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    Why is that such a mistake? The intended original income strata for which something was platted and restricted determines numerous attributes about the area such as lot size, layout, and types and quality of construction, all of which are attributes which overwhelmingly define the character of the neighborhood. Technically nothing. The 3rd ward encompasses whatever streets were laid out when the ward system was disbanded in 1906. That's how all the other wards in town are defined. Anything subsequent to that point was named something else. Well, if geography is the defining criteria, then I don't see the need for more than one category, since geography is defined as the physical features of an area, and the physical feature of Houston consists of...well....FLAT. I suppose you could have two geographical areas...one for the more southerly area of town, with costal plains, and then another area comprised of the coastal forests found on the north side of town.
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    On what grounds are you convincing yourself that Washington and Riverside Terraces are part of the third ward? They're totally separate subdivisions, with different layouts, built for different income groups. The Heights doesn't call itself the sixth ward, and Rice Miltary doesn't proclaim itself as the first ward.
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    Not if they have another Save Our Ghetto campaign like the 3rd ward.
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    I don't know if that's how the wall got put up, but I can say for certain that GO has many first class whiners.... Of course they did. They pay a whole lot more in taxes than the poor people.
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    UGH! Cheap is right. Last time I was in the Life building was 2005. I thought it still had a solid retro feel. I guess it was way way more retro before they redid it. Yes, the atrium is the best part of the building. They were renovating some of the floors on the Woodson building when I left. In fact I have a conference room B sign from that building...a co-worker and I were rumaging around on the 7th floor, and we found it stuck to the inside of one of the exterior windows....clearly it wasn't the conference room and they were going to discard the sign, so I snagged it.
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    I thought the Life building was another good example of period architecture/design....more period than the Wortham lobby....in fact I think the Wortham lobby has been stripped of some of its mid century-ness. I left AIG VALIC about a year ago.
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    LOL They have....its called the ABC 13 Exclusive CRIME TRACKER. LOL Its so funny...it says © Google Maps 2006 down in the corner every time they display it.
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    Check hcad.org.....they may have some of the square footage itemized as residential.
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    There are 5 office buildings. The Riviana building (~18 stories), the Wortham Tower (25 stories), the Woodson building (~18 stories), the America Tower (~43 stories), and the Life building (~5 stories, behind Wortham Tower). There are also 2 (maybe 3) parking garages.
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    I'm glad to see that this house is being preserved. Although it is too bad it will have to be moved down the road....too bad they can't leave it where it is...they could do a period themed neighborhood with the mansion as the focal point.
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    I wonder what the original house looked like....says it was built in 1938. The exterior isn't bad, but the interior is awful....looks like somebody just $h|t columns out all over the place....and the kitchen looks SO cheap.
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    Pix aren't loading....when I try to load the URL of the pix I get can't find server.
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    Lots of old subdivisions had deed restrictions prohibiting black people from living there. Don't know about Jews, but I do know that the Jews had their own version of River Oaks called Riverside Terrace.
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    I thought all the Rita blogs were indispensable while I was out of town. Also, I usually read the other blogs and pick up some useful info and links....except for MeMo....that one should be entitled "Diary of a Crack Smoker"
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    My grandma always saved those...I remember going to the green stamp store with her back in the day.
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    ElPaso moved out a while back. Our company just subleased one of the top floors in Greenway #9....it is a much better deal than the terrible little dump we left behind.
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    Great series. Where'd you find it all??
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    Nifty site...I'm adding that to my arsenal along with tsarp.org Thanks!
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    I think that one is kinda cool. Why does everything have to look like cutting edge 21st century? The world would be quite boring if everything was new, fresh and up to date.
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    Wouldn't surprise me if he exaggerated some.
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    No no....he read it correctly....he said it draped over 2 stores down. The pole went down 3 stories into the building. (Allegedly) So we have a heliport? Its on top of the tower??
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    First off, I forgot, in my original post to mention that I have no other substantiating evidence of the story....that's just what my coworker said...I don't doubt it, however. As to the disturbing nature of it, the building wasn't designed for it, so I'm sure they had to make some compromises in the strength, and number of the mounts, and also think about how much force you'd be exerting at the bottom of the pole with 5-6 stories worth of leverage. You'd also probably design a weak point into the system, so if, say the flag was left out in a hurricane, it wouldn't severely damage the building.....you'd just severely damage, or break the weak point.
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    So, I was talking to some coworkers today, and we got off on the topic of the flag on top of our building. One of the guys that had been there for many many years informed us that the US flag on the top of the building was once MUCH MUCH larger than it is today....he said that, in fact it used to drape over the building and cover up the windows of the 43rd and 42nd floors when the wind wasn't blowing. As to why we have a smaller flag now...well apparently when the wind was blowing at a good clip and 'ol glory was pulled out taut, it created so much force that it damaged the top 3 stories of the building that the pole mounts down through. The American General CEO flew the huge flag that he wanted, even though the engineers had told him it was a no no. Personally, I think the flag should be double or triple its current size....the mass of the building makes it look kinda puny.
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    If I ever amass this much junk, somebody come shoot me!!
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    This wouldn't be such a good idea...you're creating a big greenhouse that would bake whatever is in it, or at the very least run up a huge light bill from the 2 billion tons of refrigeration to keep it cool....
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