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X Houston: Residential High-Rise At 5501 La Branch St.
Houston19514 replied to Urbannizer's topic in Going Up!
I can see no reason to think Houston’s parking minimums caused this design or even contributed to it. I think the exposed garage design is awful and harmful to the community and I’m glad to hear we’re moving in the direction of regulating that.- 145 replies
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Texas Tower: 47-Story Office Tower For Block 58
Houston19514 replied to democide's topic in Going Up!
All true, but I think Houstonians' general ignorance of their city is fairly unique, while our car-centric culture is far from unique. I blame the Chronicle. (I'm only partly joking.)- 2150 replies
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The Oleanders at Broadway
Houston19514 replied to phillip_white's topic in Galveston and the Gulf Islands
the linked news item says this is being done by the city of Galveston, not Galveston County.- 3 replies
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Texas Tower: 47-Story Office Tower For Block 58
Houston19514 replied to democide's topic in Going Up!
I’m very often surprised at how little Houstonians know about their city; not just it’s history, but even what it currently offers.- 2150 replies
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Edition Sheraton Marriott (not Marquis) Delta Edit: removed Le Meridien; I forgot we already have one in the CBD Design Hotels Renaissance Four Points Conrad Canopy Signia Doubletree Tapestry Tempo Motto Intercontinental Six Senses Regent Vignette Crowne Plaza Avid Radisson Blu Red Radisson Park Hyatt Andaz Hyatt Centric Caption by Hyatt JdV by Hyatt Unbound Collection by Hyatt Standard Hotels Edit: add Loews Edit: add Omni Edit: add Royal Sonesta Edit: add Sonesta Edit: add Sonesta Select Edit: add Sonesta ES Suites Edit: add Sonesta Simply Suites
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New Mixed-Use Development At 2103 Lyons Ave
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New Mixed-Use Development At 2103 Lyons Ave
Houston19514 replied to HoustonMidtown's topic in Downtown
Per the Dallas Morning News (yes, the Dallas Morning News, not our pathetic local paper), Meow Wolf will open in Houston in 2024. Also planning to open one in Grapevine, Texas (Grapevine Mills shopping mall to be exact) in 2023. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2022/05/11/meow-wolf-a-santa-fe-immersive-art-experience-is-coming-to-texas/ Love the fact that Houston's will be in the Fifth Ward, while "Dallas's" will be in suburban Grapevine, in a shopping mall . . . -
The comparison to the relatively tiny Klyde Warren Park is just silly (and FWIW, they actually started planning that long before 2004). Planning for expansion of Florida's I-4 also started long before 2008. Likewise, planning for the expansion of California's I-405 started long before 2014.
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Walking Stick Brewing Company At 956 Judiway St.
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Galveston Trolley Restoration
Houston19514 replied to CaptainJilliams's topic in Galveston and the Gulf Islands
trolley (n.) 1823, in Suffolk dialect, "a cart," especially one with wheels flanged for running on a track (1858), probably from troll (v.) in the sense of "to roll." Sense transferred to "device used to transmit electric current to streetcars, consisting of a trolley wheel which makes contact with the overhead wires" (1888), then "streetcar drawing power by a trolley" (1891), which probably is short for trolley-car, attested from 1889. https://www.etymonline.com/word/trolley -
Highway 59 - 610 Interchange Partial Rebuild
Houston19514 replied to LarryDallas's topic in Traffic and Transportation
That’s a creative reading of history. In reality, passengers choosing to drive or fly rather than take trains is what killed passenger service in America. Suckling on the teat of the postal contracts kept it alive a little longer it otherwise would have survived.- 268 replies
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3300 Montrose (formerly Kroger): 8-Story Multifamily by Southeastern
Houston19514 replied to dbigtex56's topic in Going Up!
To be clear, the "Houston standard" along Montrose Boulevard in this location would 6 feet wide, which is what the plan appears to provide.- 252 replies
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Has anyone followed up on this or heard anything more? I had expected there to be more information by now, but I haven't been able to find anything. Edit: I found some info on the lack of info... 😉 In the 1st Quarter 2022 Earnings Call (on April 26), the company responded to a question about where they went in Texas: "With respect to Texas, we’re still under a series of transactions. So I’m unable legally to comment on that, but I do hope that, at the next call, I said that last call, but we’re still in pending transaction. But hopefully, we’ll be able to give you color on the next call". So I guess we'll have to wait another 3 months.
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/j4p6qxfps42q61y/video1915764065.mp4?dl=0 Video of Neartown meeting in which the Saint Augustine was presented. This looks amazing! They expect to start construction activity in June and to be open by the end of 2023.
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Good concern. But FWIW, I doubt they actually plan to reduce Wheeler to 2 lanes at that block. These are only preliminary concepts and not to scale.