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Here's the aerial from 1989. I recall hitting balls there a couple of times. It was just a driving range to me at the time.

My guess is that SWA will have to finally invest the money to update their internal systems. Unfortunately, those sorts of projects usually take 24 months or more to be fully implemented. In 2022, the concept that you can only engage a system by telephone is ludicrous. SWA staff ought to be able to get their schedules by web, text message, email, etc. The entire debacle is due to management incompetence and failure to invest properly. I hope there are some severe consequences for those responsible.

There are streets nearby that are the same as the platted names, which is why my interest was piqued. I can see the change to Cullen, but Oakhurst is a mystery. That's one of the many things I love about the block books, they show a lot of name changes. I've seen a few with 3 different names for a street.

Hard to believe they didn't stick another 3 or 4 units in that space.

"Who is that skeleton on the bike?" "That's Hindesky, a car never came along to trigger the signals, so he never got a green light"😁

Townhomes will be a barrier to multi-family, I think. One holdout in 10 townhomes, especially connected townhomes, will prevent the demolition of the others. There are also all sorts of agreed easements, the HOA, and the deed restrictions to deal with. We bought a Perry townhome East of Main in Midtown in 1998. One reason we moved was the potential for them to become a rundown mess, but that hasn't happened. I checked the HCAD records, and there are still several original owners from 24 years ago still living there. Lots of people like townhome living.

I wonder when the North/South streets on either side of this block changed names from St. Bernard and St Stephen to Cullen and Oakhurst

The City probably wouldn't allow a shared driveway entrance on Harrisburg, so the entrance is on Sampson. From the drawing, the curb cut for the entrance appears to be in the middle of the driveway, but I could be wrong.

There is no open space on Harrisburg large enough for any sort of stadium..

Yes, there are other ways of doing tunnels now, as shown in London and other places. However, none of them have the potential subsoil issues we have here, like forgotten abandoned oil wells and water wells. Those other countries also do not have the issue of non-governmental ownership of the subsurface. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's not as simple as saying "Hey Bob, crank up that tunnel boring machine".

What happens to all of the normal traffic, and the businesses on the street, while the 5 years to dig a cut and cover tunnel is ongoing?

Rice University might have something to say about that plan. And, there's nowhere near enough parking for an NRG sized stadium at Rice, which has been consuming stadium parking for building locations. That was easy to do once the capacity was reduced from 70,000+ to 40,000. There is also no room for the multiple practice fields the Texans use, or the bubble.

Step back, take a deep breath. Take another deep breath. Continue until you hyperventilate and fall to the ground. Now, isn't that better? Your mind is no longer focused on the restaurant name.😂

Bike lanes are in the plan for Durham and Shepherd North of 11th for sure. As are wider sidewalks. That has no effect on Montrose, though.

The church did not own the property in the 70's. It was owned by the Duchos. Edgar and Wilma Ducho transferred ownership of Kentwood Manor Block C Lots 62, 63, 64, and 65 to Ducho's Steakhouse No 1, Inc, a Texas Corporation, in July 1970. The steakhouse borrowed money against the property and failed to repay the loan. The property was acquired by NGO SON DA ETAL and NGUYEN TRINH LE ETAL in June of 2003 via a trustee sale. Living Faith Church acquired the property in December 2003, and sold it to BM Holdings in February of 2016. The HCAD ownership history frequently has missing owners or other mistakes.

Interesting concept. Still expanding, though. Let's hope they don't overextend and leave decaying Airstream trailers all over the place.

For some reason, when this post showed up in the new post listing, I read it as "Impatient Bed Towers", giving an image of an angry bed demanding a patient be found. I know my way around MD Anderson reasonably well, but could not tell you how to get to the room I spent 9 days in. It's an amazing hospital, but you don't really want to be there. The standard of care is very high, and the staff are very positive, especially given how many terminal cases they deal with. I am very happy this institution is in Houston, and not somewhere else.

Kind of like Lake Jackson, there This Way and That Way split off from Center Way, and are crossed by Circle Way and Parking Way Lake Jackson, TX

The bike lanes were not part of the original plan on 11th, but when the engineering was done, there was enough room to add them. This project was never about bike lanes only.

The largest High School stadiums are around 20,000 seats. The 15 largest stadiums in the US are all college football stadiums. In Houston, there's Rice Stadium, TDECU Stadium at UH, the TSU stadium, and whatever HBU is using. No reason they couldn't be venues, since colleges and universities will sell their souls for more funds. I agree the County should be able to do as they please with the Dome, but the contracts signed with the Rodeo and the Texans are biased against the County. It doesn't help that the Rodeo is run by the biggest movers and shakers in the City, and they aren't going to give up their party life for any reason.

Most posters on Nextdoor have had a nuancectomy

Is NRG not available for concerts? The parking lot was the site of the ill fated Astroworld concerts with Travis Scott. I recall there were several Monsters of Rock concerts at Rice Stadium. Here's one in 1988 https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/71247. Rice Stadium's capacity has been reduced from those days, but it still holds over 40,000 people. I think this is the article you referred to in the Chronicle https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/bands-concert-skipping-Houston-Austin-Dallas-17078180.php It doesn't really say much about the venues, unfortunately. I looked up the Kraftwerk tour in Austin, and it played at the Moody Theater, which seats 2750. Would the Rodeo be OK with the Dome becoming a music venue? Or the Texans? If either of those organizations can veto changes to the Dome, nothing is going to happen. The Dome was an awful venue for concerts. We saw the Rodeo concerts there 5 or 6 times, and the acoustics were just terrible. The best concert I saw in Houston was Cheap Trick at the Music Hall, which no longer exists, having been replaced by the Hobby Center. I saw Roger Whittaker at the Coliseum, which was also decent, although the seats were just folding chairs. It too was replaced by the Hobby Center. The Neville Brothers at what is now Bayou Music Center was a great concert as well, especially since it was a private show paid for by my employer at the time.

US Presidents. There's Grant, Lincoln, and van Buren from East to West. Given the way Houston developed, there's all sorts of weird stuff like this. It happens other places too.

The boundaries have to be contiguous, so the spur goes over to Caroline so it can pick up the African American museum at Caroline and Wentworth, and then down to Oakdale to pick up the Asia Society property.

That's bizarre. Do you have a PC running windows you can try?