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Old Posted Jun 28, 2018, 8:12 PM
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That's a big photo, oh well. I'm on the left haha.
From one gay to another:
You and your friend are sexy.
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Old Posted Jun 29, 2018, 2:05 AM
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From one gay to another:
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Here we go.

Is this where I can start making jokes about this being the urban core development thread?
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Old Posted Jun 29, 2018, 2:28 AM
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The city of San Antonio installed a rainbow themed crosswalk on Main St. in Tobin Hill. This area of Main Street is also known as the Gay Strip because of its many gay nightclubs and bars.


I really wish they would do this to all the Main St. intersections from Euclid Ave. up to Park Ave. or Dewey Pl. or even Ashby Pl.

This REALLY says a lot about San Antonio, and how we are an INCLUSIVE CITY to EVERYONE!!
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Old Posted Jun 29, 2018, 3:07 AM
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Good news in the SABJ about eastside business development:

"The Texas Research and Technology Foundation's redevelopment of the Merchants Ice and Storage complex along East Houston and Cherry streets will begin Aug. 2, said Randy Harig, CEO of the TRTF and VelocityTX....

The campus, which encompasses about 120,000 square feet, will include offices, labs, at least two innovation centers, a genius bar for happy hours and a boutique hotel within one of the restored buildings, Harig said. The Alamo City Music Hall, which operates on the Merchant Ice campus, will eventually be converted into a 500- to 700-seat auditorium....

Harig expects future development in the area to follow and wants the area between Interstate 35 and Commerce Street and Interstate 37 and Cherry Street to eventually be dedicated as a science and technology district, making the Merchant Ice campus a focal point...."

(with renderings)
https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...east-side.html

Also:

"The Texas Research and Technology Foundation, The NRP Group and RedLeaf Properties have been chosen to redevelop the G.J. Sutton complex on San Antonio's East Side....

While few details have been revealed about what the winning RFP response includes, Harig said the proposal involves adding housing and saving a majority of the 110,000-square-foot G.J. Sutton Building, along with replacing the condemned portion of that building...."

https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...chosen-to.html
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Old Posted Jul 6, 2018, 9:06 PM
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Plans for the Light Building. They're wanting to build a new section between the two older sections to connect them - making them one larger building.

https://sanantonio.legistar.com/Legi...tions=&Search=

More here showing pictures of the progress and some renderings.

https://sanantonio.legistar.com/Legi...tions=&Search=

I've always liked that building. They're demoing any of it, but it is still going to change the look of it. It's always reminded me of some of the old industrial buildings of the midwest.







They're wanting to put the new section between here. I don't know if they'll keep that bridge or not.

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Old Posted Jul 7, 2018, 1:15 AM
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Plans for the Light Building. They're wanting to build a new section between the two older sections to connect them - making them one larger building.

https://sanantonio.legistar.com/Legi...tions=&Search=

More here showing pictures of the progress and some renderings.

https://sanantonio.legistar.com/Legi...tions=&Search=

I've always liked that building. They're demoing any of it, but it is still going to change the look of it. It's always reminded me of some of the old industrial buildings of the midwest.







They're wanting to put the new section between here. I don't know if they'll keep that bridge or not.

The crown molding is the only thing I like about that building. The new design is beautiful; mixing old with new.
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Old Posted Jul 13, 2018, 11:14 AM
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On a sleepy stretch of the St. Mary’s Street corridor, at the end of a street of century-old bungalows, a developer wants to build an eight-story condominium tower that would bring a taste of New York to Tobin Hill.

