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    This creates a much safer neighborhood and keeps high speed traffic on only one road until it can properly exit
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    I hope this project sparks more in the area. The overall design is nice, clean and not overly complicated.
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    This place seems to be doing very well no having parking. Is the goal still to eliminate parking minimums city wide by 2030?
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    And for the record, I hate that dumb "pedestrian buffer." All it does is create more maintenance and cuts pedestrians off from accessing the sidewalk easier. I'm all for grated trees though.
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    That's not 615 W Gray. It's just that corner lot that's been vacant for a while.
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    I don't know I mean Levy Park has it's name on it and it looks like they're just gutting the building at the moment. A small company outside of Seattle is tackling the conversion. Their profile is small but clean and neat. And to be honest, I trust a company doing this coming from that area compared to some good ol boys here in Texas. https://rainierdc.com/gallery
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    Some developers just get it! Beautiful!
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    Yep I completely agree and for whatever reason the city just continues to enable drivers more and more. Who the heck thinks an 8 lane street is normal in any city? The fact the city sits back and does nothing but repave it is a slap in the face of every person that tries to commute in that area by walking or transit.
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    Is there a topic for the development happening right behind this one? They've already cleared the warehouses that were there.
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    They will. As development continues to fill in from the inner city outwards, those areas will get upgraded. I wish Fannin coming in from 610 would get upgraded already. It needs to be a signature gateway in to the city and more specifically the Medical Center, but in due time this will all happen.
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    Yeah it's like Houston is upgrading it's shopping centers to be more pedestrian focused. This is beautiful.
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    I'm sure they are but I think the North Canal would have to be rerouted somehow and at this point I'm not sure it's possible. Unless the official route isn't set in stone but I'm no engineer.
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    This is a sad loss. I wish there was away to save these structures.
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    There are so many smaller infill projects like this happening all over the city. Once they're all complete they're going to glue together a lot of neighborhoods.
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    Have you seen Pearland at rush hour? Both in the AM and PM that area is a disaster with easy 2 hr commutes in and out of the city. I used to live in that area, people def would have used it. And if anything it would have furthered the cause for more transit. We need to start giving people options. The idea that nobody would have used it is getting old.
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    I wanted to add this random piece of info. I have a friend who works for TxDOT Houston, and he recently told me that the 288 Toll Road to Pearland was actually planned to be an extension of the Metro Rail but because of so much push back, it became a regular toll road. He also said a line on Washington to the old NW Mall is not dead it just needs the support of businesses along Washington. That was the biggest hurdle when trying to get that approved the first time. Anyways it hurt me when he said all of this, especially since the University Line should already be running right now if it hadn't been for idiots like Culberson. Happy Friday!
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    Not everyone needs a bike lane. I've been riding for 8 years and I'm very comfortable riding with traffic but I also don't wake up every day wanting to ride with traffic so I take the bike lanes. At the end of the day, bike lanes are for families, kids, casual riders, etc. We need more bike lanes to promote growth in the scene from the bottom up. Right now it's mostly experienced riders on the street. Either way there is nothing wrong with people sharing the road with cyclists as long as they do it safely.
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    I wish all of them were working. Some of the main ones are eyesores at the moment but are actually really beautiful when running.
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    I just walked past a bunch of fountains this weekend that weren't on. Tranquility, Sesquicentennial, and the majority of The Cotswold fountains were all off.
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    Looks like Houston House finally decided to join the neighborhood. This mural is going to be gorgeous
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    Fossilized remains of a parking lot from 150 years ago 😂
  22. j_cuevas713
    I hope whoever buys this keeps that community garden
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    Man I'm very afraid that cities in Texas are going to lose all control of doing what they feel is best for themselves. It's a really scary time in Texas to have a single party try to take so much control. Now as far as city leaders moving with a sense of urgency, I hope we see 610 parking minimums lifted soon. We're literally shooting ourselves in the foot trying to build dense urban neighborhoods because developers are having to accommodate cars and not people. It's so stupid.
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    Yeah he ended up calling him to ask about his comments and then from what I understood, asked for an apology. If we're going to tout ourselves as the 4th biggest city, we need to quit crying over spilled milk comments from random people. From what I gathered, a lot of people liked Houston and had a great time. Now I do personally believe his comments were nonsense. Downtown was alive, and people were everywhere. If he had a bad time, that's his boring ass fault.
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    Hopefully this is a sign that this part of downtown is starting to take off. If just 2 lots could be converted to residential, it would really make this area feel more dense.
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