spiderroller

Sorry folks, but this is pathetic. I think it is simply a "summation" of the direction our City has taken over the last several years, if not the last couple of decades. http://www.chron.com...an/6596047.html First, I believe this statement is a joke: "Manlove said Texas' high teen birth rates are particularly driven by the state's large population of Hispanics, in whom teenage motherhood is more culturally accepted than it is in other ethnicities." More culturally accepted? Please. That's B.S. Seems a politically-correct way to make an excuse for the number of births to kids here illegally. Why has Houston become #1 in this category? Non-existent sex education? Is it the State's fault? The City's fault? Perhaps a detailed breakdown of the demographics of all the teen mommies would uncover and explain a lot. Personally, I find it disgusting. Being the "fattest city" in the U.S. is one thing. Being the Pregnancy Capital of the U.S. is simply horrific. Perhaps our City and State leaders should make this a top priority beyond all the other crap they waste money on.

Don't forget all the large homes that surrounded Parkwood Park.... I believe some of those folks (Sakowitz, Battlesteins, etc.) lived in the homes around the park as well.

I vote "approve" on that. Brilliantly adapted thought process considering multiple options focusing on MAXIMUM REVENUES! Seems a small # of us (i.e. SMALL) have zoned in on ECONOMICS..... and... per observation.... seems a large # of foke have no clue what 'brainstorming' is... All it takes is legalizing gambling and weed and paying off PETA...... piece of cake...

I think I'll start a new thread entitled "Astrodome to be turned into an Internet Porn Studio and will be remodeled as the largest nipple on Planet Earth".

The ones thinking the Dome should be a movie studio are the ones that are high. Yea.. people from all over the world will come here... to ... what... stand behind a glass wall and watch a movie being made? I've lived here all my life... Houston is not some "georgeous" city.... it was "georgeous" decades ago before they knocked down 90% of the buildings, built a bunch of boxes and cardboard strip centers every block, became a homeland for 90% of foreigners coming from south of the border, and every neighborhood from those days became a hood. Compared to 1975... I'd say Houston is pretty damn fugly.

TOP 10 USES FOR THE ASTRODOME 1. Grow House (largest indoor grow house in the world... can tour and test like the Budweiser plant too) 2. Amatuer Porn Movie Studio (come on baby... let's go film a home movie...) 3. Internet Porn Studio (always wanted to start my own internet porn site) 4. Missile Silo 5. Future Home of the Houston Moose Knucklers (after the expansion of the Lingerie Football League) 6. Five Star Dome (how many full size restaurants could fit in there? visualize the TOP 100 five stars in there.. TOP 200?) 7. Food Court Dome (you got it... the largest congregation of fast food restaurants under one roof in the WORLD) 8. Children's Museum (largest on planet earth) 9. Energy Trading Dome 10. Casino Just kinda popped in my head you know.....

"Free Weed" for everyone? Knock Knock. Hello. What actually would be "free"? Pot sales would lead to the largest tax base in the city. Hands down. Not to mention the creation of new jobs, increased standard of living, reduced crime..... and on.. and on..... There is no other product, nor service, that would bring in more tax revenue from the use of the Astrodome. None. Nada.

I keep laughing at the foke who think a movie studio is an economically brilliant idea. Let's assume Hollywood foke would come here to shoot movies... how exactly (as compared say... to a super bowl event....) would small businesses make a fortune? How exactly would that change life for the average Houstonian? I don't give a rat's ass if the City makes money. It would be wasted anyway. And how many new jobs would a Texas Hollywood create here in Houston (as in new.. not transplanted people coming from SoCal...)?? No a GROW HOUSE would create more jobs.... create more tax income for the City... than anything... so... Texas should legalize pot and turn the Astrodome into a Grow House. Oh.. by the way... where has the billions of dollars from the almost 20-year old lottery system gone? I thought we approved that primarily because the money was to go to education... schools, etc...... but.... our schools suck as much as the did when the lottery started.....

I can predict the future as well as those who are predicting movies will be made in the Astrodome. I say we melt it down to the ground, and call it "art". Better yet... let's blow up Minute Maid Field and move the 'Stros back to the Astrodome where they belong (as long as I can bring my own food in there).

The only "movie studio" concept that could work out in the Astrodome would be if the porn industry wanted to move from Southern California. I say we turn it into a Coliseum of sorts... for criminals.... Gladiator Dome.

Yea... I'm sure the Hollywood foke would love to come to Houston to film. I mean, the scenery, history and weather in Houston is something every American should experience at some point in their life. Can you imagine Angelina Jolie down here filming a movie... she can take some "getaway time" and head down to the beaches in Galveston.

I've imagined that. Okay. Now... just imagine what % of people questioning a stupid idea ended up being right that the idea was stupid?

