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rps324

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  1. Personally, I am not feeling the love for that slate wall treatment in front.
  2. I don't foresee that selling in that price range.
  3. Wasn't there a Chili's in the River Oaks shopping center, near the laugh stop? It went away and was replaced with Cafe Jadeite (sp?) or something like that. I wonder what made them decide to retry the inner-loop market.
  4. versus other neighborhoods that are comprised almost entirely of houses like that...
  5. The picture of the one they are saying is in Pasadena looks an awful lot like that building on Harrisburg that is now an Auto Zone, over by that park near Eastwood.
  6. I believe that one is a Lucian T. Hood design, but I don't have access to my Architectural Guide. I think it is in there. I believe it was on an RDA home tour several years ago called Ranchero Deluxe. I remember this house sat vacant for several years during the early 80's.
  7. I have been in this house before I think. It was still pretty original, which is good. The yard needed a ton of work which isn't that big a deal. There was traffic noise from Memorial, but I think replacing the windows would eliminate most of that. When I sold Shin'enkan's house in Briarmeadow, it faced Richmond which is at least as busy. They had replaced the windows with insulated ones and it was quiet as a tomb in there.
  8. There is a picture of the house that Bertha's was in, I think it is in that book Houston's Forgotten legacy or something like that. Maybe someone can post???
  9. I can't speak for the whole real estate market, but I know I have been busy, especially in our little corner of the East end. My listing on Fair Oaks in Houston Country Club came back on the market, the seller has turned down a recent offer and there is still a ton of activity. I just showed it tonight to someone from Duke Energy. There is pretty much nil to show people in Eastwood since Niche is buying the last good deal left! I recently sold a lot in Eastwood for about $100k to someone moving out of a 430k house. They are planning on building. Some pretty expensive properties in Idylwood have been getting contracts, I saw that southern colonial on Fairfield that was over $300k got a contract on it. I have three deals of my own I am trying to herd to the closing table in Glenbrook for next week. One buyer is a Director of a non-profit, another is an Attorney & his wife, and the third is a Division Manager for an Engineering firm moving from Sabine St. Lofts. I hope this sort of thing keeps up so we have an audience for places like Cafe Flores and hopefully more retail/restaurant options to follow.
  10. Not the bake shop! Enough temptation to ruin any attempts at a good Adkins diet. I am boycotting the Dinner Bell though. I used my debit card in there the other day, someone there padded my bill by 20% for a tip. It was only a couple of bucks, but the principle of the thing really pissed me off. I won't go back.
  11. Is Del Taco alive & kicking still in California? There used to be Del Tacos all over here. One was across from Klein more moons ago than I care to admit. You still see the old Del Taco buildings scattered around town converted to different uses. I think there is a Shipley's in one on Richmond between Sears and the spur, Frank's grill is in one over on Magnum behind NW mall. As for Tinsley's, I remember them in Huntsville. I thought they were bought out by Hartz or something. I'm not sure.
  12. I continue to be the resident skeptic on Greenspoint. If they couldn't significantly reposition it, (heavy emphasis on significantly), with the recent whole "Cityview" deal, then what would create a renaissance? You can't say they haven't tried. They've had the Management District, the gutting and rehabbing of almost the entire apartment district complete with elaborate marketing campaigns to attract more upscale clientele, landscaping, parks & other upgrades. They've done about everything you could do. Yet still it is what it is. Woodlands, Willowbrook & Deerbrook have taken much of the original clientele base going north, and once Northline gets a Gulfgate style rehab, it will probably have at least some level of drawing power against GP, certainly more than it has now anyway. That will create a new competitor, albeit a small one, that hasn't been in the equation before. There was talk at one point of Greenspoint becoming some sort of convention type facility. I have no idea how viable that would be. I will not be surprised to see it reinvented into some other use, possibly like they did with Westwood. I could easily turn out to be wrong on this one, but I bet I'm not.
  13. It has a lot of things going for it, tunnel access, right on the rail, great pool deck, some great views etc. There is also some historic tax credit deal that helps, but I can't remember the details. One floor has units with the higher (more 2 story high type) ceilings that you normally associate with a loft-type set up. Most have ceilings that are more standard height, probably 9' maybe but they seem low. I think that limits their appeal a little bit. The only real problem with them is price. The owner in New York won't drop them. Apparently the market has spoken and at the current price point, they are not moving very fast.
  14. You may be able to retire some of your old "Highlights" shoes yet....
  15. I represented a buyer on a sale in there a couple of months ago. He bought in the Timbercrest section off of North MacGregor, which is absolutely beautiful. So many of the homes built in there were designed by the who's who of architects and the quality is evident, even though many suffer from bad alterations and/or neglect. Well priced homes move quick in there though. So when you find one you like, jump on it!
  16. no that's T.C. Jester. There is a Super-Target at Cypresswood & 45 that I think has a grocery store. The only other options are Randalls at Champions Village III or Kuykendahl & Louetta has a couple of options. The Food Fair at Ella will work in a pinch. Are you in Cypress Station?
  17. Over the years the grocery stores kept moving west. There used to be a Randalls where the Louis Shanks Furniture store is, then it kicked out the Fiesta at Kuykendahl & 1960 & moved in there, then closed altogether and just left the Champions Village store. There was a Safeway at one time too at 1960 & Kuykendahl, and a Gerlands at Ella. That one was always kind of hokey.
  18. I'm not feeling the love for those gold columns. It looks like it should be a "gentlemen's club" on Winrock or something.
  19. I ate there tonight, there was only 1 other person in there. It was kind of......different. I decided against ordering anything that might challenge their kitchen, or be straight from the Sysco supplier. There was a lot of Greek or Turkish(?) influenced items on the menu so I ordered a gyro with fries thinking that might be something they would be better at preparing. My friend ordered something which apparently was their version of chicken fried steak, although I think it was lamb or something like that. The fries were okay, slightly undercooked but still okay. His portions were good, but not somewhere I would go for anything resembling chicken fried steak. My gyro was good. The chicken was well seasoned and tender. The service was good, although they were hardly challenged at that point. However, I will say they went above and beyond. They brought us complimentary Turkish hot tea and sugar cubes during our meal. They carried it on this hanging Turkish brass tray affair. After the meal they gave us an order of baklava (spelling?) that was really good, especially with the Turkish hot tea. I have to say it was not the experience I was expecting in a diner. They have a fairly extensive breakfast menu, & I don't know how any of that is, but for lunch or dinner I think it will depend upon what you order.
  20. They pulled the stones off of it before demolishing it. I don't have high hopes though, it seems like too many of the renovations or new construction in the general area are monstrocitys. Someone turned a John Staub design on South McGregor into a poorly proportioned nightmare recently for one example. I have heard an Attorney owns the property, but I don't know anything more. I was in the house behind it today and saw the bulldozers. It is a shame they couldn't or wouldn't save the general structure. It looked like it could have been saved had the motivation been there, but I am not sure about that.
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