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I'm still going to call a taxi if I need to go somewhere. Point to point. What the heck is peer to peer supposed to mean anyway? Call it what you want, it's a taxi service.

Yeah, screw HEB. They ran out of Galveston after Hurricane Ike, while other major retailers, cleaned up their stores and reopened as quickly as possible. HEB took their insurance settlement and then secretly sold the empty store and adjacent property to the Masbacher family who then gifted it to the charter school. Most Galveston residents could care less about HEB returning to the island.

HEB is however building a new store in Texas City, but only after a generous tax incentive from the Texas City economic development fund.

I do agree, that Galveston could use a new resort of some type. The East End Flats would be a perfect spot for one.

No strengthening needed. Both towers were planned to go up to 27 floors. Tower crane shafts and slab knock outs for the elevators already exist. It will have the same TCH look with pink limestone, copper colored and clear vision glass. A roof top helipad will top it off. No funny looking crowns like Hermann.

Speaking of the incompetent Obama administration, I'm expecting the GOP to win back the White House in 2016 because people are sick & tired of the massive regulations, taxes being raised, disastrous foreign policy, etc.,

On Patrick: expect him to follow through by his stand of not appointing a single Dem to any of the major committee chairmanships of the TX State Senate.

I don't see where anybody was speaking of the incompetent Obama administration in this forum, but since you have started it, I'll ask the question, other than the Affordable Care Act, what massive regulations has the Obama administration passed?, and I don't remember any tax hike that the Obama adminstration has passed, other than the Affordable Car Act, or letting the Bush Tax cuts lapse. And a disastrous foreibn policy is just your opinion. Finishing up two forreign wars, while trying not to get dragged into any others is not disastrous.

But you are right about Patrick, he will shut out any democratic from any committee chairmanships.

If you want to get at it technically HEB is a family owned grocery--Charles Butt owns the whole company. So if you're going to count Food Fair and Food Town, which are owned by Grocer's Supply, you most certainly should include HEB.

Very true. I once asked my sister in-law, who worked in the HEB home office, why they had to move from Coprus Christi to San Antonio back in the late 80's. She stated flatly that "because Charles Butt wanted to move, and what Charles wants, Charles gets!". Conversation over.

Arlan's is family owned.

Slightly related to this is politics. Conservatives might claim that it is their policies that are the reason that the job market is so robust in Texas. I tend to think that the current economy has been moving along just fine despite state politics, conservative or liberal. One thing that did come up recently in a conversation with a recruiter at one of the TMC research facilities is that Texas conservative politics is an issue with recruiting efforts. Seems that the top newly graduated researches are choosing to go elsewhere. It appears like the Rick Perry's and Ted Cruz's of the world turn some people off. Folks tend to think that all of us here in Texas are a bunch of right wing cowboy boot wearing buffoons.

The economy in Houston and Texas will continue to grow, because of our location, available work force and low cost of living. Let's don't screw it up by trying to correct it.

That was Moeller's.  There was also a candy shop.  See's?  Kegg's?  Don't remember.

Moeller's is still in business. They moved to a location on Bellaire Blvd. close to the RR tracks.

If memory serves me ( who knows if it will) before the Lewis and Coker was in the strip center on Westheimer there may have been one on the sw corner of Alabama and S. Rice Ave ( near what is now the Galleria and in the past, the kiddie amusement park Wee Wild West.)

That was a Minimax grocery store and it anchored the Lamar Terrace Shopping Center. W. Alabama was originally Westheimer Rd at that location however the large S curve was removed in the late 50's. The curve in the Tanglewood Center photo shows that the new alignment. 

Patrick said he's making border security the #1 priority in the 2015 legislative session.

Which border? Mexican? Louisianan? Oklahoman? What the hell does he plan on doing? Send the U.S. Border Patrol packing and do the patrolling ourselves? What a blow hard. These guys sure do like to talk all tuff right before elections. 

I like looking at goole earth or other satelitte images and zooming down on neighborhoods near Hobbty airport or IAH. You can sometmes spot an airliner on aproach. Then as you zoom futher down it will dissappear.

It's really sad that they couldn't make a go of it. I listened occasionally, but once you've heard the headlines, traffic and weather, there wasn't much interest. I'd say it was kind of like listening to the NOAA marine broadcast while out boating, essential while your on the water but once you're ashore, it's "turn that annoyng thing off"!

When we were little we used to beg our parents to drive us by the naked people statue in fornt of the Prudential Building when we  visiting freinds that lived off of OST. I guess the old naked family sculputure is a little tamer than this giant guy frog jumping the globe though.

It's pretty amusing that Lake Jackson has two major streets, one named This Way and the other That Way.  

He currently also owns radio station KSEV 700 up in Tomball as well.

Which continues to air the ultra opnionated Dr. Steven Hotze during the day.

Most of this land, Lamar Terrace, Larchmont, Westheimer Gardens, Glen Haven Estates and even the Westmorland Farms area was minded of it's topsoil well before WWII. The topsoil was used for grading the newer home develpoments like River Oaks closer in to town.

This left the exposed clay soils in that area prown to flooding. Drainage was improved somewhat in the early 60's but then overbuiling overcame capacity again in the 70's. Flat land is just hard drain, and without topsoil it's even harder.

Vik is correct, since 290 is a left exit from 610 heading north.  

 

I think it's OK this weekend for anywhere you're likely going, but it's always a good idea to check for total closures - for example, SB 45 north of the Loop has a total shutdown this weekend.  This is a handy tool:  http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/

 

Just for giggles, and since traffic's likely going to be light anyway, you might consider coming up through downtown and then approaching 290 from the North Loop westbound.

Just goes to show you that the original freeway planners were correct. They should have kept the direct 290 connection to Katy Freeway that was shown on early plans. Eliminating that short wedge of roadway was short sighted. Also I agree with you Mollusk, those north bound exit lanes on 610 to 290 are one of those unfortunate design flaws that has never been corrected, even when they had a chance to do so.

Do some homework.

Mother had a candy factory next to Helms EL & & "He" lived in many locales in the Heights.

May be true but the Candy Man that all us Houstonians remember was from Pasadena, and he poisoned his son with a candy Pixie Stix, ruining Halloween around here for decades.

The media may have tried to give Dean Corll the Candy Man name during the Elmer Wayne Hendley Jr. trail, I presume to make the story sound more salacious, but all of us know that the real Candy Man was already locked away.

Not to mention the Candy Man serial killings. Heights has changed a lot.

Only that Candy Man wasn't from the Heights.

You need to go back to school and learn how to write coherent sentences first. 

That rendering does not include the private school (St Nicholas) at 1920 North Braeswood. Do they own that piece of property too, or are they just hoping it will go away after construction is underway?

Those are just the strangest renderings.  Colored geometric shapes that I suppose suggest crystals more than real buildings, like World's Fair pavilions.  It will be interesting to see how the actual project develops. 

 

As an aside, I always enjoy checking out the cars in architectural renderings.  Usually they are heavy on the Audis and Porsches, so I give these guys points for the convertible antique whatever in the realistic-looking drawing.  

The convertible car depicted is a good copy of a Muntz Jet which was produced up until around 1954 or so.

Can't forget Cody's. The views were spectacular up there.

Reading all of this gives me cancer >.< ! Still waiting for this to become a productive conversation.....anytime now.

I know. I'm worn out, and almost crosseyed.

I'm pretty sure that is not Houston. I see a TEXAS theater marquee further up the street. To my knowledge Houston did not have a TEXAS theater, at least not one downtown.