Comments on: Ashby Highrise To Start Rising on Bissonnet This Year http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Mon, 20 May 2013 01:17:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cody http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269791 Cody Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:35:48 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269791 <i>katie: Will it have scary eyes and crazy arms?</i> . I LOL'd for real after reading this. katie: Will it have scary eyes and crazy arms?
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I LOL’d for real after reading this.

]]> By: Texmex01 http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269629 Texmex01 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:53:34 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269629 I find it interesting that not person blames Rice U, I mean they have massive parking space at the stadium , yet choose to use it for bicycle training instead of the much needed relief parking..... I find it interesting that not person blames Rice U, I mean they have massive parking space at the stadium , yet choose to use it for bicycle training instead of the much needed relief parking…..

]]> By: Fanniedog http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269603 Fanniedog Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:45:39 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269603 Markd. "Big stupid money". Great description. Is that the kind of money one doesn't personally have but someone else does? Markd. “Big stupid money”. Great description. Is that the kind of money one doesn’t personally have but someone else does?

]]> By: Chris Litherland http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269510 Chris Litherland Fri, 10 Aug 2012 05:13:36 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269510 I can't wait for this to get built so I won't have to see those uly yellow monster signs anymore all over this neighborhood. I can’t wait for this to get built so I won’t have to see those uly yellow monster signs anymore all over this neighborhood.

]]> By: joel http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269401 joel Thu, 09 Aug 2012 22:27:26 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269401 nobody has complained about the idea of parking meters here, just people sticking their necks out to reinforce policies that they have yet to acknowledge even make sense or serve the greater community with a purpose. every single neighborhood surrounding a school in this city deals with excessive street parking. how many of these 'hoods have parking restrictions? nobody has complained about the idea of parking meters here, just people sticking their necks out to reinforce policies that they have yet to acknowledge even make sense or serve the greater community with a purpose.

every single neighborhood surrounding a school in this city deals with excessive street parking. how many of these ‘hoods have parking restrictions?

]]> By: UG http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269386 UG Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:28:19 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269386 There wasn't a parking problem on the streets around Rice campus until Rice (inexplicably) made the entire campus pay parking. However...best solution if you don't want patrons of a business parking in front of your house, or townhomes built next door? Buy the property and shut 'em down for good. Not sure why the folks around the ashby high rise did not do this. They certainly have the money. There wasn’t a parking problem on the streets around Rice campus until Rice (inexplicably) made the entire campus pay parking. However…best solution if you don’t want patrons of a business parking in front of your house, or townhomes built next door? Buy the property and shut ‘em down for good. Not sure why the folks around the ashby high rise did not do this. They certainly have the money.

]]> By: John (another one) http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269382 John (another one) Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:20:20 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269382 In Boston the resident permit is free after you prove residence. In DC I used to pay $20 or something like that. The permit doesn't give you exclusive use of public space. It gives you the right to fight it out for a space (I remember reading at once point that Beacon Hill in Boston has only half as many spaces as residential permits issued). In Boston the resident permit is free after you prove residence. In DC I used to pay $20 or something like that. The permit doesn’t give you exclusive use of public space. It gives you the right to fight it out for a space (I remember reading at once point that Beacon Hill in Boston has only half as many spaces as residential permits issued).

]]> By: caneco http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269372 caneco Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:47:20 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269372 I'm only okay with Residential Parking Restrictions if the houses that get them have to pay significantly for their exclusive private use of public property. I believe it currently doesn't cost much. THere are some instances where yes it makes sense (the area around Rice is a great example) but I don't think the city should just give those people private access without some form of compensation. (BTW I live in the heights and constantly have people parking in front of my house for local businesses which i'm find with, if they block my driveway i call a tow truck... pretty simple.) I’m only okay with Residential Parking Restrictions if the houses that get them have to pay significantly for their exclusive private use of public property. I believe it currently doesn’t cost much. THere are some instances where yes it makes sense (the area around Rice is a great example) but I don’t think the city should just give those people private access without some form of compensation. (BTW I live in the heights and constantly have people parking in front of my house for local businesses which i’m find with, if they block my driveway i call a tow truck… pretty simple.)

