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they had a news report on heights crime sat night. they interviewed a younger couple who moved from montrose to the heights because they felt the area was safer, but then their home was broken into 3 weeks after they moved in. basically they are now questioning their decision to move. IMO criminals tend to flock where the perception of money is.
unfortunately for the mayor, the crime hotspots are changing and HPD hasn't reacted quickly enough for the area residents.
The Heights has always had crime. This is not a new occurance.What is new is the number of DINKS who can get the word out on how "unsafe" they "feel".
That couple must be very naive.
The couple lives near N. Main one block in from the North Loop. Apparently their neighbor's AC unit was swiped, too. Lots of ped traffic allows for an easy case of houses. I'm pretty sure the guy who panhandles on the feeder with the sign "I need a beer. Why lie?"
is not an effective watchdog.
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I suppose none of you have ever been involved in construction. Otherwise, you would know that it is common to place a sign on the property with the address written on it, so that contractors can easily find the jobsite. Way to show how little you really know.
I applaud this couple for doing something different. They could have put up the usual "Victorian" which is not even Victorian. Instead, they built to please themselves.
To clarify, they are do not appear to be living there yet. The cars were either contractors or people just parking there.
As for the house itself, I'm reserving opinion. I had hoped to see the house in a far more completed state than it was when the January pics were posted. You're right, Red, it's not a Mctorian. Additionally, is more in scale with the neighborhood than a Mctorian. Also, I applaud them for selling the bungalow for moving. However, it has a roof that can be seen from space and a fa
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...but what I like better is the section of block to the left of the garage (where the gutter runs down) that was installed facing the wrong way....or maybe they just used the wrong block....but either way it doesn't have the same texture as the rest of the wall. LOL
What they did is face the textured side toward the garage, I would assume to create a completed look to the facade of the house.
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Pics 9/9/2007. The Bungalow in the background has a sign: "For Sale. To Be Moved"
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I'm sorry not to to have met any of you. Perhaps we should have worn wristbands or something.
BTW, pics of the event are posted on the http://houstonist.com/ site (about halfway down the page).
I look forward to seeing this event in coming years.
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Very good show. Excellent turn-out - literally pouring into the streets. Congratulations!
Question: Upon what categories, if any, is the show juried?
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I agree with Musicman - ever since they widened Sims Bayou in 90's - flooding has been a non-issue.
And crime is not a problem either. I think GV has one of the lowest crime rates in Houston.
I personally like ditches...it lends a country feel in the city. Not to mention that they are more efficient at carrying water.
ive been going to a church in the area since the early 70's and attended school nearby. near to the bayou it used to flood along sims and haywood, but since the widening, they've had no problems. the capacity of sims has increased so much in that area that it is hard to describe.as for vertigo's description of the crime , exaggeration comes to mind. i know quite a few people who've lived there for yrs. it definitely is a special area IMO because of the lots.
I'll take your word for it. I was largely going on the TSARP maps (those darker blues catch my attention). I know that Sims saw some considerable flood control investment and, based on another thread, that COH has done some drainage improvement there within the last few years.
I'll definitely add this to my "Hoods to Walk Around" list.
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Bitchin, Dude!
Thanks for sharing.
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i don't believe flooding is an issue there.
"Potential flooding." TSARP shows the entire neighborhood in the floodplain; large parts of it in the 100-year plain. As Vertigo58 noted, "It's also very low lying".
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Tranquil looking neighborhood. Thanks for sharing the pics, WVK.
I think I drove around in there several years ago. Some neat homes backing up to Sims Bayou.
Potential flooding and the area surrounding it are certainly downsides. Home prices (this home, for example) for a neighborhood like this within 10 miles of the CBD are certainly an upside.
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They've started on the back. There's video on Channel 2's main page.
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The house is not "cinder block". It is reinforced concrete block.
♫ Let's call the whole thing off ♪
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Electric mowers has been around as long as I can remember 1970's but they where high dollar, but I do have an Toro electric weed eater, but my early 80's Homelight Textron chainsaw leaves a big carbon footprint sorry.
I know that cordless drills have come along way since the 80's also.I also have a Toro weedeater, because I can't complete the ditch, otherwise. I really like it.
Not sure about your 20(+?) year old saw, but my one-year-old, corded, electric mower doesn't even dim the lights (unlike Mrs. Porchman's brand new laser printer). It doesn't use fuel in addition to that which is burned to provide electric power for my house.
It cost in the mid-range of other, gas-powered mowers. It's not self-propelled, but it's lighter.
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I bought a cheap-ass Homelite corded mower at...Lowe's(?) Home Depot(?). I really like it for my 5000 sf lot. There's a bit of a trick to rearranging the cord as you go along. However it cuts well, edges nicely, handles rough spots on the street-side of the ditch with vigor, starts easily, stores vertically, negates trips to the gas station, does not fill my snoot with smoke in addition to all the other stuff it's kicking up, and reduces my carbon footprint.
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I was just passing through. I got these from the Radisson Riverfront on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River.
Downtown Cincinnati
South Riverfront (KY). That sail thing is a a new 22 -story condo complex.. The bartender told me the penthouse was going for upward of $ 1mm. (The bartender
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Channel 13 is reporting that the bulldozers move in Tuesday.
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And, while we're at it, we need to boycott elections here in Harris County because they offer ballots in Spanish and Vietnamese. That'll make our voices heard!!!!
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They're putting the final touches on. It really looks great.
