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Darn you!

its the skanky stinky nasty dollar store on main street!!!!!

has to get that in before someone beat me :> I've noticed the details on it before, but you really have to look! this isn't the stinky conveince store across from foley's, but north a couple of blocks. this one smells even worse...

the skanky stinky nasty dollar store is the official term we used at my old office

Are you kidding? This is a "gem" (if you ask me), of downtown. It's one of those places where I can feel like I'm in some 1970's vintage cop show, like Starsky and Hutch (or something). There is always that feeling of being in slight danger, being mugged, or followed soonafter. It's that feeling that tells me "you're not in Kansas anymore."

its the skanky stinky nasty dollar store on main street!!!!!

has to get that in before someone beat me :> I've noticed the details on it before, but you really have to look! this isn't the stinky conveince store across from foley's, but north a couple of blocks. this one smells even worse...

the skanky stinky nasty dollar store is the official term we used at my old office

DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!

Another Hint:

It's the continental club!

It's not the Continental Club

Is that the neat church looking building off of San Jaciento? A couple blocks from The Houston House Apartments? It looks like it... by the Mc D's off of Main?

Nope

Nope.

But....not too far from the pierce elevated....within a 10 block radius

Here's a couple more hints:

OK. Last hint. This should do the trick:

I've never been inside there. Very cool bar. So, what's the story with the planks? Are they old or recent?

The story is that they came from a ferry that used to, well, ferry, people across the bayou. That implies before the main street bridge. I dont know if the people were on horses, cars, or what have you. That's the story Ive heard. They have been there for at least half a century for sure, but how much longer, no one could say....

....buy what i DID say after the story is "how bout another beer." Sorry, just trying to do the "norm" thing with the beer segway.

One more thing about the planks. If you get a chance and are bored...and feel like spending 4 or 7 bucks....go find a book on the used book market called "Bars of America", by Neils Fergusson (check the spelling). Then read the short story called "Pudgy Fingers." That's all I'm gonna say.

is it la carafe?

i KNOW it is

DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!!!!

The hint was the file name "1861.jpg". Actually, the real date the building was built is 1847, but a fire destroyed it except for the foundation. It was rebuilt in 1860 or 1861 - which is the date listed on the Texas historical plaque. So when you walk in there, the floor underneath is theoretically the one built in 1847.

I thought it would be too easy. Maybe not.

Heheheheheh......

I gave you guys a hint. But you have to dig just a little to find the hint.

what vantage point was the pic taken? on the boat tour?

Exactly. I keep annoying my wife by reminded her of the romantic "cruise" we took several years back through the houston ship channel.

We have yet to take an actual cruise. This is as close as it's gotten.

This should be a piece of cake:

As Ed McMann used to say: "YOU are correct sir!"

OK. Ill give it a shot.

Office was always in the plans. It's only the residential they have deleted.

I was refering to office space in what used to be residential, on top of the allready planned office space.

Gotcha on #1 and #3

Wuth #2: Are they just turning the former residency towers into office space, or are the towers be completely eliminated from the design? I thought it mentioned in the article that the office and retail-available space would remain the same. Something would have to give, right?

I'm no real estate type. But hasnt the commercial space in downtown reflected an upward demand, very recently? Maybe the developers of Pavillion re-ran their projections given this upturn...and decided they are better off with office rather than residential....and they will still build the towers, but they will be offices.

If I'm wrong about the upturn, let me know, but I thought that with the Enron building getting filled up, things were looking good on that front.

I find it hard to believe they actually "reproduced" the original NOTSUOH...complete with old salloon-style piano, all the wierd lamps and manequines....all the clutter downstairs, not to mention the galaxy of shoe boxes, that coffin that hovered upstairs, and all the bizzare rooms and things with all the debris.....they reproduced that Notsuuoh? How do you recreate chaos?

Is the dog hanging out inside also? Now, when my hand gets licked by the dog, then I Know the place is back!

The Hub of Dallas. I like it.

Or:

The Port of Dallas, for Dirt Vessels.

And yes, I agree that the whole shmag is good for both the city of Houston, and, the city of DallasFortWorthArlingtonMesquiteRichardsonPlano

That's looking Northeast from the corner of Main and Prairie, toward the vicinity of the Magnolia Hotel. The empty space in the forground was slated to be the Scamrock - I mean - The Sharmrock.

oops...that's the corner of Main and Capitol, I believe (not prairie)

This is so funny. All along I've been thinking this thing was another Shamrock,that it would just keep getting delayed and never happen, but when I saw the announcement two weeks ago that financing was secured and it would be breaking ground soon, I thought to myself, "Well, maybe I was wrong. It looks like this thing really is going to happen."

