BEES?! Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) POST will be having a NYE event with fireworks on the skylawn. Have to buy tickets, though. ($65) Probably would be insane without a paid entry Eventbrite link Also, I don’t remember seeing it here, but Common Desk is also going to be coming to POST in 2022. This seems like a really good location for them. They’re also set up in the ION. Edited December 23, 2021 by BEES?! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittanie Shey Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Oh no, I'm so sad to hear this. I hadn't seen Frank in about ten years, but he was a great kid. My son played basketball with him in HS. I remember taking a road trip with Frank Sr back in the late 90s to Dallas, to watch our kids play in a BB tourney. He'll be missed. ☹️ 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) such a shame...apparently it was new years eve/day when the crash happened...it is sad that his life had to end and thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends Edited January 7, 2022 by gene 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 11/13/2021 at 9:57 PM, j_cuevas713 said: I said the same thing about Amtrak when I was there. I love how it opened up a whole new part of downtown. It’s a side I’ve never explored or thought much about. I think many people were thinking the same thing about the station though. I could def see some sort of connection in the near future. Just listened to a presentation given by Kirby Liu earlier last year. The concept of connecting to Amtrak is on their radar. It sounds like, at least so far, they haven't been able to get Amtrak interested... But are hopeful once they (Post) demonstrate some success... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 https://kwhi.com/2022/01/03/one-killed-in-early-morning-crash-on-new-years-day-in-la-grange/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 On 1/7/2022 at 10:30 AM, gene said: https://kwhi.com/2022/01/03/one-killed-in-early-morning-crash-on-new-years-day-in-la-grange/ Sad news. Thanks for sharing that. It said he was ejected, which almost always means no seatbelt. ☹️ What's odd is I read the KWHI newsfeed daily, as I spend most of my time in Brenham, and it's a great source of local news. I remember seeing that headline, but didn't click thru as a crash in La Grange didn't seem of much interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Per their website, POST is now open daily. their hours are Sun-Wed 11-9 Thu-Sat 11-10 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) Padma and Gail were at POST recently for Top Chef Edited January 25, 2022 by j_cuevas713 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 love me some Padma!!!!!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Amlaham Posted February 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2022 https://www.houston.org/news/quality-life-post-houston-aims-bring-global-experience-downtown "POST Houston isn’t finished yet. Liu said the goal is to connect the rooftop park, which is open to the public, to Buffalo Bayou. Residential and office space is also not out of the question.." I wonder how thats going to work, but based off of the job they did inside, I'm sure they will execute this well. Glad they don't plan on stopping! 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 9 hours ago, Amlaham said: https://www.houston.org/news/quality-life-post-houston-aims-bring-global-experience-downtown "POST Houston isn’t finished yet. Liu said the goal is to connect the rooftop park, which is open to the public, to Buffalo Bayou. Residential and office space is also not out of the question.." I wonder how thats going to work, but based off of the job they did inside, I'm sure they will execute this well. Glad they don't plan on stopping! Hmmm pedestrian bridge from the George Bush monument maybe? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrainTrak Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Or a stairway from the plaza that can cross under Franklin and allow direct access to the trail along the bayou 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I thought we had already seen renderings showing a stairwell going under Franklin St to the pedestrian path along Buffalo Bayou. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 5 hours ago, TrainTrak said: Or a stairway from the plaza that can cross under Franklin and allow direct access to the trail along the bayou This probably makes more sense. I was thinking of a connection to the literal rooftop 🤦🏻♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 2:57 PM, Amlaham said: https://www.houston.org/news/quality-life-post-houston-aims-bring-global-experience-downtown "POST Houston isn’t finished yet. Liu said the goal is to connect the rooftop park, which is open to the public, to Buffalo Bayou. Residential and office space is also not out of the question.." I wonder how thats going to work, but based off of the job they did inside, I'm sure they will execute this well. Glad they don't plan on stopping! My vote is for a zipline down and ski lift gondola to get back up. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I vote for a slide right into the bayou... 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Just now, BeerNut said: I vote for a slide right into the bayou... aka sudden death 💀 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I would love to see the plaza have a connection to the bayou and maybe redesign the plaza with an eye catching art installation representing Houston as a whole. