Popular Post Urbannizer Posted December 7, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2016 Variance request sign posted at the Fannin parking garage. Requesting a dual building line along Fannin and Ewing St. for the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation. Initially schedule to begin this year, work will now likely begin in 2017. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Naviguessor Posted December 7, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2016 Oh. You mean the mfaHEB? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted December 15, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 15, 2016 Some changes made to the design. Binz Elevation: Fannin: Ewing: 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Managed to begin 11 days before the new year. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Is that a new tower crane Urbannizer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 13 minutes ago, hindesky said: Is that a new tower crane Urbannizer? Yssir! Had to have went up over the weekend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 From the parking structure next door. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 They're going to have put it in high gear to finish in 4 months. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 (edited) 14 hours ago, hindesky said: They're going to have put it in high gear to finish in 4 months. The "end date" stated on the TCEQ permit is not the completion of the building. It merely indicates the date they expect to achieve final stabilization (with regard to storm water runoff). Edited December 25, 2016 by Houston19514 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 13, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2017 https://houston-texas-us.blogspot.com/2017/01/cranes-over-houston-jan-2017-edition.html 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post hindesky Posted January 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2017 Precast sections going up around the building. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Urbannizer Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Update for the site of Phase III: http://houston.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=9725&MeetingID=219 Quote ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a 20-foot-wide water line easement; abandoning the easement to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the abutting owner, in consideration of: (A) its conveyance to the City of a 23-foot-wide water line easement; (B) its payment to the City of $300.00; and (C) other good and valuable consideration; located within Block 77 of the Turner's Addition, out of the Obedience Smith Survey, A-696, and Joseph Gamble Survey, A-309 Ordinance authorizing the abandonment and sale of: 1) platted Eugene Street (commonly known as Dickson Street), located along Lots 7 through 12, in exchange for conveyance to the City of: 1) a 50 foot-wide right-of-way easement for the extension of Leverkuhn Street, from Dickson Street north to Feagan Street; 2) a 5 foot-wide right-of-way easement along the southern portion of Feagan Street, from proposed Leverkuhn Street east to Waugh Drive; and 3) a variable width sanitary sewer easement along the western and southern portions of the applicant’s property, all located within the Mary L. Morse Addition and Joe Smalley Subdivision, Brunner Addition, out of the John Austin Survey, A-1. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted May 19, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2017 Work for Phase III to begin May 22nd Via email from the Museum Park Neighborhood Association: Beginning next, Monday, May 22, the newly constructed Montrose Parking Garage opens to the public. On this same day, the outdoor South Lot, across Bissonnet from the Law Building, permanently closes to allow excavation and construction to begin on the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, scheduled to open in late 2019. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I cant believe it's finally going to break ground. I've been waiting for this ever since it was announced. This is going to be huuuuge! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Where is the "Montrose Parking Garage"? I am kind of confused. Obviously the church and the museum made a deal for the land. Where will the church parishioners park for church now? Where will museum visitors park? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) I believe that the new garage is built under the new Glassel. Thats what was going in underground. The church parking is north of the church on a lot that the museum owned and traded to the church for the southern lot between the church and museum. Edited May 19, 2017 by bobruss 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Correct. The new underground parking (underneath the under-construction new Glassell building) will be opened for parking on Monday, May 22. The museum has owned the parking lot on which the new Kinder building will be constructed since 2007 and had an arrangement with the church to allow the church to use that parking on Sunday mornings. I believe they will now allow the church to use the new underground garage on Sunday mornings. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 17 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Work for Phase III to begin May 22nd Via email from the Museum Park Neighborhood Association: Hell freaking yeah, this rivals 609 Main and Marriott Marquis for impact on the city. (Sorry I didn't mention ROD or any of the grocery/multi-family sandwiches.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 24 minutes ago, H-Town Man said: Hell freaking yeah, this rivals 609 Main and Marriott Marquis for impact on the city. (Sorry I didn't mention ROD or any of the grocery/multi-family sandwiches.) I agree 100% only in my mind this is even bigger because this is a public building that is going to be full of great art and wonderful spaces. Its going to allow the Museum so much flexibility with the collection and how they exhibit work. It will give the Museum the room to do things like show so much of the modern and contemporary work that has been collected over the last 20 years and store away for this building. Its going to be incredible. Now lets get on with it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 8 hours ago, bobruss said: I believe that the new garage is built under the new Glassel. Thats what was going in underground. The church parking is north of the church on a lot that the museum owned and traded to the church for the southern lot between the church and museum. Yes, the new underground garage is at 5101 Montrose. Museum members received a flyer in the mail about this earlier this week communicating that the current surface lot is closing after this weekend. After that, you will have to park in the new underground garage or the existing one on Fannin adjacent to the Beck Building. I have to admit that as much as I'm happy for the upcoming expansion of the museum, as a semi-regular filmgoer there I'm really not thrilled about having to pay $8-10 to park every time I want to see a film, in addition to tickets to the film (members receive a parking discount - for 31 minutes to 4 hours, the $8 and $10 rates apply to members and non-members, respectively). I take light rail there about half the time, but sometimes that's just not optimal. I'm willing to bet the folks that run the film program probably aren't too happy either - it would be nice if there was some way they could validate garage parking for filmgoers, but I doubt they'd be allowed to do that to the exclusion of other museum visitors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 11 minutes ago, mkultra25 said: Yes, the new underground garage is at 5101 Montrose. Museum members received a flyer in the mail about this earlier this week communicating that the current surface lot is closing after this weekend. After that, you will have to park in the new underground garage or the existing one on Fannin adjacent to the Beck Building. I have to admit that as much as I'm happy for the upcoming expansion of the museum, as a semi-regular filmgoer there I'm really not thrilled about having to pay $8-10 to park every time I want to see a film, in addition to tickets to the film (members receive a parking discount - for 31 minutes to 4 hours, the $8 and $10 rates apply to members and non-members, respectively). I take light rail there about half the time, but sometimes that's just not optimal. I'm willing to bet the folks that run the film program probably aren't too happy either - it would be nice if there was some way they could validate garage parking for filmgoers, but I doubt they'd be allowed to do that to the exclusion of other museum visitors. Maybe you should suggest it. Im a member and will make a call myself. Thanks for all of the information. I should read those things when they get home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harementire Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 This one is cool! Are there any pictures there we can see? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harementire Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 This one is pretty amazing! I hope the profit will really go to the project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 20 hours ago, bobruss said: Maybe you should suggest it. Im a member and will make a call myself. Thanks for all of the information. I should read those things when they get home. I overlooked it myself for several days, then did a double-take when I finally glanced at it and realized what they were talking about. A correction: the 31-minute to 4-hour rate for members is $6, not $8 - I misread the small type. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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