Along Arlington
East Wing (Rain has held up the landscaping)
Parking ramp entry from W. 14th
"Don't Mess with the Heights"
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The tour continues...
At Yale
At Rutland
Nicholson at W 11th
Nicholson 1500 Block
Nicholson at W 19th
Nicholson at W 22nd
Latte at the top of the trail
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A tour of the porposed trail form south to north. This goes as far as Harvard. I'll post more soon.
The section from Sawyer Heights to Nicholson is what Metro is interested in acquiring for CRT.
Sawyer Hts Village
Under the Katy Fwy
Across Studemont
Trestle across White Oak Bayou
At White Oak
At Arlington
Btwn Arlington and Cortlandt
NW toward Cortlandt
Side of House on Harvard
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Actually, the few times I've been there, I've been rather pleased with the tanks at TillmanLand. Eatin' while Mesmerizin'!
The Kipp is a nice thing to visit, along with all the other creatures. http://houstonzoo.org/en/cms/?1686
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Why would they put the list together without pictures?
They have pics in the hard copy. Alas, they passed me over again.
My boss is pictured in this issue, too (but not in this section
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Metro Retro / Mid Century Modern http://www.metroretrofurniture.com/ could be a good resource for you going forward.
They have a warehouse in Pasadena and a store on Washington near the Dark Horse Tavern.
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Can you paste the article on here? I have a bizjournal account (online) and I can't access the print section, like this article.
Washington Avenue morphing into restaurant row
Houston Business Journal - August 24, 2007
Houston Business Journal
A series of high-end restaurants have begun clustering along Washington Avenue even as property values and retail rents continue to skyrocket above those in the more established Westheimer/Montrose area.
Chef Monica Pope, owner of T'afia restaurant in Midtown, is the latest restaurateur to announce she's ready to cook on Washington Avenue.
Pope and a group of investors are planning to open a new concept called Beaver's next month. The restaurant will be located at Sawyer and Washington Avenue, just south of the former Pig Stand restaurant.
Benjy's, the trendy West University-area restaurant at 2424 Dunstan, is also expanding to the area.
Benjy's is planning a two-story restaurant at 5922 Washington Ave. that will include a ground-level patio and second-floor lounge when it opens next June.
And another Rice Village-area tenant, Azuma Sushi & Robata Bar, will open an eatery on Washington Avenue in the Washington Square shopping center later this year.
Meanwhile, Catalan Food & Wine Bar, Cova Hand-Selected Wines, El Tiempo Cantina, Molina's Cantina, Max's Wine Dive and Cyclone Anaya's have all recently set up shop on the busy street.
Pope, a 15-year veteran of the local restaurant industry who formerly operated the now-shuttered Boulevard Bistro on Montrose, says she has seen different areas of town emerge as restaurant hotspots over the years. Now, it's Washington Avenue that is striking a chord with restaurant owners and diners.
"People are always looking for a new area with a buzz," she says. "It's starting to really look like a restaurant corridor."
The popularity of the Washington Avenue area is reflected in the still-rising rental rates, which reached $2.03 per square foot in the second quarter, up from $2 in the first quarter, according to research firm O'Connor & Associates. Meanwhile, rental rates in more high-profile Westheimer/Montrose area lagged behind, staying flat at $1.78 per square foot in the first and second quarters of this year.
Pope compares the new restaurant explosion along Washington Avenue to the Midtown area three years ago when she opened T'afia at 3701 Travis St.
"Once I saw that the Continental Club was surviving and Julia's Bistro was opening, I got the perception that I wasn't in no-man's land and that there was a nice pocket of activity going on in the (Midtown) area," she says.
Mark Hanna, owner of Houston-based restaurant and hospitality consulting firm Customer First, says early activity had restaurants flocking to the west end of Washington Avenue, but the trend is now spreading throughout the area.
"While there has been a lot of major residential development going on in the area, a lot of the properties right on Washington Avenue have remained quite affordable," he says.
Eager Beaver's
Washington Avenue's newest resident, Beaver's, is described by Pope as an "ice house with good Texas-style barbecue where people can come and hang out."
Jon Alford, who has previously manned the barbecue pits at Central Market and Demeris Barbecue, will serve as the pit master for what Pope calls "a grueling 24-hour-a-day process in the kitchen."
"We have a group of real estate veterans, restaurant owners and people with expertise in barbecue, so this is a group effort," she says.
Pope says she's been watching the area for about four years, and the concept came together when the location, a former bar, became available.
Just down the street, the new Benjy's will span 7,500 square feet, which is 50 percent larger than the original location near Rice Village. Owner Benjy Levit says he chose the Washington Avenue location because of the large amount of land he was able to acquire in the area.
The new restaurant, which went under construction about two weeks ago, will feature a party room that can accommodate up to 40 guests. Levit notes that the new eatery will be far enough away from the original Benjy's that it will serve an entirely different market.
"The demographics of the Washington Avenue area fit our target market," Levit says. "It's a densely populated area with a lot of young people who like to go out."
Washington Avenue Newcomers
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I know that cordless drills have come along way since the 80's also.
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I agree. I'm not seeing some explosion in crime. If I have the time (inclination!?) I'll try to spreadsheet the HPD stats and post them. As you indicate, a lot of the corridors are seeing crime and some of that moves in with ped traffic (as I mentioned with regard to the couple living near N. Main and the Loop).
The alley burglaries. The grafitti. Car break-ins that happen along in a condensed block area alll build the perception that there's a problem with crime. A rash of the first two last year prompted the first discussion of the constable patrol.