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Just finished reading this book about the history of the West Houston area, from Old Spring Branch out to Piney Point and all the way to what is now Highway 6. If you live in the area and have wanted to learn more about what was here before it became suburbs and urban sprawl, it is literally the book on the subject. Mostly because I don't know of any other books written about this area. It does get a little tedious from time to time, after about the third or fourth family of German settlers who all die of yellow fever or cholera, they all start to run together. https://www.pleasantbend.com/about-the-book-1.html

Here are some links to a very interesting house that started it's life in 1916 in downtown Houston and was moved south to the Brazos river area in the 30s. http://lifeonthebrazosriver.com/ScanlanHouse.htm https://mylifebehindbars.net/2017/02/02/the-scanlan-mansion/ Here some lucky kids got to explore it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc4O32eiT5Q Coordinates are approximately 29° 28'44.35"N 95° 28'58.64" The story doesn't have a happy ending. This lovely historic home was recently demolished to make room for more Sienna Plantation homes. So sad.

Proposal by Pelli Clarke Pelli for an Amazon "Smart Village" in downtown Dallas. Tallest building would be 78 floors.

There's still Kombat Kroger and Phoenicia in close distance. Not exactly a food desert.

No property being taken from the Afton Oaks neighborhood to help make mobility in the entire region better? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! I won't be sad when the people that live in Afton Oaks choke on the exhaust fumes of all the cars that are sitting in traffic.

Of course that depends on the view. Someone looking in at the skyline from the west (which, honestly, is quite a tired, unattractive shot to me) would not see much change. On the other-hand, looking in from the north across the bayou, one sees quite a change to the skyline, both from that building, and the 609 Main.

The glass are going up.

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Step 1. Renovate the stadium and ensure there's a great view of downtown from inside the stadium Step 2. Build a training center that directly blocks that view

I wish Damac properties would build an extremely high end condo here, here are some examples: \