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Dan the Man

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Dan the Man last won the day on February 26 2011

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  1. The architecture firm put up signs on the site yesterday. The project is a church, and Ziegler Cooper is the architect. Link to Project
  2. That pharmacy building is awesome. It looks like its only alteration was the addition of burglar bars.
  3. So it looks like it was intended to just be an extension of the bike lanes along Cavalcade? I agree with SilverJK - this seems like it was a wasteful project for such a short distance.
  4. I recently discovered that there is a small bike trail along Little White Oak Bayou that starts at Cavalcade and runs northwest to Enid St. The trail appears to be recently constructed, and it of the same construction standard as the trail along Nicholson. However, it does not appear that the trail is regularly maintained; grass runners and vines extend over the pavement, and grass along the trail is probably a foot high. Anyone know when this trail was built and if there are any plans to extend it further south? Potentially, it could connect to Moody Park, Woodland Park, and the trail along White Oak Bayou.
  5. I was in there before Ike and there was tons of water damage on the interior. I can't imagine what it looks like now.
  6. What is being built near the intersection of Westpark & 59? There is some serious earth work being done. The site is at the northeast quadrant of the intersection, with a service station on the hard corner. The site has been vacant for years. Someone told me that it once housed a small amusement park that shut down after a murder in the 1970s. This was seen as the beginning of the surrounding area's decline. I don't have high expectations for this site, given the state of the surrounding area, but I am curious nonetheless.
  7. Glad Spence is gone... I hated their radio commercials.
  8. Images of Captain Johns from GHPA's Houston Deco page:
  9. The book "Houston Electric: The Street Railways of Houston, Texas" has some great information about the development of Woodland Heights and the streetcar lines that served it.
  10. There was another one on Lawndale & Des Jardines. It has also been demolished.
  11. I like the clock in the second photo. Thanks for posting.
  12. Cool house, but it looks like it would take a lot to bring it back.
  13. I'd also like to see the original plans for the neighborhood. I remember reading somewhere (I think it was in that Cite article) that the subdivision originally included the land that became Forest Park Lawndale. The developers sold it to the cemetery when they had difficulty selling the lots to homeowners.
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