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I love the Parador. If I ever need to have some fancy event in the future, it is where I would pick...paradorhouston.com

might try this: http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Wall-Mirror Welcome to the neighborhood!

One of our current favorites is Bovine and Barley downtown. They have a great wall of lights and almost all their beer is regional craft beer. They have pint night on Tuesday I believe and you can keep the glass for 4 dollars. The new brewpub at Karbach is also quite nice.

Information about the cemetery on the grounds.... http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/sarnoff/article/Abandoned-cemetery-to-come-out-of-the-shadows-6612957.php

Excited about your house! I think most of the single family home owers would probably be for it, but I think getting some of the townhome owners on board will be tough. I think that is the issue with our street is that I have a feeling that most of the current street parkers is residents instead of visitors. I know one woman down the street that rents out all of her rooms and then the rooms in the garage apartment also, and they will maybe park one car in the driveway. I would suggest sending messages on the next door app and see what the response is. That is how I was able to contact many people on the street for the minimum lot size. Would be happy to help if I can and let you know the best people to talk to. I did see on one of the Houston planning maps that our street was earmarked to be widened. I do not really want that to happen, so I would be in support of this. Something has to happen as our street is impossible. Amanda

YAY Rachel! You have no idea how excited that makes me! I have seen that you started some work last week, but couldn't tell what or who was doing it. I have not seen anyone over there when I have been home but I can't wait to meet you! it is such a beautiful home! Welcome to the neighborhood!

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2014/07/historic-weingarten-home-on-the-market-after-almost-five-decades/#25292101=14 Article about it in the Chronicle.

The Calumet one is across the street from me. I was sad when they tore the old one down, but was glad while definitely not fitting in the neighborhood, it is at least a single family home. 2522 Calumet has also been vacant since at least 2009. Someone recently bought it, but they haven't done anything with it yet. That is sad about the one at Almeda and Riverside. That was a beautiful house.

I just asked my mom about it. The house with the pool was owned by a doctor as a summer home. He was not there for large parts of the year, and I remember hearing that while he was gone many people would sneak in and use the pool. My mom and I used to go to the bottle dump, it was on the property with the green house, which bordered the house with the pool. She said that back when sylvan beach was popular for tourists (1900-ish), this house was a whore house and that is why all the trash and bottles were there. We found some cool ones. I will ask some more people about your urban legend. The woods were pretty scary sometimes, so it is probably better I never heard that one or I would have psyched myself out! The legend I always heard and the people who were still there when I lived there was of a young girl who was mentally disabled who drowned in the bay. The story was that she haunted the area and there was always sightings and happenings related to that, but her home was supposedly farther east by the plant where Du Pont's boat dock is now.

I grew up there. I have never heard any stories about people being murdered. In the 80's most of the houses had been bulldozed. There was one we called the green house that did not have a pool, put had an actual green house and a guest house. The one with the pool was part of a larger neighborhood. Du Pont came in and bought most of the property as having the houses there were a liability, being so close to the plant, but we were holdouts. Most of them got bulldozed but for whatever reason they did not doze the one with the pool, and they didn't buy the green house and that property until some time more recently, and that was after the house burned down. We left in 1998 and moved across the highway, but our one neighbor is still out there and I can ask him is he ever heard anything. I can also ask my mom and brother. Those woods were where I grew up and kept me entertained as there were no kids left in my day, so its fun anyone even knows about the area at all. In the late 80's Du Pont came in and filled in the pools and tore everything that was still standing down. There is also some tennis courts still in there and you can still see the brick outlines of the pools. If you have any questions, I can happily try to answer them or find someone else who can.

I like it. It is definitely more gritty though than your more typical family areas. As long as you are not expecting wonderful public schools, I think it is fine. I would think there would be some decent montessori type schools on the other side of 288. In my opinion you can't beat the value though for the amount of house and yard you can get in this area for the price. I think the trade off is the schools and no real grocery stores around. Maybe one day :/

We have lived in Riverside now for a little over 2 years. I honestly don't think the neighbors are wild about gentrification, and sometimes it can be hard getting some realtors to even show you properties. That said, since we have been here the neighbors have been nothing but nice. Our neighbors watch our house and I think they are great. We also have an abandoned property next to us on Calumet that I have reported to the police for people breaking into. The city was supposed to come and board it up, but they have yet to do it. At least in the case of the house next door, it would be salvagable. It is not to the point of tearing it down, but it is a sad state to just see it fall to disrepair, and it is frustrating to have it happen next door to you with no real recourse.

Thought you guys might like this one if you haven't seen it already. http://search.har.com/engine/3811-Charleston-St-Houston-TX-77021_HAR30441524.htm

I second Table 7. Meals range from 7-12 dollars, but they have a great menu. Salad, pasta, burgers, pizza, but all more upscale and still reasonably priced and tasty. Menu is the same as District 7. http://www.district7grill.com/