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  1. Ross
    Search for permits here http://www.cohtora.houstontx.gov/ibi_html/sldpmtsl.htm Be aware that the permit seach only works with Internet Explorer The permits were issued for building demolition and sewer disconnect.
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    There are tunnels under IAH as well. It's where all the utilities run. I spent a fair amount of time in them in the early 80's, when the company I worked for had a contract for some of the control systems. One of the employees I was working with told me "That ladder there will put you in the middle of the main runway. Don't go up there, though, as the security folks get annoyed at random heads appearing out there".
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    Wortham is a great layout. It was orignally built as Houston Country Club.
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    If it's a plaza, don't let the City get anywhere close to it. Jones Plaza was a great place until it was "improved". We went there every week. Now, it's a boring palce with no redeeming qualities.
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    It's still there. The public entrance is off of Memorial at Westcott, with a bridge across the bayou to get to the house an property. It's called Bayou Bend, and is actually on Lazy Lane. The peroperty is somehting like 13 acres, and was the largest residentail lot in Houston. The place is now own ed by the Museum of Fine arts. Here's a link http://www.mfah.org/visit/bayou-bend-collection-and-gardens/
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    The Weiss property was North of the Bayou in what is now Stablewood. The family still owns a piece of property there according to the HoA site. To the West of Stablewood, off of Carnarvon is Farish Circle, where the Elkins had homes. The 14 acres on the North side of North Wynden Drive is owned by the Hudson Brothers Partnership, LP. The Hudson brothers appear to be the sons of Cecil Blaffer con Furstenberg, daughter of Humble Oil co-founder Robert Lee Blaffer by her first husband. I wish I had the time ot live in the property records office for a while, along with the probate records. If I find time, I'll see if i can dig up something on the South Wynden properties.
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    A few things to correct Commuter rail in other places runs as often as every 8 minutes, depending on passenger volume. A barrel of petroleum is 42 gallons, not 55, the state tax on a barrel of gasoline would be $8.40.
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    Those 1959 Chevrolets were popular. We had a wagon, nad two uncles had the 4 door versions.
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    Harris Count Appraisal District, the folks responisble for setting the taxable value of all property in Harris County. http://www.hcad.org/
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    Probably the Hogg Palace Lofts at 401 Louisiana.
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    Ooh, that neighborhood looks like a great place to start building faux tuscan french chateaux with tudor accents. Replace those old houses with something modern.
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    That's 2330 North Braeswood: 2330 North Braeswood Boulevard Joseph Finger, 1933 The first house to be built on Braeswood Court, it originally looked out across Brays Bayou to the open countryside. The painted tile plaque inset in the chimney stack next to the swimming pool is vintage 1930s. That's from http://citemag.org/w..._Fox_Cite16.pdf It looks like the house belonged to the Meyer family, responsible for developing Meyerland, until 1984 when the estate of the widow of Joseph F Meyer Jr sold it to Lailah Suki (a realtor active in that part of town in the 70's and 80's - I lived above her office on Holcombe at one point).
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    NIche, Harvard isn't really a good analog for the Heights, as something like half the students are zoned to other schools. Overall, keep in mind that the Heights restaurants pull in folks from Timbergrove, Garden Oaks, Oak Forest, etc, and lots of us have kids. We generally won't go somewhere that isn't kid friendly, as our well behaved son goes with us except on special occasions. It's cheaper to feed him a (usually full price) good restaurant meal than it is to hire a baby sitter.
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    Using revenues alone as a measure of corporate size is utterly without merit, and one reason I've always thought the Fortune numbers were useless. Any reasonable method has ExxonMobil at the top. More profits, more shareholder's equity, more value in the market, etc.
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    The XOM campus isn't 45 miles from the center of town. It's 24 from my house in Timbergrove.
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    At least you aren't standing around City Hall demanding we pay your way.
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    WalMart isn't the biggest corporation in the US. And, Ainbinder and WalMart aren't padding their profit margins with the $6 million from the 380 agreement, they have to pay that money out up front, and get reimbursed later. You can argue over whether the City should have to pay for the infrastructure (I say it does), but there's no $6 million gift to developers. And, really, we wouldn't be having this conversation if it was HEB or Whole Foods. RUDH only hates certain developments, not all of them, and that makes them hypocrites.
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    The entire building was the Weingartens, according to a friend who delivered soft drinks there 30+ years ago. Ther'es a full size basement underneath the building, as well.
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    I think this is actually the NorthWEST corner. The NE corner is food oriented
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    That's Colonial Park, a West University Place city park. The pool in hte photo was built between 1944 and 1953, as it appears on the 1953 Google Earth aerial, but not the 1944. There's a different pool there now.
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    ExxonMobil building was built in 1963 or so. From Google Earth, it looks like there were some one story buildings there, and some parking. I don't think there was much of significance lost. MOst of those areas had been rebuilt several times over the years, starting with houses, thne businesses, then high rises.
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    Goatman, I've used tinypic.com to post photos on other forums. Once you put the pictures there, it gives you a link to embed.
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    I've wondered about this place, since I drive by it every day. I'll have to try it.
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    Property tax per square foot is a meaningless number.
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    What would be the plight of the workers if they weren't working at WalMart? Would they be using even more public assistance? Could it be that they woek at WalMart because it's the best job they can find? If WalMart paid higher wages and more benefits, would the workers attracted be of a higher caliber, thus leaving the current employees back on the dole?
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