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I live not too far down the road from this one. It is VERY flood prone, also a little interesting rumor I've heard is that they filmed some "adult" stuff in there back in the 80's. The reason it's deserted is people have moved in, a typical big Houston rainstorm comes in, flooding occurs, they move out. The next person moves in, unbeknowst to the flood threat, they get flooded and move out. I guess potential buyers finally learned about the threat, and there hasn't been an occupant there in 3-4 years. The flooding doesn't happen because it's next to the bayou, but it's built on low terrain. In fact, before they straightened out Brays Bayou for the first time in the 20's, Brays Bayou was a meandering bayou complete with oxbows, in fact, you can still where it flowed where current day Parkwood Park is and look at the terrain in the neighborhood, how it's kind of "hilly" compared to other sections of town, especially around Rio Vista and S. MacGregor, and S. Parkwood and N. Parkwood. Either the house sits on the old banks of the bayou, or perhaps it used to run through there. Old Houston maps from the teens and 20's will show that.

I understand where you're coming from, but the jet engine/prop analogy isn't very valid in this particular case. Of course jet engined aircraft needed longer runways, they had higher takeoff speeds and higher takeoff weights than thier prop counterparts. Cars do not have to be at a high speed to handle a curve, they can slow down and adapt to the road design without crashing.

When it came on PBS, my father taped it, so it's somewhere on VHS here in the house. I'd like to see it again as well.

Design standards were different in the late 50's when the interchange was designed. Cars were bigger and slower, and people didn't barrel down them like they do today. I don't see anything wrong with those ramps today. Solution is, if you're driving a big rig or a SUV or a car that can't handle sharp curves at speed well, slow down! That's why they're going 25-40 mph in light traffic. If you crash going through it, it's your fault, not TxDOT's. They have signs telling you to slow down. It's all part of being a responsible driver.

I found this photo taken on November 21, 1963. The Lincolns (I also think I see some Mercurys) in the foreground were used in President Kennedy's motorcade when he came to Houston that day. I've been looking at that photo to determine where it was taken. It looks like it's in front of a Lincoln/Mercury dealership, it might be Shepherd or Durham since it's a wide, one way throughofare, but it curves a bit in the background sort of like coming off the terminus of a freeway, or it could be somewhere downtown before the modern skyscrapers were built. I see a church in the background, it looks very familiar, but I know of a few churches in the area with similar architecture. Any of our resident historians want to take a guess as to where this photo was taken? http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg....iable=e_bb_2644

Did anyone on this board go to Samuel Clarke (S.C.) Red Elementary located near the Willow Meadows and Willowbend subdivisions at the intersection of Tonawanda and Cliffwood? They had a celebration today commemorating the school's 50th anniversary. Teachers and principals were there from the past and present, even some who taught during the early years in the late 50's, with scores of alumni.

Is the Weingarten House located down on S. MacGregor?

I think most of the UH campus faculty members who live in the area live in the houses off of N. MacGregor between Cullen and Calhoun, I think that section is called University Oaks? To show how university oriented that section is, they have a Faculty St.

I would be interested to see some old photos of the Riverside Terrace/Riverside area from its beginnings up through the 60's or 70's if anyone has them. I have done a search and my results have been quite minimal at best. Also, I heard that the land these houses sit on was once owned by the Kuhlman family. It was farmland for their dairy farm that was along the banks of Brays Bayou, not sure if it was on the north banks (Riverside Terrace) or south banks (Riverside) of the bayou. There is a Kuhlman St. and Kuhlman Gully in the area so I imagine there is some truth to that.

Oh heck yeah! I live quite close to that facility, and there have been escapes.

Check this photo out http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg....iable=e_bb_2644 It's of some cars that were in President Kennedy's motorcade from Hobby. I'm trying to determine where that photo was taken though. It looks familiar, but I can't put my finger on it.

Here's a small photo essay, all photos start westward and move eastward along the alignment. They were taken between December 24, 2005 and March 23, 2007. Beginning in the Richmond vicinity just east of the Brazos River. Still very rural looking along this particular stretch. Eastbound bridge over small creek, built in late 40's. A look across the bridge shows one of the original bridges from around 1934. It was originally built to serve two way traffic in the highway's early days, now serving westbound traffic. After we cross Highway 6, we enter Sugar Land. Here, a small section of pavement to handle 4 lanes in each direction has been laid down, but is only striped for two. Here's some views of the 1934 bridge over Oyster Creek. The first photo was taken in October of 2006. This photo was taken just last week. The bridge no longer carries traffic and will be demolished soon. Looking towards the west in Sugar Land Approaching US 59 Here's the new freeway section from last week. The westbound lanes were open by then, but the eastbound lanes were not opened up until earlier this week. The S. Post Oak overpass pictured here has been complete and open to traffic since late last year I believe. OST in Houston, newly repaved. Produce Row Overpass, I'm guessing the road overpass was built in the late 50's or early 60's. The railroad bridge looks older though, possibly mid 30's? I need to fill in some gaps, such as near the South Loop/Reliant area, and Stafford.

It would be nice to see them do that. After all, they do it on sections of the South Loop and SH225 to designate the Texas Independence Trail.

I was driving back from Richmond, TX today and decided to take the scenic route back to Riverside Terrace, that is to take U.S. 90A all the way back as if it is prior to 1961 and the SW Freeway has not been built. I'd taken the stretch last week to check out construction. From Richmond to Highway 6, the highway is still in its 4 lane divided configuration. Once you pass Highway 6, there's some construction going on to widen it to an 8 lane boulevard. Last week, westbound traffic was still using the original 1934 bridge over Oyster Creek in front of the old Imperial Sugar mill. Today, westbound traffic had been diverted to the newer late 1940's former eastbound bridge. Eastbound traffic was on a new structure over the creek. I assume the 1934 bridge is to be demolished soon, the plaques with the year it was built and other info had been removed (what the construction companies did with it, I don't know). There's a few s-curves between Ulrich Rd. and BW 8 diverting traffic onto and off of new and old pavement. It appears in Stafford they're making portions of it a freeway, I'd even heard rumors that they were going to put part of it into a trench at Kirkwood or something like that, it had to do with the railroad crossing as well. Once you pass Willowridge HS, you enter the oldest section of the S. Main/US 90A freeway completed in 1996. Last week, traffic was still on the feeder roads all the way to S. Post Oak. All lanes of the new freeway are open from Stafford to the South Loop. No more traffic lights and crossovers, just smooth sailing at 65 mph, a far cry from just 5 years ago. Passed under 610 and hit the 8 lane boulevard, moving pretty good, then curved onto the 6 lane portion of US 90A known as OST right into Riverside Terrace which is now nice and smooth with new asphalt thanks to TxDOT (took em long enough, over a year from old surface removal to repaving!)

The previous owner which was a fraternity added all that stuff to the house at first years ago. When they vacated it and moved on campus a few years ago, it was pretty run down, and looked unkept, pathetic looking. All the current owner did was come in, refurbish and remodel the whole house and kept the addons. With that fence around it, it looks very much like a "compound" rather than a family residence, though I know even with its strange looks the residents of this area would much prefer a quiet family residence than a loud fraternity anytime.

I know this thread is from 2005, but it appears construction on a new house is finally starting on that lot as of a few days ago. Also, rps, which house on S. MacGregor are you referring to, I mean where is it located? I drive on S. MacGregor daily and I probably pass this house every day, I may even know the residents.