hindesky Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 The old Amegy parking lot across the street is now closed. The surface lot west of it is still being used by people working at MTA building. I wonder what the plans are for this? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 So... it looks like Metro is planning to build an Emergency Operations Center at this location. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Houston19514 said: So... it looks like Metro is planning to build an Emergency Operations Center at this location. Any more info on this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 https://ridemetro.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=2216&meta_id=57023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Houston19514 said: So... it looks like Metro is planning to build an Emergency Operations Center at this location. 20 minutes ago, Texasota said: https://ridemetro.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=2216&meta_id=57023 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted January 13 Popular Post Share Posted January 13 Dual excavators on site! Demolition starting soon? Enlarged the rendering from the post above. Great looking building. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Demo permit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Grant McKay Demolition is doing the demo. https://www.grantmackaydemolition.com 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Demolition photos from Friday. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Highrise Tower Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Demolition pictures this week. Monday. Tuesday. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Highrise Tower Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Demolition photos this week. Wednesday. Thursday. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Highrise Tower Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Photos from the past few days. Friday. Monday. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HoustonIsHome Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Reading about this on Metro's website this sounds like an awful project. From the sounds of it this is mainly going to be a parking garage and staging area for metro police. Ridemetro.org says this will be 6levels of parking, again fronting a rail station. Why do we always get excited over a huge parking garage adjacent to a rail stop? There's a reason we don't have a proper rendering yet. This is a garage being replaced by a bigger garage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) Meanwhile cities like Cincy are doing it right Edited February 1 by j_cuevas713 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Photos from the past few days. Structure is down except for a few columns. Tuesday. Wednesday. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 10 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: Meanwhile cities like Cincy are doing it right I mean the old garage was ugly, but we should be cheering on walkable spaces and TOD in high transit oriented spots. Not only is this lot (1) downtown and (2) on a rail line it is (3) on a rail line for the DOWNTOWN TRANSIT CENTER. It should be the hub of transit for downtown. Why on earth would SIX FLOORS OF PARKING be a good thing right on the rail line. The huge Amegy Parking lot right on the north bound rail platform is already embarrassing enough. The rail stop at the Star is the same, two massive parking structures right on the rail stop and there's more examples. It's hard to complain about the garages that predate the rail, but new massive parking garages on a railline called the Downtown Transit center? I know that there isn't much going up downtown right now, so any news seems like good news, but no matter how much lipstick they put on this pig it's still going to be a pig. This area has the most residential units downtown and with the residential conversions it is set to get more. So it is disappointing that such a prime spot gets a development that doesn't add to the walkability of the area. To add insult to injury they have the setback facing main. At least the Transit center building got it right and located the buses on the backside away from main. This development most likely will look like a big old garage with a suburban setback right on the crossroads of transit downtown. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Thursday. Friday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I couldn't find an existing thread about this one, but if it exists, let me know and I'll smoosh them together. Demolition began a couple of weeks ago on the abandoned parking garage on the block bounded by Main, Saint Joseph Parkway, Fannin, and Pierce. I walk by this garage most weeks when I go to church, and it's been locked up for at least two years. The other half of the block is a surface parking lot for Metrocops. This photo is from this past Saturday, February 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 It's this thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Highrise Tower Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Pictures over the week. Monday; three left. Tuesday; three left. Wednesday; zero left! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 2/5/2024 at 9:33 AM, ChannelTwoNews said: It's this thread. Thanks. I saw the address, but in my mind the 1900 block is Midtown. I should look at a map. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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