sevfiv Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 I like it except for the palm trees. Hello, its right by Rice Univeristy. I hate it when they build and landscape like they are in a total vaccume. yeah, it's a little bit of a strange juxtaposition... but hey, maybe Rice should opt for palms...the italian cypress and shrubs haven't been doing too well lately around there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Love the Palm Trees. Houston should use more.I agree. Given the projects location, I don't think the two varieties would clash anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Somebody should give TX-DOT that tidbit concerning the palm trees along Dowling St. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Somebody should give TX-DOT that tidbit concerning the palm trees along Dowling St.What block will this be built on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 (edited) Yep. It lines up, all right. Edited November 21, 2005 by UrbaNerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Just looking at this project again, I could totally see a significant portion of Kirby one day looking like this from River Oaks down to the Rice Villiage. I could also see Westheimer at Post Oak having a similar type of development.Anyway, my favorite thing about this proposal is the details in it. I love the structure around the roof. I love that the top of the far left corner of the building looks as if it could be illuminated at night. I love the lamp posts. I love the awnings. Very exciting stuff. I only hope it can come to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 I really like the top view, man this looks to be a pretty exciting development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Yes, it is a very cool looking project.And what's wrong with parallel parking?I hate parallel parking.I LOVE the palm tree idea.And I love this project for Rice Village. Does anyone know when it's due to be complete? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The New Juniper Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I hate parallel parking.I LOVE the palm tree idea.And I love this project for Rice Village. Does anyone know when it's due to be complete?I hate parallel parking.I LOVE the palm tree idea.And I love this project for Rice Village. Does anyone know when it's due to be complete?Final stages of design development currently. ZC should be released to start CD's by the end of this calendar year. Given that, look for dirt to start moving sometime early next spring. The scope and magnitude of this project is really going to blow people away. What Houston has lacked is a group willing to spend the funds necessary to develop what is truly a mixed use. Not just a retail center with residential added as an afterthought. But truly an integrated design. This project truly will reshape our perception about urban living. Very exciting. Kudos to those involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamHouston Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Okay, this is my best guess of location:In the overhead angle, the roof in the left foreground looks very similar to the roof of the the Children's Assessment Center - John M. O'Quinn Campus, on the northwest corner of Bolsover and Kelvin.Then in the overhead, the "pink street" between the two developments would be Bolsolver east of Kelvin as it runs between Walgreens and the UPS Store, Nit Noi etc, meaning that the 6-10 story office building that the UPS Store is in as well as the strip mall that has Nit Noi & Good Neighbor Cleaners would make way for the building w/ the pool, etc, as well as El Paso Imports and Kin's Cafe on the north side of that block. Walgreens and the surrounding parking lots (east and west) would be the footprint for the strip of buildings on the right side of the overhead.I'm interested to see if the south side of the development (south of Bolsolver, east of Kelvin) will back up to the pre-existing stores on Rice (Texadelphia, etc.) or if this will take up two full blocks and replace the retail on Rice Blvd.These points are all moot if I don't have the right location.Here are some links to see what I'm talking about:Google Map of the area - The O-Quinn Campus is the large, gabled roof running along Kelvin between Bolsover and Dunstan...my guess for the location of the development is the full block of Kelvin, Dunstan, Morningside and Bolsover with some development south of Bolsolver between Kelvin and Morningside.Rice Village Map - This could help too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston-development Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 i know one developer was taking a run on this site but was unable to secure a partner. this was only two months ago and i havent heard of anything since. if someone did in fact take down the land, they moved FAST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The New Juniper Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 i know one developer was taking a run on this site but was unable to secure a partner. this was only two months ago and i havent heard of anything since.if someone did in fact take down the land, they moved FAST this one's coming back. my mole tells me to be on the lookout for this one.... they have stayed under the radar and quietly been designing a killer project here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 this one's coming back. my mole tells me to be on the lookout for this one....they have stayed under the radar and quietly been designing a killer project hereKeep us updated Juniper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The New Juniper Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Will do. Word is they went "old school" on this one. Everyone is trying to out do each other (see Atlas) to see who can do the hippest, newest, building. These guys did a turn of the century style building. Ziegler designed a cool one here.Stay tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceCity Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Wow. That is a very exciting project. Any word on the