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  1. Triton
    Called it! Only took a few weeks after the midterms. It was too politically risky to do anything beforehand.
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    This has to be one of the most exciting projects I've seen in a while on this forum. Sure, we can get nice developments here and there, but projects like these really bring different parts of Houston together. Ever since I moved into the greater Heights area in 2012, I learned to bike around all over the city to get to where I needed to go. One of the biggest challenges was always going north from the Heights down to the Montrose area and vice versa. Sure, there's the bayou connection near the Waugh bridge and several others but it wasn't exactly a straight shot. I always wanted to just go on Montrose but the sidewalks in this section are atrocious. Totally broken up, too small so you always have to go into the grass for dog walkers, overgrown grass... the list just goes on and on, it was never a pleasant experience. I truly feel like this improvement is going to tie together these two areas and make it easier to cross from one side of the bayou to the other.
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    Wow this was from 2016. I can't even recognize this area anymore.... almost every single block here has changed. Miss the ole Urban Bicycle gallery there before they went into lux bikes with the new owner.
  4. Triton
    Very interesting...
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    Good to hear it is staying. JP Morgan has most execs and VPs from NYC and London stay at this location, and we've heard nothing but good things about it whenever someone stays there.
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    The warehouse just north of it on the other side of the train tracks looks like it's primed to be a beer garden.
  7. Triton
    Considerable work being done on the outside now. The staircase has always been open is now being walled off.
  8. Triton
    Surprised W Gray isn't getting a road diet here too. This section needs to be redone and made to look more like that rendering above.
  9. Triton
    Man the fiery is all over the place about that barrier... It's a little nutty. Lol It's not that difficult to turn left on Norhill Blvd instead and in fact it's probably even safer because of that blind spot turn on White Oak when driving west.
  10. Triton
    Yes was just about to post its open! It was closed this morning
  11. Triton
    You haven't driven over here on a Friday or Saturday night, have you? You should... it's actually sort of exciting to see the scene over there now. Houston's own Rainey Street District. Anyway, parking is insane and lines up and down the roads of 20th st. In fact, I won't be surprised if we see more parking lots over here. With no good transit options (I guess there's a bus but I doubt this crowd takes the bus), expect to see a lot more cars in the area.
  12. Triton
    It's been a while since I've seen a new Shell being built. Btw, from the road, this place looks massive! Looks like it has a decent sized car wash in the back after all... like comparable to the Mr Carwash Express on Washington.
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    100% this. I was there in the meetings in the very beginning (because I live close to I-45) and no one was raising any idea about mass transit until too far into the project when they are trying to finalize the design. When TXDOT first proposed doing this project, the city should have been working with them hand in hand. Would be curious how that section south of the Westpark Tollway got there. Did the city and the toll road authority work together to keep that land available? It's clearly meant for mass transit with even the highway pillars being set so that light rail or BRT can travel between them. That sort of engagement should have been here on this project but it never was. I didn't see BRT diagrams until the final months of decision making for the I-45 project. The most my neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods were trying to do were working on connections that TXDOT was removing, such as the North St Bridge (which is gone unfortunately in the design) and ramps on the northside of N Main which I still don't understand. There was also the talk of sound barriers. That was literally it.
  14. Triton
    View from Embassy Suites (photos from Google Reviews):
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    Houston by Marc longoria, on Flickr Houston by Marc longoria, on Flickr
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    Now that the midterms are over, I'm willing to bet we finally see some movement on this project in the coming months.
  19. Triton
    Looks like Ace Hardware is gone. I searched for 3805 N Main St but didn't see any mention on HAIF. Do we have any idea what is going here?
  20. Triton
    Makes sense. Thanks.
  21. Triton
    Guess I have to upload directly to HAIF to keep them safe. Noted for future pics.
  22. Triton
    Wait Menil has a second floor?
  23. Triton
    Inside the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine!
  24. Triton
    Not sure what happened to the photo. Reuploading directly to HAIF.
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