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    POST: Mixed-Use Development At 401 Franklin St.

    in Going Up!

    Posted

    Just now, SMU1213 said:

    My uncle new a guy that was in the band for a while. CB Hudson

    heck yeah, CB is an amazing person!!! love him and his whole family...in fact he co-owns a multi million dollar recording studio called Orb Studios in austin with my other best friend Matt of 22 years who is the bassist for Blue October! Justin Bieber, Skrillex, Usher, Pentatonix, Tanya Tucker and tons more have all recorded there! CB is doing amazing and so proud of him.

    POST: Mixed-Use Development At 401 Franklin St.

    in Going Up!

    Posted · Edited by gene

    That sounds amazing!!! I am excited to have another awesome music venue in Houston!

    I am hoping my best friends band plays there and no doubt they eventually will! Which btw, they play tonight at White Music Hall Lawn! www.blueoctober.com *(always happy to plug my best friend of 26 years and his band! haha!) 

     

    and ps...bring back Day For Night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that was such an incredible experience!!!

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    Memorial Park At 6501 Memorial Dr.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

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    1 hour ago, Naviguessor said:

    I've decided to believe that this is being designed by professionals who know what they are doing, know how to spot risks and know how to mitigate them.  It's the same people who decided not to populate the Eastern Glades lake with Crocodiles and chose crushed granite rather than crushed glass for the running trails.  

    But remember, those same people have opted out of using kangaroos, elephants and koala bears!!!! How fun would that have been!!!???!!!??? so don't give them tooOoOoOooOOoo much credit...

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    Baba Yega At 2607 Grant St.

    in Montrose

    Posted

    Good news for Baba Yega fans!

     

    https://houston.eater.com/2021/6/14/22533581/baba-yega-montrose-reopening-after-fire

    Longtime Montrose cafe Baba Yega will reopen this fall, almost three years after a fire destroyed the historic bungalow that houses the restaurant.

    Permits filed earlier this month with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission indicate that the restaurant is getting closer to reopening. A representative for the restaurant’s owners confirmed that Baba Yega is aiming for a return in the Fall of 2021, though no more specific timeline has been set just yet. The restaurant has been closed since Friday, December 7, 2018.

    At around 9 p.m. that night, while the restaurant was still serving customers, a fire broke out near the front entrance, causing extensive damage to the roof, according to the Houston Chronicle. Though the restaurant was still open, no one was hurt in the blaze. A cause for the fire has not been named.

     
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    Memorial Park At 6501 Memorial Dr.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

    Posted · Edited by gene

     

    edit: oh i see what you mean...some kind of fence at the edge of the bridge where it ends over the road/tunnel entrance...heck yeah, they better! I can just see exactly what you are saying happening! 

     

     

    From what i knew the land bridges are open to everyone to cross and even have picnics on as i remember somewhere they spoke about how from the top of the land bridge you would be able to have great views of both downtown and uptown...

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    Uptown Park: Shopping Center At 1121 Uptown Park Blvd.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

    Posted · Edited by gene

    Regarding the old Cafe Express location that is being turned into a Hugo Ortega casual fare restaurant, while all the windows are still boarded up, i have a feeling the boards will soon come down to show a fully ready to open restaurant as super fun and colorful new signage is now up:

    URBE

    STREET FOODS OF MEXICO

     

    (and there is a huge dumpster on the south side of the building filled with empty furniture and equipment boxes etc...)

    edited to add on 6/24/21 that now that same exact fun signage is on the south facing entrance of the restaurant! 

     

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    Montrose Collective: Office Building With Retail At 888 Westheimer Rd.

    in Montrose

    Posted · Edited by gene

    Drove by last night and my gosh this thing makes such an impact!!! So happy to see Montrose being loved and taken care of...i get so excited by all that is going on, especially at what i consider the main intersection and heart of houston...it really is such a cool area 🏆

    and just a note:

     i just want to say that it SEEMS we are reaching an almost kind of end to all this pandemic mess, so hey, thank YOU everyone here for making the last year or so not only bearable but interesting, informative and fun...this has been such a comfort to come to on days of stress, storms, flooding, winter freezes, covid, etc. I really mean it when i say i love you guys and this site 🙂

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    The Abandoned Astrodome And Its Future

    in Sports and Stadia

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    This is tonight:

    https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/06/10/astrodome-conservancy-hosting-virtual-public-meeting-to-get-input-on-what-to-do-with-historical-landmark/

     

    HOUSTON – What to do with the Astrodome? That is going to be the focus of a meeting Thursday night.

    For years, there have been several conversations about what to do with the Astrodome.

    Tonight, there will be a public virtual meeting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. to get public input on what to do with the historical landmark.

    For the last eight weeks, the Astrodome Conservancy created a community-supported vision for the reuse and redevelopment of the landmark Astrodome. Through the Future Dome project, organizers asked for public input through a series of surveys, engagement activities, informative materials, and public meetings.

    “The trick is finding the equation that works for commissioners court and for the public,” Conservancy Executive Director Beth Wiedower Jackson said.

    Voters have already rejected a $200 million bond referendum and current county leadership shelved the last $100 million approved plan for the dome.

    “We’re not going to the public to say, ‘Sky’s the limit, what do you want to see in the Astrodome?’ We know that’s not possible,” Wiedower Jackson said.

    KPRC 2 Political Analyst Ed Emmett says the dome has a unique structure and it could cost a pretty penny to transform it into something else.

    “If you start from that perspective, what is the minimal amount you can do to keep it standing and make it usable,” Emmett said.

    Registration information can be found at future-dome.com and on the Astrodome Conservancy’s social media platforms, Instagram @astrodomeconservancy, Twitter AstrodomeFans, and Facebook @astrodomeconservancy.

    Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.

     

    Memorial Park At 6501 Memorial Dr.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

    Posted

    that new crushed gravel path for foot and bike traffic that replaces the old picnic lane road is super fun to ride on with it's curves and "in the middle of the woods" feel! 

    It does kinda go a bit out of the way if you are in a hurry to get home like i was the other night haha...but yep it's awesome! 

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