How about it being a growhouse... but for small business? Instead of Philip Morris or Minute Maid owning the joint (get it.. 'joint'... lol)....... you and I purchase the Dome.... and sublease it all out to individual growers..... what a boom for new small business.... that way we create a crapload of jobs.... promote competition... and Big Business doesn't control what we get to get lit on (er... what medication we can have...).... Julio may want to rent out a 20' x 30' space to open his small business.... while Tyrone would like to rent out a 100' x 100' "primo" suite. And there will be QUALITY CONTROL - any julio can't just come in and plant some dirt weed. If you don't pass muster your lease is revoked and your product burned (or it can be shipped with a tariff to any Louisiana connection). Wow.. I can really see it now... on Ultimate Houston.com........ "Best Weed".... voted #1 is Romello's Blue Iguana #4.................

I mean hell... instead of walking up to the ticket window to buy tickets... you'd walk up and buy an ounce of MILF Weed. You could even have IRA agents inside the place to make sure all the income taxes are paid and up to date. And it's close to the Medical Center... patients could take their Cannabis Prescription and pick it up on the way home. Just pull up to the drive thru, scan your bar code on your Cannabis Prescription, and wah-lah...... you get your medication, Global Growhouse USA gets their revenue, the IRS gets their taxes, AETNA gets the patient's claim, and the Insured gets their FSA check in the mail within a week.

Just showed up: http://www.chron.com/life/photogallery/Houstons_best_BBQ.html#17844234

A movie studio makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

I've always thought the Astrodome should be turned into a world class athletic stadium... track & field, cycling, running, skateboarding, tennis, endurance training... whatever..... good for training and conditioning too... one on one training.. all sports..... ... I've just always envisioned skateboarders and cyclists racing up and down the ramps... riding the walls around the curves..... around the upper levels.... Now a world class grow house is a brilliant idea.

I remember that place.... right before you hit Stella Link? If so... I remember one of my best friends took me there a a kid back in the 70s to buy parts to "build" a "homemade" bike.

Okay.. will put the bricks on the list.... KINGS....... unbelievable.... yep... ordered using the phone.... .... I remember another place.. not related to Westbury Square... think it was on Kirby... think it was named "Across the Street" hamburgers or something like that... think it was the first place I ever saw someone put chili on a burger... KINGS!!! My recollection is that their burgers seemed to be handmade too or something.. different texture to meat... not just a frozen patty slapped on a grill....

Read last week in the Chronicle or somewhere that the owner was to appear in court (again)... but his snake attorney file a motion or something because the owner was (again) out of the country or something.... I know that is probably repetitive within this thread... but... .... when they begin tearing this place down... whenever that may be... I'm going to go over there and grab one of the old original light posts and throw it in my truck.... if you drive by there... the original lamp posts still align Bellfort and some other areas.... I'll keep one as a souvenir to go along with my stained glass looking Shakey's ceiling light fixture!

Yep... was Prodigy in the 80s or early 90s? My best friend had one of the first 'mobile' phones.... the kind you could actually take with you. Many people in the 80s had CAR PHONES... you know.... they pretty much had to stay in your car... some you could take the whole contraption with you.... but... I'll never forget my buddy who had the Oki mobile phone... looked like a massive walkie talkie.... we would go into a restaurant and he'd call people... and others in the place would look at him, tranfixed, wondering what the hell he was doing and what he was talking into!

The hamburger place with the carousel wasn't actually in Westbury Square... it was on the far right corner of the Weingarten's shopping center. On the far left was Firestone... TG&Y... Weingartens.... the barber shop... on the end was BRITTAINS. It had a carousel. Believe it is now a Blockbuster. Gooney Golf was the best.... but have another one for you all.... Gooney Golf was next to Meyer Branch Library.... A.J. Foyt comprised a large mass of that land... was also a shopping center with a Cunningham Drugs.... but... my favorite hamburger place of all time was also on that property... and the building is still there now: it was called KINGS. Had several birthday parties there as a child.

Sorry guys... but the strip clubs in the 80s are as non-existent as the horse and buggy.... today the "strip clubs" are simply organized prostitution and nothing else. And Rick's had no competition.

S.O.S. Every year. Same delusions. They should have gone after Vick, at all costs, and immediately changed the franchise. I would vote to change the stupid name. I would bring back the Oilers for God's sake. We've already created a cancer over these (how many now?) years......

1. Ocean Club 2. Rick's Cabaret 3. Yucatan Liquor Stand 4. Astros 1986 NL Pennant (witnessed the Mike Scott no-hitter clincher) 5. Astros vs. Mets NLCS 6. Club Proteus 7. Cineplex Odeon on Bering Drive 8. Still mostly a black and white cit 9. No cell phones 10. No internet