Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2020 Updated website: https://ionhouston.com/south-main/ 27 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Thanks for the update, Urbannizer...looks great. I wonder if there's anything substantive (yet) to that taller building in the background of the 3rd picture? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mls1202 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 That second picture looks as if it is a library (pretty sure it's not), but it made me think that a library would do better here than its location on the north-east side of Downtown. I see more pedestrian traffic with residential nearby, and it's location off the light rail would make it ideal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 44 minutes ago, por favor gracias said: Thanks for the update, Urbannizer...looks great. I wonder if there's anything substantive (yet) to that taller building in the background of the 3rd picture? Yeah. Classic Ghost Tower. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Interesting mix going on. Modernist in terms of structure. 60's chic in terms of interiors. Contemporary design in terms of landscape and ideas. Build it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 20 minutes ago, Luminare said: 60's chic in terms of interiors. More like 30s deco with the plants someone stole from a Chotchkie's - but it does have flair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 What is the time frame on all of this? 10 years? Thats almost impossible to imagine with the way that area is now. I finally know how some of the older members on the forum feel! I like the synergy of this with the montrose collective building. Both incorporating impressive, by Houston standards, amounts of green in and around the buildings. The modernity of these designs almost feel like they are somehow even more modern than the stuff going up in TMC3. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 44 minutes ago, X.R. said: What is the time frame on all of this? 10 years? Thats almost impossible to imagine with the way that area is now. I finally know how some of the older members on the forum feel! I like the synergy of this with the montrose collective building. Both incorporating impressive, by Houston standards, amounts of green in and around the buildings. The modernity of these designs almost feel like they are somehow even more modern than the stuff going up in TMC3. I think part of it is that the new TMC stuff is so large in scale that the details are going to be a bit low-res for now. I'm looking forward to getting more indepth detail info like we now are getting with The Ion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 hours ago, X.R. said: What is the time frame on all of this? 10 years? Thats almost impossible to imagine with the way that area is now. I finally know how some of the older members on the forum feel! I like the synergy of this with the montrose collective building. Both incorporating impressive, by Houston standards, amounts of green in and around the buildings. The modernity of these designs almost feel like they are somehow even more modern than the stuff going up in TMC3. https://ionhouston.com/vision/#timeline The Ion - 2021 Opening South Main Innovation District Phase One - 2023 Completion South Main Innovation District Master Plan - 2030 Completion 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 10 hours ago, EllenOlenska said: Yeah. Classic Ghost Tower. I'll take it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 8 hours ago, X.R. said: What is the time frame on all of this? 10 years? Thats almost impossible to imagine with the way that area is now. I finally know how some of the older members on the forum feel! I like the synergy of this with the montrose collective building. Both incorporating impressive, by Houston standards, amounts of green in and around the buildings. The modernity of these designs almost feel like they are somehow even more modern than the stuff going up in TMC3. Also noticed that with the Medistar Tower that's planned next to the new Intercontinental/Latitude development. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 @midtowndweller All posts regarding a gas station/7-11 moved here: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lockmat Posted January 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 4:43 AM, Urbannizer said: Updated website: https://ionhouston.com/south-main/ The architecture and design for Houston is actually becoming consistently good, imo. At least it's trending in the right direction. This looks very good. On 1/6/2020 at 4:43 AM, Urbannizer said: 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BeerNut Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Rice University Students to President David Leebron and Board of Trustees: Not In Our Name 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Moore713 Posted January 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2020 24 minutes ago, BeerNut said: Rice University Students to President David Leebron and Board of Trustees: Not In Our Name I find this annoying. This project displaces nothing. It has almost no effect on third ward as a whole. We are talking about a area that all but sat abandoned the last 25 years and now all of a sudden , they choose to raise the banner? I drive thu that area daily ? What are you displaying? The vacant lots? The rampant homeless ( many of whom are not even homeless but drug dealers who hide among the homeless! ) what exactly are we preserving or seeking to preserve? 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 34 minutes ago, BeerNut said: Rice University Students to President David Leebron and Board of Trustees: Not In Our Name 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Moore713 Posted January 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Rappers Chamillionaire and E-40 plan to line a lucky entrepreneur's pockets with $100,000 to fund their start-up. On Instagram, the pair announced a competition that'll benefit a "minority or woman founded startup," calling for video submissions that details promising pitches. This is what we should be expending our energy on. I would be trying to figure out how to get them to partner with Rice so that there already a place for young black start ups .For those who dont know they are very into Tech startups having already invested millions overs thr years Edited January 22, 2020 by Moore713 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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X.R. Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 They had 4 of those rotating concrete trucks parked there early this morning. It seems like they were sending concrete up onto the top of the building since they had one of those daddy long legs-concrete mover that I've seen in pics of other construction sites. They've been moving super quick, rain or shine. They really want to meet that deadline. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BeerNut Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 City to negotiate community benefits agreement for anticipated innovation district Quote Mayor Sylvester Turner has pledged the city will strike a deal ensuring that Rice University’s planned innovation district in Midtown provides benefits to the outskirts too, a victory for students and community groups who’d banded together over fears the venture would negatively affect the Third Ward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moore713 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, BeerNut said: City to negotiate community benefits agreement for anticipated innovation district Smh ... Stupidity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 12 minutes ago, BeerNut said: City to negotiate community benefits agreement for anticipated innovation district Ugh. Makes me want to vomit... This quote tells you everything you need to know right here: Quote Wickerson called the fact young people were able to meaningfully challenge existing systems “empowering.” These kids have officially become cultists. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, BeerNut said: City to negotiate community benefits agreement for anticipated innovation district “Icken said the city has twice previously orchestrated community benefits agreements, both related to the city’s tax abatement. The plan to negotiate an agreement with the Rice Management Co. is unique in that the school has not asked for public assistance with the development of the Ion, Icken said. The hope is that residents in surrounding under-served communities, like the Third Ward, will benefit in some way“ I hardly see this as a cave by Rice. An agreement that is “to be negotiated” is a playground. At a minimum, there’s a healthy opportunity to extract nondisparagement provisions. I also think, from the quote above, Rice could negotiate support for items it might want, such as abandonment of right-of-way on which the public would get a say, as part of any agreement. Support for the TOD ordinance—all that’s in play. This gives Rice a chance to get some good faith PR. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidCenturyMoldy Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 8:36 PM, Moore713 said: This project displaces nothing. I beg to differ! It displaces the free parking lot where I used to park and then take the train into Downtown! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Moore713 Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 Half a block up the road are apts that 99.9 of residents of third ward cant afford... but this is the line in the sand they want to draw? A project that would transform a dead, abandoned area that become nothing more than a camp site for the homeless and drug dealers?! 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSirDingle Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Lets be honest how much is actually gonna come from the community benefits agreements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Such agreements are negotiated to ensure that a developer delivers community benefits, like hiring, inclusion of affordable housing or funding for community programs, in exchange for residents’ support of the project and developments in or near their community, according to the Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Third Ward Policy and Program Landscape Report. This main thing I could see helping is the hiring part. If this project displaced houses or other community centers then I get it but this is taking away Sears and surface lots. The benefit is pushing out drug dealers. Though who knows where they will chill now. Fiesta would have been seen as a loss but the new HEB in the Third Ward should help offset that for residents. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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