HoustonMidtown Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 https://montrosehtx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Monstrose-Blvd-Presentation-12-7-2022.pdf 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Not perfect (a bit ambiguous on where bikes are supposed to go between 59 and Dallas), but definitely a nice upgrade. Montrose and (especially) Westheimer really need to have wide, high-quality, continuous* sidewalks. *continuous as in, continues at sidewalk grade across the street at intersections with side streets, like this: https://images.app.goo.gl/5M4KnAehYXjBc5tc8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 4:56 PM, HoustonMidtown said: https://montrosehtx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Monstrose-Blvd-Presentation-12-7-2022.pdf exciting for Montrose and Houston for sure!!! this has been a long time coming...i truly hope they keep some art installations or make room to have some kind of rotating art in the medians or "something" to keep the Montrose of old alive 🙂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Damn all we need is LW and UW to get rebuilt and we will have some awesome walkability in the core of the city 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 23 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: Damn all we need is LW and UW to get rebuilt and we will have some awesome walkability in the core of the city I honestly don't understand how Westheimer is still the way it is. I feel like it should be the priority in this city. Don't get me wrong, I love this project for Montrose Blvd, but I feel like at this point, Westheimer is WAYYY worse and needs to be prioritized. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookey23 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Did anyone attend this meeting? Was there any notable information that wasn't covered in the slides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 56 minutes ago, bookey23 said: Did anyone attend this meeting? Was there any notable information that wasn't covered in the slides? I did, the north portion Allen Pkwy to W. Clay St. will be first since all the water travels toward the bayou and because of the timing with the Ismaili center which will finish sometime in '24. They are also working in coordination with public works so the two projects can work together. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 There will be a public in person meeting on Jan. 23rd on site where the Montrose TIRZ usually meets but in a bigger room. Not sure where that is though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Montrose TIRZ meets at St Stephan's Episcopal on Alabama 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) I wonder how they'll fit a 6' sidewalk between the trees and the townhouse. How did this place ever get built? Edited December 15, 2022 by dbigtex56 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, dbigtex56 said: I wonder how they'll fit a 6' sidewalk between the trees and the townhouse. How did this place ever get built? That house was apparently built in the 80's. The narrow lot there was created when Montrose was extended North from Westheimer. Prior to that, the street was named Lincoln Here's the block book map for the property. which is Tract 23A 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 14 hours ago, Ross said: That house was apparently built in the 80's. The narrow lot there was created when Montrose was extended North from Westheimer. Prior to that, the street was named Lincoln Here's the block book map for the property. which is Tract 23A How old are these block books/when were they printed? I have one for my house and the pages look just as ancient. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 10 minutes ago, clutchcity94 said: How old are these block books/when were they printed? I have one for my house and the pages look just as ancient. 1940's maybe? I've never seen an accurate date on them. I too would love to know. They are a super useful resource. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 14 hours ago, Ross said: That house was apparently built in the 80's. The narrow lot there was created when Montrose was extended North from Westheimer. Prior to that, the street was named Lincoln Here's the block book map for the property. which is Tract 23A Hmmmm so lincoln? I wonder what the back story of naming that particular street was? It seems a name like Lincoln would be bestowed on a large Blvd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 25 minutes ago, trymahjong said: Hmmmm so lincoln? I wonder what the back story of naming that particular street was? It seems a name like Lincoln would be bestowed on a large Blvd. US Presidents. There's Grant, Lincoln, and van Buren from East to West. Given the way Houston developed, there's all sorts of weird stuff like this. It happens other places too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post editor Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Ross said: US Presidents. There's Grant, Lincoln, and van Buren from East to West. Given the way Houston developed, there's all sorts of weird stuff like this. It happens other places too. Meanwhile, in Las Vegas: See it here: https://maps.apple.com/?ll=36.277666,-115.142954 Las Vegas has the worst street names of any place I've lived. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, editor said: Meanwhile, in Las Vegas: See it here: https://maps.apple.com/?ll=36.277666,-115.142954 Las Vegas has the worst street names of any place I've lived. Hmmmm That's why I've always thought Naming streets should have been my true calling........ a set of encyclopedia Britannia a dictionary a thesaurus a sense of humor and a southern dry wit "naming streets" would have become an art form . Edited December 16, 2022 by trymahjong 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, editor said: Meanwhile, in Las Vegas: See it here: https://maps.apple.com/?ll=36.277666,-115.142954 Las Vegas has the worst street names of any place I've lived. What, no Pumpkin Spice Boulevard? They should name Las Vegas streets after the mobsters that built the casinos and hotels - Siegel Parkway, Lansky Avenue... Edited December 16, 2022 by mkultra25 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 33 minutes ago, mkultra25 said: What, no Pumpkin Spice Boulevard? They should name Las Vegas streets after the mobsters that built the casinos and hotels - Siegel Parkway, Lansky Avenue... Bugsy Segal Court Many of the main streets are named after the casinos that are, or used to be on them: Sahara, Desert Inn, Flamingo, Tropicana, Rancho and such. The main secondary streets are named after performers: Liberace, Mel Torme, Elvis Presley, etc. I used to drive home through the three-way intersection of Frank Sinatra Drive, Dean Martin Drive, and Sammy Davis Junior Drive. My boss lived near here: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 10 hours ago, trymahjong said: Hmmmm so lincoln? I wonder what the back story of naming that particular street was? It seems a name like Lincoln would be bestowed on a large Blvd. Considering that it was named less then fifty years after the Civil War, I'm surprised they used that name at all. The large blvd.s (at least downtown) pretty much stuck to Confederate generals and early Texas heroes. Lincoln might not have felt comfortable there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 "Officials with the Montrose Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone are seeking feedback on plans to make street and drainage improvements along Montrose Boulevard designed to make the road safer for pedestrians, cyclists, motorists and public transit." https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/transportation/2022/12/15/montrose-boulevard-target-of-52-million-street-improvement-plan/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 On 12/15/2022 at 4:54 PM, dbigtex56 said: I wonder how they'll fit a 6' sidewalk between the trees and the townhouse. How did this place ever get built? They're taking it from the median. Right now the median is 30ft but will shrink to 14ft. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 This has to be one of the most exciting projects I've seen in a while on this forum. Sure, we can get nice developments here and there, but projects like these really bring different parts of Houston together. Ever since I moved into the greater Heights area in 2012, I learned to bike around all over the city to get to where I needed to go. One of the biggest challenges was always going north from the Heights down to the Montrose area and vice versa. Sure, there's the bayou connection near the Waugh bridge and several others but it wasn't exactly a straight shot. I always wanted to just go on Montrose but the sidewalks in this section are atrocious. Totally broken up, too small so you always have to go into the grass for dog walkers, overgrown grass... the list just goes on and on, it was never a pleasant experience. I truly feel like this improvement is going to tie together these two areas and make it easier to cross from one side of the bayou to the other. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Montrose TIRZ 27 Jan. 23rd, 2023 In Person Meeting about the proposed Montrose Blvd Improvements. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookey23 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 9 hours ago, Triton said: I always wanted to just go on Montrose but the sidewalks in this section are atrocious. This is definitely a welcome change for us bikers. Once they finish this, the next item should be fixing the bikeability on Studewood/Studemont underneath i10 and between i10 and Memorial. If you're trying to bike to Montrose, that stretch is equally treacherous. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 14 hours ago, Triton said: I truly feel like this improvement is going to tie together these two areas and make it easier to cross from one side of the bayou to the other. I am afraid I don't share your optimism. I think this will greatly improve the pedestrian experience on Montrose Blvd, but other than the MUP from the south side of Allen Parkway to W. Dallas (and keep in mind, the W. Dallas lanes don't start until Waugh), I didn't see any bike infrastructure in the plan? I am all for the pedestrian improvements, and providing (preferably a few) comfortable bike routes from Montrose to the Heights would be fantastic, but I just don't see that in this project... The combination of a wide bayou flanked on either side by highway-lite arterials (hiways?), and (particularly north of the bayou between Jackson Hill and Sawyer are (in my opinion) the main issues with Heights-Montrose connectivity, and I don't see how this fixes that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 It's just nice to finally see these major thoroughfares get the upgrade they need. Houston is getting very walkable inside the Loop and the attention to pedestrians is becoming more and more evident as more streets get reconstructed or upgraded with pedestrian improvements. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 8 hours ago, 004n063 said: I am afraid I don't share your optimism. I think this will greatly improve the pedestrian experience on Montrose Blvd, but other than the MUP from the south side of Allen Parkway to W. Dallas (and keep in mind, the W. Dallas lanes don't start until Waugh), I didn't see any bike infrastructure in the plan? I am all for the pedestrian improvements, and providing (preferably a few) comfortable bike routes from Montrose to the Heights would be fantastic, but I just don't see that in this project... The combination of a wide bayou flanked on either side by highway-lite arterials (hiways?), and (particularly north of the bayou between Jackson Hill and Sawyer are (in my opinion) the main issues with Heights-Montrose connectivity, and I don't see how this fixes that... I saw a bit of the presentation explaining the updates, and have the impression that bike lanes will be provided on streets that run parallel to Montrose (such as Stanford). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 38 minutes ago, dbigtex56 said: I saw a bit of the presentation explaining the updates, and have the impression that bike lanes will be provided on streets that run parallel to Montrose (such as Stanford). Stanford is already an excellent bike route from Woodrow St up to Allen Pkwy. Dedicated bike lane would make it even better. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 23 minutes ago, clutchcity94 said: Stanford is already an excellent bike route from Woodrow St up to Allen Pkwy. Dedicated bike lane would make it even better. Stanford is the road I always rode unless it was really early on the weekend then I would brave Montrose heading northbound. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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