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 Quote 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. Quote 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. Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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? Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 4 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 8 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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