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  1. Ross
    Along with "Drive 75 and freeze 'em alive"
  2. Ross
    I was marginally taken aback driving up South Main a couple of weeks ago and saw the demolition underway.
  3. Ross
    The area just to the East of WGC is being used for disposal wells and such, and will likely remain there for some time. The area to teh West might be good for a corporate campus, but isn't that already planned for the Bioport? The golf course was built on top of a closed landfill, which may have some effect on future use of the area.
  4. Ross
    It's tunnel access to the garage, not the rest of the tunnel system. Being able to get to the garage without crossing the street is a good thing. And you admit that parking is a necessity for a residential building that size, but you don't like the existing garage. You are also assuming the other lots are for sale.
  5. Ross
    Where is the robocop to arrest and punish the morons who let their dogs run loose there?
  6. Ross
    I stand corrected, and should have known that since I made a post about it in this thread in January. I'll write that off to getting older.
  7. Ross
    That garage is built and is owned by Shorenstein, so it comes with 800 Bell. The other surface lots are owned by people who may not be interested in selling. And, the garage is tunnel connected to the building.
  8. Ross
    Without that garage, 800 Bell is useless. It doesn't have enough space for everyone in the building, but it is needed.
  9. Ross
    I wouldn't bet anything important on that. These mergers tend to reduce the back office headcount at the acquired company by 90 percent. I don't know if Hess has offshored a lot of jobs, but Chevron certainly has, and will replace US Hess folks with people in other countries that cost 25% of what Americans cost.
  10. Ross
    What's your point? That you can copy someone's poorly done memes that can't be read or verified?
  11. Ross
    Where would residents park their cars if there is no garage? Or do you think the owners should risk reducing their potential market by 95%?
  12. Ross
    That's West Webster. Here's a link to the actual building, which is in Midtown https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7465532,-95.369653,3a,75y,216.3h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sL5AmUYsGhfFmuU5b7VYJNg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DL5AmUYsGhfFmuU5b7VYJNg%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D216.2956%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
  13. Ross
    Socialism! Communism!
  14. Ross
    Minnesota's Kepler learned the agony of watching a season ending called third strike go over the plate without him swinging.
  15. Ross
    The address was 711 Fannin. From the 1923 directory: Haverty probably disappeared when the new part of the Texaco building was built. At least that's my guess.
  16. Ross
    That was the location of the Triangle Refineries building, which was owned by Triangle Realty. Transfers to Triangle from the County Clerk's site Transfers from Triangle: That location is in West U, not Houston.
  17. Ross
    In 1923, Finger's office is shown as 711 Keystone Building Keystone Building is 1116-20 Texas Avenue The building still exists and is lofts. It was designed by Finger, so not surprising his office was there in 1923. Here's a site with some information on the building https://www.downtownhouston.org/guidedetail/residential/keystone-lofts/
  18. Ross
    There was no Goggan Street. Finn's address in the 1923 City Directory is given as 505 Bankers Mortgage Building And the entry for the Goggan Building has "See Bankers Mortgage Building
  19. Ross
    That building is still there as the Judson W Robinson Community Center. Northeast corner of Hermann Park.
  20. Ross
    Prior to the creation of the name "Exxon" in the early 1970's, Standard Oil of New Jersey stations in Texas and other states used the "Humble" name. Jersey Standard was not able to use Esso in most of the US due to trademark issues with other former Standard Trust companies like Amoco, Chevron, etc. In addition to Humble, there were also stations branded as Enco, Carter, and a few other names, generally using the blue oval with red letters. Humble Oil was founded by Harry Wiess, Walter Fondren, Ross Sterling, and others who sold half of the stock to Jersey Standard to get funding. By 1958, Jersey Standard had bought all of the stock of Humble and it was a wholly owned subsidiary. It operated as Humble in Texas due to state law restricting what Jersey Standard could do. My grandfather worked for Humble Oil for 33 years. He had a company car with a large Humble logo on the side.
  21. Ross
    The Mexican Inn restaurant was at 1209 Main street, operated by Felix Tijerina who later opened Felix on Westheimer I am not seeing a Kline Street in the City Directory for 1934, so I don't know where it might have been.
  22. Ross
    When that building(the old Shell Services/computing center) was built, it was the epitome of current thinking. It was definitely a good example of Brutalist design. Tastes change. It is a fact that any high-rise residential structure in Houston is going to have a parking podium. There just aren't that many people who would rent in a building that does not have parking.
  23. Ross
    The baseball field appears relatively new. Note that the events on the listing are all football, which would not have required a baseball diamond. Fun fact. A friend of my mother grew up in a house on the South side of Wheeler opposite the baseball field, where the townhouses are now. She attended St Agnes which wasn't far away at 3901 Fannin at Truxillo, where the Ventana Apartments are now.
  24. Ross
    Looks like 6500 Main. From the 1935 directory
  25. Ross
    From the 1907 directory that is 2310 Main
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