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1 hour ago, Triton said:

Yup, this is exactly why they aren't completely capping it. 

Even with the updates, it looks less and less likely that the San Jacinto extension will have an underpass at the railroad tracks. I really wish the city would bump up this extension on their list of Northside projects. N Main can't even handle the current traffic around UHD and having the San Jacinto extension would further connect us to downtown.... perhaps we'll have to do an at-grade extension at this point.

Are COH and TxDOT not on the same page? COH seems to still be anticipating a N. San Jacinto extension underneath the railroad and the future Providence feeder road as of April 2022.

19 hours ago, houstoncitytexaz45 said:

I am making 3d models to replicate and document traffic signals of Houston. I really need help with this project, I do not have a lot of photos for references. Is there any chance that someone has allot of pictures (mainly from the 1950s - late 90s/2000s). I'm not into the newer signals that have been installed in the last decade, but I have rendered some. 

I created a thread here around 2007-08 where I photographed some of the remaining signals from the '40s-'70s. You'll have to search deep for it. 

Whatever they do, I hope they preserve the bus stop with the Sears sign on it.

This isn't a real rate reduction. It's an EZ Tag discount. When I first heard about this rate reduction plan, they made it sound like it was an overall price reduction on HCTRA roads, not only limited to only EZ Tag users. In fact, they only said it would apply to drivers of two axle vehicles, and mentioned nothing about it being only for EZ Tag users. See https://communityimpact.com/houston/spring-klein/transportation/2023/02/02/harris-county-commissioners-authorize-10-toll-road-rate-reduction-free-ez-tag-program/ and https://communityimpact.com/houston/bay-area/transportation/2023/01/25/hctra-proposes-to-cut-toll-rates-by-10-offer-ez-tags-at-no-cost/ 

That sucks for those who have TxTags, NTTX tags, or out of state toll tags from Oklahoma or Kansas after over a decade of touting interoperability with other agency tags. 

That bridge was built in 1959. There used to be a plaque in the median stating that, but it was removed some time ago. Instead of replacing it during Project Brays, retaining walls were added underneath to widen the bayou there.

1 hour ago, hindesky said:

Harris County owns the property and the sign on the project specifies "Another Harris County Project".

The project that the sign is referring to is the demolition itself

17 hours ago, august948 said:

Jackson Lee wants to be ‘education mayor.’ With Miles at HISD, how would that work? (Editorial)

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/sheila-jackson-lee-education-mayor-18267747.php

 

Ted Cruz: hold my beer (beer gets thrown back at the Astros parade)

What will ultimately replace the coffee pot building? I work at the county and some of my coworkers say a dog park is coming, but I doubt that. The Plan Downtown Report from 2017 recommends developing a North Downtown Transit Center at that location, but I haven't seen any concrete plans either way. 

6 hours ago, hindesky said:

I wonder if Saint Arnold will be affected by the realignment?

St. Arnold will be spared https://www.txdot.gov/content/dam/project-sites/nhhip/docs/nhhip-segment-3-i-10-rollplot-ph-2-2.pdf

On 7/1/2023 at 8:45 PM, Triton said:

On top of what TXK said, this will become a spur (do we have an official name yet?). 

I'm guessing it'll be an unsigned I-145 or Business Spur I-45 

On 7/11/2023 at 1:44 PM, hindesky said:

 

Interesting tidbit but unrelated to this, he mentioned that TXDOT is turning over ownership of Allen Parkway to the city. He seemed to think it could be turned in more Buffalo Bayou parkland if the city decides to go that way with it.

I thought COH owned Allen Parkway? I can't find it in TxDOT's files. 

On 7/11/2023 at 2:03 PM, Houston19514 said:

What makes you think it would take land from Memorial Park? 

If SJL becomes mayor (🥴), she might push to stop this since it could take land from Memorial Park. She helped stop the proposed West Loop widening in the 90s that would've taken some land from Memorial Park.

On 7/8/2023 at 9:01 PM, brucesw said:

3101 would have been right on the corner w/Alabama.  Grace is 3111 (may have been part of the plot).  

I don't remember this one but I never paid much attention to Chrysler products.  By the late 70s, in fact by 76 I think, that was a large import car dealership with several lines of upscale foreign cars as I remember.  Jag-you-are was among them.  An acquaintance was intown for a couple of days sometime in '76 and had to take his car in there before he could continue but I don't remember what he drove (other than it wasn't a Chrysler product).  MG?, Triumph?, 

Was it Dominion Jaguar by '76?

