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I got some insanely hoppy IPAs which are leaving a big smile on my face right now.

I really like "insanely hoppy IPA". Have you tried Bear Republic's Racer 5 IPA?

Does anyone know when the old Missouri Kansas And Texas Railroad Company (MK&T) station was torn down? It stood at Collins Place and North Main. On the north bank of WhiteOak Bayou at Main Street. The old MKT Trestles across the White Oak, I think are still there.

Upon what planet do you spend most of your time? Geez - arguing with you is like arguing with a dining room table. I am just not going to do it.

I was refering to the 1921 photo near the beginning of the thread. 

There is no doubt that the buildings in the 1921 photo are all associated with Rice. Just look at both the topo map and the Rice plan map. There is no doubt that the building in the center of the third pic, with the Trolly car is Autry House between Main and Fannan.

And there is no doubt that the building at the far right side of the Life photo is Rice Univ. Lovett Hall.

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You could look at it from a different point of view. I mentioned above I think there are no really spectacular ideas/uses for the Dome. Some may think it's actually a positive idea to tear it down rather than watching it rot away.

Has any other major sports stadium avoided the wrecking ball after they were replaced? I can not think of any.

The county needs to face facts, wake up and smell the coffee, No Body Wants The Damn Dome.

The Astros didn't want it.

The Oilers didn't want it.

The Texans sure don't want it.

The Rodeo doesn't want it.

The Rockets don't need it.

The soccer team, whatever they are called, don't want it.

It has been unused for how long now? Geeze, the county just doesn't get. They are suffering from the Bagwell Syndrome.

I agree. This track must have been for a trolley. Actually, it's not too far off from where the LRT is currently.

I am not sure that I see train tracks anywhere. There may be tracks just beyond to reflecting pool. They appear to go where the current kiddy train goes. I do see the oil derricks at Pierce Junction Oil field on the horizon, just to the left of the crease. There is a dark line just below, which looks like a train going to Pierce Junction.

I found a photo in the Life photos in Google images which appears to show the turn of the spur to Rice. U.

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=HOUSTON+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3DHOUSTON%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive&imgurl=7636d355e3c3a176

I am sorry but I don't think this picture shows the railroad. The picture is pointing just west of south at the Hermann Park statue and reflecting pool. The main Rice building is just barely visible at the far right side of the picture. The Power House and railroad would be much further to the right, outside of the picture.

For you guys that keep bringing up ideas for the Astrodome.....WHY do so? The title of this thread does not say 'What idea do you have for the Astrodome' etc... This thread is about turning the Astrodome to a Movie Studio! If people out there have the money to turn the Astrodome to a Movie Studio and you don't like it, don't complain like a-holes here go somewhere else.

What - You only want hear positive responses? Can't take an opposing view? AH - I think I hear violins.

WOW - A grow house. That is the best idea that I have heard yet. All these stupid, idiotic ideas involving Hotels, Movie Studios, Housing, etc.

The damn place is a white elephant and a dump. It needs to be torn down. Move On.

But Free Weed for Everyone. That is an idea whose time has come.

I dont know. What if you have night court?

I don't think they have juries at night court, just arraignments.

Kiddie Wonderland had the ponies trained to walk around the paths, but I do not really recall a miniature coaster. They had an airplane ride, a boat pond ride, a car ride, a carousel, a train, and a petting zoo.

Those ponies were great. There was Champ and Ginger. Ginger bit my daughter on the arm one day. She was about 3 or 4 at the time and just came from a doc visit at the Med Center. It was back to the doc.

The USPS is slowly dwindling away...maybe they could revamp efforts in the larger package realm, though. I know they have always provided those services, but that's the last thing left in mail these days.

One major problem with winding down the USPS is that they have a huge workforce on the government tit and they are in every single community in the nation. That will be real hard to fold up.

Quite frankly, the Govt. should let loose of the USPS and make it compete with FedEx, et al. As far as I am concerned over 90% of what the USPS brings to my door is crap. I suspect that an overwhelming majority of the mail that is delivered everyday is crap that people do not want. Eliminate all of that and the need for the USPS would deminish drastically, but no, they want the junk mail just so they can collect the fees and have something for the carriers to do.

I apologize in advance if this topic already exists. I did a search and did not find one, so here goes.

