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Sunday, I passed by and saw a truck from the Aztec company parked on the bridge setting up a tent. I guess there was some ceremony for the completion of the bridge. Today, I passed by and noticed some workers doing final touches to the bridge. The road closed signs were still up. I suspect it will be open soon. I haven't seen any traffic lights put up at the MacGregor side of the bridge. There's one traffic light there, but it's not really positioned to be intended for bridge traffic as it's just a temporary setup for the realignment of MacGregor. I suspect it'll be open later this week or sometime next week.

They had a few signs up for "Bridge Event Parking" on Monday, at the bridge and on Harvin Blvd. I thought there was supposed to be some sort of event on Monday, but I couldn't find any listing about it from the city, and there were heavy thunderstorms all day Monday. Apparently there was an event Tuesday? But the bridge won't be open until "fall" which isn't too helpful.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/bellaire/news/6631528.html

Funny, I remember the grand opening of the Westpark Tollway being rained out.

Those that don't ask always get a tip from me for using their brains, although I don't doubt one second that they would get fired if they got caught because Aramark wants to keep the monopoly. I saw them card a white haired man with a cane once and it made me mad as hell.

And not only that, they ask twice usually - once with the person who hands it to you and again with the person who takes your money.

BTW - this isn't a discourse on underaged drinking. People under 21 should not be served alcohol at baseball games. I'm only commenting on Aramark's lousy service and monopoly at the ballpark that they're trying to protect from TABC. I get it.

I'm betting they have people in plain clothes who order stuff now & then to evaluate 'em.

Also, my grandfather in his mid-70s was carded by a roving beer man at an Astros game once.

I'm guessing that part of the unpaved part below is where they are going to extend Bertner through to OST.

To the city limits, most of the time. And I only really refer to SW, Katy, & Gulf Freeways by their local names.

I think getting more students living on campus is part of a long term attempt by UH to get students more involved on campus, and build stronger ties to the campus & other students that will result in a more active alumni pool.

http://www.garnetcoleman.com/blog/2009/05/...egislation.html

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Im wearing a mask and gloves tomorrow, seriously. First Swine Flu death in Houston and Swine Flu case in Ft.Bend Coutny.

Don't 'quote' me, please.

I heard from a "reliable source" of at least 2 cases in Ft Bend. Not surprising, Texas is one of the states with the most cases

CNN said it was a brand new disease, while Fox said there was an outbreak in 1976...

I haven't been latched to the TV in the full swing of swine flu fever, but I'd guess swine flu's been around, but this is a new strain that jumps from human to human much more easily than it has been able to previously.

Question #1: Where is the former "Sugar Land High School"? From 1950 to 1953, Ken Hall rushed for 11,232 yards for Sugar Land High School. Where is that school today?

Question#2: Are there any older existing schools in the area? It seems they all have been torn down. I know both Sugar Land and Mo City each have an old auditorium, but I think that's about it. Of these 3 cities, Stafford is the oldest established town, yet, I have never seen an old school that serviced it.

I'd guess that the answer to both of these would be Lakeview Elementary. It served as elementary, jr high, & high school back before more schools were built, and is smack in the middle of old Sugar Land.

This place was on the news about a week ago. There were several church leaders from various denominations in total & serious protest of its location, etc. The story said it will be the largest in the world!? It just sounded outragious. Now Houston will be known as the place to go to get rid of your troubles. Not exactly something to be proud of is it. Whats next souvenirs? You can bet your high dollar that there are more (larger) protest's in the works. Oy vey!

Time to start snapping pics of all the hoopla.

Ok, here is one article:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5990832.html

Per that article, isn't part of the size an effort to comply with state law? Sounds like they're being damned if they do, damned if they don't.

State law since 2003 requires abortions carried out during the 16th through 24th and one-half week of pregnancy to be performed in a licensed ambulatory surgery center. Planned Parenthood's clinic on Fannin in Midtown does not qualify for such a license, and it is allowed to perform abortions only on mothers through the 15th week of pregnancy, Durkin said.

The clinic in the Gulf Freeway building would qualify as a licensed ambulatory surgery center.

Sounds like an extension of Selma or Cecil St, I've seen the work, but I can't remember which one it is. Those two streets run parallel to each other and to Fannin south of the bayou, AND, for pop culture references, both streets ironically have the same names of two "Simpsons" characters, not that anyone except for me would notice.

Given that Bertner turns into Cecil, without looking at things that would seem like the road they'd build through. Also some of the posted building permits for one of the projects on the UT-HSCH road that runs parallel to Fannin on the south side of OST used Bertner street addresses for the site.

But when you look at the satellite shots of the area, Selma would directly connect with that road and it look like it'd be much easier to get right of way for Selma than it would Cecil. At the moment they use Selma and the adjoining lots for parking for much of the construction going on in the med center.

Will this bridge have any style, lighting, etc. or just another run of the mill concrete bridge?

I know this topic is pretty old, but construction has started on the bridge. The supports & middle section are built but not connected to either side yet. The interesting thing is that there is a concrete beam at each corner of the bridge that closely resembles the pillars at one of UH entrances:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Un...45_entrance.jpg

It also seems that Cambridge's bicycle lanes will continue across the bridge. The pdf linked on this page has a nice drafting of an overhead view of the bridge:

http://www.bikehouston.org/content/view/326/2/

I'll try getting over there with a camera. This bridge will actually be fairly unique as far as the area goes.

I found more text:

Moody National Cos. is planning a 200-unit residential tower on 1.25 acres that it just bought in the Texas Medical Center. The $35 million Cambridge Tower will break ground in first quarter 2008 and deliver in early 2009.

The developer picked up the site at the intersection of Woodbury and Cambridge streets in an off-market transaction with a local private seller. Brett Moody, chairman and CEO of the locally based development company, says he'd had his eye on the land to build a residential product targeting a built-in tenant base from the entire spectrum of the medical community, from full-fledged physicians and nurses to residents.

The fact the parcel is situated within 100 feet of the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine's proposed 2.7 million square feet project is underwriting the project's potential as are the proposed rents. "We've projected rents at around $1.65 per square foot, with an average unit measuring somewhere around 950 square feet," Moody says. "We want to offer a lot of variety from smaller studio units to larger luxury units." He adds that Moody will manage and lease the tower.

Cambridge Tower marks one of many projects that Moody is developing. It's also underway with the renovation of the 297-room Residence Inn-Medical Center/Reliant Park at 7710 Main St. Moody says there are more projects in the Texas Medical Center on his drawing boards for this year. "We currently control 32 million square feet of space in the Medical Center, with eight million square feet under development or in the planning stages," he says. "By early 2008, that will be slightly under 40 million square feet we have."