On 6/30/2023 at 11:49 AM, Pleak said:

I did not realize about 63 locations were still open.      Looks like about 1/2 will close.    

 

The closures already occurred back in 2020-21. There's 32 locations left now.

On 6/30/2023 at 4:42 PM, editor said:

I wonder if the downtown location will stay open. I understand it does good business. 

The only Luby's downtown I'm aware of is the Luby's Etc. in the basement of the Civil Courthouse at 201 Caroline. It's only open from like 7am to 3pm M-F, and they serve smaller portions at concession prices. I'm not even sure it's under the Luby's umbrella since Luby's sold its Culinary Contract Services Business to Pappas in 2021. 

On 6/16/2023 at 8:09 AM, samagon said:

you guys have it all backwards.

freeways are the blight that need to be hidden (along with the noise pollution). I just wish the other pollution (rubber, and particulate) could be so easily stopped with a wall.

people that live near a freeway have to suffer with the freeway any time they are home. you only have to suffer looking at their homes when you are a traveler on that freeway. 

This thread went full Robert Moses so quick!

311 is generally very responsive when it comes to replacing road signs. I have to give them kudos for that.

On 4/1/2023 at 3:10 PM, august948 said:

Plus, she'll get a nice federal pension.  Will she also get a pension from the city after serving as mayor?

She may get one already from being a former municipal judge and also District D Councilwoman in the late 80s and early 90s.

One of the mansions is now a business park. 

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/houston-suburb-manvel-mansion-real-estate-pearland-17858646.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vbmV3cy9ob3VzdG9uLXRleGFzL3RyZW5kaW5nL2FydGljbGUvaG91c3Rvbi1zdWJ1cmItbWFudmVsLW1hbnNpb24tcmVhbC1lc3RhdGUtcGVhcmxhbmQtMTc4NTg2NDYucGhw&time=MTY4MDQ3MTI0ODUyOA==&rid=YjcyYjExN2ItNDRhNS00YzM0LTk2NjktNzVlMWU0MWI5MGEz&sharecount=Mg==

4 hours ago, Jack27 said:

Majority of the movie is filmed in 3rd ward but the restaurant scene is chin McGregor Terrace on blodgett.

The restaurant scene was filmed at This Is It in 4th Ward at 239 W. Gray at Genesee in 1993. That building is now a doggie daycare (classic gentrification!). This Is It didn't move to the Blodgett location (former Family Cafe) until 2010.

I see what you mean. https://goo.gl/maps/2hPQmcyM2E9exbk36

Maybe there's something wrong with the current foundations that requires total replacement? Sounds like something Dug Begely would be able to find the answer to. 

On 3/13/2023 at 7:59 AM, JClark54 said:

The other TxDOT-supported project that will dead end all those connector streets is further east, so it's more than just the NHHIP. The neighborhood concerns stem not from closing Polk in a singular instance, but closing Polk coupled with the upcoming project designed by TxDOT to improve access to 45 at Scott.  

I'm trying to find info about that project at Scott St. on TxDOT's website, but can't find anything. Where'd you find out about it?

I found out the City of Houston owns the property (confirmed ownership via HCAD). Supposedly, the plan is to put a dog park there. 

No other neighborhoods understandably want the hot potato that Greyhound represents. Where would it be relocated to? My money is on somewhere east of Downtown along the Green Line that could be developed similarly to what Austin has done with the new Mobility Hub that serves CapMetro, CARTS, and Greyhound. It's like METRO's old Intermodal station on a smaller scale. 

On 1/26/2023 at 4:06 PM, NenaE said:

GoogleEarth tells me that Oakmont house has been fixed up. Nice to see, but those roof windows look out of place. You can see a backside view of the house from the alleyway.

I know. It looks like a large forehead. And what's up with the giant rooster statue in the yard? I've seen similar roosters in other neighborhoods. Are they the pink flamingoes of the 2020s or something?

On 1/3/2023 at 8:30 AM, trymahjong said:

I will be the first to state- Highway landscaping rocks, when done right.

So of course each time I see huge stretches with no landscaping, I am so let down.........I always ask myself, in TXDOZt kazillion dollar budget for highway construction, all that upturned dirt, just waiting there, and there's no room for wildflower seeds? Ever?

I remember when the median of 288 near Brays Bayou used to be full of bluebonnets during the Spring. With the toll lanes added, I guess there's no room for the wildflower seeds anymore. Though I have seen them growing through cracks in the riprap.