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This was posted on the community Yahoo group--- Dear neighbors, As you may already know, my wife was trampled by HPD mounted patrol at the June 27th Pride Parade. K is doing well and back at work, but faces several years of reconstructive work for her mouth and chin. Internal Affairs has begun an investigation into this incident and subsequent actions by Houston Police. If you were an eyewitness, you may have already given a statement to our attorney. If you saw the incident but have not given a statement, we would love to hear from you. Or, if you were elsewhere at the parade and saw actions by HPD mounted patrol that you feel have relevance, your statement is also important. Please contact: Sergeant R.B. ChavezInternal Affairs Dept.713-308-8988Robert.Chavez@ CityOfHouston. net Thank you,B MaxeyXXX Welch St.

After living in Midland, Texas for almost 2 decades-- I know what bad water tastes like--IT'S MIDLAND WATER! When my children were very young we were warned about letting them drink too much of it-- I didn't have to worry tho as my children for many years refused to drink ANY tap water for the fear it would taste like Midland water! Plus EVERYONE has some sort of bottle water horde for when company comes and you want to make sweet tea. And if you're really being hospitable-- you don't use the automatic ice cubes from the frig either-- you have separate ice cubes made from bottled water-- the fridge ice is only used in coolers to keep the beer cold. And about that rating of taste where LA comes out on top. . . . . I bet NYC is also at the top of the list-- For years I just couldn't fathom it-- until my eldest moved to Manhattan and I actually tasted it-- It was better than anything in Houston-- I found out the NYC water is from deep artisan wells-- who knew?

I had been watching to see if any posts delt with the traffic deaths of the men on their motorcycle on fairview-- this happened last week between Barnaby's and Dean's--- The traffic has gotten so much worse. Speeding problems in this area are as bad as the parking problems. Coincidentally, Dean's and Boheme seem to be taking the parking problem more seriously as both are now offering valet parking (the lots leased are on Westheimer). Now if the City would address the Speeding problem. A stop sign between Montrose and Taft would be a good start. Tow trucks in this area are the worse speeders. I'm hoping HPD takes a closer look at this problem before another tragedy happens.

The "charette" people are going to issue a report--as I understand it-- there are to be suggestions to slow down traffic entering the intersection--one of the suggestions was to narrow the streets coming into the intersection-- then of course the traffic circle is suppose to also slow traffic-- however I'm thinking that the idea of narrow lanes plus the traffic circle will have drivers looking for an alternative route. I personally had hoped that the orginial art deco design of the building where the half priced books is located might have shown up in the drawing. There is a previous thread that posted pictures of the building. With the emphasis on preservation in this particular part of Montrose, I was surprised that the design was so Modern.

i live close to these bars and somedays are better than others when it comes to parking hassles --but the "other" days can be horrible--blocking sidewalks. parking up to the stop sign so you can't see oncoming traffic, or bumpers sticking way into your driveway--mainly tho-- it's coming home each day to the hassle of searching for on street parking by your apartment--when you attended a civic meeting and the owner of the bar aknowledged the parking "nightmare situation" and made promises --not to complicate it further here is the COH code-- you can do the math as you gauge the square footage of Boheme, Dean's and Ziggy's-- now of course there's Pinot and Picasso on taft--it's funny but if you talk to any of thse owners they all refer/allude to TNT's parking as a resource--that might add up to 7 spaces total--still not enough to cover the requirements of each as set down by COH http://www.municode....id=10123&sid=43 chap 26--art vIII division 2 class 7 =>10.0 spaces for every 1,000 square feet of GFA and outdoor decks, patio and/or seating areas could it get worse? another rumor has the owner of "hungry's" buying the former market at taft anf fairview and wanting to put in a chinese restaurant---

Interesting-- when you live in the neighborhood-- you hear things-- I've heard Boheme's liquor license is up for renewal and the local neighborhood civic isn't happy with the parking, traffic and noise issues-- apparently the owner of Boheme charmed the assoc with promises of back yard parking --full front parking and off site parking-so no protest would be lodged in 2007- -the parking problems has only gotten worse since Dean's apparently "lost" the agreement to park off hours at the Cotton Brothers lot across the street- and ziggy's is still tied up in court with the lot owners (next to reeves antiques) -and the lot across the street will be "tenant only" or the "new " cafe? -a nightmare-- if you live in the apartments there and depend on "on" street parking----you really get fed up -- fast-- plus the lack of parking makes the amount of circling cars searching for available parking--another nightmare-- i'm thinking the civic club will be wondering if Boheme makes good on the parking promises or a mass mailing to TABC + COH permits might be in the future-- will that be beneficial? who knows-- but probably will be replayed later as Ziggy's and Dean's come up for renewal-- what ever happens traffic will still be a nightmare

Watching the TV coverage (Usually with a voice over that speaks of Jackson 5 beginings at Apollos theater) of Michael Jackson brought this question to mind-- The very first time the Jackson 5 appeared at Apollo-there must have been hundreds in the audience and no one had a camera to take pictures? no one is madly searching obscure places in their attic to sell pictures that would be worth a fortune?

This women lives in EMCA--not the type to disobey mounted police-- http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6501652.html Maybe the mounted patrol shouldn't be used?

