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    https://www.txdot.gov/nhhip.html still works. The interactive map is useful and there are also links to the full FEIS
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    I inquired with Harris County Flood Control and got a very nice voice mail from them in response regarding the Scott Street Bridge. He said that they inserted little "walls" under Scott Street bridge to get the flow that is needed to go under it for rain events; that is why they didn't need to replace the bridge as they did for bridges such as Calhoun and Ardmore, which were both a lot lower than Scott Street bridge and they couldn't get the cross sectional area underneath those bridges as they could for Scott Street.
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    Another article about the renovations: http://stylemagazine.com/news/2022/jun/02/foundation-jones-hall-announces-50-million-renovat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foundation-for-jones-hall-announces-50-million-renovation-plans-for-iconic-performing-arts-facility-this-summer-and-beyond
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    $25.5 Million is the amount they've raised so far. The total price tag is around $50 Million (and some of the work was already done during COVID; I'm no acoustician, but I think the acoustics are already noticeably improved). The Symphony is doing their summer concerts in the Hobby Center, so that work can be done in Jones Hall.
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    HAS did an update presentation to City Council Economic Development Committee yesterday. No big news in the presentation. I thought the most interesting item was when the HAS COO mentioned, again, that in addition to the Airport’s expansion plans, United is working on plans to expand their gates; presumably, that would be the new north piers in Terminal B. Here’s the presentation: http://www.houstontx.gov/council/committees/econdev/20220526/ITRP_Economic_Development_Committee.pdf
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    Census Bureau this morning released 2021 population estimates for cities. New York City: 8,467,513, a net loss of 305,465 (3.48%) in one year.
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    Well, this is interesting... the building permit for 3709 Montrose is for "New, Single Family Residential" The building permit for 911 W Alabama is for "Remodel, Warehouse"
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    New Fortune 500 list out today. Houston metro area has 24 (25 if you count ExxonMobil, which is still listed in Irving) (up from 23 last year). (20 in Houston, 1 in The Woodlands, 1 in Katy, 3 in Spring (including ExxonMobil). Texas is now up to 53 Fortune 500 companies. EDIT: It looks like 53 Fortune 500 companies in Texas moves us into First Place among the states, moving ahead of both New York (51) and California (50). (ExxonMobil) Phillips 66 Sysco ConocoPhillips Enterprise Products Partners Hewlett Packard Enterprise Plains GP Holdings NRG Energy Occidental Petroleum Baker Hughes EOG Resources Waste Management Targa Resources Kinder Morgan Cheniere Energy Halliburton Group 1 Automotive Quanta Services Westlake Huntsman CenterPoint Energy APA KBR Academy Sports & Outdoors Southwestern Energy NOV dropped to #566. Crown Castle dropped to #503. New to the list for Houston are Southwestern Energy (moved up from Fortune 1000 to Fortune 500); NRG Energy (established Houston as its sole HQ); APA (moved up); and of course ExxonMobil. We have an additional 19 in the Fortune 1000 (up from 16 last year). Crown Castle International NOV Marathon Oil Insperity Par Pacific Holdings Crestwood Equity Partners Mattress Firm Group American National Group Service Corp. International Coterra Energy Stewart Information Services ChampionX Comfort Systems USA LGI Homes Western Midstream Partners MRC Global Murphy Oil Kirby Genesis Energy
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    Well said, but there is more to be considered than just the street level. We also should consider what it looks like from the neighboring buildings. Townhouses across the street (existing and future/potential). Perhaps a potential condo building across the street. I know I would not purchase a residence across the street from a completely open/unscreened parking garage as rendered here, no matter how well the landscaping is done.
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    I can see no reason to think Houston’s parking minimums caused this design or even contributed to it. I think the exposed garage design is awful and harmful to the community and I’m glad to hear we’re moving in the direction of regulating that.
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    All true, but I think Houstonians' general ignorance of their city is fairly unique, while our car-centric culture is far from unique. I blame the Chronicle. (I'm only partly joking.)
