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    Hanover Autry Park: Mixed-Use At Allen Parkway & W. Dallas St.

    in Going Up!

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, Luminare said:

    Looking through Design Collective's Portfolio (Firm is based in Baltimore, MD), I would say we shouldn't expect anything super amazing or anything that pushes the envelope, but something which is solid/competent. They seem to flow with the current contemporary keynotes in architecture well. Will definitely be incredible infill regardless.

    I’ve actually been in their building, Inmar HQ, in Winston-Salem, and it is one of the nicest developments I have seen. Very well done. 

     

    It is no Zaha Hadid, but that would look out of place here. 

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    Lower Heights District Developments

    in The Heights

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Avossos said:

     

    Personally, I believe this is the best result in the realm of realistic possibilities. Those of you who look at Westcreek / RO District see the Target and parking lot as huge opportunity for future redevelopment.

     

    This development must include a parking garage (movie theater and offices) in addition to the apartment garage. So you have a little bit of everything. As denisity increases, we will likely see the parking lot and box stores subject to change. 

     

    Don't fool yourself... convenient parking is amazing and a factor of success. I go to the target near hear all the time. I doubt I would frequent it as much if parking was not easy.

    I agree with this. This development reminds of University Village in Seattle, WA. It is very walkable and popular, even though it has a large parking lot in front of the grocery store. 

     

    I can definitely see this lot becoming a parking garage in the future if the development becomes a huge success, but I like this project from the look of it so far.  

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    METRO Next - 2040 Vision

    in Transit

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said:

    I was just about to ask the same thing!

     

     

    3 minutes ago, EllenOlenska said:

    It's why I logged onto HAIF. 

     

    We on the same page :D

     

    literally was so excited when I saw the news

    I-45 Rebuild (North Houston Highway Improvement Project)

    in Traffic and Transportation

    Posted

    23 minutes ago, intencity77 said:

    As an East End resident and home owner my concern with this project is that priority for the development of the park atop the cap never happens or takes many years or decades to develop. If the park had been part of the proposed freeway project or already fully funded and more than just a “vision”, I would be way more supportive of the rerouting project as a whole. But for now I don't know if they are just throwing out beautiful, feel good renderings to soften the extremeness of the whole freeway retouting project or if their intentions are for this to come to fruition sooner rather than later. I just need more assurance that the freeway cap isn’t going to be an empty, ugly eyesore for years to come. 

    It is more than just a vision. I would say it is basically a close to done deal. When I suggested the cap park between Midtown/Third Ward, they responded that it is harder there because there aren’t any large companies making donations similar to the EaDo cap. That to me sounded like the cap park idea has received lots of investment from companies in Downtown. 

     

    Also, they mentioned that the first phase of the project will be downtown because that is where the heaviest traffic is, and their goal is to finish construction 2026 for the downtown section. 

     

    Northern sections will come later 

    I-45 Rebuild (North Houston Highway Improvement Project)

    in Traffic and Transportation

    Posted

    3 hours ago, wilcal said:

    Some new renderings were presented at the open house last night. They said that they would be up on the Houston Planning website by the end of the week.

     

    Updated timelines: Initial concept development through summer '19. There's a TxDOT deadline then where they have to know about trees on bridges, etc. Design work begins then and has a deadline of Dec 19. Construction from TxDOT begins 2020 or 2021. 

     

    Big question is keeping/demoing the Pierce Elevated. They are still unsure, but the renderings today showed it in place. Talked with one of the presenter's associates and they said that they have had some engineering work done to determine the feasibility and it looks very good. Land swap between the city and TxDOT looks good. He said they've even looked at the possibility of using the concrete barriers to hold in soil to plant trees/grass and engineering said it was workable. Would likely need "stakeholders" to help with the development. Meaning commercial spaces below and on top to help develop their portion. He made it sound like the city may be up for renting or selling part of the land that they receive for further development to hug the elevated park. 

     

    I somehow forgot to take a picture, but the Pierce would dump into a large park underneath 45 where Hutchins is approximate. They had some decent renderings of this.

     

    They're now planning a pedestrian/bike only bridge to connect Polk into downtown.

     

    I think we knew this, but full Montrosification of the 3 Third Ward bridges: https://i.imgur.com/tBwGZnU.jpg

     

    As you can see on the renderings, adding separated bike/pedestrian lanes and they want to integrate trees and/or grass on the bridge.

     

    New render of the EaDo Cap. Pretty spectacular imho even though BBVA gets the shaft on how big it is (it's the same length as MMP). Elevated walkways to GRB built as hotels are built and needed them. Some type of outdoor concert venue towards the south end of the cap. 

     

    https://i.imgur.com/F1ll4Oq.jpg

     

    "Program Areas" of the cap:

     

    https://i.imgur.com/IMtlgqc.jpg

     

    Train-themed park area on the cap. Speaker talked about the history of trains in that area, wants to integrate that into that portion of the cap. 

