The Travis: Multifamily High-Rise At 3300 Main St.

[ZRFkris]

I wish screening garages would become the standard. We have real use for it here in Houston as well as it would help keep temperatures down.

[Luminare]

2 hours ago, ZRFkris said:

I wish screening garages would become the standard. We have real use for it here in Houston as well as it would help keep temperatures down.

 

I think it will become standard soon. We need to remember that this project was built before Walkable Places Ordinances were passed for Midtown. The Ion Garage is the first example of how this new standard will start affecting construction as well as the new Kimpton Hotel. So NOW its the standard. Before the implementation The Travis was the standard.

 

EDIT: Not implemented as of this post. Still in planning and seeking public comment. Boooo.

Edited January 21, 2020 by Luminare
further clarification

[Houston19514]

2 hours ago, Luminare said:

 

I think it will become standard soon. We need to remember that this project was built before Walkable Places Ordinances were passed for Midtown. The Ion Garage is the first example of how this new standard will start affecting construction as well as the new Kimpton Hotel. So NOW its the standard. Before the implementation The Travis was the standard.

 

 

Very cool.  Can you provide a link to the ordinance?

[Luminare]

6 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:

 

 

Very cool.  Can you provide a link to the ordinance?

 

Seems I misspoke. I swore they passed it last fall, but it seems its been pushed back to get more public comments. My bad. I'll correct my previous comments with an edit. You know what I was probably thinking of was the passing of the elimination of parking minimums for this part of town (or a portion of it).

 

For now here is the thread where its being discussed:
 

 

Here is a recent article about it from Community Impact:

 

https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/development/2020/01/14/public-has-final-chance-to-weigh-in-on-new-policies-aiming-to-make-houston-more-walkable/

 

Here is the city's page on Walkable Places specifically for Midtown:

 

http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Commissions/walkable-places-midtown.html

 

It seems like a bunch of the links I'm getting a 404 error on the city website, my guess is that they have taken down stuff until the end of public comments and will then update. The city though is pretty dead set on passing this ordinance. What's interesting is that other areas can apply to become part of the program at some point.

 

With that being said, even though its not an official ordinance, the specific projects I mention should be an indication that the market is already see this passing at some point and would rather play ball than against.

 

[Houston19514]

/\   I can't find anything in those materials (or in any other materials I can find on-line) that indicates that the Walkable Places ordinance would impose screening or other design standards on parking garages.  I wish/hope they will and I think the City needs to impose design standards on parking garages city-wide.)

Edited January 21, 2020 by Houston19514

[Luminare]

19 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:

/\   I can't find anything in those materials (or in any other materials I can find on-line) that indicates that the Walkable Places ordinance would impose screening or other design standards on parking garages.  I wish/hope they will and I think the City needs to impose design standards on parking garages city-wide.)

 

Hmm. Well I'm fallible. If it ends up not being something in Walkable Places then I'll own up to it. Now I'm questioning why I thought this was the case in the first place. Really strange.

 

EDIT: Legit embarrassed haha.

Edited January 21, 2020 by Luminare

[Urbannizer]

https://twitter.com/mnolangray/status/1219728171878232065/photo/2

[brijonmang]

 

[hindesky]

[Highrise Tower]

[hindesky]

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[H-Town Man]

Anyone feel like this will be a Heaven on Earth Inn in about 30 years?

 

[Naviguessor]

^^ It's got about the same amount of charm. 

[MarathonMan]

On 2/11/2020 at 3:37 PM, H-Town Man said:

Anyone feel like this will be a Heaven on Earth Inn in about 30 years?

 

I’m thinking it goes more the way of Houston House.

[cspwal]

Nothing can replicate the unique joy of Houston House - of 500 people sharing one elevator, of the guy at the front desk (who you know who it is if you have lived there) to the constant "renovations" that get neglected after a few months.  No modern complex can completely capture the glory of Houston's first high rise apartment building in downtown

[dbigtex56]

Looks like a model apartment may be nearing completion  - the unit on the northwest corner (top floor) has lights.

[hindesky]

I don't think the entire parking garage will have these covering them, I think this floor might be part of the utilities area.

[Highrise Tower]

[Squirrel]

The midrise units attached to the parking garage look like they're made of cardboard...

[DrLan34]

[hindesky]

[Brooklyn173]

[H-Town Man]

On 3/21/2020 at 2:58 PM, hindesky said:

 

I can't decide if the stucco or the bare concrete looks better.

 

[dbigtex56]

On 3/24/2020 at 8:20 PM, Brooklyn173 said:

Here's hoping that the repairs being made to Trinity Episcopal Church include an over-all cleaning.
The old girl is in dire need of a good bath.

[H-Town Man]

13 minutes ago, dbigtex56 said:

Here's hoping that the repairs being made to Trinity Episcopal Church include an over-all cleaning.
The old girl is in dire need of a good bath.

 

This may be a solidarity thing with the mother church in Canterbury.

 

 

[BeerNut]

 

 

[hindesky]

[danielsonr]

20 hours ago, hindesky said:

I sure hope there ends up being some type of screening covering those parking levels, but based on a rendering I saw a while back in this thread, I am not going to hold my breath waiting.