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Northside / Northline

See Map of Parcels with Potential Displacements (Segment 1b)

Culinary Institute Lenôtre will be demolished.

  • Founded in 1998, culinary school and restaurant
  • Offers degree programs, certificates, nondegree options
  • 400 students with 95% employment rate for graduates
  • One of top 22 culinary schools in nation
  • Many Booker T. Washington students attend


John G. Osborne Elementary will be 1200 feet away from the expanded freeway.


Community Safety

  • Increased speed on the access roads that will impact pedestrians and cyclists
  • More impermeable concrete will increase flooding and urban heat island effect.*

From TxDOT’s Community Impacts Assessment:

“There is potential for some negative impacts to community cohesion in the Northside/Northline super neighborhood due to a loss of some services. No mitigation measures specifically for community cohesion impacts are proposed, but numerous direct mitigation measures are proposed for Northside/Northline.”


Displacements include (from north to south)

  • Passion Cabaret
  • BNW Auto Repair
  • Taj Inn & Suites
  • Denny’s
  • North Freeway Business Park
  • Capps Van & Truck Rental
  • Supreme Mattress and Furniture
  • Walgreens
  • Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken & Seafood
  • Houston Urology Partners
  • Popeyes
  • Monsoon Inn & Suites
  • Casa Quetzal – unaccompanied minor shelter
  • Houston Pediatric Clinic
  • Kindred Healthcare
  • Nilkanth K. Patel, RPH – pharmacist
  • Jenny’s Deli
  • Javy Auto Sales
  • 1 Stop Income Tax & Insurance
  • Regions Bank
  • North Houston Medical Plaza
  • Scope Vision Care
  • Auto Fit – car parts
  • Safe-Keeping Self Storage
  • Symphony Inn
  • Convenient Urgent Care
  • PGM of Texas – automotive recycling
  • HTS Inc. – construction engineers
  • Dave Cory Motors
  • Bradley Tractor City
  • Lone Star Auto Sales
  • Town Inn
  • McDonald’s
  • Guest Inn & Suites
  • Advance LED Lights
  • Farmers Insurance
  • Sleep Shop Super Store
  • Drive Away Autos
  • Centro Christiano Alpha Omega – church
  • Southwind Motel
  • Southern Pacific Foods Corporation – wholesaler
  • Faith Tabernacle Church
  • Las Haciendas Design & Engineering
  • JCI Grill
  • Hero Performance – gym
  • Feine Coffee
  • Farmers Insurance
  • Culinary Institute Lenôtre
  • Herc Rentals
  • Savvi Commercial and Office Furniture
  • Northline Adult Daycare Center
  • Texas Health and Human Services Offices
  • International Service Org
  • Southern Ice Equipment Distributors
  • Houston Supply & Manufacturing Co – oilfield supply
  • Creative Works – office furniture
  • Prime Automotive Warehouse
  • Derby Logistics Inc
     


* Urban Heat Island (UHI)

Urban  heat island (UHI) is a health concern. Increasing the percentage of  impervious surface is linked to an increase in surface temperature.


The  extent of tree canopy in an area can have a direct effect on  temperatures and health. Higher levels of tree canopy coverage can help  curb urban heat island effects by lowering temperatures. Not only is  extreme heat the primary weather-related cause of death in the U.S.  according to 2018 National Weather Service Office estimates but hot  temperatures also create the weather conditions necessary to produce  ground-level ozone.


Loughner  CP, Allen DJ, Zhang D-L, Pickering KE, Dickerson RR, Landry L. Roles of  Urban Tree Canopy and Buildings in Urban Heat Island Effects:  Parameterization and Preliminary Results. Journal of Applied Meteorology  and Climatology. 2012; 51:1775-1793.

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Graduation at Culinary Institute Lenôtre

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