Popular Post Urbannizer Posted October 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2019 120-units at 626 Mckee Street https://www.houstontx.gov/council/committees/housing/20190917/housingdept.pdf 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Interesting spot to put that. That little strip of McKee north of the bayou is all industrial warehouse type stuff. Metro bus barn, warehouses, vacant land. Up on Nance and slightly west, you get to a more artsy area--Last Concert Cafe, Dakota Lofts. I worked right there (McKee & Nance) from 1970s thru 1990s. Used to eat at LCC when Mama Lopez still owned it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I think this will better serve those people who work downtown but can't afford to live downtown. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Love the idea, glad to see some affordable housing being built. Embarrassed that someone on page 3 didn't know how to spell Hermann. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Subdivision Plat: SubdivisionPlatPDF_CS 19150 PLAT.pdf 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 http://blockcompanies.com/projects/mckee-city-living-apartments 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted May 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2020 Land prep has started. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 This is great! I hope they continue to build this area by the Warehouse District up. Isn’t there a thread for the plans to redevelop that area as well? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I was on my bike a while back and stumbled upon this building with the red roof below JDC Staff Parking - looks incredibly old and interesting. Anybody know what it used to be? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn173 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 http://txrrhistory.com/towers/139/139.htm You may have stumbled onto a sort of ghost railroad tower - Tower 89. It's all very confusing to me, but according to the link above, there were two railroad towers, 89 and 139. Tower 89 was built first but it is unclear if it was ever used as a proper railroad tower. Tower 139 came a few years later, south and east of 89, and was in use until the rail service stopped on that section of line. The two towers seemed to have been confused back and forth in official correspondence over the years. But it is possible that your red building is the abandoned tower 89. Befitting a ghost, all of the pictures on the site are of Tower 139. There are no pictures of Tower 89 there. [Cue the spooky music] Or maybe I am completely wrong. But it was fun searching. Thanks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn173 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Using Google Streetview, the east side is all overgrown. But I got this view from the west "on" Elysian Street with Google. The building seems a little too substantial for a typical tower but I'm sticking with Tower 89. Why not, it's a much better story. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 I know for a fact one of these developments weren't wanted and there were backroom deals to get it done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tumbleweed_Tx Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 does this block flood? Will it flood after the North Canal project is done since it's right next to the east end of that project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said: does this block flood? Will it flood after the North Canal project is done since it's right next to the east end of that project? I remember riding by here after Harvey and I don't recall it flooding, it may have been lapping near it. It looks like they are building this on elevated piers so any of the apartments above should be ok. Their cars might be another story though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said: does this block flood? Will it flood after the North Canal project is done since it's right next to the east end of that project? When is the North Canal project even happening? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post hindesky Posted November 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 22, 2020 The people living here are going to have to sleep with ear plugs, they have highway traffic, street traffic, train traffic and boat traffic to deal with. But the trade off is the great view of downtown. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Living next to a straight train line with no immediate at grade crossings isn't too bad. If it was curved though, that's pretty bad. College apartment faced a curved train track on a mainline, and that's when I bought my first pair of noise canceling headphones 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 They are already up to the 2nd floor. Very cool project right on the water... Had no clue about this project until now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 This project is coming along nicely. As far as we can tell, all 120 units are workforce housing, correct? If so, this is a good location and good scale for such a development. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 I don't fully understand what "workforce housing" exactly is. Sound like a euphemism for lower income folks. Nevertheless, the skyline views are going to be great and as long as the bayou doesn't go crazy, there is fishing and boating oppurtunity. Sounds enjoyable. I live along a waterway on Lake Houston and love it. They could use a few more trees along the bayou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) The view for the apartments facing toward the southwest will be pretty nice. Edited December 21, 2020 by hindesky 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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