samagon Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 sidewalks in an area that is built to promote pedestrianism should not be built to minimum widths. go at least 5'. They could easily achieve 5' and still have trees. now they've got 3' sidewalks, which are fine if it's one person walking one direction. two people going two directions. someone has to step off the sidewalk. and there's dog poo there. even if there isn't dog poo, people treat sidewalks as walkways through lava, where the grass is the lava. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, samagon said: sidewalks in an area that is built to promote pedestrianism should not be built to minimum widths. go at least 5'. They could easily achieve 5' and still have trees. now they've got 3' sidewalks, which are fine if it's one person walking one direction. two people going two directions. someone has to step off the sidewalk. and there's dog poo there. even if there isn't dog poo, people treat sidewalks as walkways through lava, where the grass is the lava. Good news: The subject sidewalks are 6 feet wide. Edited July 11, 2016 by Houston19514 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 When I rode my bike along these sidewalks, they felt pretty adequate to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucleareaction Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 3 hours ago, Triton said: When I rode my bike along these sidewalks, they felt pretty adequate to me. I'd imagine BeerNut means that sidewalks are for walking, and it's illegal for bikes to be on them within 300 feet of a business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 10 minutes ago, Nucleareaction said: I'd imagine BeerNut means that sidewalks are for walking, and it's illegal for bikes to be on them within 300 feet of a business. Without the biking part in my comment, I just meant the sidewalks don't seem small at all. They seem adequate for two people to walk past each other without a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucleareaction Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 8 minutes ago, Triton said: Without the biking part in my comment, I just meant the sidewalks don't seem small at all. They seem adequate for two people to walk past each other without a problem. Ah, gotcha. My bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I wasn't aware of the 300ft clearance in front of business. I enjoyed the cemented walking/biking paths from my Colorado friend's suburban home to the small downtown area. Just thought something like that would cool for this development but these are typical sidewalks. They even have what I'm talking about on Newcastle Dr in Bellaire for reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 5 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Good news: The subject sidewalks are 6 feet wide. that is good news indeed. why do they look so tiny in the pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Nucleareaction said: I'd imagine BeerNut means that sidewalks are for walking, and it's illegal for bikes to be on them within 300 feet of a business. Interesting, but not quite accurate. Turns out it is only illegal to ride bicycles on sidewalks "in a business district." "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a roadway when, within any 600 feet along such roadway, there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes which occupy 300 feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the roadway. FWIW, in non-business districts, the city traffic engineers can designate sidewalks on which it is illegal to ride bicycles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) Interesting indeed. As someone who bikes downtown quite frequently, I thought I could bike the sidewalks under a certain speed. If it's illegal to bike downtown on the sidewalks, the police certainly don't enforce it and I've certainly seen police officers riding bikes on the sidewalks too. Edit: Not that it makes it right. Really thought it was legal. I honestly just think the images made the sidewalks look smaller than they actually are. Edited July 11, 2016 by Triton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucleareaction Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I didn't mean to derail it this bad! But thank you for the correction. I guess I connected a lot of the inner loop with that rule (correctly or otherwise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 2 hours ago, Triton said: Interesting indeed. As someone who bikes downtown quite frequently, I thought I could bike the sidewalks under a certain speed. If it's illegal to bike downtown on the sidewalks, the police certainly don't enforce it and I've certainly seen police officers riding bikes on the sidewalks too. Edit: Not that it makes it right. Really thought it was legal. I got "pulled over" on my bike riding on the sidewalk downtown once - was sternly told it was illegal !! I was going up Main St in the section where there aren't any car lanes, just the light rail - guess I was supposed to go around the block !! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 13 hours ago, HoustonMidtown said: I got "pulled over" on my bike riding on the sidewalk downtown once - was sternly told it was illegal !! I was going up Main St in the section where there aren't any car lanes, just the light rail - guess I was supposed to go around the block !! Is it really a sidewalk if there is no street? I mean, a sidewalk (where defined by the city) is: Quote Sidewalk shall mean that portion of the public street which is between the curblines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines and which is improved and designed for or is ordinarily used for pedestrian travel. I found that in section 40-10.1 (sidewalk cafe), but they define sidewalk there. There is no definition of sidewalk in section 45-302 (the section regarding riding on a sidewalk in a business district). Non-legal versions of the definition of a sidewalk include a street as well. Anyway, skinniest 6' sidewalks I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinglyam Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I was up there last night to check out the new work, and stepped it off. Definitely 6' wide, like