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http://www.dwell.com/green/slideshow/houston-weve-solved-problem I really like these design ideas. I especially favor the one on the right. I would prefer more green space, less gravel, rock, and a private garden, though.

and microfilm... or was when I was there, years ago. I was looking at Sanborn Maps on it, before they were digitized. You had to sign in, in pencil. The trip was priceless, just to visit the building, a real beauty. Enclosed porch was where the copy machines were placed. It had those map drawers / collections, as well. Take coins, just in case. It was old style when I went.

I like that old Harrisburg has always been ignored, left alone in it's sleepy, suspended state. As a self-professed historian, can't say I'm thrilled about the attention. I'm sure the freeway interchanges need improvement for flow, though. Milby High School has been torn apart this week, to be revitalized. The plans include keeping the original 1920's main bldg. with facade. Also, I heard that the nice 60's designed bank at Lawndale/ Broadway was bulldozed. What a loss. it was beautiful.

That area does have some beautiful mature trees, much like the nearby golf course land. It's easily recognized on the area's aerial maps.

Good article. Some of the streets sharp angles reflect the layout of very early 1800's railroad tracks, along with La Porte Road. I can remember watching this construction along with the huge 610 bridge across the ship channel. My high school, Milby, sat very near it all. I've never read about the Milby park land and court battle before. Personally, I'm glad the Harrisburg Frwy didn't get built. Houston is chopped up enough by them. Oh, and I heard the empty lot right across Broadway and Lawndale was supposed to be turned into a park.

and HCAD lists - 1904 Yr. Built Date. Quality - Good.

whoa... whose house was this? W. 20th at Ashland. surprised it's sitting in somewhat of a deteriorated state. The porch rail sections are missing. That's a huge property.

from Houston-Architectural Guide (1972) North Central area - nice candid photos included, but frustrating, no locations mentioned. Does anyone recognize this building? If it sat on Lyons, it's probably gone. I'm guessing late 1920's, built - time period, Spanish style. It reminds me of a fire station, with that drive-thru feature. As far as I know, most stations sat on corners, and did not have canopies. Maybe early apartments, It's nice, whatever it was.

Michele C...One of these the house? 1. Lillian 2. Leverkuhn x Lillian (corner) Materene... nice story.

Michelle C, Is the house still standing?

There was also an East End Carrabba's store - Canal and 74th. I haven't been able to verify through records which bldg. it actually was.

Cool story and building. Here are two more I ran across in the East End recently. 1. Wing-On Foods - Canal x Super St. 2. Sherman x Latham St.

oh yeah... Jojo's, was a coffee shop/ restaurant, old style, like Kip's or Denny's... was where you went after partying into the wee hours.

This sign was a cool neon one on Telephone Road, after Winkler. A similar one was at the Courts located on I-45 South (Gulf Frwy) right before Almeda Mall. The later one was a moving sign of some sort. It had a man walking and/ or swinging a suitcase (a vague recollection). Both are now gone.

Jack-in-the-Box (now Taqueria) - W. Southmore & Miami (Pasadena) Whataburger @ 1819 Richey (now Auto Zone) guessing on this one. Whataburger @ 210 W.Southmore Ave (burned, now Popeyes, new bldg.) Der Weinerschneitzel @ 901 Southmore Ave. & Witter Burger Chef @ 2721 Richey (now strip club) Burger Chef @ 3816 Reveille (burned) KFC (had bucket sign with Colonel Sanders face on it) @ 7209 S. Loop E. Frwy. (near Gulfgate, Brake Check now) Taco Bueno - Edgebrook & Clearwood (now First Service -bank?) Note: these addresses are approximate, from GoogleEarth searches.

That last Taco Bell sat between S. 69th St. & Wayside Dr. It was in the same space as the Dunkin Donuts. I remember the look of it...original facade, mission style with the bell, like PurpleDevil describes. It had those metal chairs, jutting out from the connected table, like Whataburger.

Yeah, can't say that I like the look of Harrisburg Blvd. with the light rail, too wide and took out too much. (Can't say that I like it on Main St. either... but that's another topic). So what are your ideas on transporting people via public transportation on a parkway? keep the metro busses, or maybe a throwback trolley system? I'm thinking of the New Orleans garden district one.

Not a superette... but it has a launderette attached, like U-totem. I forgot about them. Sunny's had a kid in the logo, I vaguely remember. Guessing 1960's, from the Googie roofline and orange colored sign. *corner of Baldwin and 301 Tuam.

Those neon signs really took on another life at night. Today's signs just aren't the same. The illusion of moving parts was very captivating. I always wondered as a kid, how they did that...for example, the ever popular (red and yellow) arrow, with perfectly timed, consecutive blinking lights, simulating motion.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/16434-camp-logan-cemetary/?hl=crooms#entry411819 ...the link to the old thread. See post #16 for the history of the land, if interested. Similar controversy as Elder St. Lofts. Native American bones? never heard that one before. I think the sloping terrain posed a problem with that original construction. Nice interior courtyard design. But I would have incorporated those sloping ledges into some kind of water feature. I believe that spot was originally where water pooled after running down the sloped land, before entering the bayou. Maybe it is intended to be a rainfall runoff spot.

Those are nice drives. Too bad the bayou view is so unappealing.

Ive seen a few new townhomes along rail lines. Thought the same thing.

TY... more images taken for my visual notes.

Lets not forget the short "Way"...(ex.) S. MacGregor Way. Another Houston habit is its ending of a street and then continuation of the same name/ street further along the same alignment. Recipe for much confusion before the days of online map searches.

... one more thing... "Although Buffalo Bayou is only 50 miles long, its importance in Texas history cannot be overestimated. It is the only Texas river that flows almost due east; the rest flow predominantly from north to south". As far back as 1840, the lower part of the bayou was called the "national highway of the republic".