developer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamHouston Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 So I was in the Village a few weeks ago and saw a sign about closing the 2400 block of Bolsover. I went back to take a picture for all of us, but it had been taken down...But today at breakfast at Buffalo Grille I'm reading the West U rag and see thisFurther hunting uncovered the Southampton Civic Club's page.There they have a site plan and some renderings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 :o:O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Very very exciting I tell ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 So I was in the Village a few weeks ago and saw a sign about closing the 2400 block of Bolsover. I went back to take a picture for all of us, but it had been taken down...But today at breakfast at Buffalo Grille I'm reading the West U rag and see thisFurther hunting uncovered the Southampton Civic Club's page.There they have a site plan and some renderings.If they took it down, do you think they might have changed there minds about building this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbgriffith1 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 If they took it down, do you think they might have changed there minds about building this?http://www.westuexaminer.com/articles/2006...news/news03.txtLooks like the City of Houston is getting alot of complaints from people about this development shutting down a block of Bolsover. Everyone needs to do their part and call the City and let them know what you think. This building looks awesome, and we need to make sure that we don't let some NIMBYs who just HAVE to drive on Bolsover stop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston-development Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 :in best keanu reeves voice: whoa a major road block will be the nimby'ers, who are extremely strong in that area. while i know its a different animal, they were successful in preventing wood from developing a highrise. all the developer needs to do is piss off just one resident and everyone will pile on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
713 To 214 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 nice rendering; I hope it happens. I also hope METRO builds a rail station nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Barf, hope it doesn't look like that rendering in the newspaper. That's what Houston needs more of, faux Italian architecture, you know becuase we're either faux or Italian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 The design of it is okay overall, except with the exception of the little cul-de-sac where I assume people are supposed to be dropped off in. Those have a tendency to get backed up quickly and even from the drawings, it appears that the turn is too tight for anything larger than a mid-size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstngoal Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 The design of it is okay overall, except with the exception of the little cul-de-sac where I assume people are supposed to be dropped off in. Those have a tendency to get backed up quickly and even from the drawings, it appears that the turn is too tight for anything larger than a mid-size.The "cul-de-sacs" serve as entry points into the concealed parking garage... and more importantly... there is a large pedestrian area between these two drives to serve the restaurants and foot traffic in the development. This is why (and where) the city is considering closing that block of Bolsover. There is not much through traffic on Bolsover anyway, so I say close it. How nice would it be to have a pedestrian plaza in the midst of the Rice Village? (as opposed to dodging cars every 10 feet!).I don't mind the design at all. It ties in with some of the architecture at nearby Rice University - which is also "faux Italian" or "faux Mediterranean" if we are honest about it... and I, for one, treasure that campus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Well, I understand, but the thing is traffic flow. You have some schmuck who doesn't know how to make a tight turn while Jr. is arguing with his mom about how much money he can spend and it'll be instant gridlock.if they widened the area by a couple of feet, I'm sure it would be more adequate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 RICE VILLAGEA new vibeChange may doom mom and pop shopsBy DAVID KAPLANCopyright 2006 Houston Chronicle The cozy Village got a big jolt in the 1990s when Weingarten Realty developed Village Arcade on University Boulevard. Stretching two blocks, the Arcade brought in national tenants including the Gap and Banana Republic.The immense brick center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I believe in preserving the architecture and small-town feel of the place, perhaps even enhancing the 1930s-40s look some, but as much as I hate to see the mom+pops go, I accept the inevitablity of economics eventually driving most of them away.I remember 5 and dimes being everywhere as a kid, but they were almost like today's dollar stores. Having one in Rice Village made sense when West U was still reasonably middle class but those days are long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 (edited) "What's amazing to me is that so many people in America don't care if their neighborhood loses its uniqueness," he said. Variety Fair's Irby, meanwhile, is weighing her options. After being in the same spot 58 years, she doesn't want to move, and she can't make too many changes in her store, which carries many visual reminders of her comical, sweet-natured late father and store founder Ben Klinger. "It's whole purpose is to remind people of how stores used to be,'' said Irby. "After all, we are a 5-and-10." ______________________ stinks - explanation? see rants in the river oaks theater thread Edited August 13, 2006 by sevfiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Yep. Weingarten's at it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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