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Unconfirmed report from an online airline forum are stating that United Airlines announced to employees today that they will cut IAH capacity by 10%, cut 1300 jobs, cancel the IAH-Auckland route, and will NOT finish the Terminal B expansion at IAH. Again this is unconfirmed. Does anyone know if this information is true or not??

Great news for the East End! http://www.bizjourna...o.html?page=all

As nice as this park project sounds,1.5 acres really isn't large enough to make an impact as the 11 acre Discovery Green did.

Is this project still going forward? Haven't seen or heard much about it since it was announced awhile back. Just curious because Walmart is pretty fast and furious when it comes to building their stores.

I sorta figured this would eventually happen. U.S. 290 and U.S. 59 both. If U.S. 290 is designated an interstate spur, it would be an odd numbered first digit, such as I-110, I-310, I-510, I-710 or I-910. Los Angeles has alot of their freeways designated as interstate spurs. U.S. 59 will more than likely be designated I-69 in the future.

Yeah, I heard the same thing and had also assumed they were going to refurbish the old building and maybe add on to it. Then I passed by several weeks ago and saw it demolished! Guess not.

Oops! Thanks for the clarification citizenjane!

Here are the pictures of the Building 11 implosion, provided by the Chronicle: Building 11 demo

HBJ is reporting that San Antonio developer, Ocean2Ocean, is planning to build a 12-story, 250 room Wyndham brand hotel on the East Downtown block bounded by Chartres, Rusk, St. Emanuel and Walker. The area is one block away from the Dynamo Stadium. Additionally, Swamplot is reporting that the hotel will cost $12 million and the banner will be either a Wyndham or Wyndham Grand hotel. The site was previously the On Leong Merchants Association building, which was recently demolished. HBJ Link, full article for subscribers only

I'm sorry but my partner and I had a totally different experience with AllTexas and Bill Marks in particular. We had our pier and beam house leveled in the summer of 2010. We chose Bill Marks after getting a few leveling quotes and hearing the many positive recommendations given, as yours. He charged a reasonable price and his years of experience made the choice even easier. First of all, Mr. Marks told us our combination of brick/mortar and cinder block piers were sufficient and did not need replacing, even though some were a bit crooked. I also stressed to Mr. Marks that our main concern was the forming of major cracking in the sheetrock. The previous owners had totally gutted and remodeled the house, before we had purchased it, without leveling it first! Anyway, he told us there would be minor cracking (which we had fully anticipated), but assured us nothing major. His workers, who are all Spanish speaking only, came on the day of the leveling around 10am and were done by 1pm! Apparently, Mr. Marks failed to stress to his workers about our issues about major cracking in the sheetrock and to be gentle. The leveling process was performed so erratically fast paced that not only did we end up with major cracking but tearing and even bowing in the sheetrock! Many parts of the baseboards had also separated from the wood floor. A non-support beam was also added under the middle of the living/dining room floor to reduce bouncing. The new piers for this beam were installed very crooked and unaligned. After the nightmare inside was over, we discovered our air conditioning unit outside was up on cinder blocks like some old car. Mr. Marks never told us during the walk through that this would be necessary. During the WHOLE process, Mr. Marks was no where to be found and was not answering his phone nor responding to calls from his secretary. Bad customer service! Days after his work and several calls from us threatening legal action, he stopped by, saw all the damage and agreed with the issues at hand. He had his men return a few days later, readjust the leveling on certain piers to realign some of the gaps and tears inside. He also had the new piers and footings for the non-support beam readjusted. Even though a majority of the issues were fixed, I am still to this day unhappy with the unprofessional style of his workers. The total was over $3K for the leveling plus another thousand for sheetrock/paint work and a busted gas and water pipe, which wasn't told to us until later in the day! So please BEWARE if you go with All Tex, make sure that the workers do not begin until Mr. Marks arrives (if that even helps). To make things worse, the drought this year has caused the original cracks to reappear! All that money down the drain, so I would definitely wait to level any foundation till after the drought subsides. Honestly, if I had to do it over again, knowing all the money, stress and work that was involved, I would have let the house remain unleveled.

Ashley Furniture, across from Baybrook Mall was originally a Venture store and so was the Target store at Meyerland. Another Venture location was also in Texas City.

These may have been from the old Houston Electric streetcar system from the early 1900's. It was a pretty extensive system and lasted until the 40's I believe. One of the previous lines, was the Harrisburg line, which ran down Harrisburg Blvd. The line started at Union Station and ended at the Turning Basin, with eight stops in between.

