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    The Shell station in the bottom photo is at South Loop and Almeda Rd. Must've been a typo.
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    Was in the replat section of the 8/24 planning commission. 4 townhomes and the replat was approved.
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    This is the site of the model for the old Orion.
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    And right by the future METRO Rapid University Corridor. Lets hope its not a car wash!
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    Although it is unfortunate the lot is not being redeveloped into a tower or apartment block, at least the property did not remain vacant for long. With all the new affordable housing going up in Midtown, it might actually be needed in the area. Most of these dollar stores do have a decent sized food/grocery section. Also, important to note, when looking at Google Maps, there is a dollar tree at W Gray and Dunlavy. If Dollar Tree is able to be in that part of Montrose without any problems, then this location might not seem too out of the ordinary. Again, totally agree that the lot couldve been used for a tower or something better, but just trying to look on the brighter side here. Wouldve much rather have a multi-story building with Dollar Tree being ground floor retail.
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    Where is it confusing? It is literally a right turn only lane. No one would think this is a thru lane
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    @Amlaham The early renderings, although they were not set in stone, did show it as a mixed-use development - similar to the HEB on Washington Ave. I believe Midway was behind the development and I do wonder if the recent Midway and Parkway merger has anything to do with the change.
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    I believe it will be a TOUCAN (or I could be totally wrong), but if I am right, It'll look like this: So the intersection will only allow right turns for cars (not straight or left) but allow pedestrians and bikes to cross safely to the Columbia Tap Trail.
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    There is a well signed bike detour that isnt terrible. Could be a lot worse. I also think they painted a crosswalk at W Clay to make crossing easier/safer. Still a shame that the bike lane is blocked, but at least they have made efforts to not make it terrible (sad to think that even though it is bare minimum, it's better than what most developers would do).
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    311 the traffic signals to tell them to make the bike signals lead. I think it is up to the city to do that, and they need the public to push them to do it. Rode it the past two weekends, and the bike signals synched with the GP signals are not safe for riders.
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    campesino coffee house #2 on Prairie a few blocks over is really good. Sad about Minuti coffee (at least the Midtown location is still open). Hope Mamajuana Cafe does well! I'll support anything that will bring night and weekend visitors to DT!
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    100% agree @Naviguessor although it is better than a bunch of townhomes who would try to shut down all the bars like what is going on along Washington in Rice Military and 20th St in the Heights.
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    From the Planning Commission Meeting today. I have not gotten a chance to watch it but here are additional images/drawings. Once the meeting is posted tomorrow, I'll respond with what the public said in the public hearing and what planning staff had to say.
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    @hindesky you beat me to it, but also important in the article is this quote. "So far, though, the landowner, which appears to be an affiliate of Pinto Realty Partners, hasn't announced plans for the site. The owners had considered building an apartment complex known as the Modera Houston Avenue on the property, but that deal fell through, said Ernie Cockrell, founder of Pinto Realty, in an email. He did not respond to follow-up questions about what could be in store for the site after Montalbano Lumber vacates."
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    I do wonder if they'll have it face the freeway or W Dallas. Whatever it is, hopefully it'll mask some of the light and noise pollution that the bar across the street creates. I do agree with all the comments, yeah a gas stations does suck...but better than an empty parking lot and the area could benefit from a small corner store or something.
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    They would grant the variance if there was not a lot of push back from the community. The past 2 meetings when this was brought up, there have been over 20+ speakers. The first meeting was mostly residents in the townhomes worried their narrow streets would be filled with parking since Summer St is already crowded, and then the second meeting has mostly volunteers from the Olivewood Cemetery talking about Summer St overcrowding and people parking in their small surface lot. What I dont understand is no one has brought up the idea of putting metered parking along Summer Street. That would then help solve the parking frustration that the community members and volunteers are bringing up. Looks like a lot of the parking it taken up by residents in the apartment buildings who are not using their garage that has more than enough parking spaces. The next hurdle the gym will have to overcome is to make sure that their site does not have any human remains from the cemetery (which apparently could be likely). It will be interesting to see what happens next.
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    It has been wild hearing the public comments during the planning meetings and the most recent city council meeting. One man literally said "I went to the Hamptons last weekend and a child was run over by a car...it wasnt in a shared driveway, but I think it would happen way more in a shared driveway situation." I think the changes and updates to Ch 42 are great and wish people would understand that it really is less about restricting and more about allowing for more housing types to be built. The only thing it really is restricting is front loading driveways on certain lot dimensions.
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    I think the photo that @Urbannizerposted is from like 2007
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    Totally agree! And with this portion of W Gray always full of cars parked on the street, there really isnt a need for the pedestrian buffer.
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    Keep your eye out for the public comment period and send your comments to TXDOT. I'll do the same as well as I totally agree with you!!
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    Heard from someone who is familiar with the project that there might be some community pushback with this project. Did anyone attend the meeting or get the vibe that the community does not want this?
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    Yes, they are new :). Kinda stumped why they didnt work with METRO on that bus stop because the armadillos are blocking the bus stop and now the bus cannot make it all the way to the curb.
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    From the Chronicle: Harris Health approves bond proposal to build new LBJ hospital (houstonchronicle.com)
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    Your guess is as good as mine. I am just quoting what one of the representatives said. Seemed like a long time to me too.
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    METRO has the bus on display right now in front of City Hall from 10am-2pm (4/19/23). Expected to hit the streets in Dec or Jan (but they can't confirm anything so that could change). They said they're having to do a lot of testing and it is taking way longer than expected to receive the batch of 20 units.
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