hbcu

Rice U is sure putting their hands on all these other communities trying to gentrify but they have no impact in West U

lol I worked next to one of those places. Wasn't that bad 

or the latest round of off campus apartments at Elgin and Scott - 

by design 

 

to lure a store you gotta damn near give them more incentives than the law allows in certain areas. People brag on the HEB coming at 288 but the demographics in the area was enough for HEB to come in knowing they'll still get folks who shopped at the other location to come like the Gulfgate one also. HEB didn't mysteriously have a change of heart as they abandoned minority areas in the suburbs long ago and hid behind the Joe V concept in some. 

 

Fiesta and maybe a private grocer like a Pyburns are the only grocers who'll set up shop in minority areas like a Sunnyside but they have limited selections and not all Fiesta's are equal.

 

If you live east of 288 or South of MacGregor and don't want to go to HEB, your in trouble. Nearest Kroger that has amenities (not Polk) is maybe on West Bellfort and Telephone, Pearland, South Main, Post Oak and Bellfort. nearest Fiesta is on Griggs and 610 and HEB in Gulfgate or Wal Mart on Wayside.

 

If you live in SW Houston lets say off Fondren and Braeswood - and you can't drive far 

 

Foodtown on Fondren

Fiesta on Fondren

Fiesta on Gessner

Joe Vs on West Bellfort

 

Or live in a gentrifying Westbury at Hillcroft and Highway 90 (South Main)

 

No stores south or even north of the Wal Mart Market on Braeswood (which is high and little selection)

No stores between Fondren and South Post Oak (3.1 mile drive between Fiesta on Fondren to Kroger/Foodarama on South Post Oak)

 

If you live in the heart of Missouri City off 2234

Fiesta on Independence (that's it)
Foodarama at Cartwright 2233
Joe Vs on the Beltway 8 and West Fuqua

 

nearest HEB, Kroger, etc is on Highway 6 in Sugar Land, Post Oak or Pearland

 

Or if you live off Airport and Scott or anywhere in Sunnyside/South Park

Fiesta on Cullen

Watkins Foods on Cullen

Farmers Fresh

 

If you live in Hiram Clarke South of Highway 90 (South Main)

Foodarama on West Fuqua
Foodarama on Post Oak in Ridgemont
Pyburns off Almeda
Fiesta on Main and Post Oak
Joe Vs on the Beltway 8 and West Fuqua

 

you are in serious trouble in some areas unfortunately as you better have a car

 

you live off Highway 6 in Sugar land - Missouri City

you have 3 HEBs, multiple Wal Marts, Krogers, etc. within 8 miles of each other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 7/9/2020 at 11:10 AM, st6 said:

The new education system that comes along with that new building also addressed a lot of behavioral concerns that the older buildings couldn’t.

 

Regardless, a big emphasis of this project was to provide Lamar with athletic facilities comparable to schools out in the suburbs

 

That's where I draw the line. Lamar's success is due to taking kids from other HISD areas. If anything, they could afford the grass field and the upkeep while other HISD schools can take the turf field. HISD has turned a blind eye towards their football tactics as they normally are their only hope in football which isn't surprising since they get to raid the other areas. HISD teams play on turf so why practice all week on grass and then have to shift focus to turf? You can practice on a turf field in a rain and maintain it better than a grass field. 

 

 

On 7/9/2020 at 9:16 AM, Houston19514 said:

 

I think I read somewhere that "Lamar has to keep their campus attractive so they keep getting the folks to attend from out the zone."

 

FWIW, Lamar is not the only high school getting an artificial turf practice field. 

 

who else has it in HISD? The rebuilt schools I've seen have grass fields that look like abandoned houses now cause the upkeep sucks. Grass is hard to maintain - especially if you have no plans on maintaining it due to wear and tear. 

 

I would love to know the bond money disbursement and how some things came about. They rebuilt yates, gave them brand new baseball and softball practice fields and they barely have teams. No team has even practiced on the fields prior to COVID and the fields aren't even completed as there's no fence to separate baseball and softball. The grass has taken over the fields and you have no infields but that was a dumb decision.

 

TSU plays off campus for its softball and baseball teams and HISD could've sold part of that land to TSU and let them decide what to do with that at worst.

 

I tell ya.

