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    West Gray road diet

    in Traffic and Transportation

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    On 11/13/2022 at 8:52 AM, Ross said:

    The same NextDoor that, if even a small portion of predictions were true, would have us living in a Mad Max wasteland?

    Let's see, it's Sunday, queue the latest "they put their dog poop in my trash bin" post. On Monday it's "OMG, bike lanes are going to destroy Houston and increase my commute by 7 hours a day". Tuesday "HPD is writing tickets again on the XXX bridge. They should leave us poor drivers alone and look for real criminals". Wednesday is "why are they allowing coyotes to live in Houston? Can't they just make them go away so I can let my dog run free without getting eaten?". Thursday is "Can't they arrest the train engineers for blowing their horns at night? My townhome is right next to the tracks, and that horn is keeping me awake. I can't imagine why they need the horn, I think they blow it just to make us mad". Friday is "With all the property taxes I pay, why can't we have a police officer sitting in XXX neighborhood all the time". Saturday is "I left $10,000 cash in my car, and someone broke in and stole it, then took my husband's pickup to carry off the 40 catalytic converters they also stole".

    I am perfectly fine with the governmental authorities leaving TikTok alone and banning NextDoor from government phones...

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    Memorial Park At 6501 Memorial Dr.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

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    17 hours ago, gene said:

    there was a really great episode of Houston Newsmakers this past weekend on NBC/Channel 2 that gave an update and tour of all the new projects...and guess what...that "pier" i wrote about it is actually a "prairie viewing platform"(?!?!)...haha...i think in severe rain/flooding situations it may act as a pier...but nope, it's apparently just to better see the expanse of the prairie they have created.

    interesting...

    anyway, the episode was super informative with all kinds of fun facts and behind the scenes looks at what is to come.

    anyway...the HUGE Grand Opening Weekend for all the new additions is Dec 10th and 11th and they plan to have tons of events etc that weekend. watch this site below for details as they are announced:

    https://www.memorialparkconservancy.org/

    and this is the Houston Newsmakers article with excerpts from the episode: 

    https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/11/28/houston-newsmakers-memorial-park-land-bridge-set-to-open-to-the-public-after-years-of-construction/

    can't wait! 

    Some of those subdivisions on the far west side near and beyond Katy seem to have their own "prairie viewing platforms" (or are they "artificial pond viewing platforms"?). The one recent example is John Paul Landing Park, which is a cross-shaped thing jutting out into a man-made lagoon. Soon everyone will want one...

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    Big Tex Storage At 4503 Montrose Blvd.

    in Montrose

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    I suppose the antithesis to car culture is Lagos, which is a good example of not going anywhere on the streets at more than a walking pace. All of the cities on the list have transit, but they also have ring roads and arterials, many of which have been force-fit after the city developed.

    As for 527, I remember when it terminated at Smith/Louisiana before it got extended to Brazos/Bagby. I think that was an attempt to divert traffic off Louisiana and Smith, to mixed results. Houston is also good at building vestigial stems on freeways - the best example I can think of is the extension of 225 west to inside the 610 Loop. I'm not sure it will ever get extended to meet 59 downtown, but that was the intent. And they've surprised us before; I never thought US90 would ever get extended eastward from the I-10/610 interchange.

    Hanover Autry Park: Mixed-Use At Allen Parkway & W. Dallas St.

    in Going Up!

    Posted

    On 11/18/2022 at 9:31 PM, hindesky said:

    The tower crane operator who works for TAS just messaged me on IG saying his bosses just told him they are moving him to a Hanover high rise project to build a 42 story high rise here in Houston. He is currently operating the tower crane at the Marquette Companies White Oak apartments. He was told he would transfer over to his new job around Jan-March. He was also the operator at the Allen project on the taller crane and the tower crane operator at the Hanover River Oaks. Only building that qualifies in that height range is the one at Hanover Autry Park.

    Not over on Post Oak Blvd? That one's 42 stories.

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