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    Just curious, exactly who do you consider to be at fault here? Or is it just the fault of the Houston area in general?
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    No, I believe that's Cullen Oaks. It's fairly new, within the last 5-10 years. I like the layout for them much better than the Cambridge Oaks apartment-style housing just north of Cullen Oaks. Cougar Place is at the link below...it's just north of Cambridge Oaks, just south of Robertson Stadium. They're all efficiency apartments...and crappy ones at that. They'll be gone in the next year or two. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...9&encType=1
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    Of interest from kyle's link: "The board also voted unanimously to allow UH President and UH System Chancellor Renu Khator to negotiate a land purchase near campus. The 43 acres of land, located along Martin Luther King Boulevard, Spur 5 and Old Spanish Trail, is up for sale through commercial real estate company McDade, Smith, Gould, Johnston, Mason and Company for a minimum bid of $25 million. The board said that acquiring the land would help the University expand in the future and that it had no immediate plans for it, if obtained." Unless I'm mistaken, this is the old MacGregor Park land that the MacGregor family took back from COH.
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    What wrong with Klein Public School #5? If it's good enough for New Yawk... And for god's sake don't let the students name the school...if that was allowed, I would have gone to New Kids on the Block HS. Excuse me, NKOTBHS.
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    This is more of what I remember. http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkhairedgirl/1417826773/ And lots of shoes...and lots of just "crap" (but good crap) lying everywhere.
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    It's not too bad if you get in early enough...also helps to get in before the crowd. That line can get pretty long. But that SuperChorizo is worth it.
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    Best breakfast tacos in Houston = Villa Arcos on Navigation.
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    They're selling off donated park lands, so, yeah...they're in trouble. The State Railroad in Rusk is about to shut down because the state won't fund them the $2 million they need per year. They keep trying to sell off thousands of acres on the western end of Big Bend Ranch SP to a private owner. All these "user fees" are intended to help defray maintenance costs...but I doubt the user fees are keeping up with the costs.
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    There used to be a hell of a "shanty town" under 59 in the Museum District, at least in the early/mid 90's. That was when 59 through the Museum District was elevated above grade, before it was excavated out and built below grade as it is today. There must have been hundreds of homeless living underneath that freeway. As I recall one of its residents was former Houston Astro JR Richards, one of the most feared MLB pitchers of all time.
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    You could get an earful from my wife. I hope TSU can get itself straightened out. Slade seemed to have TSU on the right path until we found out about her long-term theft from the school. Problem is, the ones who are hurt most by the scandals are the ones who have no ability to control it: the students. I see nothing wrong with putting TSU under the supervision of another school system (UH/A&M/UT/etc), but there's no need to shut it down or merge it with another school, as some suggest. TSU needs one hell of a leader.
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    I'm an Eagle Scout. The weekly meetings got tedious through junior high and high school, but I never got sick of the monthly camping trips. I spent many, many weekends up at Camp Strake (which did seem waaaay out in the middle of nowhere, even in the mid-1980's). We spent several summer camps (1 or 2 weeks?) up at Camp Strake and at El Rancho Cima near Wimberley. Other places I can think of are Karankawa, Brazos Bend, Stephen F. Austin State Park, canoe trips on Village Creek, Lake Livingston, Galveston, Matagorda and who knows were else. The best trips ever were two trips to Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico. As I recall, those were 10-day trips (long bus ride, btw). Both times we did the easiest hikes, which were 50-milers, but both times were quite an adventure. While some of the stuff is a bit hokey, I do have to admit that the program was a great way to give both outdoor and life skills to young boys and men. It's a good organization that teaches the value of community service, leadership and self-reliance. Those are good skills to have no matter where you go in life.
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    Actually, ESPN broadcasted (GameDay?) from that park in front of George R. Brown during the Super Bowl. They were out there all week, if I remember correctly. And yes, the weather did suck Super Bowl week. It was amazing the week before and the week after, but cold and rainy during Super Bowl week. Murphy's Law.
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    Paintball, motocross, and a new arena for charreadas.