Yes, The Lone Star College system bought a large chunk of the old Compaq campus from HP last year. I am not completely sure, but it seems that the buildings to be imploded are Buildings 9 & 10. These are the only two buildings in the college campus that are vacant. They both look about 8 stories tall. Lone Star - UC Map

According to HBJ, the Lone Star College system plans to implode two former Compaq buildings in their University Park campus. The implosion will be on September 18th and will take up to six weeks of cleanup. Lone Star cites the need for more green space as the reason for the demolition. Does anyone know which buildings in particular are being imploded? HBJ doesn't really specify. HBJ link

I'm pretty certain this is a drive in theater. I think it's the old Hempstead Drive In. I don't know much about it but I remember seeing in an article somewhere that the screen caught fire in 1964. The seashell shape you are talking about was the parking lot which was a common layout for most drive in's.

While I agree that the our city's greatest assets are well respected, they are simply not enough to draw in US or international tourists. Most large cities of the U.S. and around the world already have many major museums and theaters for the performing arts, cutting edge sports stadiums, at least one huge high end mall or shopping district, some kind of light rail or subway system, a major urban park and/or square, and a vibrant CBD. While these assets contribute to a better quality of life in our city, unfortunately, none of them are unique to Houston. Yes, the Texas Medical Center is the largest medical district in the world, and for that I respect it. Otherwise, unless one is seeking specialized medical treatment, is a grouping of major hospitals a reason to visit Houston as a tourist from another U.S. city or abroad? Likely not. I very much agree with largeTEXAS assessment of the investments made on large, visible projects in other major cities. These cities have constructed unique developments that build on to tourist levels and create a "buzz". While I will always love this city, it is screaming for at least one major development that is both unique and radical, much like the days past when the Astrodome was built. What happened to that progressiveness, that cutting edge in design and architecture in this city? I second the need for attracting more major domestic and foreign investment to fund these kind of unique projects in Houston, so as to gain more visibility on the international stage. I also see the need for a prominent civic leader in our city. Sadly, our city, country and global economy is way too weak for this kind of development at the moment but hopefully this changes for the better in the future.

Oh yeah! I had forgotten about those. Weren't the arches going to be made out of some greenish colored metal trusses (similar to the Eiffel Tower construction) standing over the Pierce Elevated? Years ago, I remember seeing the colorful renderings of them in either the Post or Chronicle! I believe this was around the same time some private foundation was proposing to build a waterway canal down one of the downtown streets...Prairie? I forget which one. I think the waterway was near the courthouse and was part of the original concept for the Cotswold Project in downtown. Once the city took over the project, the waterway was scrapped and instead many streets were redone, sidewalks widened and head-in parking spaces were built.

Westward, I imagine Fulshear/Simonton area will be the next area to become greatly "suburbanized" in the near future. A few years ago, there was an effort to extend Westpark Tollway from its present termination at Grand Parkway to Fulshear which would really help to spur new growth.

From a article by Ralph Bivens on CultureMap: "Houston may be important to Exxon Mobil. But Houston is not going to be the new corporate headquarters of the world’s largest energy company, Jeffers says" New Exxon Mobile Campus

Don't know how reliable this is but the Channel 13 article on the project states: "Exxon had reportedly considered moving employees from California and Virginia to Houston, which would have been a huge boon to our area, but at this point it appears that is not part of the plan. The consolidation will leave huge office space vacancies in the Greenspoint area and downtown Houston." So it appears they are vacating the downtown office building.

Yeah, I think it's odd too, but you can tell the proposed southern piers appear more temporary compared to their wider, more permanent northern counterparts. I believe the southern piers were designed to get the most gates out of the space available until the long term plan comes to fruition.

Hilarious! I initially thought I saw Star Pizza too!

Here is the near term plan for Terminal B reconstruction and its eventual connection to Terminal C This is the long term master plan as of 2008. The proposed northern piers on Terminal B in the above diagram, will be in alignment with the future single concourses in the long term plan below. The plan is to eventually have separate concourses, very similar to Atlanta Hartsfield airport. You can also plainly see the Marriott hotel is not part of this plan.

Found some renderings of what appears to be the first phase of the project on the PGAL architectural firm website. IAH Terminal B Southside Replacement

This was the old Oleander Drive-In which Moran McDaniel opened on May 25, 1951 and closed in the early 60's. It appears to now be a car dealership. Oleander Drive In