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 4 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: I would love to see the plaza have a connection to the bayou and maybe redesign the plaza with an eye catching art installation representing Houston as a whole. An art installation that bulldozes itself... very Houston and I kinda like it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, phillip_white said: An art installation that bulldozes itself... very Houston and I kinda like it. A giant bulldozer would be funny. Anyone remember the Spirt of Houston statue that was supposed to be built? There was a topic on this forum at one point I believe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 7 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: A giant bulldozer would be funny. Anyone remember the Spirt of Houston statue that was supposed to be built? There was a topic on this forum at one point I believe. Wasn't that thread mid 2000s? 😂 Lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 whatever they do, they need to figure out a way to make the connection feel open and bright. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post innerloop Posted February 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) I vote to excavate the entire plaza down to bayou level and have a bayou spur run under the street and come up to the front of the building like the San Antonio Convention Center. Edited February 7, 2022 by innerloop 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 3 hours ago, innerloop said: I vote to excavate the entire plaza down to bayou level and have a bayou spur run under the street and come up to the front of the building like the San Antonio Convention Center. Obligatory "the bayou won't look like that." 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Ewert Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 This is maybe the dumbest question ever asked by anyone, but... could it? Not that we ever would, but if the city decided that having the bayou look nice was important, is there any way you could do it? Put a giant Brita filter in the Galleria? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmanume Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, Andrew Ewert said: This is maybe the dumbest question ever asked by anyone, but... could it? Not that we ever would, but if the city decided that having the bayou look nice was important, is there any way you could do it? Put a giant Brita filter in the Galleria? I’ve thought about this as well. I feel like all it would take it to dump a bunch of granite or some other type of rocks to help with filtering and reflection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Let's not forget that the SA river shown above is lined in cement. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fortune said: Let's not forget that the SA river shown above is lined in cement. And it has damns on both ends which helps to minimize the amount of silt in it. They just pumped the water out and removed all the debris in it a couple weeks ago. They do this biannually. https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/01/25/cellphones-chairs-found-as-san-antonio-river-is-drained-cleaned/ Edited February 9, 2022 by hindesky 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freundb Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Just get that blue stuff from porta johns and dump it in the bayou. What other problems can I solve today? 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 17 hours ago, Andrew Ewert said: This is maybe the dumbest question ever asked by anyone, but... could it? Not that we ever would, but if the city decided that having the bayou look nice was important, is there any way you could do it? Put a giant Brita filter in the Galleria? One of the main points of present day environmentalism as well as landscape design is to be true and honest to what naturally exists and not try to enhance or improve upon it. Do not "teach the river a better course," or a better shade or color, for that matter. So I think this would fall into that category. Although the BBP has said that if we have better, more natural drainages leading into the bayou, much of the sediments that wash into it will be filtered out, and the water will be consequently less murky. More like black tea than chocolate milk, if you will. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post emmanume Posted February 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2022 I would be much more ok with Black Tea than chocolate Milk. A little bit more like what The confluence of White Oak and Buffalo bayou looks like? Or at times, the Buffalo Bayou near the East End. It is amazing to me how different the water can look like. Always seems to be more chocolate milk in the summer / after heavy rain events. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 3 hours ago, H-Town Man said: if we have better, more natural drainages leading into the bayou, much of the sediments that wash into it will be filtered out, and the water will be consequently less murky. A few years ago ordinances were passed requiring developers to confine run-off from construction sites, which reduced the amount of silt going into the bayou. To me, Buffalo Bayou looks a little less murky than it used to. I've read historical accounts of what the bayou looked like in Houston's early days and at one time the water was fairly clear. Much of the silt came from natural erosion of its banks, which was minimal due to dense plant growth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, dbigtex56 said: A few years ago ordinances were passed requiring developers to confine run-off from construction sites, which reduced the amount