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  1. JJxvi
    Im not certain, but part of the 610 ROW is within Memorial Park, so I think that actually opposition to more lanes and more ROW came from people opposed to any loss of park. I don't recall anything about the 59 interchange in particular.
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    The plan requires significant use of eminent domain in EaDo. Something like 15+ full blocks that will need to be acquired. I would be surprised if the land under the Pierce elevated isn't being thought of as a way to offset land acquisition costs.
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    This would likely be a different and more complicated problem if the Pierce elevated actually connected any destinations, since TxDOT would need to figure out a more complicated design likely still utilizing the current 45 ROW to maintain access, but since the Pierce elevated is basically just a through way for the 45 mainlanes it really doesn't matter if those lanes exist in any particular ROW. As far as I can tell the only destination impact is for northbound Gulf Fwy traffic that intends to get to Allen Pkwy and Memorial Dr, but that doesn't seem like it'd be a particularly large affected group.
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    I doubt that removing the Pierce is actually the driving goal here, driven by "yuppies" IMO this is driven by practicality of ROW acquisition. The Pierce elevated ROW is basically maxed out, and is also hemmed in by some pretty expensive relatively developed real estate. The area east of 59 is relatively sparse and industrial by comparison plus land values are lower. There may be some minimal gains in traffic flow by having the freeways run side by side for longer periods, but I bet that acquiring 1 block worth of ROW along 59 and selling the half block width Pierce ROW is simply viewed to be a more realistic undertaking than acquiring another half block width of ROW along Pierce and Gray to add the necessary lanes to 45.
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    These blocks (and all the blocks east of 59 and west of St Emanuel) would seem to be under threat of eminent domain for freeway ROW in the new I45 upgrade plans.
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    I69/145 is trenched between St Emmanuel and Hamilton (No quite Hamilton, since the GB extends over the Hamilton ROW). 15 blocks or so between 59 and St Emmanuel will need to be ED'd in this plan including lots leased to the Astros, one of the Ballpark Lofts buildings, Little Woodrows, The Meridian, etc. I think the big reason this route is chosen is that #1 EaDo blocks are less valuable than Downtown blocks, and the Pierce ROW is pretty much impossible to expand, so the most cost effective way to maximize the width of ROW and cost is to buy the less developed Eado blocks and offset some of the cost by selling the Pierce ROW.
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    Its at least 6 city blocks worth of land. (12 half blocks) so we are talking maybe $40 million dollars or more of property.
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    Demo it.
  9. JJxvi
    Williams tower is a different scale and makes the rest of the buildings in the image look much smaller than they really are in that aerial photo.
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    http://swamplot.com/weingarten-wants-to-turn-streamline-moderne-sears-on-north-shepherd-into-prairie-style-shopping-complex/2015-02-18/
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    I wouldn't hold my breath on the city adding curbs and gutters in narrow problem streets in the Heights anytime soon, especially with real serious problem areas of the same nature in the West End/Rice Military/Cottage Grove/Washington Corridor
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    Its San Felipe between Woodway and Buffalo Bayou. I would copy and paste the link to google maps street view which shows that identical view to one of the renders with the buffalo bayou bridge guardrails ending at the lower right but the add new reply box sucks and wont let me past into this box or use the add URL window without a major fubar.
  13. JJxvi
    So that roundabout, I assume that is Memorial Dr just east of the loop? And another road will make a short cut north across towards the north section of the memorial loop? If so...excellent.
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    The site doesn't really seem to have great access which is why I am not sure it will end up being a "destination development." I'm thinking it will be mostly denser multifamily with a retail component on Washington. I am doubtful of a significant office component mainly because it seems like the most likely site for it would be at the southwest corner adjacent to other nearby office across Waugh but that area has already been redeveloped into multifamily.
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    I wouldn't expect anything spectacular for most of the site (but Im still hopeful) , but I imagine at the very least that this bodes well for some nice commercial development along Washington
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    I mean its not even a case of "Just connect it up and you can go from Shepherd to Studewood!" 6th has access to Shepherd but not Durham, its a street that's never going to go anywhere.
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    A street that goes nowhere is on the Major Thoroughfare Plan?
  18. JJxvi
    Well, everyone except all the poor people that aren't worth mentioning.
  19. JJxvi
    Uh oh, I just ordered a lot of PC components from Microcenter. I wonder if they're in the middle of moving some of that crap?
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    Ooooh! "Estates!"
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    I would assume that the best use for a parcel this size and in this location would be a large neighborhood shopping center (something like the HEB anchored center at the northwest corner of Bunker Hill and I-10). Many former chain retail, and even restaurant moved further out 290 beyond pinemont over many years, some of which I think would be better served closer to Oak Forest, Timbergrove, etc. I assume the main issue would be that it may have too weird of a shape for the best possible visibility and frontage. Its kind of triangular and the best side to line front the site against is probably Hempstead, the side which faces away from all main avenues of approach. I'm guessing that connecting up N Post Oak through the site to 18th would probably be the fix in the case of a large retail center.
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    My recommendation is not driving through Independence Heights, ever.
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    Ha! I lived at Doux Chene and never knew that about the place. Of course it wasn't exactly trendy in 2001.
  24. JJxvi
    20 or 30 acres of the site became freeway.
  25. JJxvi
    How much does a condominium owner typically receive compared to the typical market value in such a mass buyout transaction?
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