hindesky Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Architect - https://bravearchitecture.com 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 7 hours ago, hindesky said: Architect - https://bravearchitecture.com Damn for a sec there I thought this was being demolished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 45 SRO units could have a real impact on the south Downtown/Midtown homeless situation. Let's hope that residents who need it will also receive help with mental health or substance abuse issues. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) So the HBJ has a news item about a Beyonce/Rowland housing project that's 31 units. I can't tell if it's Temenos or an addition... Midtown housing project named for Beyonce, Kelly Rowland getting $7.2M from Harris County Edited June 29, 2023 by toxtethogrady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79ta Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 21 minutes ago, toxtethogrady said: So the HBJ has a news item about a Beyonce/Rowland housing project that's 31 units. I can't tell if it's Temenos or an addition... Midtown housing project named for Beyonce, Kelly Rowland getting $7.2M from Harris County Looks like a new/additional project. The address in the article is 2019 Crawford not 1703 Gray as listed here. Quote Knowles-Rowland House LP, which is a partnership between local nonprofit Bread of Life Inc. and Houston-based Temenos Community Development Corp., is the developer behind the project, officials said. Pastors Rudy and Juanita Rasmus co-founded both Bread of Life and Temenos CDC. The housing, which will be located at 2019 Crawford St. along with Bread of Life and St. John’s Downtown Church, was announced during a June 27 Harris County Commissioner Court meeting. The commissioners awarded $7.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to Knowles-Rowland House LP for the project. According to the Commissioners Court agenda item, the “shovel ready” project will be an adaptive reuse of the existing gymnasium on Bread of Life's campus. The units will be for people seeking to exit homelessness, and the project will be in alignment with the local Continuum of Care best practices for addressing homelessness. The support services team for the Knowles-Rowland project includes case managers, peer specialists and resident service specialists... Beyoncé and her mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson, helped with the initial funding for the first housing project Temenos CDC built in 2006 after the company was founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, according to Temenos CDC's website. The first project, called Knowles Temenos Place Apartments, or Temenos I, is at 1719 Gray St. near the Bread of Life campus. The company's projects are all in the Midtown, downtown and East End areas, per its website. In October 2021, Temenos CDC broke ground on Temenos Place Apartments at 1703 Gray St. (this thread) also near the Bread of Life campus as part of the city’s effort to relocate lower-income individuals whose existing apartments will be torn down to make way for the expansion of Interstate 45. "existing apartments will be torn down to make way for the expansion of Interstate 45." <-- Is that in reference to Clayton Homes or a different complex that's being removed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 I think it's an existing building next to the new one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, toxtethogrady said: So the HBJ has a news item about a Beyonce/Rowland housing project that's 31 units. I can't tell if it's Temenos or an addition... Midtown housing project named for Beyonce, Kelly Rowland getting $7.2M from Harris County This project had been mentioned before, but I can't find the post. They are converting the gymnasium of St. John's Church into apartments. 36 minutes ago, 79ta said: "existing apartments will be torn down to make way for the expansion of Interstate 45." <-- Is that in reference to Clayton Homes or a different complex that's being removed? This may be referencing the Temenos Place II apartments, which are on the block just north of I-45. Edit: confirmed that a new flyover and off-ramp will encroach on the Temenos Place II apartments. Edited June 29, 2023 by phillip_white 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosFeliz Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Terrible. Losing housing for a flyover ramp. One day, Texas will grow up. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Just when you think we're making progress smh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 The worst part is that structure was completed within the past five years. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 2 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: Just when you think we're making progress smh Life as a Houston urbanist in a nutshell 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWantTransit555 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 11 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: Just when you think we're making progress smh Also have we given up on stopping the 45 expansion thing / NHHIP? We still have a few years to possibly do something before it breaks ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freundb Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 10 minutes ago, IWantTransit555 said: Also have we given up on stopping the 45 expansion thing / NHHIP? We still have a few years to possibly do something before it breaks ground. You should bring it up in the NHHIP thread. But you should also probably give up on stopping it. It's happening and you should just start accepting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 "The Knowles-Rowland House will cost around $8.4 million. It's getting a sizable boost from the American Rescue Plan, which is contributing $7.2 million to the project, alongside other supporters like Rice University, the Houston Chronicle reported. The housing complex will feature 31 new units of permanent housing built at the Bread of Life gymnasium." https://people.com/beyonce-and-kelly-rowland-to-launch-housing-complex-in-houston-7555551 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) Hold on, so they're tearing down the other building for the flyover but are they demolishing the Bread of Life buildings for the new complex? Edited July 6, 2023 by j_cuevas713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DotCom Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 This appears to have been renamed Knowles-Rowland House, according to the Owner's website. https://www.breadoflifeinc.org/ Beyonce's foundation is involved. