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I'm so ready for them to fix this street.

Houston beer shocker: Sawyer Yards brewery shutters after landlord lock out

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Another Houston craft beer brewery has poured its last pint. Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company has been locked out of its facility in Sawyer Yards for non-payment of rent, CultureMap has learned.

4 hours ago, editor said:

My wife spent an hour in the rain plugging 100¥ coins into those machines.  Thrill of the hunt, I expect.

My favorite are the capsule machines that have toys/pins that are specific tourist areas.  It's like the penny machines that used to be at tourist sites in the US.

14 minutes ago, tigereye said:

Since Post is a destination, I see it as meeting rooms or event space to support the hotel clientele and their demands (weddings, conferences, etc) to increase reservations. 

They already use building on the lawn area for weddings and corporate events.

Two years later still nothing.  I would have thought by now there would be some movement on this building.  

On 12/31/2023 at 1:14 PM, tigereye said:

It’s being referred to as a convention center hotel because Lovett plans to build 21,000 sq ft of convention space within Post. 

Is there a market for more convention pace in Downtown?

So a resident at Haven shot him?

2 hours ago, CREguy13 said:

I think it's safe to assume both will follow in time. This can't get built quick enough, the amount of workers that don't have a parking spot downtown that may opt for this option will be interesting to follow. Should really increase weekly ridership immediately.

Why not integrate housing and retail into a transit center now?  Seems like a missed opportunity for additional revenue to be used for transit.

38 minutes ago, august948 said:

What would market based parking look like in front of someone's home?

The area wouldn't be subject to minimum parking standards.  

Ingenious is closing, last day 1/6/24.  Never made it out to their brewery.  

Ingenious is closing, last day 1/6/24.  Equipment already listed for sale.   https://loebequipment.com/auction/ingenious-brewing-closing-complete-canning-line-10-bbl-brewery/

It's going to be tough to increase market based parking inside the loop.  All of Midtown was supposed to be included but they got a carve out because so many people complained.  People have become accustomed to idea that street in front of their homes is their personal parking area.  

Needs housing and retail.  

Also with elevated there is the possibility of travel across town after heavy rain events.

The Station Museum is closed and the lot/building is for sale.  I've seen some really cool exhibits here.  

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Dear Friends of the Station Museum of Contemporary Art

 

Station co-founders Ann and James Harithas have had a tremendous influence on art in Houston and Texas and beyond. The Station Museum of Contemporary Art has hosted some of the most progressive and revolutionary exhibitions in Houston in its two-plus decades of operation. Those exhibitions have reflected and honored the diversity of our community as well as the larger socio-economic issues that affect us all.

 

We have had many questions about what’s next for the Station Museum. 

 

Going forward, The Station Museum of Contemporary Art will be on a hiatus from public exhibitions and programming until further notice. 

 

We are grateful for the support of the community that we have been a part of through the years. It is through the participation by artists, performers, and especially our visitors that we have been able to foster dialogue, expression, and activism for a better world, and we thank you all.

 

We will communicate further information as it becomes available. In the meantime, please visit our website for updates.

 

With thanks,

The Staff of the Station Museum of Contemporary Art

MORE INFO

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1502-Alabama-St-Houston-TX/30057053/

Can we get more of these inside the loop please.

Another article about issue. 

Overgrown lots, neighborhood activists sparked city probe of fired Midtown official

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Brian Van Tubergen’s frustrations with the overgrown, vacant lots owned by the Midtown Redevelopment Authority had long since boiled over by the time he addressed its board in October 2019.

The authority’s weedy parcels in his part of Third Ward were magnets for illegal dumping. The problem had gotten so bad the city of Houston was slapping violation notices on its nominal partner in affordable housing.

It was time for the board to resign, Van Tubergen said at the public meeting.

A high-ranking MRA official defended the agency. Todd Edwards, the authority’s real estate asset manager, said it was spending $200,000 a month on landscaping contracts for roughly 500 lots.

Houston redevelopment official ousted after overgrown lots lead Third Ward residents to take action

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Midtown fired Todd Edwards on May 31, the agency said, but it wasn’t until Oct. 3 that Houston’s Office of Inspector General determined Edwards “used his position at Midtown Redevelopment Authority inappropriately… to benefit himself and the owner of Cortez Landscaping,” according to a memo the Chronicle obtained through a records request. 

 

On 9/29/2023 at 4:07 AM, Big E said:

And none of those ideas went anywhere. Any business that wants to open up there will get vetoed by the Texans and Rodeo, because they don't want something there that will compete with them for space. Its what killed every other revenue generating proposal. Neither the Texans nor the Rodeo have shown any interest in doing anything with the dome themselves. Doubt they'd back somebody else doing anything either.

This place is so locked down even when not in use.  I wanted to use NRG Parkway to access the Bcycle station on the other side and they wouldn't let me cross.  You think they're going to let anything happen at the dome when events are happening at NRG Stadium or Center?

31 minutes ago, JBTX said:

I wonder what McCaul's beef with Texas Central is? Probably that it doesn't go through his Houston-Austin district...

I'm sure I could string a few R buzz words together as to why he's against trains.

Texas congressmen push to stop funding for Houston-Dallas bullet train

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Just a few weeks after Amtrak and Texas Central Railroad announced a collaboration to build the high-speed rail from Houston to Dallas, U.S. Congressmen Rep. Jake Ellzey and Rep. Michael McCaul are asking the Department of Transportation to deny federal funding for the project.

On 10/6/2023 at 6:24 PM, august948 said:

That's because buying and owning a car has gotten too expensive.  We need to find ways to reduce the cost for young drivers to help them get started.

What about making easier for people that don't have an interest driving.  Who enjoys getting on the Mad Max roads of Houston?  When I was  in high school everybody couldn't wait to drive to hang out with friends.  I think most high schoolers don't care as much because their are so many options to interact with friends from home and hanging out at the malls isn't a thing anymore.  So people are delaying learning to drive then realize typical commute driving sucks and it's expensive, so what's the point.

Off street protected bike lanes...nice.

I would go to those Whole Foods on occasion because it was the closest grocery store to me.  It always seemed dead when I would go.  It never gained the traffic of other Whole Foods.