TheNiche Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 You're saying the east side is full of drunk drivers in the middle of a Sunday? You know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Just for grins, I got a couple of freeway shots of the area BEFORE construction started so we can have something to compare to. I'm not there often enough to plan an overall shoot of the area. Unless something has changed since the original information was released, the Walmart property will not include that corner in your first shot. That's where the old Holiday Inn was located. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Unless something has changed since the original information was released, the Walmart property will not include that corner in your first shot. That's where the old Holiday Inn was located.That is correct, but I figure I'd just shoot that area overall. I could zoom in closer if you want, all that requires is a little zoom and crop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 You're saying the east side is full of drunk drivers in the middle of a Sunday?Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiPs Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Yes.Prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 On a semi related note...the Happy Days Lounge just down the feeder has been closed for some time, and it curently for lease. I can't help but wonder what the rent is for such a fine drinking location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 More pics. Not quite Jax quality, but whatever. I haven't been down this road in since this fence has been built. Maybe 20 yrs ago? From Google Maps, I thought this was a way in and out, but I was surprised to find a fence with openings open only for pedestrians. Believe it or not, I saw quite a bit of auto traffic as people were either picking up or dropping people off. This is the very back of it property. The security seemed to be a bit concerned about my taking pics of the property, but I just waved at him in a friendly manner and smiled. This is across the street. I'm assuming this is part of the school there, but I don't now. What caught my eye though was the art on the docking side, and decided to take as many detailed pictures, including the dedications and thanks of the various sponsors. Might as well let this live online at least. This is the wayside st. part of the property. Kinda' wonder if that hotel will survive. This is across the street. This strip is almost totally vacant and will be interesting to visit this site in a year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Someone said earlier in the thread that the building with the mural was not going to be part of the Walmart, so it wouldn't be coming down. Great to see some pictures of it, as I drive down 45 every day and see what's visible from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Prove it.uh ok... i'll take pix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 On a semi related note...the Happy Days Lounge just down the feeder has been closed for some time, and it curently for lease. I can't help but wonder what the rent is for such a fine drinking location. I had never been in, but even as a kid I imagined that being the kind of place that Murph and the Magic Tones would have played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Now that is downright creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Just for grins, I got a couple of freeway shots of the area BEFORE construction started so we can have something to compare to. I'm not there often enough to plan an overall shoot of the area. There it is in the top photo, that skeleton billboard has been like that since 1983...........that's 28 years people. Who said Houston doesn't embrace older structures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Is this project still going forward? Haven't seen or heard much about it since it was announced awhile back. Just curious because Walmart is pretty fast and furious when it comes to building their stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 According to HCAD, the properties are in Walmart's name. There's seven or eight total lots and last I heard, the Palace Motel and convenience store as well as the vacant lot between them will be unaffected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Great pic. This location is so pedestrian friendly there's not even a store and people walk! The east end is urban gold, Houston. Gold! Put down that overpriced hand roll and see the light, people. Montrose and Heights is so yesterday. East End is The Future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Photos in post 72, that's where The Holiday Inn used to be. Those sad palms are haunting. That whole area is to me, when I travel down I-45 South. I still notice the damage to the old trees, from the hurricane. Very sad. Something else was at that spot, before the Holiday Inn hotel. Think it was a travel camp, cottages, long before the freeway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallingford Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 There are always tradeoffs, but the old vacant Oshman's warehouse and dilapidated buildings on Wayside have hardly been an asset to the area. It’s much better than 28 acres of lower rent apartment buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 There are always tradeoffs, but the old vacant Oshman's warehouse and dilapidated buildings on Wayside have hardly been an asset to the area. It’s much better than 28 acres of lower rent apartment buildings.Yeah - I agree. Honestly lower rent apartments and municipal housing projects need to be built in the older suburbs (North Forest, Hiram Clarke, area between Sunnyside and Pearland) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 no they don't....retail is needed instead...not more apartments where people are living on top of each other...I grew up south of Hiram Clarke and our area has remained stable because there are NO apartments..outside of a row of duplexes on the main street, everyone had their own yard to grow up in.Fondren SW is all the example you need when you mix nice homes and slum apartments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 It's a matter not making any one area too dense with apartments - What happened in Fondren SW, Gulfton, and other areas was that apartments were all concentrated in the same areas, rather than being spread evenly. Its like spreading peanut butter on a sandwich.So we could add some apartments to Hiram Clarke, some apartments to the area at the intersection of Beltway 8 and 288, some apartments in Minnetex, and some apartments in North Forest. But none of the areas would get too many.no they don't....retail is needed instead...not more apartments where people are living on top of each other...I grew up south of Hiram Clarke and our area has remained stable because there are NO apartments..outside of a row of duplexes on the main street, everyone had their own yard to grow up in.Fondren SW is all the example you need when you mix nice homes and slum apartments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Looking good, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 article link: http://goo.gl/21k35Wal-Mart Stores said it will open a store at the corner of Interstate 45 and Wayside around the middle of next year. The company had been eyeing the spot for a 150,000-square-foot Supercenter for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispy Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I'm no fan of WalMart by any means...however, it beats the prices and quality of the Sellers' Bros. across the freeway! The HEB at Gulfgate (oh, how I miss that mall!) isn't bad but I agree with the previous comments: they DO need to step up their game. The Fiesta on Wayside isn't so bad but the location right on 45 feeder is excellent! As for the traffic...that intersection is always busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Unless Walmart managed to get the Wang property on the corner (which was the Holiday Inn), their store won't be actually ON the corner. I haven't looked at the property records in several months so guess it could have happened by now.Initial intel in the hood was that Wang wanted too much money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I'm not a big fan of Walmart either, but I think this is a good thing for the area. That HEB is always (imo) overcrowded, especially at the checkout line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Thank you Ricco67, for your personal risk, sacrifice, glad u weren't injured...oh, the things we do for HAIF.haha...looks like u were perched on that traffic light post, like a bird. Interesting shots. I remember going in the Oshman's warehouse with my dad, in the '70's maybe, and always noticing the pretty neon Holiday Inn Sign, from the 1960's.I'm on the fence about this issue, know it will be of great use to area residents, a new Walmart. I personally don't really like them. ran across this definition the other day, when writing a paper...Sylvan : abounding in trees; wooded. (Idylwood street name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Unless Walmart managed to get the Wang property on the corner (which was the Holiday Inn), their store won't be actually ON the corner. I haven't looked at the property records in several months so guess it could have happened by now.Initial intel in the hood was that Wang wanted too much money.Latest info is that Walmart did buy the Wang property (old Holiday Inn) so there will be more feeder access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Also, Walmart now has ALL of the Oshman's property along Maxwell, including the warehouses with the murals. Only properties along Wayside that are not part of Walmart are the Fuel Depot, the vacant lot (O Banion Carwash owner) and the Palace Motel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Ugh, hope they preserve the mural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrique Vasquez Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Latest info is that Walmart did buy the Wang property (old Holiday Inn) so there will be more feeder access.If they did purchase this lot, why are the only fencing in everything else minus this corner lot?? Drove by this morning, looks like demo will tek place in a month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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