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/beyonce-harris-county-housing-18173723.php 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 22, 2023 Author Share Posted September 22, 2023 Beyonce was at the kick off for the Knowles Rowland House this morning. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/09/22/knowles-rowland-house-aims-to-give-31-houstonians-stable-permanent-housing-after-8m-redevelopment-project/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/knowles-rowland-house-construction-homeless-18382263.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Groundbreaking was today for the latest expansion: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2023/09/22/463384/beyonce-appears-at-houston-celebration-for-upcoming-knowles-rowland-house-for-homeless/%3famp=1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 I'm a little confused with previous comments that Temons Place Apartments will be torn down for a flyover ramp for the i45 project. The interactive maps below from the city and TxDOT both show the project's boundaries being on the outskirt of the apartments (does not include the apartment itself). Also, this portion of i45 will actually become disused. The picture with the gray lines in the highways will all be removed. No new ramp will go there. The red lines in the highways will just be leftover unused highway. https://mycity.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=15e9cd4512944ddb9b8f6b23fa9a68c6 https://www.txdot.gov/nhhip.html 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, Amlaham said: I'm a little confused with previous comments that Temons Place Apartments will be torn down for a flyover ramp for the i45 project. The interactive maps below from the city and TxDOT both show the project's boundaries being on the outskirt of the apartments (does not include the apartment itself). Also, this portion of i45 will actually become disused. The picture with the gray lines in the highways will all be removed. No new ramp will go there. The red lines in the highways will just be leftover unused highway. https://mycity.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=15e9cd4512944ddb9b8f6b23fa9a68c6 https://www.txdot.gov/nhhip.html I have no knowledge to contribute here, but I sure hope you're right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 "Commissioners approved in June $7.2 million in ARPA funding for the Knowles-Rowland House, a permanent supportive housing development in Midtown named after Houston-natives Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland that will provide 31 units to individuals in need. That development will begin construction in the first quarter of 2024 with a completion date by the end of the year." https://communityimpact.com/houston/bellaire-meyerland-west-university/government/2023/11/06/how-harris-county-is-spending-915m-in-arpa-federal-funds/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 9/23/2023 at 10:04 AM, Amlaham said: I'm a little confused with previous comments that Temons Place Apartments will be torn down for a flyover ramp for the i45 project. The interactive maps below from the city and TxDOT both show the project's boundaries being on the outskirt of the apartments (does not include the apartment itself). Also, this portion of i45 will actually become disused. The picture with the gray lines in the highways will all be removed. No new ramp will go there. The red lines in the highways will just be leftover unused highway. https://mycity.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=15e9cd4512944ddb9b8f6b23fa9a68c6 https://www.txdot.gov/nhhip.html The yellow lines are proposed flyovers and the orange line is a proposed feeder roader. Both of which pass through the existing structure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 19 hours ago, phillip_white said: The yellow lines are proposed flyovers and the orange line is a proposed feeder roader. Both of which pass through the existing structure. What you're zoomed in at is the east side of i45, the project taking place on the the west side. Look at the initial picture I posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 10 minutes ago, Amlaham said: What you're zoomed in at is the east side of i45, the project taking place on the the west side. Look at the initial picture I posted. The apartments that are being torn down (Temenos Place II) are on the east side. I think you're confusing phase one and phase two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, phillip_white said: The apartments that are being torn down (Temenos Place II) are on the east side. I think you're confusing phase one and phase two. 😅 You're showing i45 EAST of i69. There is no Temenos place EAST of i59, Temenos Place (the entire project) is in the northeast portion of Midtown (South of i45, WEST of i59). Where you zoomed in there is nothing that hasn't already been torn down for the last couple of years. The project is on 1615 Gray st, look at that address in relation to where you zoomed in. Where you're showing is on the complete opposite side of the freeway. Look below, the pin is where the project is located. The picture you sent is where I circled in red. Also, think about it, i45 in midtown/ downtown is no longer going to be used. It doesn't make sense to add flyover ramps to a freeway thats no longer going to be used (in midtown/ in front of Temenos place). Edited November 8, 2023 by Amlaham 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Here is another reference. I think you might be confused where Temenos place is in reference to the i45 project. The entire Temenos place development/site is on Gray street from Chenevert to Crawford. It is not on the East side of Downtown. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 I hope this puts the matter to rest. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 5 minutes ago, phillip_white said: I hope this puts the matter to rest. Oh, I stand corrected, my apologies. I didn't know Temenos place was so far from the other site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Wow even that development isn't very old to be torn down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 20, 2023 Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 Architect - https://bravearchitecture.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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