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Originally Posted by astrohip
As someone who lived in that neighborhood until 2018, I can tell you the reason for the opposition was the incredible inappropriateness of that project, for that spot. As many others have mentioned above, you couldn't pick a worse spot to put a high-rise. All that "development" you talk about along Bissonnet is old homes being turned into yoga studios and small one-off stores. There aren't any real "developments" along that stretch. For a reason! Small two-lane street, no lights, already crowded with people going into the various subdivisions, it just made no sense.
There are plenty of places to put a building like that, not even a mile away. On streets that can support more traffic.
I'm personally not against development, I was in residential construction and land development for forty years. But we always worked with neighborhoods, not against them. Plus I moved into a high-rise about 2-3 miles away, so in the right spot, density is wonderful.
My .02
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Funny enough, a user with this same handle
on HAIF had this to contribute this week...
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I drove by this site yesterday. They were drilling core samples, and there were a few other pieces of construction equipment on site, that I had not noticed before.
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