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tomv

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  1. Oh my God you have made me feel OLD!!!! Growing up in the Memorial area our # was HO5-7175. HO stood for Homestead. That's why there's letters on the phone-it wasn't always so you could dial 1-800-gimme a pizza or whatever. Later of course it was changed to 465-7175. Here's another bit of phone craziness. At one time, you didn't have to put in an area code like 281 or 713. But that's going WAY back....(Just teasing)
  2. One thing it does NOT need it would seem is a jogging/cycling path, since there's already one along Buffalo Bayou. I vote for some hills, lots of shade, and a small lake!
  3. Here's your chance, Downtowners: Houston Chronicle
  4. As far as I know, Party on the Plaza, at least in it's original form, is defunct. What a shame, after they remodeled the plaza and all. Some of the acts I remember seeing included Warren Zevon, John Mayall, Jimmy Vaughan, and Steppenwolf, among others. It was a great scene, and all free! I think the changing tastes in music and the aging of the original baby boomer crowd had something to do with it's demise, but they just couldn't get it going again after the plaza was shut down for it's transition into "Jordy's Toilet". Sorry, Jordy, but those blue tiles!...ugh.
  5. Since I probably won't have the chance to go there on a school day, please elaborate. It sure looks like a beautiful campus passing down Franz Road, and of course it is brand new, so that's a plus. My (step) kids went to Mayde Creek and it's a good school. In general, the homes on the North side of the Katy Freeway, which is where Mayde Creek is, are smaller, older, and less expensive than those on the South Side, though there are lots of exceptions. This has an impact on the demographic makeup of the student body, I guess. In general, Katy schools are excellent.
  6. Congratulations. From the AIA Houston Architectural Guide:"...in the effusive postmodern style of the '80s...urban in intention...experientally schematic and formalistically overdetermined..." Translation anyone for us laymen? A friend of mine who was an attorney for El Paso Gas lived there about 10 years ago. It is very nice. Fabulous location. He was renting his unit. Has it been converted to condos?
  7. They better be open by 2009. Anybody have an update?
  8. I don't think that thing can be called a monorail. The monorail society(see their website) has a strict definition of what can be called a monorail. That's probably just light rail at the airport.
  9. Hey while we're doing transportation nostalgia does anyone remember our moving sidewalk? It was downtown next to the old Sam Houston Coliseum which was where Hobby Center is now. There was a parking lot on the other side of Buffalo Bayou from the Coliseum. If you parked there you walked through an enclosed walkway over the bayou to get to the Coliseum. At one point, I think the early 60's, they built a "moving sidewalk" inside the walkway to get people across the bayou faster (Moving sidewalks are sometimes called people movers - you see them now most often in airports). I used to go to events down there as a kid and remember seeing the conveyor belt but I don't ever remember it actually working. They must have had technical problems, I'm not sure. Anyway the bridge stayed there for years after they took out the conveyor belt. I guess the moving sidewalk was ahead of it's time, kinda like the monorails. Trivia note: Before starting ZZ Top, Billy Gibbons had a local band called the Moving Sidewalks. They had a popular song called "Need Me". He named the band after the moving sidewalk in Downtown Houston. Apparently he and many others back in the 60's were enthralled by this futuristic transportation device.
  10. There have been three monorails in Houston. South Main and OST, South Main and Fondren, and Hobby Airport. There's a picture of one of them at Monorails.org
  11. I screwed up. Just wanted to comment that they'll just raise the toll if it gets too congested. Since it's all electronic it will be easy to have variable pricing-they can charge more at peak times. I've been using the Westpark to get to my office in the Sharpstown area from far West Houston. There's an exit right at Fondren. It's very convenient.
  12. I have been to see Beetle many times as I am a huge Beatle fan. It is a good time and the price is right (free). I like the Continental Club a lot. They have always treated me and my group very well even though we are somewhat past the prime clubgoing age group. And the atmosphere is laid back and unpretentious. It's a neat old building- I wonder what it used to be before? One suggestion for Beetle- mix in an acoustic guitar or two every now and then. They were an important part of the Beatles sound. Hearing "Two of Us" with electric guitars just isn't the same.
  13. Wow sounds like things are really happening Downtown and in the Village. Makes me wish I was still young. I was in bed by 11:00 last night. I even had to tape SNL. Of course I did kinda overdo it Friday night. Girls outnumbering guys 4 to 1? That's incredible. I like those odds. I always thought the Village had great potential as a place to party. Wonder why someone doesn't open a small hotel right in the middle of all the activity there. Guests could walk to all the stores, restaurants, and bars. Is there any hope for the Richmond Strip?
  14. I thought the most interesting thing he said was that no families would want to live downtown as long as there are homeless people panhandling. Is this true? Can anything be done about this?
  15. Many of the businesses in San Antonio can be accessed either from the street or from the riverwalk. This helps to keep both areas vibrant. Maybe we should offer a financial incentive for business owners in downtown Houston to design their properties so that they can be accessed both from the street AND the tunnel system. Or maybe just the increased traffic would be enough incentive...
  16. If they're not planning to close off that part of Crawford they certainly should. It stops 2 blocks south at Polk anyway for the Toyota Center. 7 acres isn't that large and we don't need a busy street running through the middle. I notice the block immediately to the east of the mall was not included even though it's already a green space. Are we going to lose that to development? The new rail line will go east towards the Convention Center and skirt the northern edge of the park with a stop right there in the area. Hopefully it will be underground. This should further enhance development. Can't wait!
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