SilverJK

I jog at night... guess I'm not welcome.

S3mh,

Now this is where you and your friends at RUDH should put your efforts.  Crush these guys!  

I'll be taking a look at this personally this afternoon.  I really can't fathom the audacity of the developer to do something like this.  Hopefully they put some heavy fines of this developer (in addition to replacement of plants and landscaping cost) and can roll that money back in to the park (which is in real need of updating)

Why aren't joggers welcoming after daytime? 

 But if your best and brightest wants to live in a city with more than two and a half jazz venues, more touring arts groups than David Sedaris and Blue Man Group and more street scapes than three blocks in Midtown along Gray, a few blocks of Westheimer in Montrose, and 19th st. in the Heights, then Houston has some work to do.

So your speaking up for the Best and Brightest too now? 

I find this post absolutely hilarious for other reasons that I'm not sharing.  (let's just say I'm personally involved)

So what?  This is real estate, not solid-state electronics.  Each development presents different issues.  People who want to see mixed use are not required to approve of every mixed use development and ignore issues like scale and proximity to single family homes (or ghastly architecture).  I am glad that 1111 Studewood included ground floor retail, but think the building is out of scale for the surrounding neighborhood.  I think that Trammell Crow's development presents significant infrastructure issues, but is a more appropriate land use that 1111 Studewood given the existing conditions.  But using your circuitry logic, you are a hypocrite if you support 1111 Studewood, but don't think that Trammell Crow's development should have ground floor retail. 

I do support Trammell Crow's development having ground floor retail.  I support Trammell Crow's development not having ground floor retail as well.  I don't see any reason to regulate them to one way or the other. 

Basically your entire post is the discription of NIMBY, but instead of back yard its Idealic Feuxtopia Location.  NIMIFL?

I doubt the "crotchety" residents are the ones that would take it down... more likely hooligans with a pocket knife.

85% of statistics are made up.

Did they seriously claim the HD's are the cause of the increase in property values for all of the heights in that video...   wow.

No doubt. Kind of like a new urbanist Clockwork Orange. Here is what I find incredibly annoying. The same people who scream and whine that the Heights not be allowed to densify turn around and demand ground floor retail on major thoroughfares for "walkability". Really? Can you people be any more schizophrenic?

These same people also scream and whine about 5 story mixed use with ground floor retail!  See 11.5th and Studwood building  (which they said was ugly, yet I find attractive). 

In the spirit of Walmart, I believe this thread should encompass as any issues/topics/insults as possible.  Something for everyone in one stop... just like Walmart.  

Actually,  yes you do get to decide if it was sarcasm or funny...this isn't elitist mentality - it is a fundamental right of civilized society. If we don't speak up for what it right then we descend into chaos & anarchy. Some things are truly right, truly sacred - making fun of handicappedpeople truly decends beyond the pale. I'm sure I'll get heavily burned for this, but frankly I find this antipathy & carelessness for those who have suffered so much already to be truly and heartlessly offensive. I find this specially offensive in regards to our military personnel who are returning from war with cruel & debilitating  injuries. I just returned today from dropping off one of our proud veterans from the VA hospital - frankly Redscare & SilverJK you disgust me!

I'm not sure what I did to disgust you, other than state that one person can't decide whether or not something is funny or sarcastic. 

I stated that I thought it was classless and told Leonard that I would agree that it is classless... which he then tried to use against me...  When I say that I would agree that it is classless, that means that I think it was classless.  I, ME, SILVERJK.  I think this.  (if Red thinks that is elitist of me, I'm fine with that and wouldn't argue, it is my opinion on the matter.) I wouldn't say it isn't funny, I would say I don't find it funny.  It is the difference of self awareness vs. perceived "group think" that in my opinion are the root of a lot of the issues that come up on this forum.

Please also remember... you don't know the story of the person behind the keyboard...  (although my avatar kinda gives away that I was a b-boy at one point...)

It wasn't sarcasm and it wasn't funny.  Just mean-spirited hate. 

You don't really get to decide whether it was sarcasm or not...  nor if it was funny or not.  (this is just another example of an elitist mentality thinking you know what is best for all, and speaking for all without their consent).  I'm sure someone read the comments and chuckled (I didn't). 

I do agree that it was classless...  but that ship has long sailed in this thread.

If the sidewalk would have been built, s3mh and leonard would be complaining about more wasted money Walmart spent  because they will just be torn up during the development of the SJS lot. 

Again...  walmart is mentioned with this every time in every negative post, and they have nothing to do with this at all.  Ainbinder and the City are the ones your issues are with...