     

    https://i.imgur.com/5s2nAyn.jpg

     

    "Trailhead Overlook Hill" is a key entry into the parks system. Rent a bike and explore, etc. Several blocks of elevated pedestrian/bike highway. Big part of the green loop initiative. I talked with the associate about how the goal is to have as few as 10 road crossings for bikes/pedestrians for an entire loop of downtown. 

     

    https://i.imgur.com/70H1eKe.jpg

     

    The latest image of the NE corner:

     

    https://i.imgur.com/VhbaXoJ.jpg

     

    Those are detention ponds in the center. Think we knew pretty much all of this. 

     

    Frostown Crossing portion utilizes existing historical railway as part of the elevated bikeway.

     

    https://i.imgur.com/tUtb9ju.jpg

     

     

    I was there too and the projects looked amazing! The only part I felt is forgotten is the Third Ward/Midtown area. I don’t feel that pretty bridges are enough to connect two neighborhoods. I suggested another cap park in that area. 

    Emancipation Center: Dowling St. At Elgin St.

    in Going Up!

    Posted

    I disliked the old one so much!! The new one is a lot better. 

     

    The problem with the old design is that in 5 years it will look outdated. I have seen spherical buildings like that before and I always think they look old. 

     

    The new one, although not different from other buildings, will still look nice come 10-15 years. 

     

    Just my opinion. 

    Houston Center Redevelopment

    in Downtown

    Posted

    1 hour ago, intencity77 said:

    Yawn...more eat/drink/food hall venues downtown?! Where is the retail?

    They will come. All these food halls will become the key tenants of the downtown mall (similar to what department stores are now... which are slowly disappearing) so these food halls will anchor the stores. I like where we are going with the food halls

    METRO Next - 2040 Vision

    in Transit

    Posted

    26 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:

     

    Unfortunately, unless they build and operate the Red Line extension differently, 45 minutes seems pretty optimistic.  33 minutes to travel 6 miles and then 12 minutes to travel 9 miles?

    That’s how it is in Seattle. The light rail they have there goes from the airport to downtown, and the train goes through a long stretch alongside the freeway very quickly, but once you get close to downtown, it has more stations and it slows down considerably even though it is a lot shorter distance wise. 

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    Minute Maid Park

    in Sports and Stadia

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, lockmat said:

    So in 50 years if/when they have to tear down and rebuild, most likely there won’t be available land. I wonder what they’ll do, where they’ll go.

    We don’t have to tear down and rebuild... look at Fenway and Wrigley. I’m hoping Minute Maid becomes like those historic stadiums one day. 

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    Midtown Streetscape Improvements

    in Midtown

    Arabella: Condominium High-Rise At 4521 San Felipe St.

    in River Oaks/Upper Kirby/Greenway Plaza/Bissonnet

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Reporter said:

    Even with the stucco, this is a great looking tower. And I'm sure that is all RD is hearing from anyone that matters to him.

    I like it too... it might not be as cohesive, but it’s interesting to look at. Too much cohesion makes a building boring in my opinion. I do like Aris a lot more than this though, but I don’t think this is ugly  

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    GreenStreet: Mixed-Use Development At 1201 Fannin St.

    in Downtown

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, bobruss said:

    Think about the possibilities. 

    Hakeem Olajuwon 34

    Nolan Ryan  34

    Earl Campbell 34

    Elvin Bethea

    Robert Brazille

    A.J. Foyt

    Carl Lewis

    Zina Garrison

    George Foreman

    Elvin Hayes

    Calvin Murphy

    Rudy Tomjanovich

    Homero Blancas

    Fred Couples

    John Mahaffey

    Bruce Lietzke'

    Steve Elkington

    Jackie Burke

    Jimmie Demaret

    Dave Williams

    Bruce Matthews 

    Mike Munchak

    Jimmy Wynn

    Jose Cruz

    Larry Dierker

    Guy Lewis

     Craig Biggio

    Jeff Bagwell

    Don Chaney

    Jose Altuve

    Roger Clemens

    Andy Pettit

    Michael Strahan

    and on and on

    Who wouldn't want to go see this

     

     

     

     

     

    Don’t forget we have a professional soccer team with legends like Brian Ching and Brad Davis

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    The Post Oak Hotel At Uptown Houston At 1600 West Loop S.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

    Posted

    17 hours ago, Twitter1 said:

     

    Cranes everywhere! It's a smaller city, so maybe I observed more cranes and development. Those new condos/apartments all have their own unique, and bright style.  There's so many luxury apartments!

     

    Russell Investments Center is so nice! The tower caught my eye while I was riding on the freeway. Google has a project in the CBD? I passed by the site and there was two or three cranes.

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    Edit: Off topic wise, I do like the peacefulness compared to Texas. The PNW is awesome!

    Yeah the amount of growth that Seattle is having is insane! I guess that happens when you have the two richest men in the world living in one city, with enormous amounts of high paying jobs

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