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Galen was a legendary Roman Empire-era Greek physician who was a key figure in the development of early medical theory and practice. Not surprising for a road in a major medical center to be named after him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen

"The Shroud of Philly"

59 minutes ago, 123Sesame said:

We live nearby - they are taking their sweet time on this development. It has been a total mess and eye sore for 6+ months. They desperately need more parking so hopefully that’s it. Not sure what the old resale shop or auto dealer are ultimately going to become. 

I believe the resale shop is going to be a pizza place, and in keeping with Bermudez's naming convention for his other restaurants, it's going to be called "The PIzza Place", or something along those lines. 

I'm more concerned with the elderly gentleman who lives next door to the old resale shop. We eat semi-regularly on the patio at Katz's, and usually see him walking his tiny dog. Many would consider his house to be in a state of disrepair, but I prefer to regard him as an admirably stubborn holdout in the face of relentless development in the area. I hope his life isn't disturbed too much by the coming of the pizza place, but I'm afraid it will be. 

I think the Astros will prevail, but I would not be surprised to see a seven-game series. Many people have underestimated the Phillies. And many of those who have underestimated them were either not around for, or do not remember, the 1980 NLCS. 

20 hours ago, Highrise Tower said:

Under supervision of Houston Rashruth Association.

That should be "Kashruth" - kashruth/kashrut is the collective body of Jewish religious law that determines whether food is kosher or not. 

5 hours ago, brucesw said:

Dean Goss @ IMDb.  Check out the Publicity link on IMDb for mention of an article by John Nova Lomax in the Press a decade ago.  (I haven't checked).

That's the article I was thinking of when I saw Dean Goss' name pop up here. If memory serves, it goes into quite a bit more detail about the events mentioned in the KVUE article you linked to.

Unfortunately, the Press has taken down almost all of its back-issue content that used to be readily available on its website. About the only way to find anything there now is to Google it, but I came up empty when trying to find this piece that way. The Wayback Machine at archive.org probably has it archived somewhere, but although the snapshot they took on October 24, 2012 does have an entry in the Houston Babylon series, it doesn't contain anything about Dean Goss.  

On 10/19/2022 at 3:42 PM, hindesky said:

The protester was out there once again, I walked over to her and showed her the rendering. She is under the spell of her religion and once again said her God is going to keep it from going forward.

I've heard about those "goddamn developers" countless times before, but have yet to ever witness any of them cast into the lake of fire.  Perhaps this time will finally be different.   

21 hours ago, dbigtex56 said:

Please tell me what 'it' is. 
(I hope that "it" is something flattering, but will accept criticism, too.) :)

On 10/15/2022 at 12:34 PM, dbigtex56 said:

I hope that the new owner is familiar with the concept of edging. 

It was Transco. From the 1990 edition of the Houston Architectural Guide:

On 10/15/2022 at 12:35 PM, Mr-DJ said:

Does anyone here recall a little restaurant in an old 2-story house on lower Westheimer called Ebeneezer's, circa early 70's? I believe it was at the corner of Westheimer (Elgin) and Bagby. And if so, is there anything anywhere on the internet about it. So far, I cannot locate a single word or pic.

Might want to post this question in the Montrose Houston Hippie Tribe Facebook group. It's likely that someone there will not only remember it but will also have patronized it. 

3 hours ago, Houston19514 said:

No one ever has the right to run over a pedestrian, but if the pedestrian crosses not in a crosswalk, 

...then all bets are off if you're playing a video game from the 70s. Anyone remember this one? Frequently seen in arcades, restaurants, and anywhere else coin-op video games could be found back then.  And as the video title indicates, it did get quite a bit of bad press, which as near as I could tell had absolutely no effect on its popularity.

5 hours ago, gene said:

*no comment* 😮🤪

 

We all (OK, some of us) were thinking it, but you had to go and actually say it. 

On 10/16/2022 at 12:11 PM, hindesky said:

Huge air conditioned tent close to the front entrance, I wonder if these are more classrooms or for a special event.