The huge "OPEN" banner on the attached Demitasse Cafe notwithstanding-- The Austin Layne B&B has closed-- not sure if they were open for an entire year or not-- The family that owned it was friendly, The renovations to the two 1910 structures was commendable and the coffee was good-never seeemed to have a huge amount of business but locals seems to use it for a gathering spot-- I will miss it- I hope that another B&B will go in-- It's nice to have an alternative option to stay if you don't want to be downtown and the Lovett Inn is full---

Ever heard of Ecclessia? Taft at Drew street? Not really a church-- since they didn't apply for permits as a CHURCH (permits for coffee house and art gallery YES--church--no--permit requires x number of spaces per square foot of space --this building has no off street parking)-- 3 times each Sunday, dozens and dozens amd dozens of cars park in and around and block driveways/sidewalks-and leave no passageway for local traffic or heaven forbid for emergency vehicles (the sidestreets are narrow)- The local civic organization has meet with Ecclessia many times over many years and gotten nowhere-- COH same thing-- HPD solution was to start calling and reporting parking violators-- the local residents decided to try that-- this is what happened-- This is what was posted on youtube by whomever took video--A few seconds before this video began we had asked this constable to ticket two cars that were blocking a sidewalk, he was also blocking the sidewalk, but that this another issue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O88-3weR90 Why is HPD giving Ecclessia special consideration?

there is an ongoing group of players of mahjong at the demitasse cafe each thursday around 11 am-------

smoothy king from berryhill tamale location should be moving to taco cabana location--

the thread on Dean's credit clothing on Morgan and Fairview said Baby Barnaby's might be moving into that space-- I had heard that also but didn't know if it was true--

I bought some orginal art at a garage sale and the seller told me both artists were from Houston--I was wondering if anyone knew any information about them? Karen Nelson or Philip Field?

I was wondering if considering the quality of the elementary school might impact your choice---Perhaps you might look at Wharton elem on Gray close to Stanford-- It's a DUAL language school all the classes are taught in 2 languages--the only elem school of it's kind in HISD---In EMCA neighborhood--south of the school--some houses are still in mid $200 range---not sure about the other areas that feed into Wharton ----Gregory Lincoln is the Middle school---brand new building--and Lamar is the High school--a plus if you're interested in the IB program it offers---The tree canopy is generous but the lots are a bit small the neighbors are friendly (block parties are numerous--the neighborhood assoc is very active) and the crime rate is much lower than you might think--there are young families moving in--and it's not too far from medical center---just a little suggestion to consider

After reading over the some of the changes--bike lanes--Westheimer road--I'm thinking back to hearing Sue Lovell speak on the possibility that once the Richmond rail is started--"most likely" Alabama will be made one way and Westheimer the other way-- What changes that brings Montrose I'm not sure-- and I remember viewing the impromptude parade of "Night of a Thousand Brittany"s" from a balcony with a drink in hand, surrounded by friends and merriment and thinking--how could it get better than this?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm begruding people to live where they want means your a facist? i was hoping for a like minded someone who would be pining to keep those things that make an "historical" neighborhood---- historical--2004 will be historical in 2104--maybe--right now though it's the houses that were built between 1900 and 1930 that are being torn down to be replaced by townhomes--townhomes that are awkward on those small lots and hard to plumb with the ancient sewer line,and hard to have friends park in front of because of the double driveway--2 foot easement--double driveway etc-and when i speak of large trees--i am really refferring to the canopy of the large trees--something that is hard to replace with 6 inch diameter trees(this could be the reason trees for houston changed their minds on replacing older trees with an equivalant amount of younger trees down kirby )-architectural design--in townhome stucture? sure maybe 5% of the time--otherwise it's rather like shoeboxes on their sides--no thought to architecture --just square footage--to loom over small bungalows next to them--intolerant? in the neighborhoods where useable houses are torn down for townhomes that sit vaccant---well---intolerant seems a harsh word for being on the side of wanting useable houses to be USED---doesn't seem to warrant being banished to the suburbs--gated or not--of course having townhomes in my neighborhood is no big deal--IT'S WHEN USEABLE HOUSES--HISTORIC HOUSES ARE TORN DOWN TO BUILD TOWNHOMES-geeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz i may have misspoke---i was hoping only to cast out hope that others might want to see if historic homes could be saved through stronger preservation laws in houston---THE MAYOR DOESN'T THINK ANYONE CARES ABOUT OLD HOUSES---once those homes are gone--they are really gone--and no amount of architecture of townhomes will replace them--townhomes by their nature lend themselves to be built anywhere--historic homes are hard to move-- i live in a 90 year old house in a 100 year old neighborhood in the heart of montrose--i'd like to encourage houston to preserve old homes--to care for them--keep them as a legancy for our children and save building townhomes for the empty lots that seem to be everywhere-NOT TEARING DOWN USEABLE BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC HOMES THAT SEEM TO BE FEWER AND FEWER-forgive my transgress

sooooooooooooooooooooooooo i heard a committee of city council is meeting june 12 to see if any citizens show up to voice concern over houston "puny" historic preservation ordinances-----rumor is the mayor doesn't think there are "any" citizens that will take the trouble to drive down town and voice their opinions---- i'm hoping the mayor is wrong---and there will be someone in addition to myself who will be there at that committee meeting to speak--i'm tired of nice useable historic homes of 70 years and older being torn down and replaced with townhome boxes built from sidewalk to back fence--phewy! large trees--close proximity to restaurants and shops--historic architecture--even funky architecture--this is what makes a neighborhood. . . . attractive . . . . diverse and likeable. . . . .to live in---but if all the old homes are torn down--seems a grim prospect

"Now, Elgin turns into Westheimer once you get west of Brazos, but at one point, it was called Hathaway St at that portion, I guess a "buffer" name between the two names of the major throughofare" When the AVONDALE area was platted for development 100 years ago a contest was held to name the development-- a dozen people split the prize money with the name "avondale"---Hathaway was part of the "shakespeare" theme for streets nearby--like stratford--helena etc TAFT was called something else i think when first platted--but i'm not sure what--somehow it must have been changed when TAFT won the 1908 election--