BEES?!

3 hours ago, loon said:

 

 

Hi, u/lolunix here. The arches are gone, the drive thrus are gone, and all signage is off the building. It does appear to be going away. 

Welcome to HAIF! 

And to think, I made an offhand joke to my husband about this McDonalds just before you posted that thread on r/Houston! Come to find out later in the day that it’s being fenced off and fixing to be torn down. 

Really crazy that this slipped under the radar. If some big player is really trying to piece land together in the area, I’ll be super curious to see what they intend to do with it. 

Seeing it from above, sometimes I’m blown away at all the (attached or otherwise) townhomes we have now. It really wasn’t that long ago that we started building that type of housing in town, so seeing how ubiquitous they’ve become is pretty interesting.

I love this scale for these condo projects! It’d be cool if we had some mid-range ones

6 minutes ago, Fortune said:

Is this the Mcdonalds with the no dine-in option? 

Indeed

I personally love the design of those houses. Very modern, but they incorporate wood into the facade which makes it cool and reminds me of older contemporary/modern homes. I am also digging the courtyard, though I am a little surprised they don’t appear to have included a pool

Elotex is open at POST now. 

Hold the phone, is this coming down? 
 

(I had a good laugh at one of the comments- “I hope we’re not losing another Houston staple” 😂😂)

That is a neat interior! I hope someone will redevelop it and keep the building

On 12/20/2022 at 1:19 PM, Amlaham said:

this is so dumb, I'm honestly sick of the crime in the US and the normalization that its "not that bad"

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I've been overseas in Qatar, UAE, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan.. I can go on, and every single country felt WAY safer than the US. Why is that? Instead we're obsessed with abortion, religious freedom, and election integrity?? Is THAT really our main concerns? 

Numbers don't lie, America is dangerous, and this affects ALL of us. Whether we've been targeted by criminals or not. Are we supposed to only care when we ourselves have become a victim?? 

I largely agree with you. I get really frustrated with the normalization of crime as something we “just have to deal with”.  I get that we have a few circumstances here that make it different than other countries , but like I said in the Homeless in Houston thread, sometimes it seems like people just want to throw their hands up and go “Welp, nothing we can do! People gonna do their thing!” and decriminalize/legalize antisocial behavior, instead of trying to actually get to the root of what causes it. 
 

4 hours ago, bookey23 said:

They seem to have made some good progress recently. Anyone know the updated completion date goal?

I think they were saying April/ May 2023 in the November DRA meeting

It’s a good question for sure. I see POST mentioned quite in the DRA (I think?) meetings. 

I finally tried Andes Cafe recently! It was so good! I love tequeños, and theirs are pretty good. Not to mention their ceviche was off the chain. (I had their pescado ceviche) I think they’re my number 1 favorite now. 

Man, that sucks! I was saying that was a place I wanted to try just the other day :/ I never got to give it a try

On 12/27/2022 at 5:10 PM, steve1363 said:

It is easy to visualize this driving on the Fort Bend Toll Road coming from Sienna in Missouri City.  I wish I had a drone.  It’s not feasible to stop on the toll road but there are some awesome shots of the various skylines.  They are not as far apart as some people think!

If one would be up for a drive, 99 at I-10 on a clear day has a really incredible view of the skylines converging. I’d think it’d be pretty easy to get a drone going up over there not far from La Centerra- you could really get a good view!

I like the answers here of “The Hospitality City” (in many senses of the word imo) and “The Workers’ City” (I also suppose that’s why we’re called “Hustle Town”, too :) ). They’re both very apt. 

I think “dichotomy” is an amazing descriptor too. I feel like we’re both extremely hospitable while also being kind of inward-facing and insular. Like people from Houston (and even most of the suburbs I’d reckon) are very “Houston-first” in a lot of ways that I find really difficult to put my finger on.
Like of course there is a lot of Texas Pride, but it seems like people in Houston will identify with the city first before the state overall, at least I know I do (and so does my family who lives here). 

It’s not for a BOOST route, is it?

This is gonna be great for them! I know Memorial Park receives some money from the Uptown TIRZ, so it sounds like this may help with speeding up the Hermann Park improvements, maybe?

Very smart of them to do this before TMC3 comes online. And while I understand the criticism about the emergency water supply, TMC is special and different. It’s a large concentration  of hospitals with vulnerable people, and if it prioritizes itself here, I really do not see the problem. I think ensuring that our Medical Center has access to emergency water is perfectly reasonable.

21 hours ago, 004n063 said:

Allen West?

I actually kinda love this name haha

FWIW riding in the summer does legitimately suck. It’s also worth keeping in mind that some people- and I speak from personal experience- are disabled or sick and may not be able to cope with the extreme heat in the summer, so they don’t cycle or walk. Sometimes it isn’t just a matter of choice- high heat and humidity can truly be dangerous for some segments of the population. 

But I also feel like sometimes people exaggerate Houston’s heat. I think from about Mid-Oct to May we have great outdoor weather for doing things like walking and cycling. And, we don’t have to contend with unruly topography, everything is pretty flat so it’s really not so bad to cycle or walk during those nice months. 

On 12/8/2022 at 7:32 AM, editor said:

I saw this! Is this gonna be the puttputt place?

It’d be neat if they could repurpose some of that top level of the garage for a cool amenity or something, like a nice garden, or dog run, or play spot

OMG

Every time I see this thread bumped, I get super hyped that a new rendering got dropped or they suddenly announced that they’re saving Tranquility Park or something cool like that.

but nope, it’s just another thread that’s turned into a brawl about the Astrodome…again 😭y’all are kiiiillling me.

1) I did not know Downtown had a heliport! So they don’t anymore? (That’s the strange part to me, that it’d be gone)

2) How do you set fire to a dishwasher?!?? I am impressed and also a little terrified haha

We went to POST the other night to check out the lights, and I was stunned how much of downtown was lit up! Not just on Bagby, either. Many side streets had their trees decked out. Plus lots of tree displays in various office buildings, too. I’ll have to get the pics and I’ll post them here!

The Eastern Glades expansion alone was worth the wait- it is so beautiful and is an amazing place to go. I am so excited for more of Memorial Park’s projects to finish up!