cloud713 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Unfortunately there hasn't seemed to be much news on the streetcar in a couple years.. Hopefully they still plan on building it. Does anyone know more about the plans? http://m.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/East-s-End-s-desire-named-streetcar-3848947.phphttp://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/11-02-12-its-full-speed-ahead-on-streetcars-in-eado-public-transit-plans-routes-are-revealed/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjorade Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 The large building bound by Polk, Dowling, Bell, and St. Charles owned by Lovett Commercial. From what I've been told, there are several operators interested in developing that site for a grocery store. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 That area definitely needs a grocery store. Thats one of the biggest reasons I decided not to buy in Eado. Im in midtown and am within a quick drive from three Krogers, Heb, Randalls, Whole Foods, Phoenicia, Walmart, Target, Trader Joes, Sprouts, and Fiesta. There's a Fiesta and a crappy little Kroger on the east side, thats it... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) Midtown Randalls is crappy. In fact, I rate kombat kroger (the one on polk and cullen) higher than the midtown Randalls. They have a consistent stock of things. I can't tell you how many times I have gone into midtown randalls looking for something they had last week to see the shelf empty. Always random. Making me end up with an extra trip somewhere else to get what I need. I'd be so bold as to make the statement that the midtown randalls is the worst grocery store inside the loop. The gulfgate HEB is just as close/far as the montrose HEB, timewise, if not distance. Target, Sprouts, those are both equidistant from midtown or eado. time and distance. Walmart, I'd say the one on wayside is closer to eado than yale is to midtown. time and distance. Phoenicia is definitely closer to most of eado than midtown. time and distance. So trader joes is the only thing that isn't absolutely as easily accessible from eado as midtown? Not that I'm saying it wouldn't be awesome if there were a better grocery store in the very near east end, I'm just saying that currently Midtown isn't some panacea of food when directly compared with the very near east end. Edited November 19, 2015 by samagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) Much of that is only true by car. I genuinely don't understand the point of living in the central city and then driving everywhere. They are also building a Whole Foods in Midtown, and while the Randalls and Fiesta aren't fantastic, they're a whole lot better then nothing. Edited November 19, 2015 by Texasota 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Just face it, Eastside sucks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Much of that is only true by car. I genuinely don't understand the point of living in the central city and then driving everywhere. They are also building a Whole Foods in Midtown, and while the Randalls and Fiesta aren't fantastic, they're a whole lot better then nothing. Fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) I have lived in EaDo for almost 2 years now (moved from Midtown)....I have no trouble getting food....traffic is non-existent compared to Midtown Edited November 19, 2015 by HoustonMidtown 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Thats because its a dead area... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Then what are all those houses? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 There's houses, but nothing else. Its not an urban neighborhood. If you have to drive to get everywhere, you may as well live in the suburbs. Also, keep in mind, I am not referring to Navigation/ Harrisburg, I am speaking of the area south of the railroad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 That is true - its amazing how there's nothing in that area to cater to the townhouse denizens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) There's houses, but nothing else. Its not an urban neighborhood. If you have to drive to get everywhere, you may as well live in the suburbs. Also, keep in mind, I am not referring to Navigation/ Harrisburg, I am speaking of the area south of the railroad. Not sure if you have even been over here....BBVA compass....new apartments, bike trails, gyms, restaurants, breweries, clubs - it's not as dense as Midtown but to say there is "nothing else" is just not true - I routinely walk or bike to all those "nothings" Edited November 20, 2015 by HoustonMidtown 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Ivy Lofts is sponsoring a stage at the Whatever Festival, so maybe their target audience won't mind the small units. Huh huh huh ... that's what she said 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 There's houses, but nothing else. Its not an urban neighborhood. If you have to drive to get everywhere, you may as well live in the suburbs. Also, keep in mind, I am not referring to Navigation/ Harrisburg, I am speaking of the area south of the railroad. What are you talking about!? It's an inner city neighborhood. Yes it's an urban area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I have lived in EaDo for almost 2 years now (moved from Midtown)....I have no trouble getting food....traffic is non-existent compared to MidtownI've lived near telephone and Lawndale for about 7 years. Traffic is non existent because people don't use it as a way to get somewhere else. People drive through midtown, so many roads in the near East end aren't through roads. McKinney goes through, Polk goes through, Leeland goes through. Midtown east/west/north/south, every street gets through somewhere. Eado will grow into what midtown is, but it will be better because there will always be less through traffic for people who want to be there to deal with. