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The Victorian house in Potsdam NY on (where else?) Elm Street may be demolished if a buyer doesn't step up soon. Although not the house used in the film, it's generally accepted that this is the house that inspired John Carpenter's movie.

Gee, about 30 years ago gas prices were at an all-time historic high. Didn't we have a fuel crisis in 1979? Talk about cherry-picking....

Recent news reports pit Harris County Tax Assessor Collector Leo Vasquez against Houston Votes. From the Chronicle: "The integrity of the voter roll of Harris County, Texas, appears to be under an organized and systematic attack by the group operating under the name Houston Votes," Vasquez said. Link to full article Houston Votes scheduled a news conference for today to counter the charges. Meanwhile, all of Harris County's voting machines were destroyed this morning in a suspicious fire. Link to Chronicle article Very peculiar coincidence.

Regardless of a person's views on this matter, how shameful that an elected official should show such disregard for his (or her) constituents. Names, please?

So long as they're paying for it.

I don't know any agents, but you might want to contact Southwest Casting. They have many 'ins' with local productions/filmmakers, and may be better able to advise you. I've worked for them, and they're good people. edit: There's also Texas Film Commission - Office of Governor Rick Perry (and yes that's the name of the website.) They may ask you to make some pro-Texas changes to your script. Steve Ogden's amendment to Texas Film Commission

Add a few hundred friends, and you have institutional housing.

Linda Ellerbee's autobiography And So It Goes includes some scathing remarks about newscasters whose motivations have to do more with self-promotion than reporting. How unfortunate that many of her colleagues don't share her views.

The point was that 'large and functional' are traits which apply to institutional housing. The enduring value of yesteryear's structures is missing. What I see are stage sets; meant to impress from a distance (but don't look too close!), and of limited duration. Might as well tear them down now as later.

Good point. METRO already allows advertising on their vehicles - their own. Even if the exteriors of the vehicles aren't initially given over to advertising, a start would be opening up the interiors to paying advertisers. I'd just as soon look at a Burger King ad as the uninspired tripe that METRO chooses to post.

In the 50's and 60's large Victorian houses were a drug on the market, and were known as 'white elephants'. The prevailing view was that these structures were ostentatious and obsolete, and many were demolished. They possessed other attributes; interesting architecture, fine materials, careful craftsmanship. An appreciation of these qualities grew, and they're now jealously guarded as irreplaceable landmarks. The McMansions of today, to my untrained eye, seem to be distinguished only by their sheer bulk. While it's regrettable that recent structures should be torn down and added to our overflowing landfills, perhaps the more efficient houses which take their place will be appreciated for their own attributes.

People of importance never perambulate? Sounds like 20th Century wisdom.

Edify us.

Do you know where you're going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know?

Planning on staying single?

Any opinions as to whether the existing building should be re-purposed? What would most benefit the neighborhood on this site?

Can people withdraw from a petition which has already been submitted? Wouldn't a new petition be necessary?

That's the place. I think it's called DiVino's now.

People who buy into historic neighborhoods are in for the long haul. I doubt that speculators and flippers make better neighbors.

This still makes me giggle. About 20 years ago, there was an 'adult bookstore' on W Alabama, which allowed a nearby church to use their parking lot on Sunday mornings It was a slack time for their business, and an asset for the congregation. A uniquely Houston win-win arrangement.

"The Razor’s 19 KW wind turbines use 5 blades instead of 3 to cut down on noise pollution. The building is expected to generate 50 MWh of electricity a year." CleanTechna.com It's a start.

Wendy who? I assume she's a pretty girl who can read out loud from a teleprompter. I imagine that this isn't an ability unique to her. Perhaps if she possessed more substantial talents I might be more sympathetic.

From the article: "Even in Texas, the land of go big or go home, they’re downsizing." I sure hope this applies to McTownhomes, too. There seems to be a misapprehension that bigger 'homes' on small lots = higher density. Not so. Density is more people occupying the same amount of real estate, not the size of the structure. Where a family of 4 (or 5 or 7) might occupy a 1200 sq ft home, can we regard two 3200 sq ft townhomes on the same lot occupied by four people as increased density? Of course not.

LOL With all respect to Lauren's family (I, too, lost a family member on 9/11), this is a public park; not a political statement, not a cemetery. Who approved this, anyway?

What's the location of this proposal? Is the site currently occupied?