 

 

 

 

old post office I think - thought the club was going lol

 

was there a taco bell on gasmer and chimney rock in the 1980s?

they still have a turf practice field - no other HISD has that which has been rebuilt to my knowledge

Fiesta says homeless was the reason but a blind and deaf man knows why - why even lie?

 

Once you head east there are no grocery options outside of an old Kroger on Polk I think. The next Fiesta is way on Griggs or the Wal Mart off Wayside

 

can someone explain why the homeless found that place to be popular from the past? Was it always a problem in the 60s and 70s?

how they have a turf practice field and a fully functional softball field? yates has a grass fb field and a sb field that has sat unfinished. Was that extra?

 

Is that an indoor facility?

On 6/16/2020 at 6:29 PM, Fortune said:

Every time this thread pops up, which happens a few times every week, I hope it is an announcement that UT has decided to move forward with the research campus . . .The disappointment.

 

thank UH for that but then they've managed to squeeze out other schools in the area with multiple suburban campuses ironically but fought to kill UT as they knew that was going to hurt

7 hours ago, Avossos said:

 

I grew up in missouri city too...

 

The determining factor to me is.. does the - apartment / townhome / single family / ranch / etc - owner take pride in their space? if you have a tiny home with a micro yard, but you're outside making sure all is right, then you are a part of community. If you're in an apartment and you couldn't care less how your balcony looks and dont bother with a welcome mat or pot, you're probably not contributing to community. The way development is designed can really contribute to this. See townhome development 3 on a lot v 2... huge difference in how people live.

where at in Missouri City if you don't mind? 

 

I rather space - that's what made Houston known as Houston. Now we have these east coast concepts coming into play by throwing folks on top of each other. I was at a DC complex recently and the "play area" was a 50-yard common artificial turf area where any and everyone was on. 

 

 

On 5/16/2020 at 6:33 PM, Texasota said:

I grew up mostly in Missouri City, and I just fundamentally disagree with you. I find way more community in denser developments that I ever felt in a house with a big yard. 

 

Ironically I also grew up right by Missouri City and we loved the space and disliked dense development. Where I grew up there were NO apartments for at least a 5 mile radius or even larger. The only multifamily living were random duplexes that was in the area which were the eyesores as they were never maintained like the single family homes.

 

I lived on the East Coast also which has way more townhomes than we'll ever have in Houston. Its great if the complex is maintained, quiet and has amenities. BUT, if there are no amenities and its home to plenty of kids needing a place to play, it's a nightmare.

the "new" South Main..old heads know what I mean

 

all are located on the corner of main ironically or close enough on the Harris County/ Houston city limits

the same...some new development past Griggs but nothing major...its going to be a slow but steady crawl to OST from the north

those underground wells and stuff were a cancer cluster at one time out there

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=kennedy+heights+cancer&oq=kennedy+heights+cancer&aqs=chrome..69i57j33.2791j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I actually went back a year ago and its still rolling ironically under the new name.

 

They had a laser shooting thing that went around in circles but it was always broke.

you know its true. You've seen the UT/A&M shirts on campus.

I laugh as UH has basically blanketed the city with satellite campuses way out in the suburbs now offering programs that were the backbones of some schools

 

But they feared UT knowing that would zap 20% of their students overnight - especially the ones who always wanted to go there but has the stay back at home so they went to UH just because.

have you seen the driveways out there? doesn't take much to block them.

 

I pass by Blodgett and Dowling/Emancipation daily and the D-Bar..used to frequent it when it was 7-Sports Bar. Went to the bar off Wichita and Almeda and parking in the middle of neighborhood and walking blocks and hoping the car may still be there due to towing ain't fun. The rules are fluid.

if Houston does what they normally do for gentrifying areas near access such as a major Freeway it'll be warehouses

 

 

 

 

how does the West Airport extension figure into that?

will they relocate? that land has sat there for decades...hate to see it go for a industrial park or another motel.

 

I remember the McDonald's on the corner of Post Oak and Main and the pizza hut behind it. There was a gas station also over there

It had to be early 80s in terms of Peppermint Park as I went there as a kid in the early 80s. There was no Beltway so it took forever to get there from where I lived.

 

I remember multiple go-cart tracks in Houston as there was a Malibu off 59

that was within the past 15 years? correct? If was off the loop wasn't it?

so we fire local folks citing cutbacks and then pay for his services? 

 

Just keep Cain on if it was money purposes.