cspwal Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Maybe they plan on double stacking cars - it is supposed to be a valet lot so theoretically they could do that. Either way it seems really small for extra parking for them - and not to start building something there? Not even have a plan out there - oh we'll demolish these buildings but don't worry it won't be a parking lot for long because we're building our new garage and ballroom there. Nothing like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downtownian Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Submitting without comment: The Lancaster Hotel - Preserving our History 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I would love for them to go out of business. They are truly awful. Do not stay there. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Wow they have some big you know what to do that bs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 The key word being "our" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Urbannizer Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 50 vehicles can not fit here, more like 20 max. I don't even recall seeing parking spaces in the center of the lot. Shame on you Lancaster Hotel. Shame. On. You. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 The suburban automatic fencing is a nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 ^^^aren't they planning on constructing something in the near future? possibly after the new year......? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Just sick. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 On 9/30/2016 at 7:13 PM, monarch said: ^^^aren't they planning on constructing something in the near future? possibly after the new year......? if it would be after the new year, it will wait till after the SB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownboy Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Perhaps we'll get a super-skinny, glassy Central Park residential mega-tower with a cantilever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Walked by a few minutes ago and still, forever, F the Lancaster. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 So they are shoring up the wall of the hotel that faces this lot and doing soil sample testing. Something's afoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Nate99 said: So they are shoring up the wall of the hotel that faces this lot and doing soil sample testing. Something's afoot. I can only imagine it is something wonderful. These guys have such a great history of doing good work in the community. Perhaps it will be a parking garage that is done to be period with the hotel itself. Victorian era parking garages are always hard to come by. If we are lucky it will be a precast concrete garage with a tropical themed pool and spa on the top, set back just enough to retain a couple head in parking spaces in front. Of course this would leave no room for greenery, which is totally overrated anyway. Edited May 19, 2017 by Avossos 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 It's going to be a new urban concept Olive Garden. *ducks and flees thread* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Seeing this thread bumped up just pissed me off all over again. Not expecting anything great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 As always, F the lancaster 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 On 5/20/2017 at 1:51 PM, kbates2 said: As always, F the lancaster Harvey must have heard you. Until I walked by it the other day, I had no idea it was closed. http://www.thelancaster.com/ Work appears to be going on, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 4 hours ago, mattyt36 said: Harvey must have heard you. Until I walked by it the other day, I had no idea it was closed. http://www.thelancaster.com/ Work appears to be going on, though. Damn that sucks. I didn't know it was closed either. F Harvey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 That historic tree used to be thirsty. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 K A R M A is a delicate flower... I don’t like to equate my personal beliefs with wishing bad on a business. However, If you could have read their response when I sent them a heartfelt email telling them they will lose all my business... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Doesn’t feel good to see those beautiful buildings again. I hope the Lancaster goes the way of those buildings. who even likes this place? Edited February 17, 2018 by Avossos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 The audacity to put up the signs saying something like “preserving our history” while tearing these down for parking lots may have been the worst part for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Chi-Char-Hou-Dal said: K A R M A is a delicate flower... I don’t like to equate my personal beliefs with wishing bad on a business. However, If you could have read their response when I sent them a heartfelt email telling them they will lose all my business... What was their response? I'm curious. I don't want to lose a beautiful building because of the ego of a few a**holes. It's still a very important building for this city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I don’t want to lose the Lancaster building, just the current owners (or generation of the family). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 It's not going anywhere yet - repairs are now under way. But yeah, taking out the buildings on Louisiana pretty much sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 They basically said how dare you say we don’t care about history. The buildings are unsaveable and uninformed people like you can’t have an opinion because you don’t have any money involved. I responded I would send my 10 + groups of out of town guests for work for the year elsewhere downtown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 The hotel was fine and hit a price point and was convenient for us being DT - there are a lot of great options now mostly I put them up at The Hilton America’s or JW on Main. Big swings in nightly rate makes it interesting. La Maison in midtown is also a wild card - have had a few bigger groups take over the whole place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Was at the Alley last night and afterwards walked by the Lancaster. Sure is a nice parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Sorry to bring up an old wound, but the Lancaster hotel is obviously going through renovations per the article below, but didn't realized it was sold to new owners a month before Harvey. So the previous family who owned the hotel tore these old buildings down and then sold it. Now I'm mad all over again... "When the storied Lancaster Hotel reopens in August, it will be with a new look and a new image as perhaps the city's most artful hotel. Purchased last year by the Shinn family -- they own Magnolia Lodging, a handful of hotels in the Dallas area -- the Lancaster was already facing a renovation to update its exterior with a coat of taupe paint and deep navy blue awnings and an interior redesign to return it to its Regency-style beginnings. (Magnolia Lodging is not related to the Magnolia Hotel or Magnolia Ballroom.) New owners purchased the hotel a month before Hurricane Harvey Until the Shinn family bought it, the Lancaster had always been operated by DeGeorge's descendants. That family closed their Auditorium Hotel in 1981 for a big update and it reopened in 1983 as the Lancaster." https://www.chron.com/life/style/home-design/article/Lancaster-Hotel-renovations-return-historic-site-12866800.php?ipid=hpctp#photo-15445049 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I read their history and viewed there portfolio of Inns. To be honest I didn't see much historic preservation practice. It sounds like they run a tight ship but not to excited about the properties. Very excited to see the art collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I hate this thread I get so angry 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 11 hours ago, Avossos said: I hate this thread I get so angry Life is a lot easier when you don't worry about things you can't control, and other people doing something to their own property is one of those things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 32 minutes ago, Ross said: Life is a lot easier when you don't worry about things you can't control, and other people doing something to their own property is one of those things. Somebody should buy the pyramids and tear them down then sell the property. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 18 hours ago, Nole23 said: Sorry to bring up an old wound, but the Lancaster hotel is obviously going through renovations per the article below, but didn't realized it was sold to new owners a month before Harvey. So the previous family who owned the hotel tore these old buildings down and then sold it. Now I'm mad all over again... It is now apparent that the buildings were torn down in order to enhance the hotel for a potential sale, by showing that it owned its own parking. The upside of it having sold is that now I can add the Lancaster back to my options for downtown lodging. As to the previous owners, I hold them no ill will. It is all in the past. I wish them the best wherever they end up, in this life or the next, and I would send them a fan if I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 3 hours ago, kbates2 said: Somebody should buy the pyramids and tear them down then sell the property. "Riverfront property available, will build to suit. Contact Khufu at Nile Realty." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Looks like the hotel is about to reopen. The ground-level renovations look great. Sorry I don’t have a photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Anyone have better permit-fu skills to see what's going on here? Best I could see was "Site work for parking lot 2012 IBC" (applied for in February), but it appears that the lot is closed, the kiosk was ripped out, and some drainage whatnot showed up (culverts and corrugated big diameter plastic pipe.) If it were to remain parking, I can't figure how/why it would need additional drainage, but perhaps around the perimeter. Edited May 21, 2019 by Nate99 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Already a thread for it here: And now, if nothing is being done with this lot (not even parking), it's even more of a pity that this historic tree was torn down just 3 years ago: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I knew about that thread, but the parking lot has been operational for some time now, figured I would start a new one if this meant something else was happening mods may choose to merge if they like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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