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4 hours ago, Naviguessor said:

Very significant project for the area. Really great to see the quick work done on this. Now...if they’d just get the nightmare of the Navigation/Jensen & Navigation/Canal intersections dealt with. 

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.

18 minutes ago, H-Town Man said:

 

It's just a really big edge. That whole area is like the Ukraine of EaDo.

 

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?

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.

Sadly, the tree is gone.

Maybe if we had those Greenpeace protesters tie themselves to this instead of the bridge...

40 minutes ago, Avossos said:

1) that’s a beautiful oak tree. I wonder if it has any chance at staying

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.

3 hours ago, dbigtex56 said:

 

Who are the dignitaries in the photo?

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.

Y'all just beat me to it.

They held a little groundbreaking ceremony today...

Scheduled to open "November 2019, hopefully" according to their website.

Their website is a bit improved since last time.

1 hour ago, I'm Not a Robot said:

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.

2 hours ago, bobruss said:

If you haven't seen this future plan for Buffalo Bayou here is a link to their plans for the east side. Nice renderings and proposals.

 

http://jordanrivercommission.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/BBB_Summary.pdf

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.

19 minutes ago, thedistrict84 said:

And, more importantly to me at least, it would be great to have another dog park in the area since the EaDog Park on Polk is rather lackluster.

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.

Checked it out Sunday. Definitely worth it before an Astros/Dynamo game. The walk is so short.

2 hours ago, Mr.Clean19 said:

That was at PEAK hurricane Harvey. If you still had 5 feet to work with you were good. It would take much more than harvey to flood this area. I doubt that they will build up

Oh, I totally agree. I should have specified earlier about lifting. I think given that you know where the water will absolutely peak, a foot of lift is probably enough for due diligence.

No need to put it on stilts or anything...

I too imagine they will have to build the site up.

I live around the corner and took pictures and video of the site. Unfortunately, the only thing I have from the time of peak flood was a video, so I can't post it here. That said, this pic shows the other side of the Jensen bridge. As you can see, the water made it just a little shy of the bike path.

I live across from this development. Construction crews were on site yesterday. Said they will begin in "2-3 weeks." Basically right after the new variance request is approved.