Alec

A few more renderings here: https://www.archpaper.com/2020/01/akon-finalizes-cryptocurrency-city-senegal/

He's really going for that "alien fungus taking over The Watergate" look.

2 hours ago, Triton said:

More urban than the one on Washington with office and multi-family?

Yeah, in the most urban version they build their own functional public transit system to other residential and business hubs. The downside is that they set aside 60% of residential units for foreign investors who will leave the unit empty, and they peg the price of groceries to a NYC Whole Foods.

I'm surprised the promo map doesn't show the proposed Post Oak Bus Rapid Transit expansion running along the west side of the lot. I would think that's a major selling point for most likely buyers of that lot.

2 hours ago, corbs315 said:

Sorry if I missed someone else posting it, but there’s a billboard on 59S before the Fannin exit 

 

edit: I took a pic and tried to upload but I’m still woefully inept at it. Here’s a link. 

 

http://imgur.com/fbWwpZw

Thanks!

The trick with Imgur is to upload the image, then right click on the image itself to copy the image URL. Don't copy the sharing link that Imgur gives you or the URL from your browser.

Then you can add the picture to your HAIF post by using the "Insert other media" in the lower right corner and pasting in the image URL.

More floorage for the storage:

The HSPVA red is no more. Long live AIMS emerald green!

The tallest cherry picker I've ever seen is reaching over the top of GRB right now. I hope someone a little closer can take a picture; it's got to be twice as tall as the building itself.

Canopy And Wood Bar To Close.

https://houston.eater.com/2019/5/15/18624879/canopy-montrose-closing-woodbar-may-2019

I'm sad to see them go; it sounds like the proprietor just wanted to focus on her other projects. 

Chain link has been up around the site for a week or two and now the green fence "liner" is up as well.

5 hours ago, wilcal said:

 

That would be news to me, as I haven't heard any of the planners talk about that being an upcoming project, but if park opening is 2 years away, then they could certainly make that happen (certainly if Downtown District is paying).

 

Here is the park location on the "updated" (it's not really) bike plan map.

 

 

Blue = dedicated on-street.

Fuschia = shared on-street (sharrows/signage only)

 

The two blue north/south lines just to the east of the park are Caroline and Austin, and they've decided to run a bi-directional lane only on Austin due to construction on Caroline in Midtown that is going to last another 1.5 years. 

 

I think that's the timing for the Bagby redesign in the Theater District, so maybe they could time that portion to wrap from Bagby down and around?

 

 

Bell has dedicated in-street ROW in the Interactive Bike Plan Map. It is in the "Potential Short Term Implementation Opportunities" layer. 

Edit: I buried the lede here; the relevant info is that this section is relatively high on priority list for bike infrastructure. I agree that this is a very realistic addition in the next few years.

Recenter 4/26/19.

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Urban Genesis apartment projects have been “designed to take out dead weight in a complex,” he previously told the Houston Business Journal, meaning there likely won’t be a parking garage or business center as ways to help keep costs in check.

I like this idea for Houston, but I'm not sure a location with a 48/100 transit score will give it the best chance of success. Maybe this is a design based on street parking and not transit?

Also:

The Build 50 Challenge is a campaign developed by BikeHouston and issued to the City of Houston, Harris County, Metro, Houston Parks Board, and others to build 50 miles of on and off street bikeways in 12 months (or by May 2019).

Every line on the map under the “Build 50 Challenge” tab is apart of the Build 50 Challenge. As a part of the challenge, these projects need to be completed or under construction by May 1, 2019 to be counted. Most of these projects are being funded by Precinct 1 with the agreement that the city will lose the $10 million commitment if they don’t spend it by the end of the challenge. Watch Mayor Sylvester Turner and County Commissioner Ellis commit to the challenge here.

15 hours ago, august948 said:

So, Ellis mentions they got 19 miles done.  Is that just part of the 50 or is that all that the city and county were able to accomplish?

Those 19 miles are just part of the new facilities. There will be an announcement in the next couple weeks (there are 7 days, 6 hours and change left on the Build 50 clock) and I think people will be pleased  .

3 hours ago, Avossos said:

 

Shouldn't the April meeting minutes be available now? That meeting was a week ago. These are March minutes.

They aren't up yet. When they are, they'll be here.

Dumpsters on site. 

Finishing up the pour for floor 2. Sorry about the image quality; zoom + dirty window = instant impressionism.

On 3/5/2019 at 9:32 AM, bobruss said:

It's supposed to rain on Saturday and Sunday. Will this affect the pour?

Also with that much conrete being poured how much will it affect the temperature on site? 

According to an email today from Downtown Management District, the pour is still on for 3 p.m. Saturday:

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17 hours ago, Twinsanity02 said:

According to GaWC Houston in 2018 is ranked an Alpha minus world city, slightly above Dallas, Atlanta, Boston (Beta plus) but at par with DC, Prague, and Rome. Does anyone know what this exactly means?

alpha++ cities In all analyses, London and New York stand out as clearly more integrated than all other cities and constitute their own high level of integration

alpha+ cities Other highly integrated cities that complement London and New York , largely filling in advanced service needs for the Pacific Asia

alpha & alpha- cities Very important world cities that link major economic regions and states into the world economy

All beta level cities These are important world cities that are instrumental in linking their region or state into the world economy

All gamma level cities These can be world cities linking smaller regions or states into the world economy, or important world cities whose major global capacity is not in advanced producer services

Cities with sufficiency of services These are cities that are not world cities as defined here but they have sufficient services so as not to be overtly dependent on world cities. Two specialised categories of city are common at this level of integration: smaller capital cities, and traditional centres of manufacturing regions

-https://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/gawcworlds.html

https://imgur.com/a/2UaYh4o 

2/16/19 from the NE corner (Shepherd School of Music side)

Certified planner and smart growth evangelist Charles Marohn explains "The Real Reason Your City Has No Money."

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real-reason-your-city-has-no-money