LarryDierker

Someone please clear something up for me.  I did biomed research for several years at UT Medical school at theTMC. There are numerous UT facilities throughout the med center, many conducting research.  It looks very impressive but what is the purpose? How would this be integrated with the core of the TMC? Is it anywhere near the rail line?

The edge of the property is less than a mile from the rail line. there are now buses on this part of Bellfort and as was pointed out earlier the metro rail test line runs along the southern edge of the property and could in theory be utilized for the site.

This also encompasses the notorious booby trapped and guarded homeless fort in the woods.

wouldn't consider this site the middle of nowhere though. It is ideal for such an endeavor. Close to TMC. Close to 610. Close to 90. Close to light rail. Convenient to 288.

Look at all that other room for development. 

Twisty Tower and Museo would be a good start!

Can't understand how you guys fit donuts into your macros.

I would concur that paying more for a few quality fashion pieces is better than paying a lot for Walmart pieces

Why settle for either extreme?

The models in all the adds at ROD will look better in a $200 suit from the Men's Warehouse than most consumers will look in a really expensive suit from ROD.

No reason to cheap out at walmart or overspend at ROD. plenty of quality can be found  in the middle ground.

But  $200 tee shirts and $300 jeans is just silly. looking at you vince.

Why "European aesthetics with rustic Hill Country elements"? I guess Houston has no discernable architectural style

Of course Houston has a discernible architectural style. It's called Hodge-Podge.

Isn't 4820 the address for the oaks? Hope they use a different design for the Ridge and the Park.

 

^^^ where on earth is my W when i need it.....

 

here ya go!

The cube to the bottom right? No high rise ?

The cube is probably a placemarker.  But the location would match up in this pic (Urbanizer posted a year ago) with the location marked proposed full service hotel

The pictures don't have a proper extension for embedding. You could download the pictures, then upload them here as an attachment in your post.

These four diamonds will nicely compliment the Astoria diamond.

Any updates on this?

A few others within dt that are a short walk/taxi/uber/greenlink/rail ride/bike share away.

Christian's Tailgate

Flying Saucer (i cant be the only person that likes the food here)

Kramers build your own pizza coming to skyhouse

new restaurant coming to the Savoy Holiday Inn

Pappas BBQ

Jackson St. BBQ

existing thread: http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/32765-cleburne-senior-living/

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I just never understood why anyone in Houston would even think about evacuating. People along the coast for sure but not people 50 miles inland. I know people 75 miles away in the Woodlands that left town. I'm sure people were worried about flooding but it doesn't take a hurricane to flood Houston. Did the news media create a mass hysteria or are people just that paranoid? 

Bill White scaring people didn't help.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/23/us/nationalspecial/miles-of-traffic-as-texans-heed-order-to-leave.html

Mr. White and the top official in Harris County, Judge Robert Eckels, admitted that their plans had not anticipated the volume of traffic. They maintained that they had not urged such a widespread evacuation, although only a day earlier they invoked the specter of Hurricane Katrina, and told residents that the "time for waiting was over."

 

Ridiculous. How long does it take to bulldoze a hill and lay some new sod?

Additionally, that means that they were counting on not going to the playoffs this year. Unacceptable, they should be trying for playoffs every year.

they are redoing the seating in the area as well. Plus there is an allstar cricket  match in November that is disrupting the construction plans.

My roommate and I bought a keg for the long weekend.

I have a few pics from my sidekick phone.

The sky as outer rings passed.

Westheimer at Winrock during rush hour.  Friday I think.

Walmart canned goods isle

It's great weather for someone visiting ROD to take a short stroll and get some pics of this.

The ebook is available on the major torrent sites. i just checked. But no audio book, so it's no good for me.

Only one so far. The northern portion of this project is still a surface parking lot. Will check out how high the southern portion is this weekend. 

I don't think the surface parking lot is part of it. Just the block and a half south of the parking lot. bound by Salnier, crosby, Andrews and Heiner.The parking lot just south of Dallas was the rumored Drake apartments that never were mentioned again after the one blurb that first mentioned them.

http://devmap.io/cities/houston/developments

i googled Vince. one time on my PC after seeing it in this thread and ever since my phones facebook app has had nothing but vince. adds.