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Before Midtown was called Midtown Holy Rosary was considered a Downtown parish. They have a latin.english Mass at 9:30 AM on Sundays.

I played High Schhol Baseball in the late 70's and the team alwys enoyed it when we played teh west side hisd schools because we got to eat a Romano's cafateria.

I like the GRB. It is not a bad looking building and a good place to attend a convention. I have been to Republican state conventions in San Antonio, Fort Worth, Dallas and here and Houston and thsi is the easiest to get around between main hall and cacus rooms.

Del Taco is a franchisee run now much like Pizza Inn. It would take someone willing to but the product fromm DT.

Del Taco expanded too fast and almost went bankrupt. They are coming back but at a slower rate.

I have found the vast majority of the homless bother noone but the bad ones are so in your face they ruin it for the good ones. If the bad ones would be honest and say they want money for booze, drugs or smokes I would like it better. I know homeless poeple who go abouth their day eating free meals. taking free showers and sleeping in shelters or on the street. The ones I just mentioned have never asked me for money and I never seen them asking for money.

Charismatics are real Catholics. Pope John Paul The Great and Pope benedict have both stated this. Most Charismatic Catholics I know are more prone to not be cafeteria Catholics.

Doe's Anyone remeber the name of a Middle Eastern deli that was located on West Alabama nect to teh Stop and Go that was torn down to make way for the Annuncation Orthodox School gym. I think it may have been Micheal's. The food was good there. I could walk from my UST dorm to it in two minuets.

i have no problem with one nice cross or maybe a statue of Christ like many of the great cities of the world have. My peoblem is that many of the mega churchs have coffee houses and popcorn and theatre seating. As mentioned by an earler post there is a lack of social programs at many of these hugh churchs. Having saqid that I know several people who attend the mega churchs who do good works on theit own. Houston as mo9re help for the homeless, near homless, unemployed and underempoyed then many other cities.. As a Catholic I can point out to Magnificat House, Isiah House, Catholic Charities, Matha's Kitchen, Fishes and Loaves, and several fod banks. The Episcapalians have brakfast at Palmer Memoria, and Lord Of the Streets offer help.

I am a 96 grad. I did not go to UST till I was 31. I would not have been able to carry the load when I was 17. or 18.

Me too....Class of 1968.

As a University Of St. Thomas grad I had several classesin the Hughes House. It needs an historical marker.

Some of these guys are homeless and some are people who make little money and get the free food given at various places to stetch thie money. There is a vegeterian feed four nights a week downtown and a few of the ones there are students.

I am glad they are fixing it up. The front of it has been a urinal for the homeless for a few years now. Onm a real hot day the smell can be overpowering.

It may be too late but I am in the process of getting in touch with as many preservation boards as I can in the next few days. Wish me luck.

Yes the inside area is beautiful. Not the rooms per se as they have undergone renovation twice over the years.

What is architecturally significant about it? I've seen it from the outside and nothing really stands out (for me) other than it is older than everything else around it.

I am not being flippant, but I've never been on the inside. Am I missing something?

Today we found out that the last day to live in the Downtown YMCA is going to be at the end of June 2010. There is a new one being built near Main in Midtown that may or may not have housing. This building is historic. Hiow do I go about saving it?

One day someone is going to come along and renovate the apartments and triple the rent.

I bet someone has mentioned this but was there not a a big dlide on Alameda?

Root Square was once the site of a hugh mansion owned by the Root family of Brown and Root fasme.

Am I wrong or did Jackson start out a HS and become a Jr. High when RHS was built?

I graduated Brazoswod in 1979. When my family moved to the Brazosport area in 1969 a person still had to go to Freeport to get many items. In Clute the Old wooden Reck's store was still being used but they had just layed out the plans for the one now in use. Clute at one time had a theater but it was torn down years before I moved there. I was told that Freeport during it's boom had three four theaters. I went to the Velaso once but to the Lake all the time in Lake Jackson. The Brazos Mall was supposed to be in Clute on Dixie Drive.

Where was thsi school located. I have seen it mentioned in a book and on a website.

Albert Sidney Johnston was a Condederat General killed at Shiloh. A newer school bearing his name was built in Southwest Houston. I do not know which Miller the older school was renamed for. but since I can not find a Miller Jr. High or Middle Schol it must have been closded and demolished.

I have been reading the Booj Houston, The Forgotten City and trying to locate the location for the first campus of ASJ Jr. High which bcame Miller Jr. High.

Yesterday I went for a walk down Auston Street and saw an interesting set of apartments across from the park. It was hard to see the names of these two. Anyone know what they are called?