musicman Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 How does that benefit "us" in any way?if transportation costs are kept down, so are prices. each train also keeps quite a few 18 wheelers off the roads/freeways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 if transportation costs are kept down, so are prices. each train also keeps quite a few 18 wheelers off the roads/freeways.I suspect that the railroads of this country are one of the most under capitalized and under used infrastructure item in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggity Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 looks like it's just relocating. We shall see.Houston Press Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I still find this issue somewhat crazy. I would think that there are more annoying sources of sound in our urban environment than the damn train. I'm in a downtown skyscraper and I just heard a train horn. My ears, make it stop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goavs4 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I agree with SaintCyr, in the coming years as it becomes much more expensive for air and truck transport, two far more efficient methods, shipping and rail, will be needed to transport goods. For those along the Washington corridor and anywhere else in this city that depends heavily on inputs to the local economy via the port, that means more ships with more cargo and more and more trains running to distribute it across the city and beyond. So unless we perform grade separations all over the city at all road and RR intersections, the train conductors will need to blow the horns to warn people to the approaching danger of the train. (0:25 - 1:40) <---- The people who move into the "Villas on Heights" in 25 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintCyr Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 How does that benefit "us" in any way?It will benefit us because in the next 20-30 years transportation how we know it will change quite a bit due to the lack of oil for big trucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsets Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Did anyone else see this in the Chron yesterday? Apparently Houston's rail traffic has actually increased since WWII.Houston Train traffic increasing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhornguy Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 A bunch of idiot residents are now objecting the Quiet Zone from Patterson to Oliver street because they think the money can be spent elsewhere (i.e. on Parking/Police, etc).While I agree the other issues are problems, the city doesn't re-allocate funds that way. Get the attention on your neighborhood and other problems will be solved in the future.What they don't realize is that city budgets do not work like your checking account. If the money doesn't get spent on your own neighborhood, it gets spent in another location for the same purpose. This issue frustrates me like no other, looking a gift horse in the mouth is what it is.Property values should increase after this and even if the train doesn't bother you, the city WANTS to spend money on your neighborhood and you're going to refuse it?!??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott08 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 The people who move into the Villas on HeightsMy favorite bit of builder-developer lunacy in all of Houston. I love to make fun of this project whenever possible. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpperWestEnder Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 An opportunity for local residents to comment on the proposed Quiet Zone until 5 Octoberhttp://services.publicworks.houstontx.gov/traffic/survey.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77007 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Thanks for posting the link to the Washington Corridor Survey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpperWestEnder Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 I was wondering if anyone on HAIF attended the Washington Corridor Quiet Zone informational meeting held back on Monday? They were going to update the timeline and discuss construction. The http://www.washingtonquietzone.com/ website hasn't been updated since the 8th.The construction was originally supposed to have started July 2009 and close Thompson and Bonner at the railroad tracks. I'm just curious how things stand now.Thank you in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I was wondering if anyone on HAIF attended the Washington Corridor Quiet Zone informational meeting held back on Monday? They were going to update the timeline and discuss construction. The http://www.washingtonquietzone.com/ website hasn't been updated since the 8th.The construction was originally supposed to have started July 2009 and close Thompson and Bonner at the railroad tracks. I'm just curious how things stand now.Thank you in advance.I missed this meeting too but I emailed the Quiet Zone folks and got a reply that they were waiting on details on schedule slides from the city, but the quiet zone work is scheduled to start in January and will be fully implemented by end of April. It still includes Thompson & Bonner closure. The Public Works dept is typically pretty good about project milestones once they get the go ahead, so I would expect by May 2010 we should have a Quiet Zone in place. On a side note, we in UWE shoudl expect TX DOT to start work on I-10 feeder roads between Yale & Patterson soon (as in 2010).Irfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpperWestEnder Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Thanks Irfran. Tammy had forwarded me your e-mail after hearing from the Quiet Zone folks. I'll miss using Bonner and Thompson, but not the train horn so this is pretty exciting news. Don't know if I care that much about the feeder extension. There'll be a lot of noise and heavy trucks just one street up from where I live and probably more car noise once it's completed. Guess it'll help traffic flow along that stretch of the freeway, though so it should be a good thing as well.Thanks again!