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8 hours ago, xbryanisbeastx said:
Here is a marketing brochure for the development.
One of the attributes of the development is "walkable". I will never understand the suburban obsession with driving to a walkable area when they could just live in a walkable area.
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42 minutes ago, samagon said:
I did go back and read it more carefully, thank you very much. the way a lot of the responses on here read definitely made it seem as though it was some bunch of new info. so point taken that you can't just read responses on this forum and presume people know what they're on about.
anyway, that aside, the CBD has been all for this project the whole time, and of course they are going to use it to point out every artifact of why it is great for the city, sure they've done some things to show that segment 3 is better than it was at the beginning, but does that show that it's a good project now, or how bad it was to begin with, and how little progress has actually been made to be better for minorities?
for instance, do you think the FHA office of civil rights cares about the Andrews street reconnection? CBD goes on to point out the UNESCO slave route project. never mind that this particular neighborhood has been gentrified for quite some time. to me, pointing out that reconnection only solidifies how out of touch they are.
Exhibit 1 states the suggestions to move 45 to the East and trench the entire thing came from Central Houston which arose out of community concerns. The trenching specifically benefits Third Ward (historically African-American) and East End (historically Hispanic). Additionally, the Four Corners Park would be a union point for these two neighborhoods with downtown and midtown. That park along with the EaDo cap park is a direct benefit for these communities.
Exhibit 2 states Central Houston got TxDOT to pay for the cap. That brings the timeline for the cap park forward by a number of years since it eliminates a major funding hurdle for the city. Major benefit for EaDo/East End.
Exhibit 4 states Central Houston got TxDOT to commit to building extra wide bridges to accommodate garden bridges. These will be placed in Third Ward, EaDo, and Fifth Ward. These allow for comfortable pedestrian and cyclist access between the communities and with downtown and midtown. That's a direct benefit, especially for individuals in those communities who may not own a car.
Exhibit 8 highlights TxDOT's accommodation of the green loop which will go through EaDo and Third Ward. This is a direct benefit.
Parks and connectivity do improve the lives of all whom they benefit.
And yes, I do think the Andrews St reconnection is important. That's one of the few instances in America of physically fixing racial divides caused by the interstate system. A DoT administration that talks about the structural racism built into the interstate system should very highly value an opportunity to undo even a small piece of it. Additionally, physically connecting Antioch with the African-American institutions across I-45 does benefit the African-American community due to better access between them.
Attached are sheets from TxDOT that show their view of the benefits provided to the traditionally minority communities of Third Ward, EaDo, Fifth Ward, and Independence Heights (assume this is what you mean by "been made better for minorities").
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Independence Heights:
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1 hour ago, samagon said:
I thought I had read that somewhere, but since I couldn't provide the citation that showed it was old news, I just took it as new news, especially in the context of this document.
but hey, if everyone agrees it's old news, then I can say what I was really thinking which is: so we're all happy that the downtown management district is counting old news as a new win, and oh so proud they are 'getting things done' for the community?
are ANY of the details they put in that document news? or just a rehash of things that have already been accomplished in part of a campaign to swing public opinion?
Did you even read the document? The portions of the meeting packet related to NHHIP are part of a letter sent by Central Houston to an investigator with the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Civil Rights. This isn't a news release "counting old news as a new win" or "part of a campaign to sway public opinion", it's the fact finding process as part of the investigation instigated by the county.
The reason it seems like news to some is because these are details conveniently left out by leaders looking to cash in on political clout at TxDOT's expense. What this document provides that is new is the side by side of how specifically TxDOT has responded to community needs and what further Central Houston wishes to secure from TxDOT.
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9 hours ago, sapo2367 said:
This is great — lots of actual information instead of conjecture. It does show the hard work being taken by txdot and the city to make this project successful. A few things I thought were particularly relevant:
- txdot is committing to putting a concrete cap on the highways in eado and the areas in midtown. So yeah there isn’t a park on them yet but they WILL be covered. No more of this ‘it’s going to be a trench’ nonsense.
- I found their comments about rejoining some streets in near northside to be really interesting, this was the first time I saw those ideas.
- the detention ponds and new trails along the white oak were also news to me.