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    Personally I love Cougar Football at Robertson Stadium...it's a huge improvement over playing our games in the Astrodome. Sightlines are better, you're close to the action. Parking is no better or worse than parking at the Dome, or Reliant, or Minute Maid really. My crew tailgates for UH games near the corner of Cullen and Elgin, and it's no more than a 10- to 15-minute walk to the stadium. My parents parking at Reliant is much worse. Besides, after 3 hours of beer and BBQ, we all need the walk! I suppose that the "guts" of Robertson are not very pretty, but up in the stands, it's a great place to see a game. I don't buy concessions at the game (and haven't bought a beer since they went up to $7), so all I really need at the game is a bathroom. I don't need luxury...just a urinal, so Robertson works very well for me. The tailgating and views at Robertson more than makes up for the "glitz" of Reliant or the Astrodome.
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    Or quite exciting, depending on your point of view...
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    The existing UH garage is nothing spectacular, in my opinion. Here are a handful of photos I found online:
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    Do UT-Austin's parking garages have retail on the ground floor like UH's garage? I don't know if that's planned for Garage #2, but I certainly hope so. From the Master Plan map that I recently saw, it looks like Garage #2 will take out the Pizza Hut and the old Rothers/Black-Eyed Pea/Chinese Star strip center. Hopefully the 1,000-bed Calhoun Lofts will generate enough traffic to warrant retail in the ground floor of Garage #2. Kyle, I think I also read somewhere that there would eventually be some undergrad housing on the east side of Calhoun. Not on the horizon just yet, apparently.
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    Garage will be on east side of Calhoun (opposite side from the Calhoun Lofts).
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    Well, the first two parking garages are on Calhoun, pretty near Spur 5 and the railroad. That side of campus is pretty well sealed off from the city as it is. The one bad thing I can foresee about parking garages...where the hell will we tailgate when all the surface lots are gone?!? UH's Master Plan depends on these parking garages to better utilize its space. They plan to almost double the square footage of campus buildings while also increasing the amount of green space on campus. That's cool as hell.
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    http://www.uh.edu/uhtoday/2007/08aug/08060...rage_rvote.html August 6, 2007 REGENTS TO VOTE ON NEW PARKING GARAGE As the University of Houston continues to grow, parking remains a concern for members of the campus community. Soon, parking worries might be eased as the UH System Board of Regents will vote on a proposal to construct a $9 million garage that will contain 900 to 1,000 spaces. The board will vote on this item Aug. 16. David Irvin, associate vice president of plant operations, presented the garage
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    I don't know the details, but I'm pretty sure it will be coming out as part of the Master Plan. Don't know when it'll happen, but I'm happy to see how quickly several parts of the Master Plan are being put into motion (Cullen Lofts, new Engineering Bldg, upcoming Cullen Blvd closure). It's nice to see something on Calhoun, but I would hope UH's focus is on Scott Street. It's the more visible part of campus, and businesses there can draw from both students and local residents. That being said, I don't know if anyone will make a move on Scott Street until all the property acquisitions for the Metro Light Rail are finalized.
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    Here are a couple photos I snapped this afternoon. The first few are the new retail development on University Dr. in front of the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. The way the building is aligned, the retail will front on the driveway to the existing UH parking lot. It won't front on University Dr. Here's a photo looking east down University Dr: Also, here are two photos of the trees being transplanted into the median of Calhoun at University Drive (just a few hundred feet from the new retail center). FWIW, the medians are all fenced off all the way from Wheeler up to where Calhoun dead ends near the old Pizza Hut. It would appear to me that there will be a lot of trees transplanted from the site of the new dorms to the Calhoun median.
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    If you're ever in Valhalla, don't let it slip out that you don't watch Star Trek. I barely got out of there alive one night when I mentioned that I don't care for Star Trek...not even the Next Generation. And if you do wander around Rice's campus, you do have to watch your back for roving gangs of menacing drunk geeks on bikes! They're VERY DANGEROUS!!! ...and this one night at NOD, I think I was sexually harassed! Jax...this is just "brotherly love" between UH and Rice. I think the nerds are just jealous of all us good looking, popular UH alums.
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    The hell with Rice, the canopy reminds me of UH! (yes, it's football season again...just getting my Rice-bashing warmed up for the Bayou Bucket). Time for ol' faithful: RICE SUCKS!!! Anyhow...back on topic, the park's website actually describes the photo above as the concrete base for the Oak Alley. I don't know what the final surface will be...
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    From the park's construction photos site: Overall (7-24-2007): Garage Roof (7-24-2007): Live Oak Walk (6-15-2007): Park Building (6-15-2007):
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