Local company Limitless Creations Inc. is proposing to build 27 condo units in a mixture of four-story and eight-story towers at the southwest corner of St. Mary’s and East Euclid, a block from Interstate 35 and a 10-minute walk from The Pearl, founder and CEO Robert Melvin said. He hopes to start construction in September on the project, known as Legacy Lofts on St. Mary’s.


https://www.mysanantonio.com/real-es...m-85307-tbla-5

Anyone have more details?
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Old Posted Jul 13, 2018, 12:43 PM
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It was denied by NIMBYism:

https://therivardreport.com/planning...or-apartments/
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Old Posted Jul 13, 2018, 1:14 PM
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Was it denied from that article? I didn't get that. It says it was supported.
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Old Posted Jul 13, 2018, 2:41 PM
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Was it denied from that article? I didn't get that. It says it was supported.
The article really doesn't make it clear, but it seems that the final decision was a compromise. The developer wanted the ability to build 27 units. The planning commission basically approved 15 (the site is just over 1/2 an acre), BUT allowed it to be mixed use which modifies the height restriction of "low density residential". It would have been highly unlikely that the developer would have been able to fit 15 homes on 0.6 acres and stay under the 35' height limit. They can now go higher... just not super high due to the unit limit.

The neighbors seem to be fine with development - they just didn't want four, 8-story buildings with no buffer to the single story homes. The developer stated he is ok with the new designation, both sides are working with each other, and progress isn't stopping... so I don't see how the term "NIMBYism" is appropriate in this case.
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Old Posted Jul 13, 2018, 9:04 PM
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That’s not at all what happened.
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Old Posted Jul 19, 2018, 6:33 PM
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No one really considers San Antonio to be world class. But I'm with you on the power lines. Apart from being ugly and imposing, they also end up forcing the trees to be mangled into ugly forms to avoid interfering with them.

That being said, some places are indeed burying them. For example, I'm thinking of the DoSeum, which buried all their lines on Broadway, and now there's a beautiful row of bald cypresses lining the street. Here's a before/after:




As it should have been. [/IMG]
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Old Posted Jul 20, 2018, 10:24 PM
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Cool flyover of Alamo Stadium heading toward downtown. (Wish it went further, but still cool.)


https://www.instagram.com/p/Bla16lhFCpo
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Old Posted Jul 21, 2018, 1:40 AM
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Cool flyover of Alamo Stadium heading toward downtown. (Wish it went further, but still cool.)


https://www.instagram.com/p/Bla16lhFCpo

Absolutely gorgeous and beautiful!!!

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!
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Old Posted Jul 21, 2018, 1:51 AM
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Absolutely gorgeous and beautiful!!!

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!
Thank whomever did it.

(I'll go ahead and say, "You're welcome" on their behalf.)
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Old Posted Jul 23, 2018, 4:28 AM
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In the flyover video, did you notice the glare from the Frost tower?!
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Old Posted Jul 24, 2018, 7:10 PM
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Does anyone know the latest status on the Federal Court House that is going to be built? The last I saw was that it was going to be reduced in size and was going to be made to look even less spectacular than the already not very exciting design. It was supposed to start in Jan 2018. After the article below, it seems that the whole project has just disappeared from the radar. This is approved money from the government. I can only hope it was to redesign the project again. With steel tariffs, this thing will probably get even smaller.

https://www.virtualbx.com/constructi...al-courthouse/
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Old Posted Jul 24, 2018, 11:59 PM
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Does anyone know the latest status on the Federal Court House that is going to be built? The last I saw was that it was going to be reduced in size and was going to be made to look even less spectacular than the already not very exciting design. It was supposed to start in Jan 2018. After the article below, it seems that the whole project has just disappeared from the radar. This is approved money from the government. I can only hope it was to redesign the project again. With steel tariffs, this thing will probably get even smaller.

https://www.virtualbx.com/constructi...al-courthouse/
Ugh! That is all kinds of ugly. No matter what they do, they have no hope of competing with the Bexar County Courthouse, but a bland box?
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Old Posted Jul 25, 2018, 11:53 AM
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Ugh! That is all kinds of ugly. No matter what they do, they have no hope of competing with the Bexar County Courthouse, but a bland box?
Yeah it looks like a suburban DMV office from 1962.
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Old Posted Jul 25, 2018, 1:02 PM
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Yeah it looks like a suburban DMV office from 1962.
San Antonio is unique!
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