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Based off of this building you get a good sense of the size of what's going on in Midtown. 

Went to Caracol in thr BBVA Compass building and Uptown is looking amazing! The new sidewalks, etc is really going to tie the area together. This development by McNair will really be icing on the cake. 

Just now, IronTiger said:

Gosh, I could've sworn there was this entire city east of downtown (beyond where Westheimer ends), a bit worse for the wear looking, but it seemed to stretch almost the way out to Baytown. I guess it must have been my imagination.

Must have been. 

Once Westheimer is finished, the ability to walk from one end of the city to the other will be awesome! Now if they can do the same for Richmond Ave that would be great! Wasn't their word of making Richmond BRT?

15 minutes ago, Reporter said:

Not around Park Lane and Greenville Ave. Its a death trap for pedestrians just like the 99% of DFW that is not located in that 1 square mile known as uptown.

I'm simply speaking about how they are slowly building very cohesive development one after the other that's really starting to connect their neighborhoods. I also noticed fewer parking lots in many areas. 

Let's just pray they make it PEDESTRIAN! I just came back from dallass and let me tell you that they are doing a solid job building for PEDESTRIANS! It felt like a different city from just 10 years ago when I lived there. 

So they're building a pedestrian path from the Galleria to the park to connect the area?

2 hours ago, kbates2 said:

Doesn't seem like a very large number for a project this size, I assume the $31m is just a 'phase 1'?

Maybe it seems small because they aren't building from the ground up, just renovating

23 hours ago, Eastdwntwn said:

From Nextdoor:

 

"I just spoke to Mr. Clay Mealy with Lovett Commercial, one of the agents on the listing brochure for this property. He confirmed to me that there is currently no tenant for the building. He said that they had talked to Sprouts a while back but nothing came of it, and have presented the plans to other grocers. He said the asbestos abatement was something the owner knows has to be done anyway, so they are just getting it over with. The site plan appears to anticipate some sort of parking structure on Charles street so I imagine that is what the variance request is for. Any commercial use at that location will have parking issues so a parking garage would be a necessity. He was very nice and I thanked him for his continued efforts in presenting the property to potential tenants so that we can have some more options on the east side."

 

 

Well at least they're prepping the building for a tenant. 

On 6/13/2018 at 10:55 AM, ChannelTwoNews said:

Astrodome by russell.hancock, on Flickr

BEAUTIFUL! This brought a tear to my eye

When is it expected to open?

23 minutes ago, jgriff said:

Looks like the appraised value is about $4 million. I bet it will go for more. If we want to see how much people really care about this building someone should start a fund raiser to buy it. That’s the perfect mechanism for finding out if people really care or if they just like to b**ch.

I think you're missing the actual point. This has nothing to do with just some house. This is a foundation piece of the city. With so many empty blocks surrounding this property, why does it have to be this one to be threatened by another developer? When you destroy every little thing a city is made of, it's like building a new city every time and you begin to lose who you are. Houston is just now starting to build smarter but great cities add to what they have, they don't destroy what they have in hopes of the grass being greener on the other side, because it isn't. You lose history which is very important. 

19 hours ago, Diaspora said:

The buyer doesn't want the building on the block, so it either moves or comes down.  Or another buyer emerges.

Damn, source?

Just now, AREJAY said:

Not my words, just summarizing what is in the article... 
 

 

“It’s fair to say the building is potentially in danger,”

In other words, whoever buys the property has the potential to not care about its historical significance and demolish it. I'm also crossing my fingers but IMO the trend so far tells me there's a good chance of preservation. 

Just now, AREJAY said:

https://www.chron.com/business/article/Fears-mount-as-rumors-spread-that-Kirby-Mansion-13008528.php

Looks like this one was canned and now the mansion is in danger of being demo'd
 

 

 

It hasn't even been sold yet so no it's not in danger of being demo'd. I think everyone involved with the building are trying to designate it as a landmark to prevent a future owner from demolishing it. I feel all of this is just precautionary. 

I noticed that the entire gas station has been fenced off with CLOSED signs all around. Anyone know what's going on here?

On 6/6/2018 at 2:42 PM, wilcal said:

Truck parked on the sidewalk I guess that's an improvement over being parked in the bike lane when I rode by the other day

 

Usually when I see people do this, they're from outside of Houston, like Katy, Tomball, etc. And they have no idea what a bike lane is lol

It's a much needed change of pace when you consider the style of many of the other luxury apartment buildings. Great infill for 2 lots that have been undeveloped for forever. 

I really want to pull my hair out. Parking in the back would be ideal. 

I'm trying to imagine at least 5 more of these buildings with similar heights in this area. I would love to see every parking lot filled up in 10 years. That's just me being hopeful. 

22 hours ago, ArchFan said:

I don't know enough to judge how racist he was in private words or actions.  Regardless of how bad he was in that way, he did publicly say and do some good things.  Some people evolve over time ... perhaps he did, too.  I dunno.  

 

As president, at the signing ceremony for the Higher Education Act of 1965 in 1965, Johnson reminisced:

He ... offered me a job at $125 a month to teach a Mexican school at Cotulla [Texas] when I was a sophomore, and it was necessary that I leave that year to teach.

I shall never forget the faces of the boys and the girls in that little Welhausen Mexican School, and I remember even yet the pain of realizing and knowing then that college was closed to practically every one of those children because they were too poor.

And I think it was then that I made up my mind that this Nation could never rest while the door to knowledge remained closed to any American.

BTW, after finishing his teaching degree, he went on to teach public speaking at Sam Houston High School, here in Houston.

Wow that's awesome. 

14 hours ago, mollusk said:

The casual use of racist language was pretty common in the 60s and before, even by people who didn't buy into all of the legal segregation that still existed at the beginning of that decade.  LBJ was a deeply flawed man, but he also did a lot of great things for common people.

That's true, he understood southerners and how to get their attention and speak their language. 

15 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

 

Thanks, I'm pretty comfortable with my facts. Never said LBJ was a paragon of enlightenment, on race or other issues, but his work on behalf of the disadvantaged is quite substantial.

 

And I never said he didn't do a lot. I'm speaking on the man and his motivation for passing some of that legislation. He was a well known racist, that wasn't a secret and he didn't make it one. So. idk why you feel like you're the right hand man on all things LBJ but calm down. There's more than enough evidence to prove both sides or the argument.

6 minutes ago, H-Town Man said:

 

But the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, before the Vietnam situation deteriorated. In fact, most of his Great Society legislation was passed before things got bad in Vietnam (roughly when the Tet Offensive occurred in 1968). Not to mention all the legislation that had nothing to do with civil rights - Medicare, Medicaid, etc. You may want to revise your explanation.

 

You may want to check your facts on LBJ. My Dad was in the war and told me countless stories about him. Yeah he did some great things, but he was a blatant racist. 

6 minutes ago, H-Town Man said:

 

This does not accord with what I've read of him. For one thing, one isn't compelled to pass massive legislation, it is an uphill battle even in a favorable political climate (see Obama on healthcare). He bragged privately that he got all those bills passed after Kennedy couldn't. Nor can it be explained by political self-interest: after signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he commented, "Well, I've lost the South for the Democrats for the next forty years."

 

Why do you think he was compelled? Who compelled him?

 

The Vietnam War was a political nightmare. LBJ had been quoted many times behind closed doors degrading minorities. The only way he knew to clear his name and distract Americans from the war was to try and settle the Civil Rights battle in his own backyard. Yes, tons of legislation was passed to distract Americans from thinking he was a racist. And Today we honor a man who only did those things for political gain.