Your first point was the most important thing I saw in there. It significantly reduces the financial obligation of the city and partners to build the park. Can we go ahead and start digging yesterday?
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http://www.downtowntirz.com/downtownhouston/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Board-Book-FINAL-3.8.22.pdf
Plenty of red meat here for y'all to argue about. For what it's worth, I did genuinely find this informative and very fair in terms of how well TxDOT is working with Central Houston and how they are actually open to negotiation/changes. Very different from the story given in the media.
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Isn't one of their pictures on the website from Plan Downtown near the north canal?
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9 hours ago, asubrt said:
I didn't realize they were using the old Fry's Electronics building. It's a good 10-15 minutes from the spaceport.
I believe it's temp space just because they're growing insanely fast and haven't started construction on their campus at the spaceport yet
EDIT: I wonder if they'll make use of the ISS model inside 🤔
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https://powderkeghouston.com
Well this ended up being very different from the originally proposed rendering. Sad the rest of this project has gone nowhere. Could've been something great!-
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2 hours ago, Amlaham said:
I've heard from multiple people that La La Land Kind Cafe has the best coffee, super excited for that one!
They have an incredible menu of matcha lattes which I'm most excited for 😋
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Venus Aerospace has raised an additional $20 million to advance their technology. No mention of their new facility though.
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And another from yesterday...
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Finally more progress... Photos from their Facebook page posted over the last week or so.
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8 hours ago, LBC2HTX said:
MW has been considering Houston as an expansion since 2017. At that time they also considered Austin, LA, Denver, and LV. Two of those are now open. Houston is probably a lock.
And to an extent Austin has already (albeit temporarily) happened with their SXSW exhibit.
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35 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:
Where did you see surface parking?
More information from a City Council Economic Development Committee presentation.
https://www.houstontx.gov/council/committees/econdev/20220324/econ-dev-proposals.pdf
This is so exciting! Meow Wolf began in Santa Fe with a donation by George R R Martin (of Game of Thrones fame) and now includes exhibits in Las Vegas and Denver as well. Houston is a perfect expansion spot for them, especially considering Martin has pledged his entire life's work to Texas A&M and spends some time in College Station. I'm going to the Santa Fe location next month and cannot wait to check this out when it opens!
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4 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said:
I wish stuff like this would skip these developments and just go downtown. We all want a vibrant downtown, and stuff like this ends up here. I feel the same about the Improv. 😐
Still happy we are one of the few cities with these now. NY, Chicago, Austin, Atlanta, LA, and us
I first interpreted this as saying you wished Midway would've skipped over Town and Country to build CityCentre downtown (didn't see the article at first) but then realized what you were actually saying. I agree with both my first interpretation and what you actually meant. I'm glad Midway went inner loop with East River and just wish they'd quickly start on the next phase of Buffalo Heights. The north side of the Bayou is going to start looking very short compared to the south side!
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One new project by Parallel Co. is in the works and another property will likely soon be redeveloped as high-rise student housing.
The block bounded by Wellborn, First, Louise, and Maple Streets will become a 10 story student housing complex replacing multiple very old duplexes and fourplexes.
https://www.cstx.gov/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=18348854 (Page 3)
509 University Dr, the former FedEx, is for ground lease for high density student housing.
https://d3k1yame0apvip.cloudfront.net/website-5285/f9e236c05ef7f86/509_university_drive_om_red.pdf
Development of these two sites will do wonders for Northgate!
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Exciting updates!
Venus Aerospace is planning a 250,000 sf facility.
Two additional projects are being pursued will be over 600,000 sf and provide 1800 new jobs.
Excluding Venus (numbers not provided), in the next few years there could be 3300 people working at the Houston Spaceport!
Discussions have begun between Houston Spaceport, the airport system, San Jacinto College, Rice, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, and UHCL on the establishment of a Houston Spaceport Center for Research Education and Workforce development (HS-CREW).
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A few smaller updates have occurred since early December.
