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  1. Triton
    People are sighing over a building we don't have a render of yet?
  2. Triton
    Been since April for an update? https://abc13.com/houston-traffic-west-loop-closures-freeway-reopening-construction/13491703/
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    Wow that looks like absolute garbage in the daytime. At the very least, they could have added a chrome background around the circle while still maintaining the lights. Oddly enough, the night time looks beautiful though.
  4. Triton
    On top of what TXK said, this will become a spur (do we have an official name yet?).
  5. Triton
    It's just from last year. I actually came across it in the same document that the planning group is proposing changes along with the I-45 redo. Go to the I-45 thread and click on the latest PDF I posted to see more details about the area. (on a trip so I can't post it here or I would).
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    Fairly sure we have a thread on this already. If anyone can send me the link, I'll merge them.
  7. Triton
    The city of Houston planning commission keeps mentioning a massive redo in this area when the I-45 project starts: Also, do we honestly consider this the Heights? Open to moving this elsewhere.
  8. Triton
    SWEET!
  9. Triton
    Dumb question.... why don't they just build the diversion but fill in that older section of Buffalo Bayou? Would potentially be more land for parks directly connected to any nearby development. I guess maybe it's not worth the cost.
  10. Triton
    New schematics from April of last year (from City of Houston):
  11. Triton
    NHHIP-Central-Houston-to-FHWA-Package-II-040722.pdf Hadn't seen this doc on here before. It's from April of last year, so fairly recent. It includes a breakdown of everything the city is trying to incorporate into this project including a breakdown of all the costs per section.
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    I was there when the city first proposed these plans to the First Ward and Near Northside. I thought it was absolutely amazing. The level of connectivity. It was a top notch presentation and it was exactly what we all needed... from Midtown to far up north. But the push back came immediately at the presentation... the city proposed to connect Dart St Edwards St to Burnett St via a new bridge and then, as we all know, they proposed combining the two railways into a single new bridge that would take some land from UH-D. There were too many people vocally against it all.... from higher traffic down Dart St Edwards St to people worried about crime somehow magically coming across both bridges to disrupt the First Ward. To be quite frank, the people who hate change are usually the ones who show up to these events even though I think the vast majority of people support it. (The yellow line is the new train track)
  13. Triton
    And here's a direct link from the city: https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/nhhip/docs_pdfs/Connections/33 Rail Relocation.pdf
  14. Triton
    Christof Spieler presented this in 2020. Basically, they would consolidate the two rail lines into one right of way and have it pass over where the Fire Department and Arson Division is currently housed. But last time I attended a meeting about that, there was a lot of push back from the First Ward so have no clue if it will ever go forward. First Ward is more concerned about the horns than where the tracks actually lie, oddly enough. https://www.letstalkhouston.org/nhhip
  15. Triton
    Agreed but not at such a good corner. Storage can go elsewhere but being right on the rail, this could have been something greater.
  16. Triton
    I'm able to post there. Perhaps try again?
  17. Triton
    Why?
  18. Triton
    That makes a lot more sense.
  19. Triton
    I've been told they shut down the Silver St entrance ramp onto Memorial just next to this development. Any truth to that?
  20. Triton
    Enough zoning? What zoning do you think we have? Minimum lot size? That's the best we can do.. what a joke. Zoning prevents massive indoor and outdoor music halls from being built in the middle of neighborhoods and then I get to read from internet posters who claim we didn't do enough to prevent them from being built or didn't work with them enough to prevent the problems that we have. Zoning prevents all this back and forth battles and honestly zoning would make it easier for developers instead of getting so much pushback for every project they try to push forward. If there's anything this city needs, it clear zoning laws. It's why we're in the mess we're in and why major lawsuits will definitely be there in the future.
  21. Triton
    Foreign-born? I think you meant most doctors are American born but usually are children of immigrants. I surprisingly know quite a few doctors, either as friends or family, and I can't say I know any of them planning on leaving, even with the political games going on. I think if someone has strong personal beliefs about an issue, then yea, I can certainly see some leaving, but I would be willing to bet that's not the majority. Most that take residency outside of Texas eventually come back because the demand for doctors here, especially in TMC, is high.
  22. Triton
    The bizarre part is that they left the 2004 2002 Ford Expedition on the board.
  23. Triton
    Oh ok thanks. This was a colleague telling me about this... even had an elaborate story too. Like, where the glass windows are facing the highway is where the service bay for Ford vehicles used to enter. But guess not.
  24. Triton
    Man, I'm going to be sad when they tear down Tout Suite. Someone was telling me it was the first Ford dealership in Houston... ?
  25. Triton
    Agreed. But now with this latest news from the city today, it was very difficult to find the schematics and info @JClark54 posted in the I-45 thread so I've moved everything to this thread. If I have missed any comments about the West Belt project, please let me know and I'll bring them over here too. Thanks everyone.
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