Likely related to the inauguration of the new president - there are multiple events taking place this week between Thursday and Saturday, with the formal investiture scheduled for Saturday morning in the Academic Quadrangle.

https://www.constructionjournal.com/projects/details/7d9b919daef74c73bd72931b2d9e55a3.html

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Lease space includes 130-seat theater, lobby, small bar, tech booth, cast room, staff room, restrooms & mechanical areas. Scope of work includes minor demolition, metal wall framing, paint, tile, millwork, MEP. 

This location operated as a Luby's until it closed in 2005. Not sure when the transition from Romana's to Luby's happened, as it was already a Luby's when I lived in the Kirby/West U area (roughly 1994-1998).

There's an earlier thread about it here:

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/33076-lubys-at-5215-buffalo-speedway/

20 hours ago, BEES?! said:

What a fascinating read. I’m pretty firmly in the camp that HSR in the US will have to be a private project if it’s going to be done right without a ton of compromising and hands in the cookie jar, if you will.

Counterpoint to the NYT article with some additional background, via Twitter:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1579183443224989696.html

Meanwhile, in California:

How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails

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America’s first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare. Political compromises created a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as originally envisioned.

The South Belt Houston blog is a great local history resource. It is written and maintained by HAIFer @torimask, but she hasn't posted here recently. 

This grocery was presumably owned by James M. Huffington, who also originally owned (and lent his initials to) longtime West University Place neighborhood grocery JMH, located only a couple of blocks away from this one at 3636 Rice Blvd.

This was the second location of the Alley. They moved there in 1949 from the original location at 3617 Main, and remained there for nineteen years until the current facility opened in 1968.

It is likewise listed as "Almedo Speedway" in the third edition of Allan Brown's "The History of America's Speedways", which indicates that it was only active during 1970.

I'm assuming that the misspelling propagated itself through repetition. As Brown's book is a listing of approximately 8000 speedways that operated in the US, it's somewhat understandable that he didn't catch the error, given that this particular venue wasn't in operation for very long and that only a limited amount of documentation concerning it seems to have survived. 

14 hours ago, brucesw said:

Some time before stepping down at 13, Ward signed off one night as David Ward, explaining it was his real name and he was tired of not being able to use it, or something like that. It made the news the next day (Chron) but didn't last long as his employer made him return to using Dave until his (already announced I think) retirement.

Makes sense from the company's point of view, of course, as they had spent years and years and who knows how much in promotional efforts promoting their lead anchor as 'Dave Ward,' not David. 

So maybe he's the one who suggested or even demanded that he be referred to as David.

 

Interesting, particularly since he opted to stick with "Dave" on his personal website.

He does mention on his bio page there that he originally became "Dave" at his first broadcasting job as a drive-time DJ, as the station manager thought "David" sounded too biblical. 

Apparently there's no one on Mealer's campaign staff who actually knows who Dave Ward is. That's about the only reason I can come up with for allowing an ad to go out identifying him as "David Ward".

20 hours ago, MidCenturyMoldy said:

How much does one have to hate Houston to make this mistake? From the Chicago Athenaeum website, 2021 Awards::  https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/the-2021-awards/?page=13

This must be the real meaning of "Don't California My Texas".

16 hours ago, Dave W said:

We moved to the area in 1950, and the South Main Drive-In at 11530 was already in operation. I believe it opened before WWII.

I don't remember this one at all, maybe it was closed by 1950.

The South Main Drive-In opened June 7, 1940 and was Houston's first drive-in, according to Cinema Treasures.

South Main Drive-In

There's no listing for the Main Drive-In. However, the book "Cinema Houston" says the South Main Drive-In was originally called the Texas Drive-In, and the address given is 9900 South Main.

Google Books link 

You can see ads showing the original Texas Drive-In name at the Cinema Treasures link, but they don't list an address, just general directions ("drive out South Main highway - near the underpass").