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WesternSon · #**801** Posted **Nov 21, 2024, 5:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by lonewolf

that is not good zoning for that area. they'll be hearing about it from the locals

They can squawk, but they have already lost.

Heaven forbid we disturb the single family homes between a state highway and some train tracks.

urbancore · #**802** Posted **Nov 21, 2024, 5:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by chinchaaa

Yes, it is. Unclutch your pearls. It’s currently a bunch of warehouses. It’s a great spot.

It really is a great spot for dense housing, which will always be priced a bit lower than competition due to this proximity to the rr.

Put a light at Thornton and Oltorf, or go around and take Kinney to Lamar. Turning L without a protected light on any major street in Austin (Lamar, Burnet, Oltorf, etc) is very dangerous, and easily avoidable.

lonewolf · #**803** Posted **Nov 21, 2024, 7:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by urbancore

It really is a great spot for dense housing, which will always be priced a bit lower than competition due to this proximity to the rr.

Put a light at Thornton and Oltorf, or go around and take Kinney to Lamar. Turning L without a protected light on any major street in Austin (Lamar, Burnet, Oltorf, etc) is very dangerous, and easily avoidable.

put a light on thornton and the eastbound traffic line will wraparound lamar and go well south of kinney. increasing the length of nb lamar traffic being reduced to one lane even more than now

cars going westbound on oltorf getting hit by a train will be a regular incident. not even sure you could legally put a light there?

always feel terrible for the people i see waiting in their cars on thornton

chinchaaa · #**804** Posted **Nov 21, 2024, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by lonewolf

put a light on thornton and the eastbound traffic line will wraparound lamar and go well south of kinney. increasing the length of nb lamar traffic being reduced to one lane even more than now

cars going westbound on oltorf getting hit by a train will be a regular incident. not even sure you could legally put a light there?

always feel terrible for the people i see waiting in their cars on thornton

the poor cars! oh no

OfficialPBreton · #**805** Posted **Nov 22, 2024, 11:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by chinchaaa

the poor cars! oh no

who will ever think of the CARS?!?! I couldn't imagine not owning a car in this area, where high quality transit is...

a 5 minute walk away!

and not even double that to get to the nearest 803 stop....

but it's the "wrong zoning for the area"

NYC2ATX · #**806** Posted **Nov 26, 2024, 6:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Winding, narrow Thornton Road to get more housing

See, why do they have to include adjectives like "winding" and "narrow" to describe the road and deliberately cause a hysteria... rather than perhaps something like "Underutilitized corridor near South Lamar Blvd to get more housing" which is like "why yes, excellent!"

lonewolf · #**807** Posted **Nov 26, 2024, 2:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by OfficialPBreton

who will ever think of the CARS?!?! I couldn't imagine not owning a car in this area, where high quality transit is...

a 5 minute walk away!

and not even double that to get to the nearest 803 stop....

but it's the "wrong zoning for the area"

had a homeless man charge me and threaten to kill me at this bus stop

"high quality transit"

OfficialPBreton · #**808** Posted **Dec 2, 2024, 3:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by lonewolf

had a homeless man charge me and threaten to kill me at this bus stop

"high quality transit"

So wait, now we can't build desperately needed housing because sometimes homeless people attack people near transit?

guess we'll just raise the homeless population through restrictive zoning and onerous code requirements, furthering the lack of funding for the city by collecting less taxes, and continuing the inadequate investment in our infrastructure and public services that could go a long way towards solving the problem

Obviously, public safety is an issue, on transit and across many parts of our city (and around the US). That doesn't mean we should just shut everything down and make everyone commute in a 1-ton death box. It's just not feasible, and it's a shitty way of trying to make our city a better place.

OfficialPBreton · #**809** Posted **Dec 2, 2024, 4:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by OfficialPBreton

So wait, now we can't build desperately needed housing because sometimes homeless people attack people near transit?

I should also say - I am sorry that that happened to you. I am a frequent user of transit and I have experienced similar, though not often.

Urbannizer · #**810** Posted **Dec 4, 2024, 12:47 AM**

Sigaven · #**811** Posted **Dec 4, 2024, 5:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

I had no idea those were concrete structures.

Urbannizer · #**812** Posted **Dec 4, 2024, 11:24 PM**

Soco HEB

Now open.

gillynova · #**813** Posted **Dec 5, 2024, 4:14 AM**

The new HEB is SO NICE

The parking garage is kinda... meh, especially if you go to the 2nd floor. I'll definitely make more trips and explore the 3rd floor garage and the view. Didn't make it today because it was POURING in the morning

Some clips I took: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDK1xsGSi8m/

Urbannizer · #**814** Posted **Dec 18, 2024, 10:55 PM**

St. Elmo Living

Pins Mechanical Co

Urbannizer · #**815** Posted **Jan 15, 2025, 10:39 PM**

Leland South Congress

gillynova · #**816** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 9:06 PM**

^ last part of it

Urbannizer · #**817** Posted **Jan 22, 2025, 1:22 PM**

Bruno

Small condo mid-rise sitting abandoned by StoryBuilt on South 1st.

Jdawgboy · #**818** Posted **Jan 22, 2025, 1:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Bruno

Small condo mid-rise sitting abandoned by StoryBuilt on South 1st.

That story had a bad ending...

Ugly design too.

chinchaaa · #**819** Posted **Jan 22, 2025, 4:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

That story had a bad ending...

Ugly design too.

if someone bought this, does all that plywood need to be replaced? i've been wondering how the weather and time affects it.

Jdawgboy · #**820** Posted **Jan 23, 2025, 12:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by chinchaaa

if someone bought this, does all that plywood need to be replaced? i've been wondering how the weather and time affects it.

The wood used to be more yellow looking. I'm not sure how well protected it was but it looks terrible now. I would assume they would need to replace most of it.