Comments on: That Garden Cleanup at Memorial and Westcott

By: JFK

JFK — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:19:42 +0000

Here’s a link to the Apartments planned for 159 Birdsall.
http://www.sunriseluxuryliving.com/development-pipeline/birdsall-memorial-apartments/

By: JFK

JFK — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:09:23 +0000

Why is everyone complaining about the traffic on a blog and story in which folks asked what is suppose to be going up where the building was torn down? So, does anybody know what is going to be built? And, what is being built where they tore down Birdsall Storage on the north side behind Valero?

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:22:27 +0000

La Mia is now torn down, what’s going up here?

By: cm

cm — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:55:08 +0000

Actually the cops that sit in the Vallero/Specs/Shandy’s parking lot watch for people stopping in the intersection blocking cross traffic (which is a very expensive fine) and not as much for speeding though they should as it goes from 50 at Shepherd down to 35 as you round the curve on Memorial headed west.

By: Benny Cargill

Benny Cargill — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:32:48 +0000

I would like to add that improvements to memorial park are a gift to the actual taxpayers. The people who jog, bike, walk at the park are not welfare deadbeats. these taxpaying citizens are alpha types with jobs that are driven by success and living a healthy lifestyle. as many people that use memorial park, I cant believe that it is such a piece of $hit. I am so tired of watching this city spend hundreds of millions to try and fix up blighted areas and prop up downtown. Why not drop $10 mill and clean up the park that the tax base uses??? Guess what? Blighted areas are blighted becasue of the quality of people that live there! These were once nice areas that turned to crap so everyone with money or the means left. I hope to see the memorial park tennis city and those nasty bathrooms on the Swamplot Demolition list one day. The water fountains barely work, what does this cost to fix?? maybe $2000 each?? and the ones along buffalo bayou work about 50% of the time and are super nasty. of course the grant money will fix them but it’ll take until 2017 or whenever hell freezes

By: David A

David A — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:32:47 +0000

I see cops in the Spec’s Liquor store parking lot looking for speeders quite a bit.

By: Benny Cargill

Benny Cargill — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:18:59 +0000

@ David,
I couldnt agree more. I dont like speed traps BUT if you want to tame Houston and make it walkable the drivers habits will have to change. This is a great place to start, there are tons of young people in Rice military that can walk and the strip center hunington manages that starbucks is in has a ton of upside. I think that several Flashing yellow lights with a sign: “high pedestrians area” or cones in between lanes and a 30 mph zone from memo park to shepard bridge. If they set up a speed trap they’ll just end up giving every resident in the area a ticket and pi$$ing off the locals, but something has to be done if this area is going to change. Everyone talks about density, walkabliity, convience, and this is a PERFECT area to start!

By: David

David — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:36:39 +0000

I live on the strip between Shepherd and Westcott. I occasionally walk Memorial to go to Schtarbucks or Specs, but the cars really do zoom through there. I can sit outside at night and count the number of tires I hear squealling against a curb, and sometimes a car will wind up on the grass or sidewalk. One night a truck was going too fast, ran up on the median guard, and flipped over. Just like most everybody else, I don’t like speed traps. But I sure think this would be a sweet spot to nab some of these crazies who think they can do 60mph around those curves…

By: jp

jp — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:31:37 +0000

I would support a speed trap if the funds would go into rebuilding Memorial’s 50 year old concrete. Unfortunately that is the most wishful of thinking.

By: PYEWACKET2

PYEWACKET2 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:13:45 +0000

Here we go again. Self promotion.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:54:03 +0000

@mrk456
You are right about that. This means it has to be something special and I can’t wait to see what these professional businessmen have in the works. It will be something for the books!!!

By: mrk456

mrk456 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:32:28 +0000

This is essentially the last tract available in this portion of Memorial Drive for redevelopment.