EllenOlenska

This is fascinating. I'm glad I clicked on it. This is the first thing that pops up when you start googling it, so it's no help--https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2012/04/dome-of-the-month-bullfighting-under-the-roof/. 

4 hours ago, Luminare said:

and its not like there aren't bad dudes that frequent these areas, lets not be naive

I wouldn't be so naive as to not think there'll be bad dudes buying the condos

Reminds me of the fire in the parking garage at UH a few months back. 

With all that parking it's more like generations on the drive. 

I'll see myself out. 

Super-cool + a shit ton of parking = Houston

4 hours ago, KinkaidAlum said:

I was born on Candlewood right off of Tanglewood Blvd. I didn't read the deed restrictions as a kid but I'd be very surprised if the deed restrictions haven't been ignored over the years. I remember people being pissed when the first two story house was built but now the monster mcmansions are everywhere and there are very identifiable third stories "hiding" as gables or pitched roofs. I get that this will be much taller and multi-family but just saying. Today's Tanglewood looks NOTHING like the original version.

Kindkaid with the historicizing! 

49 minutes ago, Triton said:

 

Wow, I actually like this a lot more.

I agree. 

13 minutes ago, H-Town Man said:

 

Nice. I had forgotten that. More of a Katherine Mansfield fan. FYI, I would not correct any other poster besides Houston 19514 on semi-colon usage.

 

Mansfield slaps. 

Just that Woolf loved her semicolons. "Percival has died; (he died in Egypt; he died in Greece; all deaths are one death). Susan has children; Neville mounts rapidly to the conspicuous heights." That sort of thing, she (and a lot of authors of the period) broke up what we'd think of as phrases and clauses into separate sentences (though, in my example from The Waves, those are mostly just short simple sentences.) 
 

3 hours ago, Houston19514 said:

 

They plan a district, not just a building; so of course they want to control the surrounding property.  To be clear, this is only 2 blocks north.

2 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

 

Thanks for counting the blocks. I suspect this parcel will be ground leased for residential or mixed use. Could be wrong. Improper use of semi-colon in your first sentence.

 

 

This is some Virginia Woolf shit 

Hell, I might say downtown is everything downtown except the portion east of Main and south of Dallas, which includes this building.  

14 hours ago, arche_757 said:

UH D should buy that land...

They’ve probably looked at it, but the entity that owns it most likely wants $$$!

 

Is Transwestern the owner, or just representing the owner?

Another Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning, eh? Would be nice.  

1 hour ago, H-Town Man said:

 

When did they add light rail to the Northwest Transit Center and beyond? This is exciting if true.

 

Is that a track on (or near) the highway and not on Washington? 

62 year or older or the wait I can't rent this? 

*peaks head in* I like the gondola talk 

8 hours ago, Montrose1100 said:

I like the design but the shape of the mid section throws me off. Also completely blocks the apartment tower of Downtown views.

It's especially odd when its near a bunch of empty lots. 

Train cars move more people than buses and buses more people than individual cars. And if the train or bus has an exclusive road or trackway, well then it moves faster. It is the consistency and the number that is important. 

To say self-driving cars will help seems to misdiagnose the problem. The problem isn't just that people don't want to psychically drive. It's that we have too many cars on the road. 

Is Kingwood that dense? It reminds me of an only slightly smaller version of those Chinese ghost cities within a city. 

I'll tell y'all something. I'm genuinely unsure what in the world is likely to be here. Is the Pierce Skypark the most likely event? 
 

I love this alligator conversation. Alligators aren't supposed to care for larger prey or prey foreign to their habits--humans are both. We all associate all crocodilia with saltwater or nile crocs which WILL KILL YOU. 

On 3/19/2019 at 4:34 PM, Urbannizer said:

326 units for the residential portion

 

https://www.powerdesigninc.us/project/hanover-buffalo-bayou/

I keep clicking on this and saying to myself "feast your eyes on...oh...damn"