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  1. innerloop
    The wife and I tried La Fresca Pizza on 20th for lunch last week and it was very good. They make the pizzas across a counter from you, kind of like making your sandwich at Subway, so you can pick exactly and how much of each ingredient that you want. Good crust, fresh toppings, we'll definitely go back.
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    I don't know about the other two buildings, but my first thought of the best way to save the water tank is to take the top off and make it the pool.
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    I think that the odds probably are just a little bit higher because of the increased access, but you have to look at the trade-off. Lots in the Heights are relatively small so you want to maximize the available space and taking up a lot of your potential yard with a big street-facing driveway is counter-productive. I thought it was better to have an alley access garage.
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    If it's for an overhang over the sidewalk that would provide shade from the sun and protection from rain then I say, "Yes".
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    Alan Rudolph from SpeedsportZ Racing Park will be participating in the upcoming Greater East Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce event on March the 23rd. There are more details here... <http://business.gemcchamber.com/events/details/the-loop-8958>
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    They're going to have to hit the ground running this time because Town in City Brewing is off to a flying start. My wife and I stopped in on Friday night after dinner and were very impressed. We only had time for one each so we tried both of the IPA's and they were both good. The feel of the place was very friendly, very neighborly. And since it's walking distance from the house, it could be the local we've been looking for. The crowd was on the younger side, 20's and 30's, but very Heights-esque with several dogs running around. And at least for now they have parking access in that lot on the corner of Main and Cavalcade.
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    Cool. Now that the Donnellan crypt is going to be accessible, are there any plans to put up a plaque or something? I think it's a pretty interesting relic.
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    It's important to remember that the limitation is not just how many cars can functionally be linked together, but you also have to consider the length of the shortest platform. Otherwise when the train stops for unloading, people on every car can't get off the train. There are work-arounds though, like warning the riders slightly in advance that Car X does not exit at Station Y so please make your way to an appropriate car. That works for most people, but may be a little difficult for people with mobility issues or new riders and out-of-towners who are not familiar with the stations.
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    It's not a theory.
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    I saw miles of these bike bridges all around Moab, Utah. They must have cost a fortune, but they were a way to make bike paths along the rivers where the roads are too skinny to add bike lanes.
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    Best Buy, Michael's, Sephora, Leslie's Pool Supply. And maybe a Fry's since it looks like Radio Shack is going away. And I don't think any of those will displace an existing small, family-owned business in the Heights.
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    Exactly. I too hope this project, and others like it, continue to be built in the Heights.
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    I think the map on page 3 is deceptive, it implies that the four houses on Dunbar are included, but the maps on pages four and five suggest otherwise and the size numbers wouldn't add up. But regarding the Historic District, I thought the rules for replacing existing commercial with other commercial were fairly free?
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    A Pappas restaurant? Probably too small for one of their's, but my wife and I were just saying on Saturday night that we were surprised there wasn't at least one of their's in the neighborhood (the Bar-B-Q places are the closest, but don't qualify for a date night). So we have this gift card from last Christamas that is still unused.
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    Indoor putt-putt golf and, if the support columns are far enough apart, indoor electric go-karts.
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    Google Maps updated their aerial images.
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    We in Houston don't have many inclines, but we do have heat! I conducted a series of tests downtown a few years ago where I determined that the maximum distance a normal weight man in a suit can walk without getting inappropriately sweaty for the meeting he's going to is five blocks. More than that and you have to take the tunnels or show up early enough to give yourself time to stop sweating. I'm being totally serious here. When I visit New York and London, I never drive, I use the trains and subways. But Houston is always going to have the problem of heat and sprawl to deal with when it comes to public transport, by that I mean how is any system going to be able to drop people off close enough to their destinations that walking the rest of the way in 90 to 100 degree heat is not a problem?
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    I go through the one at Washington/Westcott fairly often and I'm surprised that it is working well. I've always liked roundabouts since I was a kid growing up and my family would get to drive on the one down in front of the Warwick when we were going to the zoo. Now that I live in the Heights I'm campaigning for one at the intersection of Studewood/Main/Cavalcade/20th.
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    Good one. Welcome to Heightslandia.
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    Unfortunately very few ever did. I tried it a couple of times when I didn't have much luggage, but I think I was the only actual traveler. It seemed to me that the rest of the few riders were airport employees getting to/from work. And luggage was not catered to. My experience with airport transfer trains in other cities is that they are specifically configured to have luggage storage areas. The busses that I rode on were regular busses. And in the US, I think you'd need special luggage compartments close by where each traveler was sitting. I get nervous leaving my bags 30 feet away at the door to the train car in Oslo, I'd never do that in a big US city. But Oslo is a good model if you're going to do something like this. The train station is right downstairs in the terminal so it's really fast to get off of your plane and get on a train. There are special luggage racks to store big bags. And then it's one stop or non-stop to the central station downtown. And I'm just speaking to the model that I'd like to see, I'm purposefully not addressing: economic viability, ridership numbers, opposition from cab companies, etc.
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    Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
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    Actually, there's been activity on the dry cleaners building for about the last two weeks. Some new paint on the outside and yesterday I saw the metal shutters open for the first time since I moved to the neighborhood five years ago.
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    I second the motion.
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    METRORail Green Line

    innerloop replied to a topic in Transit

    Unfortunately that's true. But it's a train on a track, it's not like the train is jumping the rails to gobble up innocent cars. And I agree that it's a valid debate whether the trains are on-grade or not. But that is a separate issue. We can't let our city's transportation future be held hostage by bad drivers. And frankly, if a collision with a train gets a bad driver off the road before they have the chance to crash into me or my family, then I don't have a problem with that.
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    I had my garage added to the main alarm system a couple of years ago. Rather than bury the cable, we were able to run it around the perimeter of the yard along the fence. The thing to remember about having a garage on the alarm is getting the car in and out relatively quickly. You'll want to set the arm/disarm time long enough to open the door and get the car in or out plus get to the keypad to deactivate the alarm when entering. I keep a neat garage so I can do it in less than a minute, but if you've got restricted access then you'll need to plan for that.
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