Heights/Garden Oaks/Oak Forest

[Nivek 17441]

News today had a blurb about our recycling which has been not picked up since Xmass. But then the city came our and collected HER recycling only and drove past everyone else’s.


Cunts.

[Storm the Field 5367]

Just wanted to recommend the new pizza vendor that sets up at Great Heights on Thursdays now. 

Just 1 guy with 2 portable pizza stoves, so you may have to wait a while (took our order about 30 minutes to come out), but it was definitely worth it, and not like it's hard to wait while sitting in a brewery. 

[patrickdrinksbeer 857]

7am weekdays, 9am weekends serving Tenfold beans and pastries from Kraftsmen. And yeah, you can get a morning beer, too.

[Storm the Field 5367]

On 4/16/2024 at 4:24 PM, patrickdrinksbeer said:

7am weekdays, 9am weekends serving Tenfold beans and pastries from Kraftsmen. And yeah, you can get a morning beer, too.

Sweet. Gonna pop in tomorrow morning on my way home from the Y. 

**For a coffee and quick bite, probably not a pre-work beer.

Edited April 18 by Storm the Field

[patrickdrinksbeer 857]

thanks for popping in today Storm! hope you enjoyed the coffee.

[Js1 87327]

On 4/16/2024 at 4:24 PM, patrickdrinksbeer said:

7am weekdays, 9am weekends serving Tenfold beans and pastries from Kraftsmen. And yeah, you can get a morning beer, too.

What pastries you working with 

[Storm the Field 5367]

3 hours ago, patrickdrinksbeer said:

thanks for popping in today Storm! hope you enjoyed the coffee.

Nitro Cold Brew was excellent.

[patrickdrinksbeer 857]

What pastries you working with 

getting an assortment of croissants, muffins, sticky buns, etc delivered daily from kraftsmen bakery.

[Storm the Field 5367]

Just read that Whitmire slammed the brakes on the southern half of the Shepherd/Durham project. From what I gather, they're going to finish re-doing the portions from 15th to 610, but are no longer doing anything from 14th to I-10.

[SydneyCarton 49537]

22 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

Just read that Whitmire slammed the brakes on the southern half of the Shepherd/Durham project. From what I gather, they're going to finish re-doing the portions from 15th to 610, but are no longer doing anything from 14th to I-10.

[GreenspointTexas 9998]

22 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

Just read that Whitmire slammed the brakes on the southern half of the Shepherd/Durham project. From what I gather, they're going to finish re-doing the portions from 15th to 610, but are no longer doing anything from 14th to I-10.

Between that and the potential 11th st reversal, what a clusterfuck

[Storm the Field 5367]

Paywalled story. I don't really care if you're in favor or opposed to this particular project. I am; however, a bit concerned that a new mayor can come in and direct the permitting department to no longer issue any permits for projects he doesn't like, even if they've already been funded and passed through the years-long design and approval process.

 

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Houston city officials have put the brakes on the middle piece of a planned redesign of Shepherd and Durham along the edge of the Heights, a decision that community officials and others say puts millions of dollars destined for the city at risk.

 

Rumored for weeks, and predicted by critics of Mayor John Whitmire’s transportation policies, the city's decision to not support any plan that removes lanes along the parallel, four-lane-wide corridors is likely to leave a gap in bicycle lanes along the streets between Interstate 10 and 15th Street.

 

For the segment from near White Oak Bayou to north of 14th Street, it may also mean that no repairs other than routine maintenance happen in the coming months or years.

“The potential exists for the project to be canceled entirely and for its associated federal funding to be reallocated somewhere else in the region,” Anne Lents, chairwoman of the Memorial Heights Redevelopment Authority, told board members, according to a printed copy of a monthly report she delivered Thursday.  “At this point, this is out of our direct control as a redevelopment authority. Ultimately, we are an entity of the city and are reliant on the (mayoral) administration and city permitting and approvals to advance projects.”

 

Marlene Gafrick, a senior adviser to Whitmire and former city planning department director, confirmed she told the redevelopment authority, which is building the project with local and federal funds, it would only receive city support – and permits – if it redesigned the project.

 

The two criteria Gafrick gave the redevelopment authority, which also operates a tax increment reinvestment zone of the city, is that the project “maintain the original lane widths and number of lanes” and maintain only six-foot sidewalks.

 

That conflicts and makes the fully designed project impossible unless the redevelopment adds the cost and complexity of acquiring land, and even then turns planned 10-foot paths into smaller ADA-minimum sidewalks.

 

 

[elfenix 34806]

We’ve just figured out that cars are unaffordable so let’s make sure there’s no other options

[Mez2 4048]

Figured I'd put this here then the el nino thread, but any of you guys got a recommendation for someone who can come out and repair fences, potentially deck-work, too? Storms hit our house good and knocked down and need to replace it. I don't want to deal with insurance for this and need to get it a new one up anyway. 

[Homesickhorn 2221]

Figured I'd put this here then the el nino thread, but any of you guys got a recommendation for someone who can come out and repair fences, potentially deck-work, too? Storms hit our house good and knocked down and need to replace it. I don't want to deal with insurance for this and need to get it a new one up anyway. 

I got you fam. Expect a text later today.

