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On 10/7/2020 at 1:21 PM, jmitch94 said:

 

Hopefully it is. It's terrifying being right up on memorial drive with nothing separating you from cars going 50+ but a small curb. I always worry that someone is going to be texting, try to change lanes and pop a car over the curb and turn me into hamburger meat. 

Hmmm never really thought about that. Has that actually ever happened though?

Will I still be able to see 👀 the trail joggers 🍭when driving down memorial? Looks like the trail will be pushed back. 

3 minutes ago, H-Town Man said:

 

I would say, named with the shuttle in mind as a sort of vague tribute to the city's connection with space exploration. Not so much the shuttle itself as the whole spirit of NASA's endeavors over the years.

 

And with the double meaning of being a place for kids to discover things and for Houstonians to discover what urbanism is.

 

I was watching the Challenger documentary on Netflix last night and it kinda hit me with all the Discovery shuttle talk. 

Was Discovery Green named after the Discovery Shuttle?

Was this the long term plan for this site?

14 hours ago, mollusk said:

 

Before this it was a Chevy dealership.

Wow.  Ever knew that. Any pic?

2 hours ago, jermh said:

 

Looks like they aren't planning on opening until downtown pedestrian traffic picks up.

Weren’t those 2 spaces open concept at first?

if all goes to plan will Neils Bahr be affected as well??

Have they secretly been working inside or something?

14 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

DSC_9290[pano] by Michael Soukup, on Flickr

This was always 609 Main’s best angle/view

15 minutes ago, por favor gracias said:

I'm glad they're working on this area. That part of the park may have been the hardest hit from the drought back in 2011, and quite frankly, it's depressing for me when I pass by knowing what was there before. I never saw the Transco Tower from that part of Memorial before they cut all those dead pines down, and now you can see a lot of Uptown from there.

 

I remember we were rationing water at the time, but to this day, I can't fathom letting so many trees in our prize park die like that. I always thought a city like New York would never let something like that happen to Central Park if a similar situation presented itself there. I don't know that, but that's just my feeling. I wish they'd put an irrigation system in place (assuming they don't have one already) in at least the most mature areas to prevent something like that from happening again.

 

That said, I am very impressed with what they've done so far on the other (north) side of Memorial and look forward to the finished product on the south side.

 

Are there any pics of before 2011 from that area?

So has construction started or is this just the relocation of mccue?

So will there still be a rooftop bar or is it only event space?

48 minutes ago, gene said:

that second photo reminds me of a cult...i hope this isn't part of the new master plan 💀

Haha what you’re looking at according to the website is 

Memorial Groves

So does anyone know exactly what stretch of Memorial this will be and how far down it goes?

16 hours ago, imagoman said:

We've decided to move out of the ROD area to an area like it used to be.   Too many teens, drag racing, apartments, and attached undesirables have taken over ROD.   The low self-esteem is sad to see and we're not into victims nor negative energy.  I wouldn't be surprised if the whole project declared bankruptcy not to mention most of the tenants closing if COVID goes into 2022.   Wishing the old hood well, though, even as we're excited to be moving to what we experience as a much better neighborhood like ROD started as.

 

Would love for you to expand on the “undesirables” and the “low self-esteem” comments. 

Now we wait for the value engineered renderings!

jokes aside I hope this one doesn’t get scaled back 🤞

Crappy drive by photo

Looks like this is history 

on a side note- why don’t we have an “uptown” section under Houston neighborhoods?

21 hours ago, clutchcity94 said:

 

Whoever told them that was a good business plan for Montrose is an idiot. I’d expect to see something like that at DisneyWorld or Times Square.

Tbf that place was always packed when I drove by. 

 Been waiting for this one! Any idea the construction  timeline?