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Butt hurt much? People don't go down telephone and lawndale bc they don't want to get robbed. Maybe in 20 yrs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Butt hurt much? People don't go down telephone and lawndale bc they don't want to get robbed. Maybe in 20 yrs... What's your problem man? why do you hate EoDo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Butt hurt much? People don't go down telephone and lawndale bc they don't want to get robbed. Maybe in 20 yrs...I've seen people get robbed on W Dallas, and Westheimer. I thought this project was technically 2nd ward? Not that far southeast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Butt hurt much? People don't go down telephone and lawndale bc they don't want to get robbed. Maybe in 20 yrs... Based on your replies in this thread, I couldn't care less what you think. At first your response about the grocery stores being why you chose midtown to buy a home was factually incorrect, so I spent the time correcting you, cause them's facts. Then you said the entirety of the east side sucked. You're entitled to your opinion, I hardly agree with it, but whatever. Why would I get butt hurt over your opinion? And a clearly jaded opinion at that. Personally, I like the lack of traffic.I like that people like you stay away from the east end. I like grocery shopping at the fiesta on wayside.I like that I can get on my bicycle and ride down telephone road without worry that some guy who feels he is entitled to more of the road than me decides to 'teach me a lesson' me, and I wake up 3 months later in a hospital bed from said lesson. I weep for the day that people like you decide that the east end is the place to live.I'll have to deal with traffic.I'll have to deal with pretentious self absorbed beings who will think they have more of a right to declare to me what I do with my property than I do. Simply put, I like that you and people like you don't like my neighborhood, so I am the exact opposite of butt hurt, I am ecstatic. I must confess though, I am butt hurt, if only just a little bit, that eado is actually catching on as a name for the near east end. I feel like part of my soul is dying each time I hear its utterance. Edited November 20, 2015 by samagon 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I was on Telephone last night. I didn't get robbed but I did get fed. Oh, Kanomwan, how I missed you. Love it when out of town guests make that request. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Butt hurt much? People don't go down telephone and lawndale bc they don't want to get robbed. Maybe in 20 yrs... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjorade Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Eado, East Downtown, or as I like to call it O-Chi (Old Chinatown) as well as the Greater East End has far less crime than midtown. I'm with Samagon .... less traffic is better. People will feel safer walking and biking around the neighborhood. The odds of getting hit by a drunk bro in his leased entry level luxury ride is far too high in Midtown 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I was on Telephone last night. I didn't get robbed but I did get fed. Oh, Kanomwan, how I missed you. Love it when out of town guests make that request. I always plan on going there, but never remember, I have put a reminder in my phone to go there next Wednesday, seems like the perfect place to eat the day before thanksgiving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=19523236&SRID=6528469789&StepID=101 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 So they want 3 restaurants- and we got a completion date of 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astros148 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 You guys are effin delusional. They are CATTERING to the Midtown crowd. The crowd that is douchy and drives that leased bmw is what they want. Do you think people who care about traffic and the drunk bros are people that r going to be buying micro units of 400 sq st. Its the douchy drunk bros who buy those type of units.This project will fail, theres nothing walking distance, you can call 3 to 6 blocks supposedly walking distance but people who want that city life and micro units want to walk a block to bars and restaurants. No one in midtown complains about the randalls there, we all love it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) Alright folks, pack it up, let's hit the road. Clearly this guy has this place on lock. What were we thinking? Edited November 22, 2015 by BigFootsSocks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Eado, East Downtown, or as I like to call it O-Chi (Old Chinatown) Whatever happened to the sister gardens that was supposed to transform old Chi Tpa Town? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjorade Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 The first stage of it has happened. There is now a dedicated path that spans several blocks. It passes right behind 8th Wonder and it's new beer garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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