Melwood

So is the brutalist office building going to be kept or bulldozed? I've always wondered what the story is with that building - it seems so out of place.

Well it certainly can't be good for Fuller's, but they do a lot of internet sales and ship guitars all over the world too. They have some acoustic guitars that Guitar Center doesn't sell either. GC has had plenty of Houston locations for a long time and Fuller's has done fine, so I expect that to continue. If anything, I question whether GC needs another location.

I don't know much about Fields and Love, but I can say that Helms does have a lot of students with parents who care very much about the school. Several years ago Helms started a dual language elementary program that a number of parents signed up their kids for and transferred in. However, these changes probably take time to become noticeable unless you know someone there. We liked Travis and Harvard, but decided to transfer our kids to Wilson Montessori in Montrose. But tranferring is not as easy as it was even 3 years ago, the "good" schools are filling up. Fields and Love (and Browning, where our kids - we live in Norhill - are zoned to) are going to become the only choices for a lot of parents unless they want to move or enroll in private school. I can only hope that HISD is looking at the 2010 census data and seeing an influx of elementary aged children zoned to these schools before hastily closing them down. Having said all that, it must be tough to run a large number of "small" schools, the overhead on keeping each one open can be spread out over a relatively small body of students, even when filled, compared to large, centralized suburban schools.

I had some trouble visualizing just how this will link to the MKT from Stude park and go under I-45 etc. It took a little digging around to find the map of the whole system, here is the link in case anyone else needs it - http://documents.publicworks.houstontx.gov/document-center/houston-bikeway-program/bikeway-network-map/details.htm

Don't forget their wings, which are excellent. Especially the dry kind - a little spicy, and very tasty. This is good news.

EDIT: I can't help but notice that Heights Yankee went silent, probably dodging the simple yes/no question. With all due respect Niche, she already gave your question a thoughtful answer, and surely has other important things to attend to today besides endlessly debating this topic that has captured all of our attention - ease up on snark already.

It's a picture of Perry Como?

I haven't seen them building the appropriate feeder roads on the new Crosby freeway, it looks feeder-less, at least right now. The present feeders at the east loop/I-10 are not continuous in that if you're on the feeders approaching the interchange, you cannot pass under/over the interchange - this makes navigating around the roads surrounding the interchange a pain. I'm still scratching my head regarding the apparent limitations regarding the directions you can approach and depart the Crosby freeway. In short, it looks to me like people who don't know the interchange are going to find themselves heading in directions they didn't intend, with no obvious way to correct course. By the way, as a correction to my previous post, you cannot go from the east loop heading south over to the crosby freeway outbound. It looks to me like they could have incorporated that ramp, but didn't.(?)

Thanks, I'll be expressing my opinion on the city's dismissal of concerns regarding safety and crossings. What a load of bullflurf. To get to the bike path, a lot of Heights residents (like me)have to cross Yale at some point, and there is no really good way to do it (at least with small kids) when there is a lot of traffic. Like it not COH, the Heights is a RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD and deserves the things that go with it. I will end my rant now.

I work at the intersection of 610/10E, and have been watching the interchange construction from my window for some time now. I am quite sure that the original 610/10 interchange was built from the start to accommodate this crosby freeway. It will not be a true five-way interchange. Access to the new crosby fwy will be from I-10E, East loop heading north, and possibly east loop heading south. Not sure about that last part, it's hard to tell with the mess. For sure, you can't be heading west on I-10 and U-turn to the new freeway. Also, coming in from Crosby, you can keep going E on 10, or go S on 610. I don't see a ramp letting incoming traffic up over to the east loop heading north, and you definitely won't be able to turn back out to I-10E. I can also say there is a LOT of space up in this quadrant, some of it quite wooded and pretty, it's hard to believe so much emptiness still exists inside the beltway. As for the comment about the road stopping at 610, I ask which neighborhoods should be demolished to make way. I think enough land inside the loop has been taken away and paved over to help people move in and out of the metro area by now.

No argument about the large homes, which frankly puts our old bungalow at a disadvantage. As far as recognizing the Heights in about 10 yrs, I guess only time will tell, I'm hoping it doesn't follow Bellaire in that respect.

For both country and polka, visit the Rose Garden on Link Rd - the jukebox there is loaded with the stuff.

I live on Melwood, as my username implies. Melwood is 2 streets away from Cottage, so I know the neighborhood pretty well - most of these houses that the links show are on/near busy streets and should be avoided in my opinion. In particular, avoid the one on Studewood. If possible, avoid anything on Michaux which is a north/south street that gets some traffic, though nothing like Studewood. Having said that, the link to HAR # 10881743 (915 Cottage) looks like a solid candidate - it is several houses in off of Michaux, and a short walk to Proctor Plaza - should you lose your sanity and have children at some point, this is an invaluable resource and a nice park - our kids play there all the time. You may have to shop a little bit, but I think your price range is realistic.