Ross

My guess is that South Post Oak Extension was in Bellaire, prior to the construction of the West Loop. I can't find the doctor or the clinic, but records on Bellaire are pretty sparse.

2 hours ago, editor said:

Would the bishop be involved at all?

I haven't been involved with Galveston-Houston the way I have been at other archdioceses, but in the ones I'm familiar with, this would be a parish-level decision. 

Like when the roof of the church I went to caught fire during renovations, the archdiocese wouldn't help us pay for a new one.

The property is owned by the Arch-Diocese of Galveston Houston, and was not a parish church, as it was the co-Cathedral along with the one in Galveston. When they were building the new cathedral, the arch diocese was very involved. The arch diocese then annoyed most of the people who go to Sacred Heart by reassigning Father Troy, a main participant in the new building, to St John Vianney. When the folks complained, the Arch Diocese told them to stop moaning and that church decisions were none of their business and that all priests are the same.

4 hours ago, editor said:

I ended up going to Goliad, instead.  Cute town.  Ate at a little diner and spent too much money at the antiques store on the main square.  Right in the middle of the trip, mother nature threw us a gully washer.  Very dramatic clouds.  I'll post some pictures if I ever get around to developing them.

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.

Western kingbird maybe https://txtbba.tamu.edu/species-accounts/western-kingbird/ 

I bet the property owners of the dog place say no, since they encroach on the alley.

1 hour ago, Big E said:

Might as well ask if we are moving the prisons and courthouses too.

I'm being pedantic, but those are jails not prisons.

7 hours ago, Triton said:

Man, I'm going to be sad when they tear down Tout Suite. Someone was telling me it was the first Ford dealership in Houston... ?

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.

13 minutes ago, Triton said:

Man, is this seriously the only place we are having this railroad discussion about? I can't seem to find a separate thread.

 

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/houston-east-end-underpasses-rail-crossing-18138449.php#photo-23913205

Maybe here:

21 minutes ago, editor said:

Oh, how awful — human beings who want to be clean!  We should definitely make their hygiene worse.  That will totally solve homelessness! 

You know the homeless sleep in the streets, don't you?  By that logic, we should get rid of all the streets.  And I saw a homeless guy in the park the other day.  We should shut down all of the parks! 

The solution to vagrants bathing in the fountains isn't to remove the fountains.  It's to give people a better place to bathe.

Municipal bathing facilities have been around for as long as there has been plumbing. 

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

3 hours ago, 004n063 said:

Noooo! As far as I've been able to tell, that's the only halfway decent guitar shop in the city. I hope they're just moving (and not moving far - getting all the way out the to the guitar center on Westheimer is brutal).

There is a Guitar center on Yale next to Sprouts. 195 Yale, just South of I-10

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 

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":

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.

2 hours ago, HalfFast said:

Next Door says that the garage is sinking and unsafe. Supposedly they are suing the builder. 

I couldn't find any suits on the District Clerk's site

1 hour ago, editor said:

I hear that in San Francisco there's a wheelchair-bound lawyer who earns a pretty good living suing over the sorts of things that are common in Houston.

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.

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.

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.

44 minutes ago, trymahjong said:

Ok-

about that lane painter shortage.......?

I'm wondering if that particular shortage is true; why cant the bosses over there step in? Am I supposed to believe COH has no one that can use paint roller  to designate lanes?  Is the bar set that low?

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.

11 hours ago, editor said:

No one said any such thing, but if you enjoy living out in a field like a farm animal that's your choice to make, so you have to live with your decisions.

Moreover, the "hive" thing is just a real estate industry meme spread by desperate low-end agents who can't come up with any logical arguments.  It's the real estate equivalent of calling someone a "poopyhead," and reveals more about the writer than the position being argued. 

I hate to break it to you, but the notion of continuously building vast expanses of single-family homes is last century's thinking.  Population decline is a thing, and has already arrived in many developed countries.  Who's going to live in all those empty suburbs?

To @Ross' point about moving because of his job, moving around for work is not unusual.  In the 70's and 80's, there was a joke in the tech industry that IBM stood for "I've Been Moved."  From 1994 to 2006, I had a job that constantly moved me and my family not just from neighborhood to neighborhood, but across the country.  I lived in about 11 states because of it.  But it was a choice I made.  I never thought, "We should spend billions of tax dollars building freeways to accommodate my chosen way of life."

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.

1 hour ago, Houston19514 said:

That’s not a good excuse.  A leader could put together a plan and get buy in from important parties and make something happen.  Leadership is required.  Don’t ask for a job and then hide under your desk because making decisions s might make someone mad.

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.

43 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:

She may not be the only person to bear some blame, if you want to look back over 25 years and lay blame on people who once could have made different decisions, but the fact is, she is the chief executive of the county and the county owns the Astrodome.  She asked for the job and then asked to keep the job.  It is absolutely fair to blame her for the inaction and utter lack of leadership.  

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.

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.

On 5/7/2023 at 4:09 PM, august948 said:

I'm still hoping for a ground floor washateria and liquor store here...😜

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

23 minutes ago, mkultra25 said:

Yep, the MFAH had a Delahaye 135M Competition Coupe and a 135MS Roadster in that exhibit. Delahayes were all about the lavish custom coachwork, as in those days with high-end cars it was common practice for car builders to sell a bare chassis, and the buyer to commission a coachbuilding firm to construct custom bodywork for it.  In the 1930s, the French coachbuilding firm of Figoni & Falaschi, who clothed both of the Delahayes that were on exhibit here, were at the pinnacle of Art Deco design. 

Your pictures are way better than the ones I took at that exhibit. Those are some of the best looking cars ever built.