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  1. arisegundo
    The South Canal is back, baby! Below is how it was envisioned to snake around the street and freeway grid in 2002. I never get tired of referring back to this old thing.
  2. arisegundo
    And down it goes.
  3. arisegundo
    I can't remember what it was but you could definitely tell from the repeating patterns that it wasn't natural stone. The cladding took about 4 years and was completed just in time for Ike to blow off a panel or two.
  4. arisegundo
    The Urban Edge weighs in, including another plan for the area by the Greater East End folks.
  5. arisegundo
    14 years.
  6. arisegundo
    facebook thread about Swamplot's post The other Walmart is 2.25 miles away. Bentonville don't care, apparently.
  7. arisegundo
    It's very "Hill Valley".
  8. arisegundo
    The Chronicle says the HPD spokesman made a boo boo. http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/Call-log-shows-complaints-Saturday-from-White-Oak-7245804.php
  9. arisegundo
    I hear this in regards to making the existing tunnels ADA-compliant, "too expensive." What's changed since the initial excavations? More underground infrastructure? Environmental regulations?
  10. arisegundo
    Pics from eight days ago. The finished permeable surface The lot in progress across North. Street sign slightly slanted.
  11. arisegundo
    "Enron Field Heights." It references and yet is simultaneously grossly insensitive to local history. It's perfect.
  12. arisegundo
    Regarding the second phase at Westcott and Arnot: What's left of Memorial Club is still being leased by Greystar, and the lady in the office told me on Saturday (3/5) that the complex will be around at least through the end of '17.
  13. arisegundo
    One of those graduate student projects included a ped bridge connecting the circular trail to the north bank. Without removing Franklin, that would be a bridge to another pit of darkness and pee-smells. Or it could be a Rosemont Bridge-type thing that connects to both the bank and the Franklin deck above.
  14. arisegundo
    The east side of the lot has been turned into no doubt lucrative paid parking for now. The bayou thread has me sad that there doesn't appear to be any will to ever remove the Franklin section that overhangs the bayou's north bank.
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    The bridge is two way, unless there was a recent re-striping. It would become more vital if the Smith bridge goes, the Aquarium expands over Preston as they are threatening to, and/or if Central Post really takes off.
  16. arisegundo
    Seeing as the new ballet building sits right on top of "Water Street" and the post office owners (Lovett I think?) haven't announced any plans to move Franklin, those streets aren't going anywhere anytime soon. It's a nice thought and one that's been on the books for a decade and a half... it just didn't happen. You could get rid of the Smith bridge by forcing inbound traffic right onto Franklin then left onto the Congress bridge. The effect on the bayou trail lighting wouldn't be very dramatic since you still have all the other streets cantilevered overhead.
  17. arisegundo
    The 2002 Master Plan calls for something vaguely similar to your thoughts, with a "Water Street" (squint and you'll see it!) snaking along the south side of the bayou. I'd be disappointed if the cool ruins were wiped out for a generic grassy bank.
  18. arisegundo
    A Swamplot commenter says it will be another Walmart. Ehhhhh...
  19. arisegundo
    Their neighbors who are developing Gateway at Cullen say your hopes will be fulfilled. Link The replacement of the Kroger That Time Forgot may yet be at hand!
  20. arisegundo
    Access to the patios at Magnolia and Kryptonite/Ministry/Eagle would help, as mentioned earlier. That new-meets-old staircase pic I took is from the latter place. It's still blocked off and probably needs to be rebuilt on their side to be used as anything other than a fire escape. And just like the rest of the project, keeping the lights working and the trails mud-free after flooding will be absolutely critical. They are trying to keep the very low trails that lead to the new section from the west clear, but the sediment is so deep it ends up looking like brown snow plowing. And the link to Allen's Landing needs to be restored ASAP. Personally I love the urban grunge/ruin porn look of this new segment. You can walk right up to the Donnellan crypt now. And for the time being it's refreshingly pee-smell free. Just a hint of bat guano in the air.
  21. arisegundo
    An impressive presence over the new Buffalo Bayou trail.
  22. arisegundo
    From yesterday, along the Smith/Travis link:
  23. arisegundo
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/beyonddc/5073722055 We can dream. But the expanse of the Tarkett plot seems incongruous with such a multi-level center, which was plopped onto 5.5 acres in a very dense part of DC (and right next to a subway station). You could fit four of those into Tarkett if you forgo the typical Houston salt flat of parking.
  24. arisegundo
    http://www.landandfarm.com/property/Oliver_Street_Property-1583824/ This 2.75 acre site sits between Tarkett and Target, and is catty corner from the missing segment of Summer that would connect the two areas. A connector road between the south side of Target and the north side of Kroger would go through this plot. It'd be a great spot for residential.
  25. arisegundo
    Roasting plastic... slightly less delicious.
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