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    When I drove a Jetta, that parking lot had narrow spaces. It has always had narrow spaces.
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    What is that supposed to mean? And why are you distrusting of doctors?
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    That's the site of the Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts. HISD never sold the lot after the previous building (not the one in the picture) was torn down, but used it as a parking lot.
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    She was the widow of Alphonse Stude, who was head of Stude Baking Company. He died in 1895. Company was on Preston between Milam and Travis
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    List of Magnolia stations in 1923:
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    The Nextdoor poster was specifically complaining about TxDoT "closing" the Allen Parkway, Memorial and Houston Avenue exits from I-45 North of the Pierce Elevated. None of those exits are relevant after the Pierce is demolished. Nextdoor poster added a diagram to demonstrate what they are talking about. This is too funny, and completely incorrect
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    METRORail Red Line

    Ross replied to ricco67's topic in Transit

    Dealing with water intrusion is an engineering issue. There are areas where the London tunnels have to deal with water, and they seem successful. The flooding issues there are from water coming in from ground level during heavy rain or when weather and tides work to raise the level of the Thames high enough to put water in station and tunnel entrances. The older bored tunnels in London use cast iron rings bolted together to line the tunnel. The newer ones use concrete. The cut and cover tunnels are supported by brick walls and iron beams across the top, but there are also many open areas where there's no need for street crossings. London hasn't had a new cut and cover line built in over a century due to the disruption and land cost.
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    What materials would you use if you were building these? What design changes would you make? I have very little imagination when it comes to that part of building, and would probably build these exactly as they appear, so am curious as to the alternatives. I think that in terms of costs, and going on the assumption that these are somewhat disposable buildings, there's not a lot wrong. Our house is 70+ years old, frame, and had cedar shakes. We replaced the cedar with Hardi 8 years ago, so the house is pretty much the same as these apartments.
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    Nextdoor had a post alerting everyone to the fact that TxDoT would be closing the exits to Allen Parkway, Memorial, and Houston Avenue as part of the project, making it impossible for anyone who needs those exits to get to their destinations. I don't think they realized that with the Pierce Elevated torn down, those exits would be meaningless. Hilarious.
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    Ross replied to ricco67's topic in Transit

    The Washburn Tunnel wasn't bored. The tubes were built on land then dropped into deep trenches dredged across the Ship Channel. That's the same way the Baytown Tunnel was built.
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    Ross replied to ricco67's topic in Transit

    It can be as high as 9 feet below ground level, but is usually lower. The newer underground lines are typically bored through a clay formation that's impervious to water. Here's an article on underground water in London https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geoscientist/Archive/May-2013/Troubled-waters One advantage London has over Houston is that there have never been any oil wells drilled in London. There is a fairly high risk of hitting an unknown abandoned oil well bore here, depending on which part of town you are under.
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    I drove past the site today. Plumber trucks were there and there were guys working on some drains. The site looks far worse than it did when people were living there. The mobile homes must all be 50+ years old. The fence is falling down as well.
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    I've always liked Khambrel. He was good with the news, and was able to pivot to weather and stay relevant. He certainly doesn't look like he's 70.
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    That set of apartments is always showing up in Nextdoor with complaints about one thing or another. Maybe it's going to get better.
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    Ross replied to ricco67's topic in Transit

    That's from London in 1973. Earls Court was demolished a few years ago and the site is being redeveloped. London has good public transport because the core was built over 100 years ago. The Metropolitan Line opened in 1863, and was built using cut and cover, which is hugely disruptive.
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    That's an inadvertently exposed entrance to the secret underground bunker that is part of the infrastructure the Illuminati use for mind control😂
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    Not a fan either. I guess I'll continue to not give money to Rice and give it schools with a smaller endowment and who do more to help the less advantaged students.
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    Owned by MDA since 2003, former home of a computer services company named Solid Systems. Looks like there's 3 generators, 3 cooling towers, and a fairly large diesel tank. It's probably better to have a data center located more to the North, as the risk of flooding and hurricane damage will be less than anything to the South. And, the building was probably available and had the infrastructure to support a data center. Power, ability to have multiple network feeds, etc.
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    LVT would likely result in the construction of unneeded buildings that serve no useful purpose. The vacant lots will get built on when it's economic to do so.
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    I think that was a temporary place to live while their house at 4018 Yoakum was renovated(or some other reason). The 1937 directory shows Max Westheimer at 1404 Chenevert Apt 4 The 1922 directory and his death certificate show the address as 4018 Yoakum, which would better match the concept of a mansion than an apartment. The Yoakum address is now part of St Thomas University. Westheimer's widow's estate sold the property to St Thomas in 1970. She died in 1967. The Yoakum property was pretty big, 150x150 Westheimer.pdf
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    Prior to the Baytown Tunnel being opened, drivers would take a causeway from the extension of Lee Drive through the Goose Creek oil field to Hog Island, then take a ferry to Morgan's Point. The pilings for the causeway were still in place in this 1978 aerial. I've seen a website where someone explored Hog Island and found some remnants of the ferry landing and such. I'll see if I can find it again. Here's some stories from the Baytown newspaper https://ourbaytown.com/hogisland.htm
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    From the 1922 city directory. Address was 700 Main. 705 Main is across the street. I think it must have been on the first floor of the Great Jones Building, which still exists.
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    Not related to George R Brown. Property was sold to TMC by Dorothy Brown, a widow living in New Orleans. She bought the land from R E "Bob" Smith, who apparently owned most of that part of Houston. Dorothy Brown was teh widow of Joe Brown. They were wealthy folks in New Orleans, oil and such, owned race horses, etc. Their foundation still gives to various causes. Find a grave for Dorothy Brown https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122648389/dorothy-brown Their foundation https://www.thebrownfoundation.org/who-we-are.html Brown to TMC.pdf
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    Ross replied to ricco67's topic in Transit

    I've ridden public transport all over the world. None of them have seat belts. Few passengers would wear them and they would be another maintenance item.
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    No. Worst idea ever. Totally ridiculous, and ignores reality.
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