]]> By: Texmex01 http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269366 Texmex01 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:31:13 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269366 Lost_In_Translation, Scott would probably be on the first bitch-bandwagon if there were meters, I mean how dare the city try and make money in front of a homeowners house, I mean, Scott pays property taxes..... Lost_In_Translation, Scott would probably be on the first bitch-bandwagon if there were meters, I mean how dare the city try and make money in front of a homeowners house, I mean, Scott pays property taxes…..

]]> By: John (another one) http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269364 John (another one) Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:26:27 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269364 When I've lived in cities with residential parking restrictions, the reasoning has been that everyone has to park on the street in dense residential areas where off street parking is rare, and if you don't have some kind of permitting, people won't want to live there & it will hurt the neighborhood. I'm pretty astonished by the idea of residential parking permits in an area where everybody seems to have a driveway. (Ah, fond memories of looking for parking for 45 minutes after work because I lived near Fenway Park and it was game day...) When I’ve lived in cities with residential parking restrictions, the reasoning has been that everyone has to park on the street in dense residential areas where off street parking is rare, and if you don’t have some kind of permitting, people won’t want to live there & it will hurt the neighborhood.

I’m pretty astonished by the idea of residential parking permits in an area where everybody seems to have a driveway.

(Ah, fond memories of looking for parking for 45 minutes after work because I lived near Fenway Park and it was game day…)

]]> By: Lost_In_Translation http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269344 Lost_In_Translation Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:45:34 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269344 I get what living in a city entails and calling people assholes because the city decides that there need to be parking restrictions in their neighborhood because it wasn't meant to be a street parking area just smacks of entitlement. And saying you deserve it because you pay taxes is hilarious non sequitar. There's plenty of public spaces that restrict how you can use them. You just don't like this one because it inconveniences you. Maybe the answer does need to be meters over the neighborhood, but your complaining here won't solve a thing. I get what living in a city entails and calling people assholes because the city decides that there need to be parking restrictions in their neighborhood because it wasn’t meant to be a street parking area just smacks of entitlement. And saying you deserve it because you pay taxes is hilarious non sequitar. There’s plenty of public spaces that restrict how you can use them. You just don’t like this one because it inconveniences you. Maybe the answer does need to be meters over the neighborhood, but your complaining here won’t solve a thing.

]]> By: Scott Bodenheimer http://swamplot.com/ashby-highrise-to-start-rising-on-bissonnet-this-year/2012-08-08/#comment-269317 Scott Bodenheimer Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:42:41 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=45479#comment-269317 Oh wow. You really don't get what living in a city entails, and why people have been doing so for thousands of years. We all pay a price to live in a city. Everyone pays property taxes, even if they don't own their house, because those taxes get passed along as a portion of rent. In exchange for the taxes we all pay, we enjoy certain commodities in common like police and fire protection, and roads. I actually need streets much less than the average Houstonian since I only drive about 5,000 miles a year. But I pay for highways and byways all the same. I too would like to only pay for items that actually use, for example since I don't have kids, why should I pay for your kids education? Well because living in a society and an economy that needs growth and assets to commercial activity, it's actually beneficial to pay for some things I don't actually use directly. Parking once every 20 years on Ashby street to go see a theater show across Sunset isn't a lot to ask for or expect. Oh wow. You really don’t get what living in a city entails, and why people have been doing so for thousands of years. We all pay a price to live in a city. Everyone pays property taxes, even if they don’t own their house, because those taxes get passed along as a portion of rent. In exchange for the taxes we all pay, we enjoy certain commodities in common like police and fire protection, and roads. I actually need streets much less than the average Houstonian since I only drive about 5,000 miles a year. But I pay for highways and byways all the same. I too would like to only pay for items that actually use, for example since I don’t have kids, why should I pay for your kids education? Well because living in a society and an economy that needs growth and assets to commercial activity, it’s actually beneficial to pay for some things I don’t actually use directly. Parking once every 20 years on Ashby street to go see a theater show across Sunset isn’t a lot to ask for or expect.

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