august948 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 The area known as Grisby Square in the Energy Corridor will receive a $300,000 upgrade through a pilot program initiated and funded by the Energy Corridor District.The Energy Corridor District’s Woonerf Streetscape Project, which broke ground Oct. 13, will focus on improving pedestrian and cyclist safety as well as the aesthetics of the area along Fortsmith Street between Stafford and Addicks Howell streets, which is known for its large live oak trees. The project is slated to be completed in February. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2014/10/energy-corridor-s-grisby-square-to-get-facelift.html For those of you not familiar with the EC, this is an area of 3 or 4 blocks of houses/buildings turned to restaurants under a canopy of large oak trees. Location is southeast corner of Hwy 6 and I10. As far as I know, this may be the first woonerf in the Houston area, other than those created as part of a town center concept like City Centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Cool. Houston needs more woonerfs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Should we join this thread with the other one? I don't know where it is. Anyway, I don't think this document was shared: http://www.energycorridor.org/sites/ecd/media/about/master-plan/ECD_MasterPlanReport_Grisby-Square.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Call me stupid, but I had to look up what a woonerf is, lol. We used to call them alleyways when I was a kid. God bless the Dutch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Me too. Love the idea though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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