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  1. 2220 Main is "The Hound Station" : Greyhound Bus Station. It is one block from the 2016 Main Building.
  2. When I was 17 and first saw downtown, sometimes I would give some change eventhough I didn't have much to give. I was waiting on the bus to the low paying job I had. A regular bumb asked me for change and I gave it. He came out of the store minutes later with a 40 oz. BEER!!
  3. Maybe when Savoy becomes a BIGGER pile of bricks, they'll knock it down and build something useful. that place has been vacant forever it seems. Go by there one day and see the brick pile behind the garage. The black widow gate is a nice touch! The newer side is not that bad looking, I guess its what's attached to it crumbling to the ground that's the problem. It still looks better than that fugly old Days Inn Building. I thought that sold recenty and there where high hopes of turning it into condos and businesses. That Days Inn seems to get a little uglier every day!! Does anyone know if that sale really went through with Days Inn?
  4. I have noticed on the H.A.R. website that there is a huge foreclosure rate there. I also wondered what the view from there was like. From HAR's pictures it doesn't seem good. I see the parking garage across the street in most of them. It is a very nice place, and wondered what the problem was. The bumbs around that dollar store are annoying and probably hurt the values and sales, but that's part of downtown living too. Bumbs have been downtown for many years and don't expect them to leave any time soon. Maybe they should move the security guards near the front door so it appears more safe.
  5. It is not just downtown-the medical center buildings and the Galleria buildings seem to all have red lights. I was noticing that too recently. Every highrise in or near downtown has some type of bright lights on the top(or near the top) The Royalton has two new bright white lights on top. The helicopters get really close to the buildings on the edge of downtown-ecpecially the HPD helicopters. I sure it's a new safety rule. The Mosaic codos also have some new red lights. I also read that Mosaic was already in bankruptcy before the second building is finished! I have seen training exercises in the early morning in one of the vacant buildings where helicopters fly just feet from the buildings to drop the men down.
  6. There's still a JAIL there on Mykawa. I think they just built a newer building over it??
  7. 2016 MAIN is a condo building! It has been renovated recently on the inside. Before 1978, it was apartments for rent only. It was built in 1965. No "clever" name-read the top! It's name is it's address (unless it has a nickname that I don't know about)!The McDonald's is at 2017 Main&Gray St. and Sammy's is the club on the 1st. floor. It blasts the lobby with music on Thurs.,Fri.,and Sat. nights. Here's to WAITING ON THE ELEVATOR MUSIC! When it rains, that ledge under the address keeps the rain off if you stand out on one of the balconies on the top floors! It's a great place, but strict about everything. I love the big balconies and the views-plenty of room for patio furniture and a plant or two!
  8. I had to pass that fugly building every day to go to work for a long time. At one time, it was even growing mold. This has to be one of downtown's most boring buildings. Nothing but a few cars and a motorcycle- dead SILENCE!!`The long green mile...'
  9. I lived there for a year when I was 18. It was owned by a sweet old lady, but her son ran the place most of the time.It had push button light switches and crystal old fashioned door knobs. They are all studio apartments and was the first and only time I ever saw a Murphy bed. It was built in the very early 1900's- can't remember the exact year. My apartment faced the courtyard which was the nicest part of the place. I had the worst,most annoying,sex at 6:00am on Sat.,upstairs neighbor you could ever imagine who,himself, inspired me to buy a quiet place with thick walls!! The park across the street has been redone in the last few years and is no longer the homeless homestead it was way back when I lived at those apartments. There's nothing worse than preachers with microphones to make you want to pull your hair out! The rent was cheap and it helped me save money and my job was within walking distance. It also made up my mind to NEVER rent again! Someone asked about parking-you're on your own and have to pay since there is only space for about 3 or 4 cars next to the building. It also had some unusual antique looking appliances, but they worked fine. I guess they had a good appliance repairman.
  10. I voted 'hate it' because it's a boring old ugly building. Someone said it looks like a stack of crackers and it does from a distance. I'm glad they finally removed the 'mosquito netting'!! Someone told me that was for asbestos abatement, but don't know if that's true.
  11. SOLD!!!!! To "New Era Hospitality" about a month ago. I've never heard of them, but it sounds like a hotel company to me. There's a story on Swamplot about it. I know I'm sick of looking at that ugly thing! It was previously owned by the Maharishi Mahesh YOGI people and was called Heaven on Earth Inn and that didn't work out and was shortly run as Downtown Plaza Hotel. I'm guessing that's when they sent a guy up with a paint brush and a bucket of black paint to paint HOTEL on top. Have you ever heard of "yogi flyers". Check it out on youtube sometime for a good laugh. One down-2 to go for my neighborhood abandoned buidings. Now someone needs to buy Central Bank at Travis and Gray. I'm sick of looking at that ugly thing too!
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