j_cuevas713

Looks like work is getting close to wrapping up. See my post above.

 

per their website:

 

Ahh thank you man. This is awesome news! We can't underestimate how great this is for downtown, especially as a nice casual spot downtown to watch the game.

Wth is that rock in the bottom left corner? haha Man did we really think this was ok back in the day to landscape with massive rocks in the middle of the city? 

That second picture is a great shot down Rusk...what a change!

For real! I was blown away. Is that Houston? lol

Downtown is starting to fill in finally! Looking awesome!

Nice more douche bags! Jk kinda BUT on a serious note, imagine if all of the lots in downtown had some sort of tower on it. Downtown would that much more amazing!

Awesome!

What's the status on Christian's Tailgate?

While I like many of the designs of a lot of these new mid-rises, I wish more were clean and simple like this. 

I noticed the turning lane at Smith and Capitol. And I noticed people turning in front of the train a few streets before that as well, as if they are either afraid to turn on the tracks or they are confused how the turning lane works. And thanks for letting me know they are running the trains thru rush hr, I've just never seen them go past Main during that time. Not saying they don't run at all.

All thats left is for another developer to tear down the old Macys garage and add another tower

I'm curious as to why there is a turning lane next to both of these lines downtown. Like isn't that asking for an accident to happen? I totally get having the turning lane on the tracks which is cool but not next to the tracks. Am I missing something here? And I also noticed that during rush hour the purple and green line don't run trains all the way through. I wonder if there is fear of a collision.

Nice I work right next to Damian's on the same block. It amazes me how Houston is starting to have its own "look" if that makes any sense. Like you know when something is shot in LA or NYC or even Chicago, etc and you know what city it is. We are getting our own style and it's freaking awesome!

Hahaha sorry guys... I gotta say that I was very impressed... my gf and I parked at the Macy's garage and did some walking up and down Post Oak... we checked out the new Whole Foods and ate... then we caught the 33 back to West. and Post Oak and then caught the 82 to Montrose... did some antique shopping... then caught the 82 to Midtown at Smith and Elgin... from there we caught the train downtown and watched the Stros till about 8ish... caught the train back to midtown, just because... and the 82 back to the garage... I gotta say that overall the buses were very frequent and great on travel time. The longest we waited was about 7 mintues. I'm def considering taking the bus more often. Still not familiar with other routes but I will try others soon and get a feel for things.

I mean that could be said for any major city.

Started eastbound lane closures this week. The "feeder" east of Taft is partially closed, and with just one main lane closed from Montrose to Taft, the light at Taft caused a backup almost to Dunlavy.

 

I'm still very weary of adding lights to the Parkway and maintaining current loads. I think the impacts to travel time will be much larger than predicted.

I say this with all respect, but who cares if travel time increases? This city has bottle fed motorists for so long that we worry about travels times on Allen Parkway. People speed up and down that road and completely ignore pedestrians. If travel time is an issue, I have an answer, wake up earlier. Cities are built on people, not cars, and it's about time this road was dedicated to the safety of people trying to cross it. 

Well it's only been two days but there are so many more people on the purple line now.

A lot of it is people going back to school. That's what Metro had hoped for, which is a good thing.

^^^ obviously very bright outside j_cuevas713.  however you illustrations are quite prominent.  thank U!

My apologies, I had my exposure set high on my phone. 

Saturday:

Testing the system today with my gf, going from the car parked at the Galleria and walking Uptown and then hitting Montrose, then Downtown to TMC and back to The Village and back... wish me luck guys

Wow what

Haha I'm joking man... no I totally get the crazy traffic argument, but this would be a nice addition to the Houston area.

The people in Katy are idiots. All they want is their fields of nothing and their Bass Pro Shop.

Holy crap this is great news! So glad this isn't getting demolished!

The Upper Kirby traffic alert said Colquitt will be closed west of Kirby while they bury the utilities for this project starting Monday. I'm stoked about how Kirby will look when these buildings are built. Too bad the Picos and Office Depot etc didn't get smashed in this last boom.

While I agree about those businesses, I don't think they are a horrendous eyesore. I do agree I wish the Pico's was another midrise or highrise. It would def add to the density of the area. I would rather see that little plaza where Taco Cabana is at be transformed in to a more open, urban park area. 

I also wonder how Houston will look in the next 15 years. If we continue to develop and grow like this Houston is going to be a very well balanced city. 

I quit listening to 610 especially after this show. Like I get the dry humor of B-Straw, but it's not very funny and Pauly G is beyond annoying to listen to. It's like He tries too hard to be funny as well. Plus all 610 talks about is the Texans. I love my Texans but when other teams in Houston are doing well, they give them a good 10 mins of talk time and then it's back to the Texans. I like the mid-day show but the morning drive with Nick and John is just beyond terrible. I'm a 790 listener now and they are so much better all around.