of silt going into the bayou. To me, Buffalo Bayou looks a little less murky than it used to. I've read historical accounts of what the bayou looked like in Houston's early days and at one time the water was fairly clear. Much of the silt came from natural erosion of its banks, which was minimal due to dense plant growth. I suppose the best way to determine what the bayou is capable of is to visit another bayou in an undeveloped area of southeast Texas or southern Louisiana. I don't think any of them are especially clear. Translucent, maybe to some degree. I think Frederick Law Olmsted said that the first clear river going westward across Texas was the Colorado, and all the ones before that were muddy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) as far as the historical accounts of the waters being fairly clear, that's directly from the Allen Brothers trying to sell people on Houston. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/See-how-Houston-was-marketed-way-back-in-1836-13188532.php#photo-16079012 Quote There is no place in Texas more healthy, having an abundance of excellent spring water, and enjoying the sea breeze in all its freshness, did development also kill the sea breeze? hahaha. no digs at anyone, just any historical account of things is probably slanted based on the Allen Brother's original account, I mean, great that they got people to move here, cause it has turned into a great city, but any rumors about the actual waterways of Houston can't be trusted. it's always been muddy. no amount of plant growth on the banks is going to change that. incidentally, the photos attached to that article are awesome. Edited February 9, 2022 by samagon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) Coworking. Architects. https://www.corgan.com Edited February 18, 2022 by hindesky 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 21 minutes ago, hindesky said: Coworking. Good to see that Common Desk is moving forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 4:19 PM, Andrew Ewert said: This is maybe the dumbest question ever asked by anyone, but... could it? Not that we ever would, but if the city decided that having the bayou look nice was important, is there any way you could do it? Put a giant Brita filter in the Galleria? I wish the Galleria could filter out that sewage smell that's been plaguing the parking garage for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post j_cuevas713 Posted February 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2022 Went to POST tonite after dinner to grab some dessert and the energy in this place is awesome. I can’t wait for tenants to start filling in the office space. What a gem 💎 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 AMEN TO THAT @j_cuevas713! It really is the coolest place and cant wait to see what they do in and around it... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Andes Café fully opened this weekend. Their ceviche bar is really special and place is beautifully done. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freundb Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Already lost two restaurants https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/02-22-22-post-houston-food-hall-salt-and-time-butchers-burger-closed/#slide=0 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 From the article, it sounds like they wanted to stay but Post didn't want to renew their lease with them. So I don't think it was for a lack of business, Post probably had a different concept in mind. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) That’s awful. I was just about to post the article but I got ninja’d. I wonder what happened? We were just there on 2/18, and the staff was telling us that they were about to start doing their steaks all day. (Previously they only served them after 4pm) No indication whatsoever that they were about to close up shop, either. I wonder if they had a dispute with POST about their hours or something? I really do hope they relocate somewhere else nearby. Edited February 23, 2022 by BEES?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 It def wasn't lacking in business, so it does sound like POST ownership wanted to go in a new direction for the spot. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: It def wasn't lacking in business, so it does sound like POST ownership wanted to go in a new direction for the spot. That has to be it. There was zero indication that this was happening- apparently it took the staff by surprise. The sous chef had a bunch of preps up for grabs on an Instagram post, so this was extremely sudden. You wouldn’t make prep and print menus if you knew you were fixing to close for good. Just crazy! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 When does Common Desk move in? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 If hindesky’s posting on the previous page was for the buildout of common desk, then they ought to be finishing up in late July. Not sure what that’ll mean for an actual opening date though! Their site does not currently say when. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Wow this is odd and a little alarming. Hopefully they don’t drive out others. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) After thinking about this for a minute, was everything a local concept other than these two places? If so, then maybe that’s what POST wants. It just seems weird how both Salt & Time and The Butchers Burger are both Austin based places that closed. Edited February 24, 2022 by j_cuevas713 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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