And FWIW,  HEB sucks.  I used to shop their exclusively, but they really went downhill over the past several years.  The produce selection at the newish Montrose HEB is absolutely terrible. 

Mark,  I agree it is an excellent addition.  My wife and I have walked there a few times so far (~ 1 mile walk each way).  Are you talking about the roasted chicken sandwich with the plantains and all that other stuff on it?  If so, that is a freaking awesome sandwich.

Not quite Heights,  but I finally made it over to Crisp the other day.  Pretty nice spot and food was good (pizza seemed very popular).  I've never seen so many mid-20s to mid-30s anglos in one place before in Houston.  Not sure if thats the norm, but it was definitely telling of the demographic shift of Shady Acres.

according to the drainage bill tacked on to our water bills...  my wooden deck is hardscape.  I thought there was a lot of paved surface at the old steel mill that had been overgrown.  I seem to remember big piles of crumbled up junk when they first started the dirtwork. 

I don't think you'll find a house with garage for under 2,000 in the Heights.  A friend of mine rents his 750 sq. ft garage apartment out for $1400 a month and people were fighting over it when it was last available (it is rather nice though).   Maybe Brooke Smith or Sunset Heights (i'm still doubtful).  You could likely find a 2BR duplex or garage apartment in that price range though.  Your best bet is probably to ride your bicycle around the neighborhood over the weekend and look for signs.  A lot of people don't even bother listing online, many don't even have to put a sign up.  Somtimes you can call about one property where you see a sign and they might have other properties coming available soon, or know someone else that has something coming up.   

Good luck!

I wish the heights feeder u-turn would have existed when I lived in those apartments on 4th&Oxford.  That was a total cluster eff every morning heading downtown.  I think the lights properly timed could easily make the traffic flow more effeciently. 

I also like the drainage issue brought up... isn't this less hardscape than was there previously?  I also like how there problem is with the city, but they are still mad at walmart and not the city. 

I should buy up a block in Independence Heights and retro fit all the shacks to be "seasoned individual" friendly.  I could market it as Independence... an assited living community.

Hrm... that started off as a sarcastic... now the wheels are turning...

Maybe they plan on using square head nails and asbestos.

I hope they have rooftop access/common space, as it would be a waste to not take advantage of the view from there.  I like the rendering though, can't wait to see the razer wire bunker garage gone.

Go to the City and tell them that you want to develop a parcel of land and will need to widen the road, add a turn lane and put in turn signals.  The City will tell you that you have a choice:  wait 10 years until the request goes through the CIP process or pay for it yourself.  The "city's responsibility" is to put everyone who needs infrastructure work in a very, very long line.  At the very least, the 380 makes Ainbinder a supertaxpayer who gets to direct his tax funds to the projects he wants done.  I would love to have that power and get my street curbed and guttered so the emergency vehicles can actually get down the street and do not have to stop and honk their horn until someone comes out and moves their car.  At the very worst, the 380 is a gift to the developer who would have had to pay for the infrastructure out of pocket, like HEB did with the road work on Dunlavy for their new store in Montrose.  If you cannot understand that then you are a blah blah blah, credibility is blah blah blah--personal attacks are so lame. 

So the city gets someone else to front the money to get work done now instead of waiting 10 years... got it!

I've just finished my moat and other lines of defenses... any idea when the rollback army intends on moving their troops in to Invade the Heights?

I was simply making the point that people will remember those who spread the lies about HVAC placement, paint color and false predictions of slums overtaking the Heights with the amended ordinance.  People who fought dirty to try to defeat the ordinance should not just get to wake up the next day like they did nothing wrong.  That is just fundamental fairness.  I never even joked about tar and feathering or called anti-ordinance people Nazis.  That is just typical of the anti-historic rhetoric. 

You left out the part where you threatened to make things hard for the opposers.

Turns out the HVAC Placement wasn't unfounded... nobody thought slums were going to overtake the heights (you just made that up).  Fighting dirty about about an ambigous ordinance that doesn's specifically state things isn't really fighting dirty (trying to stop a Walmart because of a bridge that isn't the only access to the walmart on the other hand... thats dirty).  You have no understanding of the word "fairness".  People joking about tar and feathering are just that... joking.  Your classless moments are actually what you plan on doing or have done.  

 I don't think all HD supporters are like that... but you certainly are.  

Anti-ordinance rhetoric always keeping it classy.

Classy...   remember your manic rant after the HDs got approved?  I think you gave up all your rights on calling someone else out for not being classy that day.