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    Looks like the did more work today than just concrete. I guess we are officially "Going Up."
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    Interesting. Looks like you took this right before they poured concrete. The pylons pictured here have been filled as of yesterday. I'll send some pics when I get home.
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    It opened. It opened, it was a disaster from what i understand. Employees weren't paid, rent wasn't paid (build out took longer than expected and no cash flow), heard a rumor that the owner offered to pay an employee in coke when payroll didn't go through, and oh yeah, the dude admitted to Eater that he had no restaurant experience aside from having "been to many" in his life. Unfortunately that article is now deleted. Interesting story all around.
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    STCL won't sell. That lot is a sticky subject among faculty and administration. When I was at school there, I had a lot of discussions with folks about that lot. EVERYONE it seems wants to do something with it, but no one will. When the city approached them about selling the tiny lot that they have on the block that was home to the Goodyear store, and will now be a park, the school didn't budge. There were whispers that some folks in the administration tried to get the school to sell the small lot, and use the money to fund a garage on the big lot. Didn't happen. Apparently when that big lot was used as part of the super bowl festivities, it was one of the first times in ages that it was used for something other than parking. Long story short, I never got to the bottom of what the hell exactly is the problem with that lot (a slow administration, "waiting for the right price," or an overly restrictive trust owning that lot) but I can promise you, that lot will never be sold.
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    A little update on the project. They knocked over their own sign!
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    I live right off it. I've always found it to be lovely during the nighttime events with the lights lit up, and music playing. Light breeze makes it great. But yeah, during the day, or when the weather isn't great, its pretty far from romantic. EEMD needs to beautify it a little bit more before it gains full "romantic boulevard" status.
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    They are. They are being built in a strange order too. Instead of being built row by row, they seem to be popping up in random order. It's been puzzling me when I walk by.
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    It does, which is why I think a lot of this is just hype. I wouldn't be surprised if Midway isn't actively working to ensure this much Low Income/Subsidized housing doesn't come up around it's development. Can't be too hard too. The website above shows low-income housing being built in a Superfund Site. Imagine that press. The press alone would kill that development
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    I like that they are using a similar brick to the firestation next door. Helps it fit in a little better, despite the rather unimaginative design.
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    What a highly aesthetic ampersand. I wonder if they handwrote it to keep up with the "historic" mission.
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    People usually leave Commerce and take Bastrop to the below-grade crossing and cut along the Shops at Navigation right before hitting Canal. I see that intersection from by bedroom. There is no traffic coming from Commerce to Navigation where that traffic circle will go.
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    No trains near that though. Purple/Green line are a bit off, and the freight line has a below-grade crossing leading up to it. Runnels needs a below/above grade crossing, but there isn't much traffic in that direction. I don't think there will be any train problems at that intersection.
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    We can only hope that the roundabout will be coming soon. Never thought I would say that a roundabout would be a better solution, but man is it ever here.
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    The lot has been flattened and a pit has been dug.
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    Are you saying that EaDo is gonna Crimea the East End? Damn it. Does anyone know if the flag shop on Fannin sells Russian flags?
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    There is also "EaDo Edge" off Jensen and Clinton, by UrbanLiving. It annoys me cause it's its not EaDo edge, it's EastEnd Edge, if anything. But alas.
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    Sadly, the tree is gone. Maybe if we had those Greenpeace protesters tie themselves to this instead of the bridge...
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    Not to come off as a too tree huggery, but that tree is one of my favorite things in the neighborhood. It's absolutely gorgeous. It's definitely staying for now...the workers have been taking breaks under it. I hope they find a way to keep it.
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    Today's work involved clearing off the trees, fences, and a good chunk of the land. I'll post again next time there is some major step forward, but let me know if y'all want more pics sooner/throughout.
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    Leftover bartenders and a straggler. I came by as they were cleaning up. Someone actually put a photo up on the big board in the pic later. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow morning if there is something new.
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    Y'all just beat me to it. They held a little groundbreaking ceremony today...
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    Construction fence went up this morning, I'll try and get a picture on my way home. They are also starting on electrical work, hopefully burying the lines.
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    They demolished my house in this drawing! All jokes aside though, interesting that EEMD, or the developer of the roundabout, whoever made the drawing, would have renderings of the new buildings (both of Marquette's) but not incorporate them in their presently designed form.
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    Thanks for sharing! I would love to see that happen. I was actually talking about the current bike paths BBB has, and the new bridges they are building to connect the trails just east of DT. But I suppose if they go with the canal approach, all of the existing bike paths and such out east would have to move.
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    Couldn't agree more. Wouldn't mind seeing the Silos become part of a dog park, but I imagine most of the amenities will now be on the northern bank of the Bayou where East River is going up. If you drive up Jensen right now from Navigation, or up McKee towards i10, you can see that a lot of the renovated bike paths are on the north side of the Bayou. That said, there already are pretty new trails on the southern bank, so, I'm not sure what the long-term outlook is there. Maybe once Clayton Homes is demolished they will be able to unblock that portion of the trail and have the trail connect to the Downtown portion of the BB trail on the southern bank.
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