[Storm the Field 5367]

2 hours ago, Mez2 said:

Figured I'd put this here then the el nino thread, but any of you guys got a recommendation for someone who can come out and repair fences, potentially deck-work, too? Storms hit our house good and knocked down and need to replace it. I don't want to deal with insurance for this and need to get it a new one up anyway. 

Check your PM.

[billfromlaketravis 11886]

22 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

Check your PM.

PM me too Storm. I need a new fence built. 

[tx 3 putt 78824]

Grabbed dinner at Millie’s recently, it was good. 100% would go back 

[tx 3 putt 78824]

On 5/22/2024 at 12:11 PM, Mez2 said:

Figured I'd put this here then the el nino thread, but any of you guys got a recommendation for someone who can come out and repair fences, potentially deck-work, too? Storms hit our house good and knocked down and need to replace it. I don't want to deal with insurance for this and need to get it a new one up anyway. 

fence building is in your blood

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13748]

Whitmire looks to be walking back some of his decisions involving 11th, Shepherd and Durham: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/shepherd-durham-whitmire-bike-safety-19495316.php

I've been following this issue and frankly the article leaves me with more questions than answers. Previously Whitmire had halted plans for the reconstruction of Durham and Shepherd south of 15th but this article fails to address that altogether and lumps both the current and halted projects together. Or maybe not. Chronicle for the fail.

If one of you smarter people can decipher the article or understand the new plans, please educate me.

[Storm the Field 5367]

On 6/5/2024 at 12:31 PM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Whitmire looks to be walking back some of his decisions involving 11th, Shepherd and Durham: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/shepherd-durham-whitmire-bike-safety-19495316.php

I've been following this issue and frankly the article leaves me with more questions than answers. Previously Whitmire had halted plans for the reconstruction of Durham and Shepherd south of 15th but this article fails to address that altogether and lumps both the current and halted projects together. Or maybe not. Chronicle for the fail.

If one of you smarter people can decipher the article or understand the new plans, please educate me.

From what I read, it's basically the old plan with slight modifications to lane and sidewalk widths. The portion from 15th to I-10 will proceed.

They're also removing this divider strip at 11th and Shepherd east to Dorothy. All the changes East of Dorothy will remain.

Edited June 6 by Storm the Field

[Storm the Field 5367]

They're finally started tearing down the old Sears yesterday. Drove by earlier today and there's an excavator wiping out what's left. Been what, 5 years since they closed?

[tx 3 putt 78824]

Looking to get windows resealed, 3 story townhomes, four homes total. 
 

does anyone have a solid rec ?

[Storm the Field 5367]

On 7/13/2023 at 10:31 AM, Storm the Field said:

Just saw some scuttlebutt online that the folks who own Savoir bought the big warehouse behind D'Alba and are planning to open a beer garden on the site late next year. That property is over a full acre, so potential to be a pretty big bar. 

Plans have reportedly changed for this property.

The folks that run D'Alba are apparently planning to open up a neighborhood bar called Fisher's Garden eventually. They just launched an IG page a week ago.

https://www.instagram.com/fishers_garden/

[Storm the Field 5367]

Kirby Ice House coming to the hood?

One of the posters on HAIF found a plan review permit filed on Monday for Kirby Ice House at 1421 N Loop West. 

That's the old Chase Bank drive through on the feeder road by Lowes. 3.5 acre lot per the listing.

 

[Storm the Field 5367]

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/topic/54435-1421-north-loop-w/

[Storm the Field 5367]

On 9/25/2024 at 3:25 PM, Storm the Field said:

Kirby Ice House coming to the hood?

Yup. 

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Houston’s most popular patio bar is opening a new location near the Heights. Kirby Ice House has revealed plans for a fourth location that’s expected to open in fall 2025.

Located in Shady Acres at 1421 North Loop West, the new Kirby Ice House will occupy 24,000-square-feet — 12,000 indoors and 12,000 outdoors — on a 3.5 acre property. That will give it the most indoor seating and largest covered patio of any Kirby Ice House location. Similarly, the new location’s 146-foot-long bar will be the longest in Texas, surpassing the 141-foot bar at Kirby Ice House’s location in The Woodlands.

 

Rendering:

[Mez2 4048]

Yay?

[Nice Guy Eddie 13748]

Kirby ice house is conquering Houston. Mixed feelings about it as it may take down smaller bars but that’s business.

 

[SydneyCarton 49537]

2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Kirby ice house is conquering Houston. Mixed feelings about it as it may take down smaller bars but that’s business.

 

Well see. Heights is a pretty mixed neighborhood. I could see it struggling to be as popular as a lot of other, smaller bars. 

[GreenspointTexas 9998]

There are already like 12 “kirby ice houses” on 19th and 20th streets west of shepherd

[GreenspointTexas 9998]

Fuck this place

 

 

the rest of their insta is awful

[royiv 9912]

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Fuck this place

 

 

the rest of their insta is awful

Found a spot for @Frank Drebin’s after church lunch this Sunday.

[billfromlaketravis 11886]

On 9/27/2024 at 6:58 AM, GreenspointTexas said:

There are already like 12 “kirby ice houses” on 19th and 20th streets west of shepherd

Yeah, they really don’t anything special except pick good locations. That said, crowded market on 19th/20th. 

[Storm the Field 5367]

Big "For Lease" sign propped up out in front of the old Petrol Station this week. Maybe this time they can lease it to a tenant that will actually move in and operate a bar/restaurant? It's been sitting empty for 4.5 years now.