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    I hate that we can't correct a misspelling in the title once we've posted. I did that last year and have been embarressed ever since. Our editor and father web administrator needs to fix that.
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    Landry's will probably use the site (including the adjoining Sea Horse site) for remote or overflow parking for Pleasure Pier patrons. It's too far to walk, but a shuttle service would work if needed.
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    I saw the Exorcist there in 1973 too. I don't know what scared me more, the movie or my date? She kept grabbing my leg through the whole movie.
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    Has anyone told him to pull his pants up?
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    That would be me...........no techno skills. This spot would be where the current O'Quinn Towers is now.
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    Yes, that long ugly thing. Not quite sure of the year it was built.........1977 or so, I'm guessing. I'm sure it was a dissapointment when Prudential employees had to move there. The newness probably wore off quick.
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    Tom Tynan commented this morning on his radio show that he was going to the grocery store after his show to pick up some steaks to grill before the game today. Then he throws in "but I'm not going to Krogers.......not today at least..hah hah!". I thought I was the only one that weird.
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    You are correct, the item on top of the building is an evaporative cooling unit, an early attempt at air conditioning. Refigeration units eventually replaced most of these water cooled systems around town.
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    I heard from a local that snakes have always been a problem at this propert and at the adjacent country club.
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    I've decided to stay home and watch the live stream or video later. I wonder if people will display this much regret if and when the other "former Prudential building" is torn down? You know, the one on the West Loop (now AT&T).
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    The area just to the west of Briargrove, across the drainage ditch was the Bob Smith Little League playing fields. There were several diamonds with bleachers close to Westheimer. As you went back, closer to San Felipe (which didn't go through at the time), there were large mounds of earth, probably left from deepening flood control ditches in the area. We would ride our bikes on these "hills" and made several mountain trails back there. Eventually development occured, and apartments filled in the property from Westheimer to Woodway. I remember a big fire in later years destroyed several of these buildings, but that's different story.
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    This is across the street from where the old McCue homestead was located. The McCue home was a single story wood structure with wide porches facing both Westheimer and McCue, and set back from the corner. There were large oak trees lining the property and the driveway, leading up to the house. Apartments had completely filled in both sides of the street by the middle of the 60's. (Mr. & Mrs. McCue were rewarded quite handsomely for their property) I love to interject my random historical comments to these types of threads, because I can, and the moderaters let me.
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    Yes, and the Incarnate Word Academy students downtown were the inadvertent benificiaries of this sale. The sisters were able to fund the much needed improvements to the downtown campus with the proceeds from the Bellaire campus sale.
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    I was driving on the West Loop last week and noticed construction at the Episcopal High School campus. I was going too fast to actually look closely, however after checking their website, it appears a new building is being erected on the northwest corner of the property. Does anyone know what the fate of the original 1955 Marian High School building is? Looks like the 1930's convent and chapel are safe......for now.
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    Hollister at Hammerly? Anyone remember that curve?
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    It's called fret. CCC has it on the glass too. It didn't seem to obscure the view that much when the Crowne Plaza was imploded, but then I wasn't taking photographs either.
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    I plan on being in the Feigen Center that day to watch the implosion. I'll be up on level 15 or so in one of the collaboration spaces. I'll even bring donuts. I also heard that the Hurd mural got damaged as they were packing it for transport. Apparently the packing material used to keep the mural from being scratched ingnited by friction and smoldered for some time before it was noticed. The restorers will have to deal with smoke damage once it arrives at the final destination. And I noticed today that if you look real hard at the top of the building you can barely make out the image of the Rock of Gibralta.
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    Why won't you be allowed to be in your lab on that day? Are TCH employees banned from entereing their own building? I have not heard that.
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    The creation of Westbury High School mirrors the creation of Robert E. Lee High School. Westbury students were mostly former Bellaire students, while Lee students were mostly former Lamar pupils. The schools were built at the same time from money supplied by the same bond election, same architect, same floor plan, right down to similar mascots, Rebels vs Generals. Lee had the same conferate flags at pep rallies and adorned on similar uniforms. How creeepy is that? I also remember when the two schools played each other at fooball games, Westbury patrons would travel up Post Oak to Delmar stadium, waving conferdeate flags along the way, while Lee patrons would be doing the same back at them. Nobody thought anything about this being racist. However, I cringe now when I see some redneck displaying that flag today. It was just different back then.
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    That is awsome. I never notice it before, and I even worked on a remodel in the Southern Pacific building back in the 80's before they moved out. I do remember a watch jeweler on the first floor that had only one customer......Southern Pacific. Good Find Chris
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    I went in there after Abe retired at Kaplans, but I was just not comfortable paying $90.00 for a dress shirt (probably more now). The customer service was similar to what you get at "The Men's Wearhouse" so I didn't return, Plus it was totally out of my way.
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    Level 3 is for the general public (vistors), level 4 is for staff and patient transport.
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    Wee Wild West was at the corner of Westheimer and Yorktown. It later became a Putt Putt Golf.
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    I've noticed automobile commercials (mostly foreign makes) these days using 30 and 40 year old music to lure people to purchase their product. Something just ain't right. If ad men of 1960 had even considered using the 'Chattanooga Chu-Chu", or the "Boogie Woogie Boys of Company B" as theme music back then, they would have been thrown out of their un-air conditioned high rise office windows.
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    Correct!.....and sometimes I even pay in CASH! It must be really annoying to be standing behind me when a clerk (or human, as VicMan calls them) is trying count my change back to me.
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