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    the linked news item says this is being done by the city of Galveston, not Galveston County.
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    I’m very often surprised at how little Houstonians know about their city; not just it’s history, but even what it currently offers.
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    Edition Sheraton Marriott (not Marquis) Delta Edit: removed Le Meridien; I forgot we already have one in the CBD Design Hotels Renaissance Four Points Conrad Canopy Signia Doubletree Tapestry Tempo Motto Intercontinental Six Senses Regent Vignette Crowne Plaza Avid Radisson Blu Red Radisson Park Hyatt Andaz Hyatt Centric Caption by Hyatt JdV by Hyatt Unbound Collection by Hyatt Standard Hotels Edit: add Loews Edit: add Omni Edit: add Royal Sonesta Edit: add Sonesta Edit: add Sonesta Select Edit: add Sonesta ES Suites Edit: add Sonesta Simply Suites
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    LOL Gee, I wonder where the Chron found out about this . . . ;-)
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    Per the Dallas Morning News (yes, the Dallas Morning News, not our pathetic local paper), Meow Wolf will open in Houston in 2024. Also planning to open one in Grapevine, Texas (Grapevine Mills shopping mall to be exact) in 2023. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2022/05/11/meow-wolf-a-santa-fe-immersive-art-experience-is-coming-to-texas/ Love the fact that Houston's will be in the Fifth Ward, while "Dallas's" will be in suburban Grapevine, in a shopping mall . . .
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    The comparison to the relatively tiny Klyde Warren Park is just silly (and FWIW, they actually started planning that long before 2004). Planning for expansion of Florida's I-4 also started long before 2008. Likewise, planning for the expansion of California's I-405 started long before 2014.
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    Hence the highlighting of "artificially flavored".
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    trolley (n.) 1823, in Suffolk dialect, "a cart," especially one with wheels flanged for running on a track (1858), probably from troll (v.) in the sense of "to roll." Sense transferred to "device used to transmit electric current to streetcars, consisting of a trolley wheel which makes contact with the overhead wires" (1888), then "streetcar drawing power by a trolley" (1891), which probably is short for trolley-car, attested from 1889. https://www.etymonline.com/word/trolley
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    That’s a creative reading of history. In reality, passengers choosing to drive or fly rather than take trains is what killed passenger service in America. Suckling on the teat of the postal contracts kept it alive a little longer it otherwise would have survived.
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    To be clear, the "Houston standard" along Montrose Boulevard in this location would be 6 feet wide, which is what the plan appears to provide.
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    Has anyone followed up on this or heard anything more? I had expected there to be more information by now, but I haven't been able to find anything. Edit: I found some info on the lack of info... 😉 In the 1st Quarter 2022 Earnings Call (on April 26), the company responded to a question about where they went in Texas: "With respect to Texas, we’re still under a series of transactions. So I’m unable legally to comment on that, but I do hope that, at the next call, I said that last call, but we’re still in pending transaction. But hopefully, we’ll be able to give you color on the next call". So I guess we'll have to wait another 3 months.
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    https://www.dropbox.com/s/j4p6qxfps42q61y/video1915764065.mp4?dl=0 Video of Neartown meeting in which the Saint Augustine was presented. This looks amazing! They expect to start construction activity in June and to be open by the end of 2023.
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    Good concern. But FWIW, I doubt they actually plan to reduce Wheeler to 2 lanes at that block. These are only preliminary concepts and not to scale.
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    We're not really known for avoiding projects because they might have a short-time impact on a large amount of traffic. 😉 (Thank goodness.) Probably had more to do with hydrology. From Hillcroft (the western-most bridge replaced by Project Brays) to Buffalo Bayou, I count 57 road, highway and railroad bridges. (plus 7 pedestrian/bikepath bridges). According to the Project Brays website, "modifications/extensions/replacements will be made to 32 bridges".
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