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    so i actually went inside the other day and they have kept the original windows & wood flooring and that made me quite happy. i am all for preserving things and keeping them useful! some interesting mod furniture too...
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    has anyone seen the kuhl-linscomb (kirby @ w. alabama)? they started off as one large store in an upscale strip center and now they have expanded. instead of tearing down a whole street of houses (vintage 2&4plexes which are really great), they bought every house on the neighboring residential street (about 6), painted them the same color and put a large number on each door. every house is a different "department" of the store. although not every company could afford to do this, i am glad that with their resources they chose to. it lends to something that this board discuses often, walk friendly vs. car friendly shopping, with a parking lot just in front of the main building. i ride my bike down this street everyday (now that the bike lane has been removed from w. alabama) and appreciate the houses getting to stay around. the only thing i dislike is the white burglar bars on the bottom floor of each house, it might look modern from the inside but it looks a little ghetto from the outside, since the houses are so dark. st. thomas also does this, buying property in the neighborhood and restoring most of them instead of tearing them down. actually, they just bought the 1940
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    i surely hope not, while taking the lightrail past that building today, i had that rendering in mind -- it would be a shame. not only would it be horribly out of place, most of my favorite downtown buildings are near this one. they could certainly do something mod to it with less work, on the outside at least.
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    they are absolutely awesome! I would love any stories about the savoy (or the central square building, for that matter) either as a forum or member message post. please & thanks.
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    so where are the good places for darts now? think i've only been to the harp, rudyards & the gingerman.
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    agreed!
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    yesterday, i noticed that they finally tore down the former pub/club on the corner there -- the mismatched one that looked as if it were from a grimm's tale. i never took a photo of it because it irritated me so. its been empty for a good while and housing scary folks & lots of neighborhood mischief. does anyone know what's "going up" there? i can only assume something is since it has been empty for so long. does anyone remember that place for some reason i think it had pig in the name --or maybe it's that nursery tale it reminds me of.
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    i had started this as it's own thread but i guess it belongs here: "i have been wanting to photograph the central square (after driving by and seeing that huge clock a few blocks over) and by the time i get around to it there are fresh huge plywood boards around the first floor and broken glass in the street. are the boards really that recent? this was on friday around 4pm. there was actually one more newly broken window without plywood over it and glass in the street. i was only able to photograph the escalator and a wooden sales desk through the window. anyone know what happened? i have many, many questions about a few of the older houston buildings but i figure it is best to search this site for previous posts and ask whatever has not been covered yet. thanks" if anyone has photos of the inside -- could you share? i also wanted to add that on the rail yesterday i noticed that this building got heavily tagged on one of the top floors. pretty large and intricate too. i am so irritated as this means there is more to follow. as i really like this building i worry that it would hasten it's being torn down.
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    in order to disapprove, must there be a legal reason other than "i would like to preserve the remaining structure" (that is not historically protected) or "i would like to preserve the current character of the neighborhood?" siting some nearby streets here where great little one-family houses are overshadowed by poorly made structures that are dated and empty. i am not 100% against townhomes, just the poorly made, designed & executed ones. i am against the ones that replace existing homes to the point where totally overpopulate the street. i am sure this is covered somewhere. any links would be appreciated.
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    for the longest time i would remember this really cool ice cream place where the servers would have white hats with a stripe around it, sing happy birthday and bring a banana split with sparklers stuck in the ends. i remembered it seeming overwhelming & fancy. it may have been the galleria? i was super, super young and when i mentioned it my grandmother she was pretty surprised that i remembered. ferrels, i think. i did a google search and after a while found this site, lots of different sorts of ferrell's out there: http://www.farrellsusa.com/pics/Farcandyarea8.02.jpg.jpg anyone have a houston link or info on how long it was there, when it closed, etc?
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    since metro matt has revived this thread, i was wondering about the status of the lighting petition. i also remember for a short time a tall building downtown that accented its entire outline with green neon lighting, which in contrast to the other buildings was insane and which subsequently bleed off and reflected off the surrounding buildings at night, making that area a bit surreal & annoying.
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    all i know is that in my neighborhood (montrose), if that sign goes up, a month later a little old house with character and a yard is replaced by a quickly & poorly made townhome with no room to spare and nowhere to park.
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    i don't think they are hiding anything, looks quite blatant to me. looks like: a flat-out pandering to the grandiose east & west eggers alike, the future set of a batman action scene or action flick where on of those decorative spheres ends up rolling through town via fancy computer effects. i always love those computer renderings when a company is selling a site idea, where each building is totally surrounded by nothing but trees, very sci-fi!
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    i totally agree with this: AP, AP, AP. when there are things going on in "world news" it may not be mentioned but there sure as all, will be a huge color photo of a little girl drinking out of a water fountain at a park somewhere. personally, my dad threw a route with the post, back in the day, so i am a bit nostalgic. also with the acquisition fall out on some of the post's employees (local writers, drivers, photogs, etc.) i am sure that would make some people naturally biased, even if that is a low percentage.
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    does anyone know whatever happened to this guy? does he still post here? maybe under a new handle? thanks.
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    i actually was wondering if the damage done to the lower windows was as recent as it seemed. it would have been easy to shoot an interior photo through the unpaneled broken window except that the huge curtain would have been impossible to move through the hole and i did not want to be blamed for breaking the window. also, thank you for the link. i am happy this site has so much 1st hand information.
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    so this is my first post and i am really appreciative of the amount of information here. i have been wanting to photograph the central square (after driving by and seeing that huge clock a few blocks over) and by the time i get around to it there are fresh huge plywood boards around the first floor and broken glass in the street. are the boards really that recent? this was on friday around 4pm. there was actually one more newly broken window without plywood over it and glass in the street. i was only able to photograph the escalator and a wooden sales desk through the window. anyone know what happened? i have many, many questions about a few of the older houston buildings but i figure it is best to search this site for previous posts and ask whatever has not been covered yet. thanks
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