JJxvi Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) These blocks (and all the blocks east of 59 and west of St Emanuel) would seem to be under threat of eminent domain for freeway ROW in the new I45 upgrade plans. Edited April 23, 2015 by JJxvi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Possibly. Then again, the plan is to deck over the trench, so they could build on the air rights. As it is, that freeway proposal is the most ridiculous idea I've ever seen - 28 lanes of guaranteed congestion, right in the heart of Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Wouldn't be the first time I've seen this happen. They built really nice townhomes on North Main near downtown and literally just a few months later they tore them down for light rail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Will the threat of freeway expansion stop developers from coming on board? I believe Dan nipp has a multi family project planned within the impacted area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Would be cool if we got this (from the meeting). Yes, from Dallas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Wouldn't be the first time I've seen this happen. They built really nice townhomes on North Main near downtown and literally just a few months later they tore them down for light rail. where were those? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNAguy Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Possibly. Then again, the plan is to deck over the trench, so they could build on the air rights. As it is, that freeway proposal is the most ridiculous idea I've ever seen - 28 lanes of guaranteed congestion, right in the heart of Houston. You mean as opposed to the guaranteed congestion that we have now? Let's keep that talk in the transpo section, where it can be rightfully challenged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 where were those?They were at the southeast corner of Brooks and N Main. The light rail bridge just north of UH-D currently occupies the land now. You can probably see them on Google Earth timelapse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 They were at the southeast corner of Brooks and N Main. The light rail bridge just north of UH-D currently occupies the land now. You can probably see them on Google Earth timelapse. Cool. Thanks. It's fair to note, however, that your story about tearing them down "literally just a few months" after they were built appear to be false. According to the pictures on Google Earth timelapse, the first two townhouses were built at least as early as 2003. The other two were built by 2006. They were all four still there at least as late as February 2010. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Cool. Thanks.It's fair to note, however, that your story about tearing them down "literally just a few months" after they were built appear to be false. According to the pictures on Google Earth timelapse, the first two townhouses were built at least as early as 2003. The other two were built by 2006. They were all four still there at least as late as February 2010.Oh wow. Didn't feel like that long. Even my relatives that live there thought it was only a few months. I'm on vacation right now so I can't check out Google Maps for myself but it felt like they weren't there that long. I don't even remember people living in them, maybe that's why I felt so short lived. Oh well. Facts are facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Would be cool if we got this (from the meeting). Yes, from Dallas. I wouldn't be surprised if they did something like this near Wheeler with that being a main station for the light rail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Cool. Thanks. It's fair to note, however, that your story about tearing them down "literally just a few months" after they were built appear to be false. According to the pictures on Google Earth timelapse, the first two townhouses were built at least as early as 2003. The other two were built by 2006. They were all four still there at least as late as February 2010.Wow I was flat out wrong. Got on Google earth on my laptop and sure enough, they were there for a while. Guess my memory doesn't serve me well then. Correct me here, but perhaps what I am actually thinking of is that they built these back in 2003 or whatever and soon afterwards the new red line was approved by the voters. Of course, demolition took a little while after..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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