Triton

On 9/1/2022 at 2:13 PM, hindesky said:

The white building @Paco Jones posted earlier is the new design according to the Hoar worker I talked with a couple weeks ago.

 

Man this building is not going to age well... not even off to a good start!

I think the PDF broke. What is the project about?

5 hours ago, hindesky said:

 

 

Wow is the wood facade buckling already? Don't tell me they used what's meant for the interior. 

On 8/15/2023 at 9:03 PM, JBTX said:

Can we not edit posts anymore?

I meant to write "Haven't flown internationally out of IAH since April, when Terminal D was ripped down to its studs and didn't even have floors."

Testing

Edit: I seem to be able to edit

On 5/21/2023 at 2:49 PM, hindesky said:

Grey metal warehouse building with the white roof, nothing going on yet.

Man imagine that restaurant depot became a giant mixed-used development...

I will forever miss Gelazzi and the great experiences I always had there with friends and family.... but this looks like a great development to take in its place.

14 minutes ago, tigereye said:

An intermodal facility at POST Houston is my dream fantasy (see below) but it seems like the terminus of the high speed rail line will still be a Northwest Mall.

 

So there's three possibilities with this partnership in my mind.

1. Ends at the Northwest Mall terminus as before
2. Ends at the Amtrak station, full rebuilt station
3. Still stops at Northwest Mall but with the Amtrak station as another stop

41 minutes ago, wilcal said:

Amtrak and Texas Central exploring partnership to bring high-speed rail to Texas

https://media.amtrak.com/2023/08/texas-central-and-amtrak-seek-to-explore-high-speed-rail-service-opportunities-between-dallas-and-houston/

Was just about to post this! It's a smart idea really. 

Google Earth has been updated to 7/16/2023 so very recently!

On 8/4/2023 at 4:29 PM, Houston19514 said:

"all these years"????  IIRC, it opened barely more than 2 years ago, during a then on-going worldwide pandemic.  Seems awfully premature to declare failure (but of course, that is the HAIF way).

I haven't said it's a complete failure, just pointing out the obvious situation right now. 

I mean I could tell Black Page Brewing wasn't doing well and it collapsed. It wasn't hard to see when Railway Heights was going downhill. 

As others have stated, the open air section is doing well but it always has been, even before all the new development. All these higher end places are struggling. Crawfish and Noodles is consistently dead while their Bellaire location consistently has a wait. 

Thus back to my original question, it just feels poorly executed right? It's like they can't figure out what they want this to be. Perhaps ditch these closed off individual restaurants and integrate a coffee shop, a high end meat market, a bakery, and a wine bar into the open air section. Honestly, the Ferry Building in San Francisco is a great candidate for what they should do here... 

After all these years does anyone else feel like this place has not been that successful? Or perhaps just poorly executed? It doesn't feel like this place has it together yet and there's always been so much space available.

I remember that parking garage used to house old cars in it in the 90s. Anyone have photos of that?

On 8/2/2023 at 10:50 AM, j_cuevas713 said:

Now we just need to get Little White Oak cleaned up and restored. It's basically a ditch at the moment. 

That would significantly clean up the area. The city set aside a few million dollars when WOMH moved in to clean up the creek but they never did anything with that money.

Here's the latest article I can find. Texas Central is saying they are still open to business, looking for investors and is moving forward with development:

https://www.kxxv.com/brazos/debate-over-high-speed-rail-in-texas-speeds-up-as-legislation-seeks-transparency

People are sighing over a building we don't have a render of yet? 

Been since April for an update? 

https://abc13.com/houston-traffic-west-loop-closures-freeway-reopening-construction/13491703/

1 hour ago, nate4l1f3 said:

Welp. Guess it’s not the same one as before. I hate it. 

Wow that looks like absolute garbage in the daytime. At the very least, they could have added a chrome background around the circle while still maintaining the lights.

Oddly enough, the night time looks beautiful though.

On 6/30/2023 at 2:01 PM, 004n063 said:

I am a little confused and a little concerned about the "Trenched Highway" (in other places referred to as the "I-45 Connector") here. I was under the impression that all of the westside 45 infra was being decomissioned, but I guess I was wrong. I guess this is a long, roundabout ramp from southwest downtown to I-45? My issue is that while a trenched highway with a pedestrian bridge is better than what we have now, it's still a noise moat (think of the last time you walked across one of the Montrose/Museum bridges over 59 - not exactly pleasant).

Again, there are a lot of nice possibilities with this project. If the fully realized, the pedestrian and bike access and comfort in and around downtown will be hugely improved. And I really like how much of the garden bridges funding will be provided by TXDoT - that gives me a lot of confidence about their becoming a reality.

But it also seems like the extent to which this will reduce the feeling of highway dominance in the area will be sort of minor. 

On top of what TXK said, this will become a spur (do we have an official name yet?). 

21 hours ago, Avossos said:

Where and when is this picture from? This is amazing and says A LOT about plans!!

It's just from last year. I actually came across it in the same document that the planning group is proposing changes along with the I-45 redo. 

Go to the I-45 thread and click on the latest PDF I posted to see more details about the area. (on a trip so I can't post it here or I would). 

Fairly sure we have a thread on this already. If anyone can send me the link, I'll merge them.

The city of Houston planning commission keeps mentioning a massive redo in this area when the I-45 project starts:

Also, do we honestly consider this the Heights? Open to moving this elsewhere.

24 minutes ago, nate4l1f3 said:

The king has returned 

 

SWEET!

1 hour ago, hindesky said:

The former Clayton Homes property is part of the IH45 realignment but also a phase of the South Canal Diversion and Detention project.

https://www.houstontx.gov/council/h/infrastructure/North-Canal-Project-2022-March.pdf

Dumb question.... why don't they just build the diversion but fill in that older section of Buffalo Bayou? Would potentially be more land for parks directly connected to any nearby development. I guess maybe it's not worth the cost.

New schematics from April of last year (from City of Houston):

NHHIP-Central-Houston-to-FHWA-Package-II-040722.pdf

Hadn't seen this doc on here before. It's from April of last year, so fairly recent.

It includes a breakdown of everything the city is trying to incorporate into this project including a breakdown of all the costs per section.