DianeTX

Just a bit ago, was walking on Cortland between 18th and 16th.  Ambushed by the alley, had to throw rocks at them to get them to go away.  He also say a dead cat near the alley way. 

Joy.  So basically they built their sales office across the street.  Good luck walking across Yale to the job site.  At least with all these residentail townhomes, apartments and condos being built along Yale maybe the city will start making everyone go the speed limiit.  I have had two cars totaled on that street (not my fault..).  I drive Heights now!

I am interested in what will happen at NE corner of Yale and 17th. 

I believe this is already built.  Thought it was going to be Fisher's office.

Wonder if this is more ask for forgiveness instead of permission?  They most definately contiuned work and still are.  I drive past it at least 4 times a day.  Seems like such a rookie mistake.  Geez the house and garage take up the whole property seems like the probably knew where the property line was from the start.

Having just attended my first HAHC meeting to voice my opinion on a CoA, I would HIGHLY recommend using a firm that is familiar with ALL the gyrations involved in getting pass this process.  I went home that evening and told my husband we would never remodel or do new construction in a historic district cause it was WAY TOO much chaos in the whole process.  Saw a lot of worn out folks dealing with this whole process. 

I was amazed at the townhome complex being built at Harvard and 25th.  Dont understand how the infrastructure is going to handle all of this buidling...... 

Corbella got pinged for the dirt work without a permint and then still went ahead on installling a t-pole for electric.  Saw the electric company doing the dirt work and installing the conduit - felt like asking if they had a permit but I just contacted the permit department.

Glad I live on Heights Boulevard towards 19th street and can feel a little insulated from it all - Barely.

Corbella Builders is trying to build a 4-story townhome at the corner of Yale and 17th and started the project without ANY permits.  (Why do people do that??)

Interesting note:  this small lot is that it is in the Historic District.  Dont see a COA for anything that tall in the neighborhood.

THANK YOU for the deletes! 

Drove by the Morrison location this weekend and was stunned at how bad a fit it is for the property and the neighborhood. 

Don't quite understand all the nasty debating on this site, sure seems like some folks have a lot more free time with all the nastiness going on.  Makes one wonder how they pay the bill cause they certain don't seem to be working.

I certainly hope it was testing!

The are very bright, vivid colors that are quickly changing, flashing and chasing around the columns. If they just had one color or slowly morphed the colors it would look better. It just seemed to advertise "Party Here!". I see a lot of distracted drivers on Yale, Heights and I10.

The new strip center across from the Walmart site had their disco lights on this past Saturday night - the two tall colums in the structure that look like design elements are really lighted columns. Not sure what their plans are on using these lights.

Has anyone else seen them on?

Thoughts?

Looking for advise how to research the impact of odors on home sales/valuation. Looks like there is going to be a new restaurant VERY close to my home that emits A LOT of cooking odors. I have been there 10 years, the location was an empty lot when I bought, then a law office was built now a local restaurant bought the building and is moving in.

I am sure if I don’t want to smell a restaurant at my home, there are many people out there that would not buy my house cause they don’t want to smell the odor either. Any thoughts on how to determine financial impact or stories of how others have had sales impacted by odors/smells?

Thanks!!!!!!

The Quiet Zone rules required the removal of the two median cut-throughs that were located on both the northbound and southbound sides of Heights near Center Street. i understand the business owners of the small strip center were not happy and felt it would decrease business. So since they are now re-building the recently demolished median (what a waste of money) will the Quiet Zone still be in effect?

Finally got around to making it the Big Mamou and VERY impressed. My friend had many questions about the wine, Brenda (Chef/Owner) came to the table with tastings and discussed the wine selections. We talked about the menu and dinner specials. My friend got the delicious short ribs (which is not very cajun) and they were EXCELLENT and i got Shrimp Creole which was PERFECT.

Found out they also serve breakfast on Saturday and Sunday which sounds marvelous.

Give is a try!

It's not the Heights, but it isn't far ... I use Ms. Nhu at Nhu's Tailors. She's next to the Alabama shopping center (ex-Bookstop, Cactus, etc). I've only used her to hem pants/jeans (she will keep the bottoms if you want), but my wife used to work as a personal assistant and her employers sent anything from everyday to couture over there.

Thanks for the recommendation! I will give them a try. I ended up having to be a personal assistant to my boss's wife, not an easy task! I refused to see the movie "Devil Wears Prada" since I had lived it... I will take my quiet Heights life over the River Oaks/Aspen set (now I know why people in colorado dont like Texans)!

Had been going to location off Feagan but seems like they have gotten too busy and the level of detail needed has dropped.

Any suggestions?

The apartments are already part of the development. Since that slice of land is already a plat they can extend the road through it without a traffic study and yes, they have asked the city to put a light at the intersection. This was directly from the developer/city after I called about the variance and plat notifications.

Does anyone know why the rail brigde over Yales was painted Red, White and Blue? I liked the blue and white when it was going up but then they added the red stripe. But after hearing about Walmart the colors sure remind me of the typical large Walmart. Who did this and who approved it?

I have heard they have been closed down due to tax issues. This from a resident that lives in the area. Hope they reopen, I really like the cold ac, cold beer and good hamburgers!

We installed the spray-on radiant barrier paint about 3 years ago (very good brand just cant remenber the name). Year one seem better but I have been unhappy since. In so much, we are installing an attic fan next week. Oh, it is really messing job spraying that paint on!

I ate at Textile ONCE and that was all it took for me not to go back again. I told all my friends in the Heights it was not worth it as the service was HORRIBLE. Location is not the issue.

I was pleasantly surprised with the City of Houston staff who were at the meeting last night. They were able to articulate and discuss the proposed options. It was nice to see Ed Gonzales and his staff attend the meeting. The safety issues brought up in the meeting were not "dismissed". Many of these items fall under different departments and Ed Gonzales' office encouraged everyone to call and relay their concerns on safety (speed, crosswalk markings, crosswalk signals, bike path) so they may be properly addressed by the correct departments. The City of Houston staff did say all current crosswalk locations would be marked/painted up to current code. Please call his office with your concerns! Phone: 832.393.3003

A very good point brought up last night is the area urban planning was based on how the Heights was composed over 10-15 years ago. With the composition being more residential should city urban planning review the need for a main thoroughfare in the area?

Cute complex but I pretty sure part of it floods particulary the units that are close to the cul de sac. I remember my boyfriend telling many years ago he looked at buying at those condos but did not because of the continuous flooding.

Does anyone have insight into COH stance on smoking ban in "non-enclosed" common areas of condos? Called and spoke to Smoking Enforcment office they stated ALL common areas are included in ban. But reading the ordinance sure seems to leave room for fighting about it.

Thanks!