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    51% v 49% does not represent an entirety. Everyone seems to get that but you.
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    The US Congress is not entirely Democrat. The Senate is 51% Democrat/Independent caucasing Democrat and 49% Republican. The House is 53% Democrat and 47% Republican. Looks like Kink's "tyranny" isn't so tyranical after all. I'll post again when the Democrat's majority in the Senate increases in 2008. (Open and/or up for election: 21 Republicans and 12 Democrats.)
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    All the five SCOTUS judges have done is drive the wealthy abroad for safe abortions and the poor to the back alley for coat-hanger jobs. Too bad they and others still cling to the fantasy that they can ultimatly stop all abortion.
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    From money they make off the hookees?
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    So what do you do? Do you contribute to and/or volunteer for "Stand up for Kids" or Covenant House? Or do you just perform your usual schtick of delicate flower and moan while the rest of us do the heavy lifting? I do have to admit Coog, you are a ready source of endless entertainment.
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    Golemon & Bolullo Architects. Mario Bolullo was chief designer. http://www.stoaintl.com/stoa/profile.htm
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    I'm with Ian.
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    Thanks
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    A veritable gaggle of cranes!!! Cast iron at the corner of Dallas and Caroline; reads "City of Houston Electric Co."
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    Ummmm...no. It's a three way intersection like exists in tens of other places downtown. But when did my little rhinestone ever let facts stand in his way?
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    Miss May And Miss December
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    Miss March
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    Miss October
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    Could you imagine what would happen if people on here were ridiculing the design of a co-Cathedral? http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...hp?showtopic=36 post #22
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    Well, since the editor doesn't have a ban on death threats, I can't imagine him having a problem with ridiculing any building of any kind.
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    The Architectural Commitee
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    Wrong denomination, wrong location, wrong "explination," Lucy.
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    A recent example is the Christ Church Cathedral addition on Texas. It is a great example of for-profit architecture that exceeds long-term design, style and cost-effectiveness for a non-profit. My mother-in-law was here 2 weeks ago and we walked from Main down Texas to MMP. Now she hasn't been exposed to alot of design in her 67 years outside of Milam and Hemphill but I was taken aback when she stopped midway in the block and looked up at the trellis. Then she started to explain to us how pleasant it was to walk under this shaded trellis and how beautiful yet inexpensive it must have been to contruct in the overall scheme of the design Then she commented on the structure and it's windows and how energy efficient it must be and how great it was that the church had the buisness and esthetic sense to choose a beautiful and lasting yet cost effective design that included parking, office and green space. So yes, Velvet: you are correct. Houston is a captive of mediocre design. It's a quick-fix for the shortsighted which has unfortunatly become the hallmark for developers/investors/architects. It seems the days of long-term planning that not only benefits the developer but the public which he/she relys on have past.
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    Exactly. Imagine Pennzoil at 60 floors or a widened Transco. Conversly, a shortened Wells Fargo or removing one of the Flemish row houses from BOA woud make them look cartoonish as well. Actually many things are better than a dull and cheap One Houston and cheap unimaginative faux-architecture. Any Aggie can copy that. Why settle for the mundane?
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    We have no "native style." We have a group of buildings that you could plop down in any large city. Few were ever exceptional; Pennzoil, The Menil and Transco come to mind as exceptions. Houston builds on the cheap-although really good architecture doesn't always require alot of money. Knowing Houston's provincial background, I'm not expecting anything more imaginative than One Houston Center.
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    If you are attempting to sell this property, your post belongs here http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...hp?showforum=76
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    They had quail in their room before they went down to the LULAC dinner and then to the Albert Thomas dinner. (My mom was a voracious note-taker and a good friend of Max Peck, the GM at the Rice. He set me up on the back of a motorcycle so I could see Kennedy. He and Jackie moved by pretty fast but LBJ worked the line and patted me on the head.)
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    They used the Imperial Suite on the 5th floor to rest and change. He gave a speech at the Coliseum that night and went straight to the airport. They flew to Ft. Worth where they spent the night at The Texas Hotel. That was the first time I had ever seen a President and future President and the next day was the first time I ever saw my Dad cry.
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    Lock, Go to http://www.bowlluckystrike.com/ ;pick a location then choose "Bowling Rates" I didn't see anything that costs $100.
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