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    Goliad is a great place to visit, but living there would be tough. We camped there with the Scouts a few years ago and there was one mediocre grocery store and not much else. Fun fact, I learned to drive on the old road between Refugio and Goliad. My grandparents lived in Refugio.
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    Western kingbird maybe https://txtbba.tamu.edu/species-accounts/western-kingbird/
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    I bet the property owners of the dog place say no, since they encroach on the alley.
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    The hostility is because the neighbors are entitled dweebs who think they can control property they do not own. The neighbors are not special, they don't get special privileges for living there. Anyone who lives in Houston should know that just about anything can be built near you, whether you like it or not. I might respect the neighbors a little if they also fought bad developments in poor areas, but they don't, so they can deal with all of the Houstony stuff too.
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    North Canal Project

    Ross replied to Triton's topic in Downtown

    I'm being pedantic, but those are jails not prisons.
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    In 1923, that address was Houston Brick and Supply in 1911, there was a grocer and Houston Wood and Coal. Ford was located at 800 Walker. I don't see any evidence that there was a Ford dealer there.
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    Maybe here:
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    Downtown Fountains

    Ross replied to Sunstar's topic in Downtown

    Sarcasm warning But, but, but, that would be socialism and we can't have that at all, unless it's socialism to benefit the wealthy, who deserve that assistance! The poor need to try harder! The homeless need to get a job and get a home! End of sarcasm
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    There is a Guitar center on Yale next to Sprouts. 195 Yale, just South of I-10
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    From another post, here's a link to the Red Book that has the same picture of BTW as above. There may be more information in the lined book https://archive.org/details/redbookofhouston00sote/page/88/mode/2up?view=theater Original post
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    That property was formerly owned by Stauffer Chemical and had been used for solid waste disposal. There is a deed restriction on the property that prohibits use for residential, day care, etc. Stauffer owned that property for a long time, certainly prior to 1951. Here's one of the best portions of any of the documents related to this site. "place the whole world on notice":
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    John Nova Lomax died today at age 53 according to family. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/john-nova-lomax-writer-houston-texas-dies-18088579.php I read a lot of his articles and columns over the years. His writing introduced me to Townes van Zandt and Guy Clark, which led me to a bunch of other great music. His piece in the Houston Press on walking the length of Westheimer was emblematic of how good he was, making a mundane walk interesting. The story he wrote about his mother was another great piece. I had seen a Go Fund Me for him as he was in the hospital dealing with medical issues related to alcohol. Sad all around.
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    I couldn't find any suits on the District Clerk's site
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    That's not as easy as it used to be. Businesses in California can pay a "Certified ADA consultant" a few thousand dollars and make themselves immune from being sued for a handrail being 3/8 of an inch too high.
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    The 1923 directory doesn't show anything at that location. The 1927 directory has it as the home of J O Ross, and someone else living in the back.
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    I first hear Mark Berman on KIKK-FM when he was Barry Warner's sidekick 40+ years ago. That was some of the best sports programming ever.
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    Montrose TIRZ

    Ross replied to trymahjong's topic in Montrose

    They don't use rollers, they use spray equipment or use heat activated striping. Both of those require training that the bosses probably don't have. That's pretty common. I know that just about every boss I've ever had was not nearly as good as me in performing the actual work, their skills were people management.
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    I know all about moving for work. From the time I was born until I left home to go to college, we moved 9 times, including overseas. I've moved 9 times since finishing my degree, with 7 years overseas in 4 different countries. I was responding to the point about having areas that are walkable and located near to work locations. I think that's an unreasonable expectation in Houston given how many different work locations are in the Greater Houston area. Implying that a person should move within Houston every time their work location changes is impractical at best, and really bad at worst. No one is going to be excited about moving 5 miles to be next to the new work location, with kid's schools to worry about, whether the available accommodation is any good, whether there are decent amenities, etc. If you own your home it's much worse. It just generally works out better to stay where you are and find a way to get to work.
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    There are a myriad of other issues the County Judge needs to be working on. The Astrodome is at the bottom of the list of issues to be considered. I would be pissed if she wasted any time on the Dome at all. There is no way to build consensus on a plan for the Dome when half the population wants it torn down and half wants it reused. No amount of leadership can overcome that.
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    The Dome is a no win situation for the County Judge. Whatever happens, half the population will be mad. Doing nothing is a better option politically.
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    The need for additional state funding applies to all districts. Bettencourt and Huffman would be happy to eliminate public schools completely, just like their mentor Dan "Despicable Human Being" Patrick. I do hope that the lawsuit to force single member districts for SBISD succeeds, and the obnoxious jerks from South of I-10 lose control. They are only interested in keeping Memorial and Stratford as good schools, and could not care less about the schools North of I-10.
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    Along with a nail place, a vape place, a CBD place, and a taco place. That would give it the Houston vibe we all know and love
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    Your pictures are way better than the ones I took at that exhibit. Those are some of the best looking cars ever built.
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    The architectural Audi could only dream of being as cool as the Delahaye. There were a couple of them at the Museum of Fine Arts a few years ago, allowing me to check off a bucket list item.
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    That car looks suspiciously out of place. It looks like a Delahaye, which would have been very rare here.
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