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  1. Ross
    Yep. I used that when I was in a van pool.
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    Seamist is NOT on the Western edge of the Heights. It's not really that close to the Heights.
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    Companies do not reimburse gas only. They use the IRS mileage rate for use of personal vehicles for business. For a round trip to Dallas with some in Dallas miles, let's say the total is 540 miles. At the current rate of 65 cents per mile, that's $351. Using a personal vehicle for business also opens up the company to more liability than using a rental car. That's some of the reasons my employer makes us fly to Dallas and take Ubers. There is no way I would use my car for company business without getting the full IRS rate. Why should I have to eat the non-fuel costs like tires, depreciation, etc?
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    I used South Main Bank from the late 70's to the mid-80's. It was one of the cheapest banks in town at the time(all banks had service charges then) at 50 cents per month and 10 cents per check. That was before Texas allowed the big national banks to operate here, and before branch banking was allowed.
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    That's part of what is now Hobby Airport. At the time it was the Houston Municipal Airport. 1943 aerial. Runways are only 4,000 feet long.
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    The Woman's Hospital of Texas is an HCA hospital. It's on their "About" page https://womanshospital.com/about/
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    Address was 817 Main according to the City Directory for 1900.
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    That was an Eckerds in 1976 when I started at Rice.
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    We went to the UK for 10 days at the beginning of the month. We rode the train from London to Edinburgh. It's 450 miles and takes 4 1/2 hours using the Hitachi Azuma trainsets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_801 The top speed is 125mph, so the tracks don't have to be super special. It strikes me that this would be a better solution than the bullet trains. The RoW could run up 45, and the curve radius restrictions would be less of an issue. 2 hours or so to Dallas on a comfortable train soundsreasonable.
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    IIRC, it's connected to the 1111 Bagby lobby. I haven't been in 1111 Bagby for over 20 years, though, so I could be wrong.
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    1017 is on the other side of the street. The rink address would have been something like 1008
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    There wasn't a lot to clear then. Most of the trees in Houston other than those around waterways were planted after development.
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    I found this on ebay, with a location of OST at Scott
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    There aren't a lot of tax benefits related to HQ location. Chevron is a Delaware corporation, which is normal these days. Chevron's California taxes are largely driven by the business it does there, oil fields and refineries, which generate far more income than the HQ.
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    Biden didn't cause any of those. That all would have happened regardless of who sits in the Oval Office.
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    Brochsteins started in 1935 according to the company website https://brochsteins.com/company/ In the 1920 directory, Isaac Brochstein is listed as a draftsman at Houston Showcase and Manufacturing. He lived at 2018 Summer Some info on Spinner Lumber from the 1920 directory
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    The Light Guard moved to the building on Caroline that is now the Buffalo Soldiers Museum. It's a very nice building as well Here's a link to the streetview https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7357964,-95.3778891,3a,75y,309.82h,90.22t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s67mqb-pHXfNOcCVUhve0nQ!2e0!5s20181101T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
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    Kirby from 59 to Westheimer was full of car dealers when I moved to Houston in 1976. Here's the list of new car dealers from the 1959 directory
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    I believe he was halfway through his second 6 year assignment at Sacred Heart. The Arch Diocese gets to do what it wants, but it was very sudden and annoyed a lot of people. Father Troy asked to complete the full term, but was told no. The new building wasn't quite done, and the chancery work wasn't complete either. He had been very sick for a while during construction of the new cathedral, due to stress and travel. I liked Father Troy. His homilies were decent and Mass was done on schedule instead of dragging out like my wife and son have told me it does now. Father Troy is far more charismatic and interesting. If priests get moved every 5 years, why has Father Troy been at SJV since 2008? That's 15 years. Another good priest was Father Rivers Patout, pastor at St Alphonsus on Manchester Street just outside the loop for 20 years. That's where my wife's grandmother went to church. He did her funeral mass and I had a chance to talk to him after. Another good guy. He was also the main chaplain for the seafarers hall in the Port of Houston. Obituary here https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/houston-tx/rivers-patout-5995647
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    Father Troy was the pastor at Sacred Heart. He was too popular with the church goers for the Arch Diocese, hence the transfer out West to St John Vianney. Folks were unhappy https://www.chron.com/life/houston-belief/article/Transfer-of-pastor-may-cost-Co-Cathedral-500-000-1783555.php Another piece with some great comments https://www.patheos.com/blogs/voxnova/2008/05/26/unnecessary-controversy-surrounding-fr-gatelys-transfer/ I am not Catholic, but attended Sacred Heart with my wife during the time we were doing the baptism training for our son. Father Troy is an amazing pastor who can speak to all. I had several great conversations with him about why I wouldn't convert. He wasn't judgmental and treated me with respect. At the top, the Catholic Church is very political, and this was an occasion where it came out.
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    From the 1907 directory German is now Canal 1907 Sanborn map, Langston is just above "German"
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    1951 - address was 4519 Lyons avenue.. That's the corner of Lyons and Yates. Looks like the building may still be there, although somewhat altered.
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    The Albert Pick Motor Inn was on the South side of the SW Freeway. In the mid to late 70's that was where the Rice University football team stayed before home games. I ahd a couple of suite mates that were football players, and they would disappear on Friday nights to stay there. Postcard with a picture or drawing of the building https://www.cardcow.com/492269/houston-texas-albert-pick-motor-inn/ The property was actually owned by 3600 Southwest Freeway Corp and leased to Pick-Houston Corporation in December 1966. That lease was terminated in 1986. A copy of the termination is attached. APick.pdf
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    The Victor and Wilson street locations are the same. Those streets cross. Here's the street view link for the current building, which was refurbished a while back https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7539084,-95.3803233,3a,75y,357.5h,90.86t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbwqXVdn8MFLWwTFIz5gKBg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DbwqXVdn8MFLWwTFIz5gKBg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D263.59995%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
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    The Red Book has data on Blacks and their businesses, schools, etc in the early 20th Century. Bruce Elementary still exists at 510 Jensen. Here's the website https://www.houstonisd.org/domain/25756 In 1925 the school was at the corner of Cage and Nance. The 1943 aerial shows a decent size building there. N Q Menderson was principal 1915, 1205 Bremond, Nat Q Menderson Principal The school isn't in the 1910 directory
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