There has been talk lately about the Post Office cutting costs and closing stations. What I wonder about is the downtown Houston Post Office. That thing is sitting on several acres of prime, expensive real estate. I bet there are a few developers who would like to get a hold of that property. It must cost the PO plenty to get mail into and out of that facility, given the downtown traffic.

Why not move the damn thing and sell the property I bet they could move the thing to someplace cheaper and with better access. Upgrade the technology to FedEx, UPS standards.

Am i nuts?

I don't know, but having titty bars in the top 10 cool things about Houston does not say much for Houston, or is it just the folks making the list?

My top ELEVEN but in no particular order..........

• Cruising Westheimer
• ACA Joe and Corona Beach Club t-shirts everywhere
• Texas Commerce Bank on every block
• original Vargo's
• Sam's Boat on Richmond
• La Bare
• 16 mi Rd at Jamaica Beach Galveston
• Southern Star Amphitheater
• Joskes
• Acapulco Bar in Windsor Plaza
• Dream Merchant

Hey I am glad I did my time in the 60's. It sure must have sucked to have to have been a kid in the 80's.

Not sure about the reservoir. The pump house in the picture is next to the Science Museum, at the intersection of Hermann Drive and Caroline St.

Zoning has absolutely no bearing on what would happen to the displaced tenants of Gulfton, were Gulfton to be systematically demolished. People living in Gulfton cannot afford (or are otherwise ineligible for) new government-subsidized affordable housing. They'd move into other crappy market-rate complexes, probably not too far from Gulfton (which represents a huge community of Central American immigrants), indirectly displacing more diverse populations (that also aren't able to afford subsidized housing) and scattering them to the winds.

It seems to me that these slums/ghettos exist as long as there are newly arrive immigrants, legal or not, or who are arriving and need a place to live that is cheap. Change only occurs slowly, when the 2nd - 3rd generation get educated and move up to better digs. As the original settlers die off or move away a higher class will slowly move in and transform the area. However, this will not happen if the flow of newly arrive immigrants of the same ethnic/social class continues.

This is what happened in places like Chicago and New York. As the ethnicity of the immigrants changed they settled in different areas. Each area became a ghetto or slum and gradually became more upscale as the residents became more affluent and the ethnicity of the new immigrants changed. After all new immigrants don't want to live in a ghetto where they do not know the languages or customs, they seek out their own kind.

I don't think that it can change overnight. Look at the urban renewal disasters of the 60-70's where slums were torn down and new highrise complexes such as Chicago's Cabrini Green were built. What a mess that became.

I also remember the San Antone Rose on Voss and the Parlor near Fairview and Mandel maybe? It burned down.

I also remember the San Antone Rose on Voss and the Parlor near Fairview and Mandel maybe? It burned down.

the nursing home didn't take yall out?

Nah, they took us out but we they would not give us anything sharp.

Does anyone have:

1) photos of old Union Station and downtown during the time it was running, and

2) photos, a map, or info showing the old street car/ light rail system located all up downtown and up to the Heights and Montrose?

Google - Houston Union Station and hit "Images"

or try: http://members.iglou.com/baron/interurban.htm

Whenever the evil Republican suburbanite Limbaugh-listening FoxNews-watching mobs complain about crime in low-income apartment complexes out in the burbs, the right-thinking progressive inner-loopers ask them, "Where are you going to put them? Where are the poor people supposed to live?" It's one of the most popular petards to lob on HAIF.

So if we demolish thousands of units in Gulfton, where are those people supposed to go. I suppose the right-thinking progressive answer is "Sugar Land."

First off they could go back to Honduras.

GTO, I have agreed with every one of your posts. In fact, since I was a frequent Theatre District-goer then, I rather enjoyed how un-crowded downtown was. It made event parking and getting into the few Theatre District restaurants very easy. If you stayed with the crowds, it was perfectly safe. The only thing you didn't do is go out to dinner after a show and leave your car in the garage after most people left. I did it twice and had my car broken into both times. On the other hand, I wouldn't be too surprised to have that happen now.

So why don't you post some things that you remember that were cool about the 80s?

All right, you are twisting my arm. Here is another thing that was cool about Houston in the 80's.

You could take a helicopter from the Westchase Hilton or the Galleria to IAH. It was the only way to beat the horrendous traffic on 59 and 45 at that time.