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    If I'm going at off-peak times, I use Broadway. But if there's more traffic, I usually use the Monroe/Airport way. It's rarely as crowded as Broadway. And either way still has the overpass into the terminal that bypasses the light. I also frequently use the Jet Aviation terminal, and Monroe leads directly there.
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    Hobby is about the only reason I drive the Gulf Fwy any more, and yes, this exit could use some serious redesigning.
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    They're going to rebuild I-45 again!?! It seems like they just rebuilt it. (I know, time flies...) Glad I don't have to commute that daily!
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    What needs to be worked on? I used to work right there, and it was a mess. But not longer after I retired, they opened all the new ramps/interchanges, and I thought that improved things. But since I don't drive it daily any more, I don't really know. Thanks.
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    Only for us Jews 😄. My parents loved to meet there for dinner. It was "quiet".
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    I drive by this all the time (Pilates studio is across the street). They've been moving dirt for a few months. It's hard to see that they're making any progress, they're moving so slowly.
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    Looking out over this project now, I still don't see any activity. Any timeline when we can expect something? I thought I read October (maybe from you), but the memory ain't what it used to be.
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    Absolutely this. I've found the pics (posted by you and others) to be part of the magic of this forum. I have no idea who said what, but the quiet 99% of us hope you will keep posting.
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    I absolutely love this also. I have taken public transport in almost every major city I have visited. I would kill to have something like that in Houston. But we don't. Can we work towards it? Sure. But it doesn't negate the fact we need our freeway system here, or the city comes to a crashing halt.
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    I split my time now, but spent my adult career in Houston. Damage? Without our freeways, we don't have Houston as it exists today. One can assume smaller freeways, or older outdated freeways, wouldn't make it easy. So conversely, the newer ones must help.
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    When I drive visitors around, they're impressed with how big our freeways are, and how well you can get around town. Other than peak travel times, our freeways are the secret sauce to the Houston area success story. I just had a friend from Germany here, and she drove herself from IAH to town, all over town for a day or two, then later to our place in Brenham. She was stunned at our freeways, and specifically commented on the size of the Katy Fwy. None of this was said in a sarcastic or insulting way. Rather, it was amazement at how well we can get around.
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    We live in a south/west facing high rise, with floor to ceiling windows. It's not bad at all. Proper glass makes a huge difference.
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    Boo! Those iconic Live Oaks along Sunset are a big part of what makes this area so special. I understand trees in the middle of lots are an issue, but WHY did they cut down the trees along the street? In fact, thinking about this, aren't the trees in the sidewalk/street easement protected? Why were they able to cut them down?
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    That orange stripe around the top makes for a very obnoxious view. I guess I should be thankful it's not the entire building.
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    They've been out the last couple days, marking utilities. Today there are some surveyors on site.
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    When we owned that building, we used that track. Daily. Shipments of appliances, from GE and Magic Chef, were commonly shipped via rail. It was by far the least expensive method of transport back then. They (SP? UP?) would drop the car off, and leave. We had this weird extender-device that went from the building to the car, so a forklift could access the inside of the rail car. When we were done, we'd call them and they'd come back and get it. I've probably told this story before... We were visiting the Magic Chef factory in Tennessee, maybe early 1980s. As we're walking thru the plant, we came to where they load the finished products into trucks & rail cars. We look at one of the rail cars, and whaddaya know, it's for us! So one member of our group took his business card, and taped it to the outermost appliance box, the one you would see first when you opened the rail car. This was considered high humor 40 years ago. Simpler times.😁
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    Except for the small corner of... Beck's Prime!
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    I gotta admit to a fascination with cranes also. Always have been. I get my fix at HAIF. 🤩
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    Not exactly Highland Village, but close... Cyclone Anaya's is moving into the location formerly occupied by Frank's. https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/cyclone-anayas-mexican-kitchen-river-oaks-location/ I love the pic in the article, people milling around the front of it, strolling around the area. I guess they're going to relocate the 6 lanes of Westheimer that happen to be in front of this location.
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    Literally the definition of NIMBY: Not In My Back Yard
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    More traffic lights were inevitable once they removed the middle turn lane. Thanks for the update.
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    Housing starts plummeted in 2008, going from (and this is from memory) around 50,000 starts to around 7,500 starts. About an 85% drop in starts. I felt lucky that my business only dropped 70%. We went from 200+ employees to around 65. Oddly, one of our saving graces was Ike. We had a massive inventory left after the crash, that would have taken a couple years to dwindle down. But Ike created a huge demand for material, to renovate all the flood-damaged houses, especially cabinets, since they're always destroyed in a flood. Anyone that had cabinets in stock (and we had 'em!) was doing a boom business. Oil prices went from almost $200 to almost $60 that same year. It wasn't just housing.
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    After they called the auto dealership that's south of the SW Fwy "River Oaks Porsche", I gave up. 😲
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    Makes my realtor look pretty smart in hindsight! One of the things we love about our current condo bldg is the lack of developable land around it. It's rare to find a building that is unlikely to have much built directly around it.
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    Cleaning out some old files (really old files), and I found the General Warranty Deed for the purchase of this site, dated March 8, 1977. Seller was Robert Dunson (Federal Whse Company), who bought it from the original owner, Houston Sash & Door. The deed includes his payoff of the loan ($370K), before he could sell it to us. This has nothing to do with anything, but I found it interesting. 813 McKee.pdf
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