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Coog's Crossing: Mixed-Use Development At 4001 Gulf Fwy.
thedistrict84 replied to Scharpe St Guy's topic in Going Up!
I feel like the vast majority of developers use generic business names for proposed site plans and renderings when some or all tenants have not been confirmed. Lovett is the only one I can think of offhand that uses the names of real companies in site plans when no agreement is apparently in place. For instance, the Houston Post project on Polk had Sprouts in the original renderings (which caused a bunch of excitement in a neighborhood in desperate need of another grocery store), and a later site plan featured a Walgreens I believe. Neither are going forward. Lovett does this all the time, but it is definitely not normal.- 222 replies
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Sovereign At The Ballpark: Multifamily At 100 Crawford St.
thedistrict84 replied to LBC2HTX's topic in Going Up!
I just happened to be walking by cutting back over from the Bayou. Didn’t set out to photograph anything from this angle intentionally. Sorry.- 363 replies
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Sovereign At The Ballpark: Multifamily At 100 Crawford St.
thedistrict84 replied to LBC2HTX's topic in Going Up!
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West Alabama Reconstruction
thedistrict84 replied to trymahjong's topic in Traffic and Transportation
Since you had to ask, now they’re going to throw you down there. -
Printhouse At 2410 Polk St.
thedistrict84 replied to illusionescape's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
For sure. They set the shadification (is that a word?) of those sidewalks back at least 20 years.- 213 replies
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Printhouse At 2410 Polk St.
thedistrict84 replied to illusionescape's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
They chopped down all of the trees around the property. There were a few relatively mature trees on both the Polk and Emancipation sides of the property. Since they aren’t currently doing work in the areas where the trees were taken out, it’s unclear why it was done.- 213 replies
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The Mill: Mixed-Use At 2315 Navigation Blvd.
thedistrict84 replied to Paco Jones's topic in Going Up!
Commerce already has bike route signage and dead ends into the Harrisburg Hike and Bike Trail. At the northern end, it runs up along the edge of downtown near the Bayou and could easily connect to the expanded trails after they are extended south past San Jacinto. Seems like a prime candidate for being redone with dedicated bike lanes added.- 286 replies
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El Burro & The Bull - 5401 Harrisburg Blvd.
thedistrict84 replied to ljchou's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
“Barbecue couple” is a phrase I never thought I’d see before. -
Traffic Calming Being Tested in East End
thedistrict84 replied to samagon's topic in Bicycles and Other Low-Impact Modes
Fixing the sidewalks is something that needs to be done anyway, and would benefit more people than just those that live on McKinney. And again, if the sidewalks aren’t fixed, you’ll have people walking in the street, which is ill-advised regardless of traffic volume. If you’re going for a leisure ride on your bike, you should be heading to the nearest park or the Harrisburg Hike and Bike Trail. City streets in close proximity to downtown aren’t the best for that. This isn’t the suburbs (thankfully). -
Traffic Calming Being Tested in East End
thedistrict84 replied to samagon's topic in Bicycles and Other Low-Impact Modes
Aside from the bus stop islands they are installing up and down Polk now, I believe they are also redoing markings and possibly integrating armadillo bumpers in certain areas/intersections to help protect bicyclists. It should be vastly improved when they are finished. And from my understanding, Leeland is also due for installation of protected bike lanes, so that will be one more east/west corridor option. I agree that McKinney between Milby and GRB (through EaDo) is ideal for biking, and use it often myself. And the traffic volume on McKinney between Milby and Dumble is still low enough, even before this pilot program, that it is still somewhat safe for biking. The main issue is people speeding; again, putting in a four-way stop at McKinney and Cullen will solve that problem, without the uneven effects (i.e., unintentionally directing traffic to narrower neighboring streets) that would result from permanently implementing this program. -
If you’re referring to the block bound by Sherman, Garrow, York, and Hutcheson, I think those middle “square” lots are the result of the block being marginally narrower than the others. Those lots near the middle of the block should be accessible through shared drives. InTown has no shortage of different floor plans that they can shoehorn into those square lots.
