replied to CaptainJilliams's topic in General Houston Discussions
I saw this story, these new rules have me very worried for our neighbors in the north. We've always joked about Austin being "New California", but it seems as though they are failing to learn from homeless situations on the west coast. -
The Jones On Main: Office Building At 708/712 Main St.
CaptainJilliams replied to Texasota's topic in Downtown
Good to see they are getting some traffic! I figured they would.- 231 replies
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Homelessness In Houston
CaptainJilliams replied to CaptainJilliams's topic in General Houston Discussions
Interesting read. I wasn’t aware Dallas had surpassed us in terms of homeless population: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/07/02/why-homelessness-going-down-houston-dallas/ -
POST: Mixed-Use Development At 401 Franklin St.
CaptainJilliams replied to sevfiv's topic in Going Up!
I can echo the disappointments of everyone above. It's not an awful design, it's just boring and that parking lot surrounding it doesn't help the look.- 1,573 replies
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McIntyre’s Restaurant At 901 Commerce St.
CaptainJilliams replied to j_cuevas713's topic in Downtown
I agree with Crock on this one. Sure, it's the former site of the Spaghetti Warehouse, but it's transforming into a completely new concept. The actual Spaghetti Warehouse (Warehouse 72), is outside the 610 loop. It's good info to know, but it doesn't make much sense to include that information on a thread for a restoration. -
Hanover Autry Park: Mixed-Use At Allen Parkway & W. Dallas St.
CaptainJilliams replied to Vertigo58's topic in Going Up!
True, although this is a massive site. I'm impressed by how after they tear one massive building down they move on to the next one only a few days later.- 954 replies
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Sovereign At The Ballpark: Multifamily At 100 Crawford St.
CaptainJilliams replied to LBC2HTX's topic in Going Up!
Honestly, if this project ended up getting canceled I really wouldn't care. It's a shame that they already did the work of pouring the concrete and getting up to street level, but the dated design and lack of verticality would be much more disappointing in my mind.- 362 replies
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Man I hope they kick-off the renovation of 800 Bell within the next couple years.
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Drewery Place: Multifamily High-Rise At 2850 Fannin St.
CaptainJilliams replied to Urbannizer's topic in Midtown
The tower looks sharp in that 5th picture! Love how this thing turned out.- 1,569 replies
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It's exciting to see all these moves, I'm hoping renovations draw more companies back to Downtown.
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...well, considering the city's continued growth, the deterioration of current infrastructure, and current traffic problems that will only be exacerbated by an influx of people/business, the current set-up will be inadequate for future generations. Considering how car-centric of a city Houston is, we can't simply assume people are going to start relying more on public transportation or that the highway in its current state can get the job done better than a reroute or major overhaul. Now this isn't to say I agree with every part of TxDot's vision for i-45, far from it, especially the hefty price tag that comes with it. But this continued catastrophizing mentality when it comes to new construction projects is starting to get old. Alternatives are a necessity given the current highway system won't last forever. Regardless of how anyone feels about the situation, something will eventually need to be done. All this talk is procrastination, it's not beneficial or constructive discussion. Speck and other groups need to provide alternatives to fix the very real problems we deal with everyday on our highways, instead of spouting off hyperbolic nonsense. It's even more frustrating when Speck, a non-native to Houston who will likely never live here, comes in with a mentality of "you're wrong, let me show you how you are wrong" and offers little to no solutions. I would love to hear these alternatives, I've heard very few from the camp protesting the project. At least with an alternative we can iron out the kinks in TxDot's plan and potentially lower the price tag associated with the project. I'm not quite following the logic that suggests "doing nothing" leads to "thriving". I think there are several levels of factors at play when it comes to determining how different areas grow. It would be far to simplistic to suggest that it was only blocking the 225 project that allowed the East End to experience so much success. Furthermore, you are attempting to apply a single case from 30 years ago to the current situation today, suggesting it would produce the same results. Correlation does not imply causation.
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Total Plaza: Office Building At 1201 Louisiana St.
CaptainJilliams replied to TheSirDingle's topic in Downtown
It's incredible just the past year what is happening downtown.- 5 replies
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The Jones On Main: Office Building At 708/712 Main St.
CaptainJilliams replied to Texasota's topic in Downtown
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