sketkar Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Guadalupe Plaza Park renovation started. Will be a one year project. I saw this on the Greater East End website http://www.greatereastend.com/guadalupe-plaza-park Are they going to re-align the intersection (Runnels/Navigation/Jensen/Franklin)? I know there were some plans to put in a round-about. Also will the TBH still be part of the new Plaza? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 A roundabout would be very nice. Really they should be putting more roundabouts in this town as they are better at maintaining a continuous flow of traffic and are better for connecting multiple intersections. The rendering looks good, but holy crap they need a new webmaster xD that image is super tiny on that webpage (of course when you click on it it's fine, but still). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) Found this rendering on www.talentobilingue.org , which shows. I understand, from a neighborhood acquaintance, that this project may currently in the bidding process. This sooo needs to happen and it is the perfect intersection for a roundabout. Combined with the Guadalupe Park re-do...this will be a great and distinctive gateway to this side of town. Edited June 18, 2014 by Naviguessor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Here is an accompanying plan for the upgrades for Guadalupe Plaza Park...also from the Talento Bilingue Website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Great to see new parks, or in this case existing park spaces reinvigorated and renovated! The East End and Navigation areas will be very interesting to watch for the next 4-5 years with all the amenities soon to open up and allow access to other parts of town, plus the proximity to UH/Downtown and other areas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Had never really driven down Harrisburg or Navigation Blvd's before so took some time to do so yesterday. As I was passing this intersection they were already at work demolishing the old stuff, so looks like this one is well underway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS27 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Here are a few pictures of the progress: Plaza area Promenade Bike trail. Has been done for a while, but no current use Northernmost part of the park, fronting the buffalo bayou 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks for those pics. I think that they will start work on the traffic Roudabout at Navigation, in front of the park, soon too. This area will look really great when Phase One of the park and the street improvements are complete. Lots of character there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/houston-clean-energy-artwork-arch-of-time-riccardo-mariano-2335103 A new public artwork called the Arco del Tiempo, or Arch of Time, will generate clean energy for Texans still rebuilding from the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. City officials in Houston have accepted a proposal from German architect Riccardo Mariano for the massive, futuristic installation developed with the Land Art Generator, a nonprofit that seeks to advance renewable energy-focused public art. Mariano said he expects the arch, when completed, to be covered in solar panels that will generate 400 megawatt-hours of electricity per year—about what 40 Texan homes consume. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 https://houstontx.gov/moc/arco-del-tiempo.html#:~:text=Arco del Tiempo (Arch of,Ward Complete Community%2C in 2024. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBTX Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) Love it. Live right by it and if it looks like that, it will be beautiful. I ran into some folks from the city that were at the park to look at it "for a future art installation." Didn't expect this. That said, if this does get solar panels, I guess it explains why they removed quite a few from the Esplanade. This should generate more than enough. Now, whether this will just become a giant umbrella for the local homeless community or not...we will see. Edited July 13, 2023 by JBTX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 https://landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/78035 https://newatlas.com/architecture/arco-del-tiempo-riccardo-mariano/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBTX Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Looks great, imo. But also, already posted and discussed on another thread, here: https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/30527-guadalupe-plaza-park-at-2311-runnels-st/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 will it be set up as to be correct 9 months out of the year, or 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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