BIG MISTAKE! And now only days, DAYS before groundbreaking, they delay it again... 'til February! And does anyone on here, who has watched the fate of visionary projects like this in Houston over the years, really think that come March, we will be seeing cranes above this site?

Believe me, I'd love to be proven wrong, and if there are cranes in March, you can certainly quote the above sentence and I will hang my head in shame. But I thought I was proven wrong a few weeks ago, and then at the last moment, in the final hour, the Houston Pavilions snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

"...snatched defeat from the jaws of victory"

I love it man! In all of this damn dissapointment, at least you gave me a smile.

Pavillions will happen. Just watch.

Now. Now. There's no reason to have any of THAT.

And if I did would you have me taken out? Good grief, so someone said people in Houston drive slow. What is the big frickin' deal?! It is not like they are saying that "life" is slow in these parts. And if it is...again...what is the big frickin' deal? Usually the dogooders would have gone on about how great they are for obeying the speed limit or even driving under it for safety-sake. But not here. He said i drive slow!!! HANG HIM!!!!!!

So, you have a left lane entrance, no reason that someone can't enter and move over if they do not care to travel at the (fast) speed in that lane. There are always going to be some sort of entrance, exit, HOV lane entrance'exit, it most certainly does not mean that a fast lane cannot exist and fuction as that.

Are you bragging about this or what? Do you want to be know as the town with the highest freeway speeds or something?

Thank you for your interest in the subject. To clarify here, what I was attempting to do is to point out a somewhat skewed view of how things "are" on the freeways. To say the least, the original post on this thread was in fact somewhat charged in tone, with some exagerations (the 20Mph thingy), so, I guess I kinda wonder why you dont make a point of pointing out that. I do believe the original poster was the one complaining, and so he got some responses from me and others. Yet, you only notice the responses, not the original source of it all. I mean there's nothing wrong with that. I'm just saying.

Also, you point out that the left lane should be designated and treated as the "fast" lane even though there may be an exit comming up. I think we can all agree that it is indeed unwise to travel at fast speeds when the lane ("left" or what have you) you are on is about to take a tight radius onto a ramp. It's just not good practice.

And lastly, in regards to your "bragging" comment: Well, No, it was not bragging, it was simply an observation that the average speed seems to be closer to 67, based on emperical evidence from two trial experiments, and not the alledged 20MPH as our originator claimed. I then finished it off with the added observation that the pavement was wet (It was raining). I mean it was. So I thougth I would mention it. Frankly, I think people should drive a bit slower when it's wet. Don't you?

Next time you go order the "lee haciendarita." It is not on the menu. (BTW, their margarita is the haciendarita) They named it after me as i have an affinity for them! Hope you enjoy it!

Damn. How often do yo go there. Do you live in the area?

Have you had thier micheladas? (I take mine with a Carta Blanca)

Tortuga's, Casa Ole, Monterey's, Mission Burrito

Casa Ole?

Can you quote a source on that? Or are you just throwing cancer in there for fun? I have never heard of anyone getting cancer from getting fat. Lots of other things, but never cancer.

BUahahhahhahahha

Doood...you gotta stop making me laught like that! My wife allready thinks I lost it a LONG time ago!

"...or are you just throwing cancer in there for fun?..."

BUAAAAAhahahhahahahaha

Casarez on Edgebrook is good. Also recommend Del Sol at 45 & Broadway Circle.

Ahhh....some of my own stomping grounds you mention there.

I discovered a new place....and it's to DIE for. Simply awesome: Awesome Garne Guisada, Awesome ninfa-like fajitas, awesome rice, killer quacamole, killer chips and salsa, awesome frijoles a la charra, and the best damn michelada I have had yet (the bar tender refuses to give me the recipe...I happen to be a big fan of Micheladas, with my own couple of recipes I use at home, but this place here has the best one). Anyways, the place is called La Hacienda....its on NASA Rd. 1 and Gulf Freeway.

I'm sure this is just another of just great places all over Houston. There are so many out there, and there just isnt enough time to experience all of them!