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Ironworks Campus - 711 Milby St.
wilcal replied to j_cuevas713's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
They posted on Insta today that they are doing a meet and great and sampling with the owners this Saturday from 11-5 and will be doing pop-ups every Sat from 11-4 until they open. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzcRAySJ-9o/?img_index=1 Also, I'm trying to remember the exact layout, but there was a space this tall a little towards the NE corner of the building. Maybe it's there? Been a minute since I toured, so a little blurry in my mind. -
Turkey Bend: Proposed Plat - 5601 Navigation Blvd.
wilcal replied to hindesky's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
Gonna guess since this is south of Navigation, this will be parking. -
Ripping out the Abandoned Rail on Walker St.
wilcal replied to hindesky's topic in Traffic and Transportation
Guys, I'm so sorry. A street function closure permit is $62, not $200. The form is linked here. Go wild! https://www.houstontx.gov/specialevents/faq.html#applystreetfunction -
Ripping out the Abandoned Rail on Walker St.
wilcal replied to hindesky's topic in Traffic and Transportation
It is a permitted street closure It is annoyingly cheap. I believe I have posted elsewhere but maybe $150? $200? Why pay for your own private property when you can monopolize public property for a fraction of the cost? -
Ripping out the Abandoned Rail on Walker St.
wilcal replied to hindesky's topic in Traffic and Transportation
Dynamo still paying to close street and park over bike lanes -
Incredibly exciting news! I also had to miss the home tour :( Hopefully the nearby neighbors aren't against some bbq smoke a la Turkey Leg Hut.
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I was driving by a few weeks ago and saw some activity on site. Some light clean up, nothing too major. Interesting mix of cars there (a Corvette, and some other luxury-aimed vehicles). The Instagram is interesting saying that is a contemporary art gallery with the hours of 2pm to midnight Wed to Sun. Have to think if it was an actual night club it would be open later.
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So you'll tax the existing downtown businesses? If the O&G businesses next to downtown are fine with effectively paying for the project, then by all means, but there isn't exactly a lot of commerce happening in downtown Beaumont.
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I mean... who is going to pay for all of that? The city probably has very limited funds and private developer ROI can't be there.
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Retail Remodel - 3714 Harrisburg Blvd.
wilcal replied to EastwoodEnvoy's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
Pretty sure when it was listed on Loopnet they wanted $$$$$. -
Old Blue House Antique Shop At 1719 Westheimer Rd.
wilcal replied to CrockpotandGravel's topic in Montrose
Stopped by Jeni's this weekend and didn't realize that it had apartments in the back. So so cool! Has 6 studios and based on a listing I saw they dropped the price from $1,275 to $1,100 at some point. Each of the apartments has one reserved spot in the parking lot.- 58 replies
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So, this is a little on me. I was going on HCAD parcel data, but I misidentified the block because both blocks are labeled as High Fashion Home. That block isn't abandoned, it is the one we are talking about right now has already been complete. Street width is defined as the entire city ROW. That typically means sidewalk to sidewalk, not the paving width of the lanes. In reality, your complaints likely lie with the fire department who want wider streets and turning radii for their trucks. Here is the user's guide: https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/docs_pdfs/User's Guide for WP and TOD report_2020-10-01.pdf Walkable Places has big impacts, but is limited in scope as in it only applies to a few areas. Midtown being one of them. Instead of having a traditional setback (which is from the edge of your property) there are minimum pedestrian realm standards that start from the back of the curb. If that goes into your property then that works as a setback. If there is already a large sidewalk, then you get a 0' setback. Walkable Places regulates pedestrian realm, the size of unobstructed sidewalk, the safety buffer between the sidewalk and the road, types and size of trees, fence height, and restricts how and where cars can drive onto the property. These only kick in when some forms of heavy renovation or a new building is constructed. I think fire access concerns are a big one, but a lack of good targets is another. I've been pushing for Main to be closed to cars for forever. We also have so much excess ROW that we have a lot of room for road diets to make a much better pedestrian experience. Like McKinney downtown. From this: To this: A huge difference for changing one lane, and traffic is *fine*
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First, it appears that the block of Rosalie along High Fashion Home is already abandoned. Rosalie also doesn't go through two blocks to the west at the former Whole Foods store. So, a few reasons why you would want to abandon: * One: Rosalie street is only about 43', so when they replat this they would actually be required to contribute 7 more feet to the street. * Two: Streets trigger building setbacks (note: this is in a Walkable Place area, which makes things complicated, but still) * Three: they are showing some buildings on Rosalie. Can't do that without acquiring it.
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Gas Station At 3409 McKinney St.
wilcal replied to ljchou's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
I just won't believe it until I see it with my own eyes. -
120 N Eastwood St - 21 new townhomes
wilcal replied to wilcal's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
JFC. That is so dangerous! Really unaccpetable. -
Contract Awarded for 160 Clean Diesel Buses for METRO Fleet
wilcal replied to ChannelTwoNews's topic in Transit
Yes, they are testing and have some on the road. They have been updating some of the stations with charging infrastructure as well. I know the Polk bus depot has some based there. I talked with a METRO rep during sustainability week or some street festival thing downtown and they said that it was going well, but it is actually the winters and not the summers that present logistical challenges. I get it, but the branding is pretty shitty. New healthy Big Mac with one fewer cheese slice! is basically what they are going for. -
Contract Awarded for 160 Clean Diesel Buses for METRO Fleet
wilcal replied to ChannelTwoNews's topic in Transit
"clean diesel" . ok -
120 N Eastwood St - 21 new townhomes
wilcal replied to wilcal's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
Huh, the fencing is interesting. I guess it is necessary to separate the construction from the trail. -
That's a fair assumption and why they want to spend so much on the canal project.
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Emancipation Court: Townhomes On Emancipation Ave.
wilcal replied to hindesky's topic in Third Ward and University of Houston
Please still make the effort! 311 reports are used by other departments and help empower changes like Livable Places pushing the minimum driveway length from 17' to 19' so the sidewalks are less likely to be blocked. In terms of this plat... both of the streets they front on are primary Walkable Places streets. They will have to submit a new plat design because front-loaders are not permitted. They'll probably do something with a second shared driveway. -
It basically doesn't. With the flow output from the ship channel directly into the ocean. The 100 and 500 year flood plains end basically at the bank.
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Livable Places has passed. 60 days until implementation.
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Up for a vote this morning. Sounds like an agreement has been made with the development community, so I would expect it to pass.
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Space City Harrisburg - 3119 Harrisburg Blvd.
wilcal replied to hindesky's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
This parcel is also owned by the credit union.