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Heights Waterworks 2-Tracts: Nicholson St. At 449 W. 19th St.


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Tract 1 should be street-facing retail. (Or Chase should move onto Tract 1 so their current site can be developed into mixed use w/ GFR.) It would help bridge the no-mans-land on 19th between Ashland and what is set to become a very lively cluster of restaurants at Shepherd.

 

 

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Please continue the discussion in the existing topic below.

 

 

http://swamplot.com/apartment-developer-ready-to-buy-landmarked-heights-waterworks-land-wants-to-know-whatcha-think/2016-11-18/

 

Passing this one along long since it is a huge piece of land and on 19th street (with a second parcel on 20th).  Please let it not be another apt complex.  Note the public meeting slated for next Tuesday at the 12th St fire station. 

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Dear Admin:

 

Please let this thread stay up in the Heights forum and do not merge with the going up thread.  There are very few big projects in the Heights and when threads about them get merged into going up, a lot of Heights people miss out on the discussion.

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37 minutes ago, bedmondson said:

I believe it requires notifications and waiting periods before you tear down a city recognized building.

 

The water works is a protected landmark, which means they can't be demolished without a Certificate of Appropriateness from the HAHC, which is unlikely to be forthcoming. 

 

Anything Alliance plans for that site will have to either incorporate or build around the three existing buildings. AFAIK, this only applies to the exterior of the buildings. Alliance can pretty much do what they want with the interiors without needing a CoA.

 

 

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20 hours ago, Angostura said:

 

The water works is a protected landmark, which means they can't be demolished without a Certificate of Appropriateness from the HAHC, which is unlikely to be forthcoming. 

 

Anything Alliance plans for that site will have to either incorporate or build around the three existing buildings. AFAIK, this only applies to the exterior of the buildings. Alliance can pretty much do what they want with the interiors without needing a CoA.

 

 

http://www.chron.com/homes/article/What-does-it-take-to-protect-a-historic-Houston-6075235.php

"The 'protected' designation means that the structure cannot be demolished or altered without the approval of the Commission," Hartgrove says. "The landmarks can proceed with an inappropriate alteration or demolition after the Commission denies their application for that activity once 90 days is up."

 

Is this Houston Chronicle article incorrect on this?  

 

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The wording in the article is confusing.

 

They're contrasting Protected Landmark status with just Landmark status. Landmarks may be altered or demoed after a 90-day waiting period; Protected Landmarks may not. The Alabama Theater (mentioned in the article) only had Landmark status. The water works has Protected Landmark status.

 

Anyone can apply for a building to be designated a Landmark, but only the property owner can apply for Protected Landmark status, which CoH did as then-owner of the water works site.

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1 hour ago, Angostura said:

The wording in the article is confusing.

 

They're contrasting Protected Landmark status with just Landmark status. Landmarks may be altered or demoed after a 90-day waiting period; Protected Landmarks may not. The Alabama Theater (mentioned in the article) only had Landmark status. The water works has Protected Landmark status.

 

Anyone can apply for a building to be designated a Landmark, but only the property owner can apply for Protected Landmark status, which CoH did as then-owner of the water works site.

 

The city website indicates that the waterworks has just landmark status.

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On 11/23/2016 at 1:48 PM, Houston19514 said:

 

The city website indicates that the waterworks has just landmark status.

 

The website is incorrect. Well, partially correct. It has both Landmark and Protected Landmark status.

 

HAHC Report: https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/HistoricPres/landmarks/15PL123_Heights_Water_Works.pdf

 

City Council Minutes: http://houston.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/DisplayAgendaPDF.ashx?MinutesMeetingID=176

 

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