Specwriter

. . . and what little plaza there is is tucked over in the corner to maximize parking. I notice the sign on top of the wall looks like it could be easily replaced if ever the need arose. 😏

I cannot speak to the average then or now but the remodel I did in the mid 1990s was for a young attorney who was less than 40 years of age at the time.

Just because UST takes possession of the building does not mean it will never be available to the general public. It could be a lecture or recital hall for public events. There are other possibilities I am sure. It may be better if Mayor Whitmire is able to follow through on keeping the building as an asset of the City of Houston but only if the City properly maintains it. Could we be looking at another public/private partnership with a maintenance endowment? It certainly seems to be working well for Hermann Park.

The Lamar Tower was built in 1964. A client of mine did a remodel in the mid 1990s and the building was well maintained then. One thing the condominium did not have at the time was its own washer and dryer hook-ups. I cannot imagine occupants now using a communal laundry room. I guess if one has hired help to do the laundry that inconvenience isn't so much of an issue. 🤨

I see it now. My mistake. I haven't been in the neighborhood in a while. So does this proposal have a chance? It might be a shame to see the theater go but the two towers look nice.

Ross, thank you for posting. This is very interesting.

You will also not their presence around the petro-chemical sites to the east along Highway 225 especially.

This is definitely a Finn building or designed by someone who copied Finn faithfully.

This old, fat guy will have to try out Louis'. My hat looks like the one Greg Norman frequently wore on the golf course though. As far as "uninviting" goes, this may not be a bad thing. 🙂 I'm always looking for establishments that serve great food but are not too crowded; busy enough to stay in business but not to the point of compromising the quality of the food and service.

It looks like this would be at the intersection of I-69 (formerly US 59) and Timmons. I don't know if elliptical floor plate buildings are particularly efficient but they would be a nice complement to 8 and 12 Greenway Plaza at the corner of Richmond and Edloe.

Maybe this is just a convenient place to include a thread on schools in the area but, unlike some places in this nation, the municipality of Houston has nothing to do with the governance of public independent school districts within its boundaries let alone those outside the city limits or private schools, all of which are discussed in the Education thread. HISD and other some school districts have enough challenges; heaven help us if the City were to have a direct say in running them. 😟

Highrise, I assume you are referring W. T. Carter the lumberman who developed Garden Villas where this park is located. Again, assuming you are not referring to the country western singing and songwriting family or the family of the former president (Billy was a bit of a character I'll admit 😀), why is the Carter family considered infamous? Here is a link to the history of Garden Villas. I owned a house there in the 1990s on Sims Drive. https://www.gardenvillas.org/history-of-garden-villas.html Here is a link to the Texas Transportation Archive article on William Thomas Carter, Jr. https://ttarchive.com/library/Biographies/Carter-William-T-Jr_1926_New-Encyclopedia-of-Texas.html Somewhere in my files I have a photocopy of the original Mexican land grant given to Stephen F. Austin wherein he conveyed 3200 acres, which included present day Garden Villas to Henry Prentiss in 1833.

So is Domino's the hermit crab of pizza joints? 😀 That building was definitely a Pizza Hut when it was new.

I have a polypropylene tow rope that is bright yellow as it came from the store. It was also coiled up in a clear plastic bag. Someone wasted effort. 😃

I agree with the enjoy idea. Like music, one does not need to be a virtuoso to recognize greatness when he or she hears (or tastes) it. 😀