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  1. OkieEric
    I live a few blocks west of the Medical Center, and we are still without power a week on at this point. "Luckily", we have a whole house generator we bought back in 2018. Ironically, it was for just this scenario, but until now the usage was mainly unexpected events like the 2021 freeze. I have no say in any of this but I'd love to see some heads roll at CenterPoint. What a total joke of a response - yes, those were some serious and sustained winds, but it was still a Cat 1 and I don't even believe the stats they publish. As of now, they report "only" 132K customers without power... Am I so unlucky to be in a relatively central area of town, in close proximity to Med Center, and yet don't have power a week later because a single tree fell on a power line? And if I see one more clip of their CEO in a hard hat at a work site I'm going to lose it. Drop the PR $hit already I owned a townhouse in Montrose back during Ike and yes, we had no power for like a week. I remember some complaints but nothing like this. I don't know if it's just changing expectations (in our ever-connected world) or the fact that this was just a Cat 1 storm, but clearly we are not prepared at all for a major hurricane.
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    I drove by earlier this evening - couldn't get a pic, but the demo is much more evident now. Looking in the main entrance it's like they are demoing the interior, could just see a huge pile of rubble inside.
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    To be honest, I don't understand the rationale behind this pedestrian bridge. Both Stella Link (rehabbed bridge) and Buffalo Speedway (new bridge) have decently wide sidewalks. However, to the east (where you'd anticipate more traffic due to TMC proximity) the sidewalks along Kirby and Main are ridiculously narrow and along much more heavily traveled streets.
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    As far as I can tell on HCAD, other than the church Rice owns all of it including any remaining buildings on the east side of Chaucer. I stumbled down a bit of a rabbit hole this morning. I was checking the county clerk's site this morning for my area and noticed that Key Auto Werks @ 2505 Holcombe was purchased by "Chaucer Drive Study Center Inc.", which has an address of 5505 Chaucer Dr. Not sure what that is but seems tied to the Woodlawn Foundation / Opus Dei https://www.woodlawnfoundation.org/texas.htm . Anyway, 5505 Chaucer itself appears to have been purchased by Rice in 2021. All of those properties are held under "Chaucer East LLC"
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    I see the posts about the TMC garages and really have to wonder what's going on with this one. I did a check on streetview and confirmed the scaffolding around it has been there for at least 4 years. Is this because of a safety concern? Seems pretty bizarre...
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    Texas Orthopedic Hospital purchased the adjacent building, GreenPark II (7505 Main) back in 2021: https://texasorthopedic.com/about/newsroom/texas-orthopedic-hospital-announces-facility-enhancement-expansion For some reason I thought they had purchased both buildings but not seeing that now. I recently went to DermSurgery in Bellaire and saw that they had just moved out of this building, researched it and saw it was Gensler designed as well. This row of buildings has always felt a bit isolated to me with the bayou, Main St. & the "back" of Old Braeswood, plus the still vacant 7200 Main parcel
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    It's a new gas station / convenience store - the signage isn't up yet, but for a gas station it's actually pretty decent looking. I believe it will be a BrakeTime (or Break Time?) market There's an existing thread here
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    I don't know how to link a specific project, but the TxDOT project tracker shows an upcoming overlay project in the next few years: https://apps3.txdot.gov/apps-cq/project_tracker/ Totally agree on the transformation, it's times like this I really enjoy streetview
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    PNC is closing its branch at 2401 University Blvd: https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2024/02/23/pnc-bank-branch-cuts-include-houston.html Interesting that it's the only location they are closing in the Houston area.
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    The LA Fitness here is closing March 1. It's had a number of issues over the years but I was disappointed to hear it...
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    Does anyone know why this garage is so ridiculously big? Planning ahead for someday when Smith Lands lot is redeveloped?
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    I might have missed this somewhere, but lululemon is coming to the former Gap location (corner spot) - saw the sign for it as I drove by this evening
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    Wow, those are some awesome shots of Old Braeswood! I have never seen them... Can almost but not quite make out my house (buried in some trees). It didn't flood then or since (even with Harvey) yet still in 100 year floodplain Random but there's a massive live oak just south of the smaller triangle that's not even visible in this pic. I would have guessed it's hundreds of years old but apparently not
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    Didn't get a pic but this has finally been torn down. It was quite an eyesore from Kirby, in particular after the fire in the old car wash. I'm curious how they are going to work out a new store here with the proximity to the bayou and current building restrictions.
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    Noticed a couple of water/waste water application reviews from yesterday- There was a 3rd back on 12/13.
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