MidtownCoog

Call Charles LeBlanc with the Midtown Redevelopment Authority. 713.526.7577 PH

I am starting to think so. So the question is, "is Washington Ave. being itself"? Reading many of the replies in this thread the answer is "No, it's being trendy". But if "being trendy" is being yourself, then it's Houston. Even Houston has to have a home for the trendoids. We always have and we always will. Not that I ever had any thought one way or the other about it being trendy. I just said it was a bit tacky with sub par top shelfs and not worthy of its own sub-forum.

This is the tacky I speak of.

I agree about the end closer to downtown. Good use of the old brick buildings in a couple of parts. The entire concept of being seen on Upper Washington is crazy. In the 90s it was "Don't Get Shot on Washington" as we ran from The Vatican after the Pixie's concert dodging tow trucks and shotgun blasts.

15 miles away, and downtown every single day of the week. Unlike many 'Houston from Afar' ex-pat "experts" I know. Thank goodness for the Web. But it truly was a hard choice leaving the homeless beggars behind. Sometimes that just really gets to me - NOT. I do think it's important to point out that I am a fan of tacky. The kind of tacky that evolves naturally like so much of Houston has. I'm just not feeling the love with Washtington Ave, that's all. Especially if it's about to go "trendoid". FWIW, they do have great chicken chalupas at El Tiempo. But for a "drink" place they should have better drinks.

I was too afraid to even look at the price, but I did have three of them. I kept thinking the next one would be better. As far as tacky, any "strip" with that many abandoned buildings and barbed wire fences is tacky in my book. There are pockets of progress, but it seems a bit premature to sell "Washington Ave" as a destination in itself. And we use to hit the music venues on Washington in the early 90s, so I think I am a good judge of tacky.

We did El Tiempo the weekend before last. It was marginal at best and they sure have a sorrry excuse for a top shelf rita. But I really don't see "Washington Ave." needing its own forum. It's still a tacky little street at best.

WSJ calls it an "exhibitionist skyline". http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1181339283...=googlenews_wsj

Wow. I am on the 29th downtown and you can actually see the Endeavor from here on a nice day.

Other than people rightfully complaining about the fee doubling, I don't see any commuters asking for sympathy regarding their commute. People do not commute with a gun held to their head.

I've never seen a tidy-bowl colored fake lake. Must be a Sugar Land thing. And FWIW, the trees on Will Clayton are looking great. They even have soakers hoses on them, not that we have needed it.

Well if you follow my mantra for Houston lawn parking is cool. Are that many people doing it? I know the townhome trend is eating up a lot of street parking. As I kid I remember my Dad doing shade tree mechanic stuff. But they always put the car back in the drive when he was done.

Did he laugh at you? You kidless wonders have all the simple solutions.

The court agreed to a schedule that would double all toll rates over the next 20 years. Rates will go up annually: 2 percent or at the rate of the rise in the consumer price index, whichever is greater.

Well this time it looks like logic won and the big bad Harris County boys lost this game of chicken. Put that into your equations and compute it.

Take out the word "poor" and that's an exact quote from Raddack. And that's the exact message that came across, hence, the PR/backpedaling job performed today by the CO. commissioners. They bit the hand that feeds them and they realized it. My advice to you,

I noticed some "tagist" recently tagged the cool mural across 59 from the GRB. The mural was great. Why some Vato had to ruin it with their Mexican balloon letters is beyond me. Must be some kind of Vato competition.

Too funny. Niche may poo-poo the "highly vocal constituents", but when the benefit of the hike was to "get the poor people off the toll roards" you can always expect a revolt.

If you are a football fan, I encourage you to get involved with the Cougar Crew. It's the student group and they have events at the games, tailgates, etc. Good way to meet a bunch of students.

Niche is a bit oblivious to reality. The star of this zoo crew, County Judge Ed Emmett, wants to run for Co. Commissioner. He's been raising money for ove a year. The headline says it all: County to take another look at doubling fees.

Who cares about Hitler and silly poser cool guy quotes? We all know the best quotes are one's own. Back on topic... So today even The Chron has symathy for yard parkers: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4907274.html Sounds like it's cool to yard park as long as you are economically and culturally diverse. And we all know what that means.

Looks like Austin has a process where neighborhoods can request to be in the "no yard parking" zone. https://www.ci.austin.tx.us/zoning/front_yd_parking.htm As of August 2002, neighborhoods going through the Neighborhood Planning Process can also decide whether or not to allow front yard parking in their areas. See below for more information and for an application. Applications will only be accepted during the month of February each year.

Only in Houston can you find people who don't seem to mind "yard parking". Houston - Be Yourself!

Kill the grass? Yard-parking scuzballs don't have grass. They have dirt.

Ole Red, taking up for acting all ghetto... Viva la ghetto!