all the stuff they built along Burnett. Easy for two people walking side-by-side, but that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Grande Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) Edited July 22, 2016 by Juan Grande 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Timoric Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) - Edited July 10, 2019 by Timoric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinglyam Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 4 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Does this mean they finally figured out how to keep them from getting stolen, and are going to put in the upgrades? Or did they just give up because a few UHD students wanted some H's for their dorm room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post HoustonMidtown Posted September 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2016 Looks like infrastructure work is done - construction equipment is gone Old railroad iron accents... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Looks good so far. Now lets get some construction started. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre154 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 The private driveway south of Leona Street that extends along the side of the Residences at Hardy Yards is being constructed. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 I was kind of focused on the train, but here's a drone video shot at Hardy Yards last weekend: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre154 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Site plumbing for the Residences at Hardy Yards is in. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 http://houston.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=9795&MeetingID=201 The Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) recommends Council approve an amendment to the loan agreement executed December 23, 2014, between the City of Houston and HY FS LLC for the construction of Residences at Hardy Yards, a mixed-income affordable housing development located at North Main and Burnett Streets in the Near Northside neighborhood. The original loan agreement is a zero percent performance-based loan that is forgivable at the end of the ten-year affordability period if no default exists. The amendment will allow for a $4,700,000 increase to the original $14,500,000 commitment in order to fund additional costs related to the development. The development has a total of 350 units, including 179 (51%) affordable and 171 market-rate one- and two-bedroom units, and is part of a comprehensive, mixed-use redevelopment of the Hardy Rail Yard site. The development is scheduled to be completed during spring of 2018 and is located near the University of Houston Downtown campus and another Disaster Recovery Round 2 affordable housing development, Avenue Station. The additional monies will fund a gap that has been created primarily due to a rise in construction costs. Prior to construction, the developer conducted vast research and spent a considerable amount of time studying construction pricing in the market in order to create the development budget. Based on this data, construction costs were estimated to be approximately $130/SF for the project. However, as of 3rd quarter 2016, construction costs have increased to approximately $145 to $150/SF. HCDD recommends Council approve the additional funds as this development will provide for needed quality affordable housing in the Near Northside community. The overage will be funded through unallocated CDBG - Disaster Recovery 2 funds. AHG Properties LLC, an affiliated company of the Zieben Group (Lee Zieben), which has previously done business with the City, has formed a partnership with Houston Housing Finance Corporation to undertake this transit-oriented development. In exchange for this additional financing, the affordability period will be extended from 10 years to 30 years. Also, the owner has agreed to less stringent underwriting criteria as it pertains to sources of income for up to 18 units. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 THis sounds like good news. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I wonder how the application process works for the affordable units in the apartments? I imagine there will be no shortage of applicants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LTAWACS Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 So that's what this is going to be? A parking garage? What happened to all the developments??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinglyam Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 4 hours ago, LTAWACS said: So that's what this is going to be? A parking garage? What happened to all the developments??? Are you new to Houston, LTAWACS? Nothing gets built here without the parking garage first. The rest of the building will come around it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andre154 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 A bit more progress on the parking garage at the Residences at Hardy Yards. Notice the cap on the top floor. (7 floors of parking with a rooftop amenity floor). 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andre154 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) From last week... The concrete for the foundation of the apartments is going in. Edited February 20, 2017 by andre154 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I have a feeling the drone is going to want to have a look at this... