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While walking my dog this evening I found out something that set my heart a flutter - Biba's is taking over the space previously occupied by El Rey!!! I just wonder how long the 24 hour thing will last...

The problem is that sec 380 isn't supposed to be a financing scheme for municipalities. There are plenty of existing financing mechanisms to do what the Walmart 380 agreement does. 380 agreements are supposed to provide assistance to developers who would not otherwise be able to build without the assistance of public funds, whether to fund public improvements or to provide direct loans or grants to make the development possible. Every dollar that goes to a development that does not need the assistance is potentially a dollar taken away from a potential development that does need the assistance (like the plan to rennovate the old Texaco Building on Rusk, which is short just over $10 mil to get the project rolling). Just because you are happy to see infrastructure improvements does not mean that the City is doing what they should be doing with 380 agreements.

It's not permanent. See below from TCH site. A circular two-story sky bridge connects Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women to the hospital’s other patient care buildings. On Monday evening the signature bridge glowed bright blue from temporary lights illuminated to celebrate in the arrival of the first baby. Through Fri., March 30th, the lights will glow in a combination of pink and blue, in honor of all the babies born during Texas Children’s first week of labor and delivery services.

Berryhill beats all. Any of their locations. Closest to downtown is Montrose, I think.

The Horseshoe pit was built by Mr. Fine who lived in the trailer park at the Trailer closest to the pit. I lived in the Village Way Apartments on the other side of the fence. I lived in the same apartment for 17 years, I also had a friend that lived in a house on Plum Creek named Tim Clendinum, also a friend that lived in the other apartments on Plum Creek his name was Mike Kimsey and then the brother and sister whose parents owned or operated the trailer park, thier name was Rhino and Janice. Small world.

End O' Main was owned by my great uncle, Ed Eisemann. He died in 1944. I don't know what happened to the place after his death. He, also, owned Sylvan Beach in La Porte. I found this of interest: http://publicrecords.laportetx.gov/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=4408&page=70&&dbid=0