BEES?!

You know, helicopter pad isn’t one of the amenities I’d’ve expected at that price point. (These are going for like 1-2MM right?)

Love the way the gabion walls turned out. 
Overall, just a really nice-looking building imo

On 9/17/2022 at 11:02 AM, cspwal said:

My grandmother said she always just swam in the flooded streets for fun when it rained

When I was a kid and the bayou near us would get full, we absolutely saw kids boogie boarding and swimming in it like wtf. Same with the streets. 

New transportation app released the other day, it’s called Houston ConnectSmart

https://www.houstonconnectsmart.com

I’ve been playing around with it. I really like the carpool group feature.

You can see traffic cameras on the map. 

It lists all BCycle stations and how many bikes are available at each one. The bike route comfort levels is a neat feature too, and is nice for a less-confident cyclist like myself. 

I think it would be nice if they had a layer that made bus route info a bit easier to understand. You can see the names of the stops, but it’s not immediately clear to which numbered route they belong. If they could fix that somehow, that would be very helpful. 

How did I not even know about this? Seriously, this sounds really cute and fun!

On 8/11/2022 at 12:13 PM, editor said:

I guess the balls are for the kids to be kids, and the pit is for the grandparents to remember being kids.

Man, even in the days before there were crazy new viruses in the news every other week, ball pits always skeeved me out.  I guess it's good for helping kids build up immunity, though, right?  But I wouldn't go into one of those with a Tyvek suit.

Haha true. Ballpits are kinda nasty when you think about it- ain’t no way they ever got cleaned or disinfected. That said, my iron-clad immune system thanks me for always jumping in them when we went out to eat. 

9 minutes ago, hindesky said:

With global warming they will be getting them soon.

There is a seriously untapped market here, and we could be on the cutting-edge of this one. Hear me out: Sled Gators.

Take a boat, hook up twelve or so gators to it, and let them pull your boat down the bayou, Iditarod-style. I don’t know how you’d keep them moving. Maybe put a lure with a chicken on it in the very front. 

This could be a fun, unique tourist draw. People always complain we aren’t a tourist city, and I think this would be a great start to get something going. We’d be utilizing our under-utilized bayous AND show off our local wildlife. Win-wins all around.

13 hours ago, 004n063 said:

I am confused by this because the east end of Brays, while not exactly clear, always looks a lot nicer than any part of Buffalo or White Oak, from what I can tell. Is it really just soil?

Hmm, good question. I’m not really sure why that might be. Maybe Brays just doesn’t get as much silt for one reason or another? 

The bayou looks a lot different during the months when there’s less (rainfall) runoff flowing into it. It was actually quite pretty this year because of the drought. Nothing really can be done about the color- our soil type and composition don’t lend us to having clear water, unlike Central Texas for example 🙃 

Weren’t there also some delays with materials coming from Australia, too? 

It’s always a great sign when a childcare facility pops up!

Every now and then I like to pop in this thread- it never disappoints haha

I am also not sure if The Esperson bldg partial conversion is because of the DRA study or if it was just the building’s owners reacting to market changes. (I’m guessing the latter)

but I’m super interested to see the buildings that will convert in the coming years. The management district has set a goal to add 5k new residents by 2027, I believe. 

I’m excited to see this one finally open!

14 hours ago, Big E said:

What other building could they renovate that would be economically feasible and is mostly empty?

From the DRA’s meeting, it sounds like they may have a couple in mind. Not sure which ones though

Really interesting. I’m curious why that hasn’t caught on more in the US? Price maybe? 

Dude wtf…That poor woman. Glad to hear it wasn’t serious

I like these shorter condo projects that are going up. I’d love to see more of them! 

I imagine a lot faster too. Probably why the DRA wants to facilitate quicker conversions of these underutilized buildings into something that’ll bring more life downtown

Their FB had a live event where they talked about future concepts taking over the parking lot- of course that was well before they’d opened so I wouldn’t be surprised if ideas change as the project evolves.

The one I’m excited to see movement on is the possible hotel in the front part of the building. (It’s like 5 or 6 stories)

I agree. I’m really excited to see where they take this space next!

Fantastic picture! 

It makes me nervous like it’s about to tip over ..

Museum district is really out there getting the, ah, ”creative” towers, aren’t they? 

Buildout for Common Desk was underway today. There were workers there. It’s on the first floor in the Z atrium.

I hope they’ll be able to fix it and people will be able to go home. It sucks having to be forced out of your home- I know it all too well. 
 

I’m so glad it doesn’t sound like there’s structural integrity concerns here. I was scared for a Surfside, FL collapse situation unfolding. (When it happened I was really spooked by it) I’m glad that everyone was promptly evacuated and it wasn’t worse. 

I really like how the collaborative building is turning out. Very cool!