IronTiger Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 When I drove by here last week, I could see the excavators were below ground level. I briefly thought "Hey, maybe there's more to this project than a surface lot" but then reverted that to "Looks like they're just taking out the old basements". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 It did not look like there was enough depth there for an actual basement, but maybe they already filled it in. The pecan tree is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I'm glad it's still standing, but surely its days are numbered: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 The shouldn't pave that corner - leave it as a tiny pocket park. The corner of a parking lot is always the most awkward anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 They're just gonna leave that crappy wall up on the right side?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Trees are gone. Didn't get a super long look at it but it looks like the entire site is leveled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Just my two cents, but New Orleans isn't hurting too much for business. It is about where it should be for a metro of its size. What New Orleans did is preserve a fraction of the stock, and built the business district outside the protected stock. However, even in between the newer skyscrappers are old stock buildings. The medical center does not look as nice as ours but I do like the aged character and how well it fits in. I mean even in the quarter, there are hotels that have been renovated/expanded multiple times and in my opinion got even better.The Hotel Monteleone for example was renovated after the Quarter was protected. They did a lot of demolition, expanded a great deal and ended up with a hotel with one of the most charming facades this side of the Mason Dixon.Here are pictures of the Monteleone:https://www.google.com/search?q=hotel+monteleone&client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us&prmd=mivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUvOWUwZ_LAhVFgYMKHS1LAyAQ_AUICCgC&biw=360&bih=559&dpr=3Downtown Houston could have protected an area such as Market square and implement regulations that newer buildings/improvements result in a look that matches the area. The east side of downtown and the southern part from pictures never was all that special. The towers could have gone there whole the Vieux Carr preserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 ^ Wrong thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 ^ Wrong thread?I don't think so, considering the french quarter was brought up during the pages and pages of discussion about protecting historic structures versus tearing them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 The tree's are gone!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 The tree's are gone!?!? That's what it looked like on Monday, as the previous time, I do remember seeing the trees, and that the picture up there was almost what I saw, except no trees. Keep in mind that because I was driving I can't 100% verify that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astros148 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Trees are gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Smh what a bunch of idiots running the Lancaster... you get rid of the buildings... ok it sucks but we will move on... but getting rid of a 100 yr old tree for no good reason!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Wasnt there some history to those trees (aside from the age)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 F the Lancaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 They are trying to squeeze FIFTY parking spaces in there. No place for a damn tree. That said, and this is a serious question, I thought there were new regulations for planting trees when making new surface lots? Is that just a myth I've heard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 They told me on Facebook they would keep the trees - duck them! I'll walk naked through the Lancaster and put my member on the front desk if they do anything with this lot (worth a shit) in the next 24 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 lol. .. must have pictures, with both pixels comprising your weiner blurred, of course, since no one wants to see that...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 ::drops the mic, grabs another vodka:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 If you think my comments are outlandish, they were. I urge you to go to page 1 of this thread - look at those two buildings - take into account the former owner of BB's take on the buildings - I rode my bike last night and had to laugh. The end result is so short sighted, in person you really get a sense of how small a parking lot it is. I can't help but feel hatred for their stupid decision. As I told them on Facebook - I started putting my out of town guests at the JW, Icon or Sam Houston and they are all very happy, they were all equally dismayed when we drove past the empty lot. Cue Game of Thrones Shame Bell . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Maybe, and I'm just being optimistic here, that the trees were not supposed to go but a mistake on the contractor's part? Did they get rid of the one on the sidewalk, which (I believe) is the city's right of way? (Again, I drove past too quickly to observe everything, but I did notice the lack of trees) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 trees, no trees. is this the way a business that prides itself on historic preservation should act? someone needs to make them a wikipedia page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 The pecan tree in the back is gone, the ones on the sidewalk are still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/Pecan-Tree-cut-down-behind-Lancaster-Hotel-6874972.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Family members said the tree was not expected to survive the leveling of the site. They could have kept it if that was part of the goal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Few trees can survive being paved over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Man what a bunch of idiots running the Lancaster... I will never recommend anyone stay there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/Building/2281/The-Longhorn-Pecan.php - someone posted this in the Chron comments (surprisingly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/Building/2281/The-Longhorn-Pecan.php - someone posted this in the Chron comments (surprisingly). I don't know when that was written, but if that's true, then the pecan tree wouldn't have lived much longer from this point. If the Lancaster had saved it and paved everything else, then it would've died within a few years, accusations would fly like "Oh, you disturbed the ground around it too much" (like what oak trees have to deal with), then they would have to go in and remove it. That said, it's a laughably small space for a parking lot at least for what they're proposing. Just for fun, I created a polygon overlay of the demolished area near the Lancaster and dragged it over to the parking lot of the nearby Lyric Centre, where I counted the parking spaces there. I counted 38 which included a small corner where you couldn't park cars due to the way the parking lot was built. Then I took the same polygon and put it on a parking garage, which lacked the wide two-way aisles for cars. There I counted about the same number...37. Then I took it to Franklin and Travis, where there was a parking lot on a lot almost the same size of what the Lancaster wanted. I also counted around 40, there too (that one included handicapped spaces). And here they're proposing 50 spaces?! Are they all motorcycle spaces?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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