EllenOlenska

It must have been those two bungalows I saw being torn down. 

Yeah, so my understanding was Angostura's understanding: that the SE corner (the one fence off) will be the site of the new Chase building, and the big brown brick building will be sold off. There's a pavilion on the north side of that east block (I think of them as two blocks) that might have an ATM, I've never checked. 

That Chase building and corresponding parking lot is huge. 

So, as I mentioned in the Midrise/waterworks building thread, Chase Bank took out the ATMs at the drive through ATM spot on the eastern block last week. Today I drove by and saw that the southern two-thirds of the east block where the ATMs sit are fenced off and they are currently demolishing things. 

This one is surprisingly imposing in person I think. 

18 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

 

Yep, those are a problem. The stuff everybody likes and that makes for a natural urban neighborhood is forbidden by law. Of course, variances are obtainable. 

Certainly the charm is attenuated, atomized (west of Ashland). There are still a few cool buildings west of there. I kind of hope this apartment adds toward the urban vibe. Though I was really disappointed to see the sea of parking they had planned in front of the water works buildings. 

There's a few in the area. There's one in the Bank, a walk up. I think there's one on eleventh in front of Republic Diner. But, yeah I think they've been totally removed. 

I'd like also to note that the chase bank lot directly east of the Chase building and south of the apartment building going up, now doesn't have any drive through ATMs. 

I'm not aerospace engineer, but I figure a horizontal takeoff and landing spaceplane really needs a control tower. I'm sorry I'm on this control tower, but it's there and it's big. 

The air traffic control tower is going up there. 

1 hour ago, Triton said:

 

No, it's incredibly exciting and, like I said on the previous page, this could be the beginning of the tech revolution in Houston along with the TMC3 and the aerospace industry (is the Ellington Field expansion still happening?). 

 

All I know from occasionally driving on Old Galveston Road is that they are building that massive new air control tower at Ellington Field. 

I'm under the impression the short one is the hotel, and the tall one is the residences, full stop. 

During Harvey, the 11th Street Bridge didn't so much become a dam. I know, I was there. I'm not fully sure how high it should get. 

I love the potential page. 

6 hours ago, bobruss said:

Ellen,

I Was curious why the word, briefly stoked, was used. Is it because of the proximity to Root park or the scale that made you sound a little disappointed.

Or the fact that they actually considered Root park new?

Any time we can get a new park downtown is a good thing.

I think the Movers and Shakers and developers now know that the key to successfully developing new areas downtown involves a park. 

And remember there will be some kind of new greenway that will fill the old pierce elevated spaces.

I was excited--or I don't think I ever really believed it--but I was excited because someone posted a second thread that there was going to be a new downtown park. So there were two threads and I thought, maybe there are two different new parks. But of course it was a duplicate thread. 

I lived in one of those. (I have my own thread somewhere on this forum about the ones I lived in. What up, Huntsville Cube Square). But back to what I was saying, three shipping containers is about 1000 square feet, so this is a pretty big house. Roomier than a lot of the rowhouses I've seen. 

I was briefly stoked about TWO new parks in south downtown. 

I heard Gail Delaughter on the NPR Texas Standard show yesterday and she kept repeating that the train would stop in College Station. I kept thinking, isn't the train actually going to stop in Shiro? 

Ross has a point. Really, the point. 

I think I'm too excited about this redevelopment. Mostly because I miss Pop & Pan's sandwiches. 

Not much has changed. 

I know they can't  get the blue or the gold rail done, so this question seems moot, but, was there ever any plan to put rail down Broadway? It seems to me like two of the lines could be extended toward Hobby. 

I was just planning on going to an observation deck. What is open? Any suggestions? 

One might say that, if some of Houston's most famous examples are modernist, then the bunker architecture of the post office goes hand and hand with that golden age. 

I'm gonna go ahead and say that I like it. 25-in-total gleaming there will add a lot of dynamism to the skyline. 

Man, that theoretical downtown to Northwest plot jaunt everyone is planning is bonkers.