With Intuitive Machines' and Collins' facilities under construction, Axiom's site is moving ahead in the planning stages and they expect to move their headquarters to the facility next year. Recently, Axiom awarded Jacobs a design contract for their assembly, integration, and testing facility's construction. The first pieces of the Axiom Station are expected to arrive in Houston from Italy in early 2023, according to Axiom's website.
https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2022/01/07/has-iah-spaceport-construction.html
https://www.axiomspace.com/axiom-station
The spaceport was awarded a $5 million grant from the state out of the Spaceport Trust Fund for infrastructure development (SpaceX's spaceport in South Texas was also awarded the same amount).
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On 1/12/2022 at 4:26 PM, Andrew Ewert said:
I cannot overstate how much I hate this idea. Yes, build high-rises all over downtown. I love them. But this is a once-in-a-century chance to reclaim a huge swath of green space walkable from downtown. Think Millennium Park in Chicago.
I don't necessarily hate this idea although I would much prefer the entirety of it be greenspace like the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston with high-rise development encouraged right up to the edge. I really like the city's vision shown in the following presentation.
http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/nhhip/east/public-meeting-east-side.pdf
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11 hours ago, Lux said:
Nice detail in today’s Elkus Manfredi TMC3 rendering post on Twitter. Lots of trees 🌳
Additionally, note on Parcel B the placement of both University of Houston and Texas A&M signage. The slightly twisted tower design on Parcel F also seems new. This campus view has often been displayed as a night shot, but perhaps this daytime rendering from the architect hints at the current vision.
To my non-architect eye the buildings between Industry Building 1 and the hotel seem to have grown in the new rendering as have the buildings flanking the Collaborative Building (which I believe are marked as industry buildings in the master plan). If A&M and UH are putting their buildings on a shared base it'll likely require approval by the boards of regents so we'll hopefully get better indication in the next couple of months when those meetings take place.
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14 minutes ago, H-Town Man said:
Can anyone summarize or copy relevant sections?
Harris County will pause its lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation over the proposed Interstate 45 widening in hopes that it leads to a consensus that has eluded them for more than four years.
The pause, approved unanimously by the Commissioners Court at a special meeting Monday, instructs County Attorney Christian Menefee to seek a stay on the lawsuit in federal court as he negotiates with TxDOT to resolve differences between the changes the county seeks to the project and the current plan.
The project, estimated to cost at least $9 billion, would rebuild and widen I-45 from downtown Houston north to Beltway 8, including the freeway’s interchanges with I-69, I-10 and Loop 610 in Independence Heights.
The stay and pause, officials said, would give an opening to county officials to work out details of the planned freeway widening without backing off their opposition to what TxDOT is proposing.
“I am willing to consider a pause,” Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia said. “Not a dismissal, but I hope that will demonstrate our commitment.”
Menefee said he will ask the court for a stay of 30 days and then potentially extend that for an additional 30 days if the discussions are “fruitful.”
“The pause is a show of good faith by the county to remind TxDOT that we’re in this to find solutions and address community concerns,” Menefee said in a statement. “We expect TxDOT to work alongside us to achieve the same. If that does not happen, the county will resume the suit and we’ll let the courts decide.”
State officials said the delay allows for more discussion, but that the county’s vote is merely the first step.
“TxDOT will reserve any further comments about today’s action until after it is clear what steps the Harris County Attorney’s Office takes next,” agency spokesman Bob Kaufman said in a statement.
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1 hour ago, Ross said:
The Downtown segment needs to be killed. It's useless, and does nothing to improve the City, in my opinion. It wipes out one part of the city and a bunch of businesses for alleged "improvements" to another nearby area.
The downtown segment is literally the only part there is any consensus on (see Mayor Turner's letter to TxDOT and the city and county's joint vision plan)
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Board of Regents approval is next week for the first phase of the next phase of athletics upgrades. This will include $205 million for suite construction in Kyle Field, new football practice facilities (replacing the marshmallows), a student athlete academic center, and a new indoor track and field arena. Hopefully within the next few years we see the construction start for Blue Bell Park expansion, Soccer Upgrades, and the major renovation of Reed we've been waiting for.
https://www.tamus.edu/regents/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2021/11/Nov2021RegularBinder-1.pdf
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The Harris Apartments At 3715 Harrisburg Blvd.
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Also can't forget to mention How to Survive on Land and Sea just a couple blocks down (with the incredible Ghost Hand Pasta occupying their kitchen, if you haven't checked them out and like pasta you absolutely need to).