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Traffic Calming Being Tested in East End
thedistrict84 replied to samagon's topic in Bicycles and Other Low-Impact Modes
I walk my dog down McKinney fairly often, so I’m well aware. I realize there are a lot of joggers and walkers out and about there, which is why the East End Management District needs to redo the sidewalks in the area as they have on the other side of Harrisburg. This program almost implies that people should be walking in the street, which is reckless regardless of the volume of traffic. For cyclists, the bicycle lanes on Polk a few blocks south-southwest (which are currently being redone) and the Harrisburg Hike and Bike Trail just across Harrisburg are much better suited as east/west corridors for recreational and commuter cyclists. A four-way stop sign at McKinney and Cullen would solve nearly all of the problems, which again came about after they removed the traffic light at that intersection. -
Traffic Calming Being Tested in East End
thedistrict84 replied to samagon's topic in Bicycles and Other Low-Impact Modes
Just saw this post here, but the “Slow Streets” project is fresh in my mind after a few recent posts on Nextdoor. I personally think it’s a bad idea. McKinney gets a lot of traffic because it is one of the main connectors towards downtown, along with Polk and Leeland. It’s relatively high traffic, and even the intersection with Chartres by GRB is designed to encourage traffic to use McKinney (this will be eliminated with the I-45 reroute, but that is somewhat beside the point). There will undoubtedly be further development on McKinney west of Sampson/York in the coming years as the remaining abandoned or disused warehouses are slowly replaced with townhouses, apartments, and retail developments. McKinney, as an east/west corridor, will definitely see an increase in traffic through to Lockwood and Dumble/Adams (as north/south corridors). Implementing this program permanently on McKinney is just going to push more traffic to Walker and Lamar. To address the core issue here, the City needs to revisit the intersection at McKinney and Cullen. It should be a four way stop. I understand that a traffic study led to the removal of the light that was at Cullen, but I feel that that study was a bit premature given the predictable future increases in traffic volume. -
Proposed Development At 2617 McKinney St.
thedistrict84 replied to Urbannizer's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
They’re going to integrate some seating into the roof. Social distancing taken to the extreme. -
I think people forget this. They are literally building a (very) small city from scratch for East River.
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The warehouse at 1119 Commerce St. downtown has a construction fence set up around it. Looks like the Harris County Flood Control District is finally ready to move forward with demolition. https://www.hcfcd.org/Find-Your-Watershed/Buffalo-Bayou/F-82-1119-Commerce-Street https://imgur.com/gallery/eQ9YOaN
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New Hope Housing EaDo: Multifamily At 3301 Harrisburg Blvd.
thedistrict84 replied to Urbannizer's topic in Going Up!
Given that the New Hope Ave J development just broke ground, I figure it’s as good a time as any to mention that METRO removed the covered bus stop on N Sampson in front of this New Hope development. I’ll take that as a tacit admission by METRO/CoH that the constant loitering by New Hope residents and other area transients at that stop wasn’t good for optics. And, no surprise (and I guess at least partially due to COVID) but those GFR sites are still all unoccupied. I’m glad The Plant is still moving forward in spite of this development, with the future homes of Giant Leap and a microgrocer both undergoing build-outs there currently.- 77 replies
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Construction fence is down around the restaurant pad site. Checked the permit in the window and it lists “Cajun Coast” as the occupant. Google search didn’t turn up much aside from this link from the Triad construction website. Not much use unless you have the password. http://triadrc.com/2020/04/13/cajun-coast-houston-tx/
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Polk & Cullen Retail Center - 4101 Polk St.
thedistrict84 replied to ljchou's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
An ice house would be a good fit for an old gas station like this, but I’m thinking D&W Lounge already has the “ice house demographic” cornered. (And before you say anything, I love D&W and have been going there for years!) -
I just say that I’m in Second Ward. It really throws recent transplants off.
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Agree completely, but mostly because of the very close proximity to that concrete and asphalt facility just to the northeast. That facility generates a ton of dust which, depending on wind direction, could cause quite a mess as the it settles. Seems to be a poor location for anything outdoor-focused.
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Developers and real estate agents will call an area whatever they want, regardless of recognized and/or historic neighborhood and management district boundaries. “EaDo” is being pushed as a trendy, up-and-coming area so naturally they will take liberty with the boundaries and say pretty much anything in the general area is “EaDo,” even when it’s on the other side of the Bayou in Fifth Ward. It’s the same reason The Heights now apparently reaches all the way over to Hempstead road. . .
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