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    The Alley Theatre company started in a room at the end of a long alley: 1947 - 1949 After a 2 years, their lease was cancelled and they moved into an old fan factory off of Louisiana 1949 - 1968 The current downtown building is the same one that they've been in since 1968 From what I can tell, the fan factory is now an office for the Holy Rosary Church, though it's possible it was demolished and replaced with the current structure. The original theatre at 3617 Main still has an alley between two buildings (the brick building across from Mid Main and the other retail building) but I can't tell if the stage structure is still standing from Google Maps. Source: all information and pictures from https://www.alleytheatre.org/about-us/history
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    At least we're getting the superblock
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    Wow the only thing they didn't plan on changing was the gas lines
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    Of course it closed. You can get oxygen for free just by walking outside or breathing on a tree
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    They've finished the sidewalk along Main, are finishing the sidewalk along Leeland...even with only 3 masons working (I counted) this project is finally coming together and becoming a very nice piece of the neighboorhood
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    It might also be a backup kitchen for the Frank's across the street - and it would be like Domino's where there's still a counter to go into to order a carry out order or pick it up, but no beer or by-the-slice. Frank's needs to get there pizza capacity up if they are going to serve their entire new tower
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    The blue crane on the left is for Catalyst
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    Any clue on where the hole came from?
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    If anything it will make it worse - more people from the suburbs will use it to commute to the Energy Corridor, Uptown, and Downtown
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    Figured as much. I suspect that Westpark is way over capacity from what the original design was
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    There will still be a choke point at beltway 8 though. Any way to fix that one, or is the road painted into a corner?
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    Hope Top Golf doesn't go there - it would be a better fit on top of GRB
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    Long hike from there to Toyota center - but I'm sure it's position next to the freeway will get plenty of people in
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    It almost would look better if they left the scaffolding up... it adds some detail and pattern to the blank wall
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    They must of heard you!
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    Did he talk about how -efficient the building was, with low costs?
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    After no activity for a couple of weeks, there's a back hoe running around spreading dirt flat on the lot. If I remember I'll try to grab a picture on my way home
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    I drove that way earlier and didn't even notice...
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    I found a diagonal street! On page 55 of this pdf http://southmainalliance.org/Portals/0/PDFs&Docs/MSCPlan11-00.pdf It looks like it was going to start at St. Joseph & Main, and run to Discovery green to a traffic circle made there in front of GRB Drawing a line on a map, it looks to go through: a bit of the Amegy bank building, but not the tower itselfthe parking lot for the Co-Cathedral bounded by Pease/Fannin/JeffersonThrough the Zydeco diner behind Houston House, almost directlyThrough a lot of parking lots (though possibly clipping Brown Book shop & Athens Hotel)It goes straight through the Embassy SuitesIt also seems to think that the Toyota center would have been centered on the block where the Goodyear next to the Houston House is now, and would only requiring closing Leeland, Bell, and San Jacinto to build
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    Old (2014) Southern downtown plan: http://www.downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2014-06-18/Southern_Downtown_Public_Realm_Plan_Final_For_Web_Compressed.pdf No names were mentioned, but there are interesting tidbits - the two mid-rises going up near the Co-Cathedral should have a dog run and a plaza on Caroline. It mentioned "Cathedral Square" once, but I didn't see a location or any new street
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    According to the Downtown Management district, part of it ("north" of Pease, "west" of San Jacinto) is in the Skyline district, while the rest is in the medical district http://downtownhouston.org/districts/ There definitely is room to cut out a new district for these residential buildings. "Skyhomes" district might work - it plays on the skyline district and on the 2 Skyhouse towers, without naming them specifically
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    Skyhouse District?
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    They are I'm not sure when it is starting though. Westheimer really needs some sort of heavier transit method - BRT, light rail, subway, elevated train, cable car - something
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    Those big metal panels look even more monolithic without the surrounding masonry
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