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinglyam Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Well, this is a surprise (to me). TxDOT is planning to get the downtown I-45 cluster**** started by 2020/21, which will run the freeway right between UHD and Hardy Yards. I never expected that to happen at all, tbh. That's going to bite for the value of any skyline-view residential units that will now have a massive freeway right outside their windows. Do you think this will force a change in the layout we've seen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 18 minutes ago, Kinglyam said: Well, this is a surprise (to me). TxDOT is planning to get the downtown I-45 cluster**** started by 2020/21, which will run the freeway right between UHD and Hardy Yards. I never expected that to happen at all, tbh. That's going to bite for the value of any skyline-view residential units that will now have a massive freeway right outside their windows. Do you think this will force a change in the layout we've seen? Wow, that is a surprise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) - Edited July 11, 2019 by Timoric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 I can see it in my mind Timoric, a less than 1 mile stretch of land with freeway removed, and purchased by developers so they can make tons of money, meanwhile, the bus terminals, and homeless outreach centers aren't going to move, so it'll be just as unfriendly as current. Yet on the east side the freeway is going to go from spanning 220 feet wide to spanning 550 feet wide for ~1.5 miles, and local level access to downtown is going to be reduced by about 25%, 19 city blocks with existing businesses are going to be taken, and an entire community will be wiped out. Then on the north side the freeway, rather than being sunken into the ground as current, it will be flying through the sky at over 60 feet high right by Hardy Yards. And if you look at how things are currently on the west side of downtown at buffalo bayou, it's pretty much unchanged. hope that helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) moo. Edited February 28, 2017 by KinkaidAlum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinglyam Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 6 minutes ago, samagon said: I can see it in my mind Timoric, a less than 1 mile stretch of land with freeway removed, and purchased by developers so they can make tons of money, meanwhile, the bus terminals, and homeless outreach centers aren't going to move, so it'll be just as unfriendly as current. Yet on the east side the freeway is going to go from spanning 220 feet wide to spanning 550 feet wide for ~1.5 miles, and local level access to downtown is going to be reduced by about 25%, 19 city blocks with existing businesses are going to be taken, and an entire community will be wiped out. Then on the north side the freeway, rather than being sunken into the ground as current, it will be flying through the sky at over 60 feet high right by Hardy Yards. And if you look at how things are currently on the west side of downtown at buffalo bayou, it's pretty much unchanged. hope that helps. Or, you could check out their website. If you look at the 4th public meeting documents, in Appendix G, page 22 has a section showing the 405-foot wide I-10. It's all raised, but with no vertical scale shown. I tried making a jpg of it, but the file didn't work, and the PDF is too big to attach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 It just makes me wonder about the road connections when we get the next update from TXDOT this year. The new highway will be south of the rail so Hardy Yards won't be impacted but I truly do wonder if they'll ever try to connect Fulton to San Jacinto. That would be a nice connection. Northside Village seems so hard to get in and out of. So little connections to highways and honestly the rail does increase travel times in the area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Why does the downtown connector still have to go over the bayou? Why can't they just stop it at Memorial Drive, and not conitnue to Allen pkwy? It would make the west side look better. The over view shot at the I45/I10 interchange west of downtown is so much freeway - cutting off 4th ward from White Oak bayou 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 15 minutes ago, Triton said: It just makes me wonder about the road connections when we get the next update from TXDOT this year. The new highway will be south of the rail so Hardy Yards won't be impacted but I truly do wonder if they'll ever try to connect Fulton to San Jacinto. That would be a nice connection. Northside Village seems so hard to get in and out of. So little connections to highways and honestly the rail does increase travel times in the area. The extension of Fulton to San Jacinto is still in the City's plans. And the I-45 plans show the extension of San Jacinto north to the new location of the freeway, so it looks like they are accommodating those plans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Kinglyam said: Or, you could check out their website. If you look at the 4th public meeting documents, in Appendix G, page 22 has a section showing the 405-foot wide I-10. It's all raised, but with no vertical scale shown. I tried making a jpg of it, but the file didn't work, and the PDF is too big to attach. Or, better yet, you could check out the most-recent documents on their website. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 12 minutes ago, cspwal said: Why does the downtown connector still have to go over the bayou? Why can't they just stop it at Memorial Drive, and not conitnue to Allen pkwy? It would make the west side look better. Because a lot of traffic flows from Allen Parkway to the freeway and vice versa. (In fact, the initial plan did not have this connection. Comments received at the early public meetings made it clear this was a necessary connection. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Which direction is more common? If it's I45 south, than this connector will not help that much - you'd be better off going through downtown. If there's that much traffic flow on that side of the city, than maybe they shouldn't do this relocation in the first place 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, cspwal said: Which direction is more common? If it's I45 south, than this connector will not help that much - you'd be better off going through downtown. If there's that much traffic flow on that side of the city, than maybe they shouldn't do this relocation in the first place The extension doesn't just serve Allen Parkway. It also picks up traffic coming from the southern end of downtown and midtown. Go hang out in that area today at 5:00. A LOT of northbound traffic flows through there (St. Joseph Parkway at I-45). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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