- Robert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhornguy Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 (edited) Also, some more developments in Upper West End per the Civic club meeting:1. West End Park is scheduled to be leveled and re-graded to help with the drainage issue on the back side of the park. The pavillion will be leveled and no plans to replace it. FWIW, I think this is a good thing, as it was a haven for the homeless people and drug dealers. The playground structures will stay and be a part of the plans for the park updates. The schedule on this project will probably be drawn out to a couple years, as the total amount for the park improvements is something in the neighborhood of $200k.2. Patterson St. has been selected by the COH to have their sidewalks re-done as part of a city-wide pedestrian initiative. There are several other streets across the city that will have their sidewalks re-done and widened as well. As for Patterson, the sidewalks will be re-done and apparently about 6 ft. wide, from Washington all the way to I-10 feeder. Not sure about the schedule for this, but 2010 seems to be a big year for UWE construction projects...if it all pans out. Edited January 3, 2010 by longhornguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica N Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I read online last year that Les Givrals, a restaurant I love that is in Market Square, is supposed to be opening in the new strip mall just east of Shepherd. Anyone have an update on that opening? I also read a downtown law firm was moving in the 3rd story of that building. http://www.lesgivrals.com/11.htmlI also noticed Berripop and Buffalo Wild Wings are moving in the strip mall closer to Yale Blvd and Zoes. Any news on anything else moving in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic0boom Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 While waiting for an order at Les Givrals last month, I was talking to the cashier who mentioned the new location on Washington. She didn't say exactly where on Washington it would be, but I believe she said it would be a spring opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee_in_TX Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 BW3 in the Heights? Awesome. Bad beer prices, awesome wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 BW3 in the Heights? Awesome. Bad beer prices, awesome wings.Their wings suck, they are tiny and their sauces are not great. But at least they have Fat Tire and also sell buffalo style drumsticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat_zor Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 BW3 in the Heights? Awesome. Bad beer prices, awesome wings. I have been dragged to BW3 by my coworkers multiple times - the first time I got naked wings (no skin or bones). The grilled chicken was totally overcooked and chewy. The next time I got the salad with fried chicken, thinking that maybe they at least knew how to fry. Yet again the chicken was overcooked and nasty. Last week I ordered a burger which, according to the menu, was cooked medium well. I asked the server if mine could be cooked to medium rare instead. He told me it could not, because the patties are precooked and frozen. There is just nothing at this place I can tolerate eating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Who can tell me the history of Les Givrals?The story I heard is that a family started Les Givrals leasing from a landlord, the landlord jacked up the rents or something and took over the business as a concession and the family was forced out and the family started Cali Sandwich. Story doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's what I heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I have been dragged to BW3 by my coworkers multiple times - the first time I got naked wings (no skin or bones). The grilled chicken was totally overcooked and chewy. The next time I got the salad with fried chicken, thinking that maybe they at least knew how to fry. Yet again the chicken was overcooked and nasty. Last week I ordered a burger which, according to the menu, was cooked medium well. I asked the server if mine could be cooked to medium rare instead. He told me it could not, because the patties are precooked and frozen. There is just nothing at this place I can tolerate eating... It's pretty bad when a restaurant doesn't even have the confidence that their cooks can make a hamburger patty. I don't understand why anyone would pay restaurant prices for food that was basically just heated up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 It's pretty bad when a restaurant doesn't even have the confidence that their cooks can make a hamburger patty. I don't understand why anyone would pay restaurant prices for food that was basically just heated up.BW3 was good if you have ever eaten at the few local ones years ago in Ohio before they became corporate. All their stores now have the same interior look too. Now to justify a 20% revenue & profit increase every year due to stockholder pressures, they have to open new places (for revenue) and use cheapest possible ingredients (for profit) and cheapest possible labor (for profit) yearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adkat Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 (edited) All I can say is bring on The Counter! I used to stop in a one when I was working in Santa Monica... Premium build your own burgers (with price to match) but man they are good. Their sauce selections are outstanding, so I can't wait to go get one.. it might not be great for my waist line tho. The shakes are perfect and a word of warning... don't order fries per order...do it by the table. Going there with friends once we each ordered our own fries and ended up with a mountains worth. You can safely get an order per table hehe. Edited May 1, 2010 by adkat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowanome Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 All I can say is bring on The Counter! I used to stop in a one when I was working in Santa Monica... Premium build your own burgers (with price to match) but man they are good.I agree, this place will be a hit. i've had it here in Chicago and the varieties and sauce options demand multiple visits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Checking it out, it seems like a cool idea but then again it makes me run into the same problem i have with restaurants like IHOP/Denny's. Too many options to make, and that frustrates me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic0boom Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Back to the original poster re: Les Givrals. It opened last week, i believe, complete with beer and liquor license (unlike the other locations). Well, it is Washington Ave, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica N Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Back to the original poster re: Les Givrals. It opened last week, i believe, complete with beer and liquor license (unlike the other locations). Well, it is Washington Ave, after all.woo hoo! can't wait to check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 BW3 in the Heights? Awesome. Bad beer prices, awesome wings.Their wings are like any other wings anywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Is that BW3 a two story version?I'd eat there, but every time I'm in the area, I wind up at El Rey's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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