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21 hours ago, hindesky said:

The building looks pretty much finished, a crew was working on the landscaping adding plants around the area. No giant Big Tex mural though 🤷‍♂️ ☹️

 

I wonder what the plan is for the blank canvas highway-facing side of the building. Another Big Tex sign?

Bring on another highrise!! Not sure when this old LoopNet listing is from, but it says brand new 15-year lease.

1 hour ago, gene said:

thank you! so cool to have apartments back there! those are going to be some lucky residents!

i have mentioned this before but my close friends dwayne, john and ron occupied the 2 rooftops apartments above Cutloose Hair which is next door to the Blue House back in the late 90s early 2000's and man that such a blast to hang there everyday up on the patio and watch the world of Montrose go by. fun times. 

It’s going to smell like brown butter waffle cones 24/7.

Strange that this prime lot has been vacant for years now…

2 hours ago, trymahjong said:

I was driving by Woodrow and Montrose and saw this

 

 

They rebuilt the sidewalk.

Isn’t the inside-the-loop Schezwan trend overdone at this point? My God, can someone open a high quality casual Indian place instead?

10 minutes ago, kennyc05 said:

The start of the trenching starts at spur 527 where 59 becomes elevated out of the original trench.

So the elevated part of 59 next to the new 6-floor storage unit near the Montrose bridge will be lowered?

1 hour ago, trymahjong said:

TxDot originally (way before COVID)  planned to raise the bridge higher as the plan also included lowering 527 along with lowering 59 where it crossed Main, Fannin and San Jacinto-- then putting a "cap" over the lowered parts. TxDot made no provision for improvements of the surface caps. 
The Civic associations of Montrose along with those south of 59 formed a coalition( Similar I guess to coalition Ashby)  against  to protest.  Since then TxDot had  wayleighed those plans. Is this a new TxDot plan for Montrose bridge?

But wouldn’t lowering that section of 529 and the Spur be in the best interest of residents that live there? In other words, doesn’t sinking it reduce the noise and the eyesore of looking at a freeway?

When will construction start on this project?

Once this hotel gets built out, how much longer do you think the dilapidated apartments on W. Main (other side of Mandell) will last? Specifically talking about the eyesore two doors down from 93 ‘Til at 1609 W. Main (pictured below).  I also just drove by the apartment complex across the street at 1612 W. Main and the below-grade parking garage was completely flooded after today’s storm.

This has nothing to do with the lower Westheimer corridor, but I’m just here to say the light at Stanford and Alabama takes FOREVER to turn green. 😁

If it’s open as late as their Washington Ave location (2am), this will be popular with the Grand Prize crowd.

Interesting choice for this location. I’ve never actually heard of this restaurant.

Excellent news!

Would love to see a mixed use high rise here, maybe with a small but really nice movie theater?

On 1/5/2023 at 8:33 AM, Naviguessor said:

It's a relief to see that there is still some good taste left in Houston restaurants scene. 

The new Navy Blue dining room is also gorgeous.

38 minutes ago, dbigtex56 said:

I saw a bit of the presentation explaining the updates, and have the impression that bike lanes will be provided on streets that run parallel to Montrose (such as Stanford).

Stanford is already an excellent bike route from Woodrow St up to Allen Pkwy. Dedicated bike lane would make it even better.

8 minutes ago, hindesky said:

This one is taking a LONG time. The schezuan craze is overdone and way too saturated inside the loop at this point. I’d much rather see more casual Indian/Pakistani restaurants inside the loop.

14 hours ago, Ross said:

That house was apparently built in the 80's. The narrow lot there was created when Montrose was extended North from Westheimer. Prior to that, the street was named Lincoln Here's the block book map for the property. which is Tract 23A 

How old are these block books/when were they printed? I have one for my house and the pages look just as ancient.

35 minutes ago, 004n063 said:

Unpopular opinion: this is nowhere near the worst thing about Montrose Boulevard.

 

Not saying I like the building, and of course Montrose overall is a good example of light, moderately walkable urbanism. But Montrose Boulevard itself is a stroady, car-centric mess, and there are a lot of issues with it that should probably take priority over aesthetic preciousness.

Give me Montrose Blvd over Kirby Drive any day of the week.

1 hour ago, MidCenturyMoldy said:

“Vertical banding” is such a nice way to describe corrugated metal. 

Are there any examples of nice looking storage facilities in Houston?

2 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said:

It's really not that bad and plus you want this located along the freeway because it acts as a natural noise buffer. This is def not the only place you see this though. There's really nothing special about how Houston builds other than it combines all forms of residential as one group and commercial as another with no sub groups like in traditional zoning. Houston let's the market and the developer determine what get's built and it's actually created neighborhoods that make more sense and are more organic than over regulated neighborhoods in other cities. 

I do think it’ll look better when they actually finish construction, fix the sidewalks, hopefully plant some trees, etc.

I wonder how much the billboard company pays for that lot next to the house…such an eyesore.

They should add some pizzazz to this building to spice it up a little, especially since it’s on a residential block. It’s looking very drab.

14 hours ago, hindesky said:

Slowest renovation ever.