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The building was not built by and is not, and has never been, owned by Texaco. Texaco was just a tenant.

Since you know all that, do you know if someone lives up there or not?

upon further research:

"Texaco Heritage Plaza's granite, stepped pyramid cap was inspired by architect Mohammed Nasr's vacation in the Yucat

the building is owned/was built by Texaco... I mean there could be some truth to that rumour... would love to know for sure.

I saw this video a while back at Microcinema event. I had no idea it had narration. I am a bit perturbed that whoever used that video, put it to music and altered it supposedly in an "artistic way" - I liked it when I first saw it and I like it even more now.

The HAIF favicon (icon in the address bar, bookmark icon) used to be a little square image of downtown, now it's an envelope(?) or something... can it be changed back to an image of downtown?

Anyone else notice this?

Very cool video based on the powers of 10

Powers of Ten

A film dealing with the relative size of things in the universe, and the effect of adding another zero.

link may have potentially NSFW ads

Field of Greens has an awesome fakin bacon BLT! As a matter of fact, Field of Greens has A LOT of vegetarian sandwiches, burgers and entrees and they are good!

I highly recommend the fettucine with soy alfredo. If you didn't know, you'd think it was cream! oh, and that BLT... it's real good!

I too recommend the VD2 from Hunan Village, although if you don't ask for light sauce, it could be too sweet.

No open toed shoes, watch out for snakes and look out for this guy...

my vote is for any Hilton Furniture commercial... and that's a fact, jack.

The dude named his daughter, Paris, for christs sake....

70,000 Beer Cans Found in Ogden Townhouse

Check out that article!!

It rivals Houston's own beer can house!! LOL

By the way, the city has to do something about the power lines. What a visual blight. Is there any plan to redo the road here?

I'm pretty sure this development will envelope the entire space. I'm also pretty sure that little street will be paved over and all those power lines will be removed as they are old and used to belong to the buildings that used to occupy that space. As far as the ones that line Kirby, well, they run all the way down the street. I doubt they will take them underground or be rerouted.

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Here's the current status of the project... all buildings razed!

Here's a list of collected links:

Houston

See my photos in this thread!

Link to my Art Car Parade 2006 photos on flickr

here's a few:

w00t!! Cool! Thanks!

I also have some photos I'll be posting later!

How did yall come up with a Jesus Monkey car???

Well, I had nothing to do with it, I just drive it during the parade. My office-mate at work is the art car artist and owner. He has some sort of fixation with Jesus' and Monkeys, so he combined them into an art car, it's a sight to see. I get the honor of driving the car while he parades around in costume on his banana scooter. Last year he was The Jesus Monkey, dressed as Jesus with a monkey face. This year he will be Super Jesus Monkey, dressed as a superhero with, of course, a monkey face, cape and costume. I will just be wearing a hat and banana nose glasses, driving. So if you see us, holler out "GROOVEHOUSE!" and if I can find ya, I'll honk or wave or something...

See ya there!

Art Car Parade! Art Car Parade!

Look for me driving The Jesus Monkey Car!

Whole Foods in the Galleria! Who would've thunk it?

I love this thread and I adore the Icelandic beauty that is Hulda!

I stand corrected.

Look for a Sugarland Whole Foods some time in 2007. It'll be about 55,000 square feet!

And look for an 80,000 sq foot Galleria area Whole Foods on San Felipe and Post Oak in late 2008, early 2009

Fox Inspector 713-723-3330

I'm gonna have to second on Fox Inspections.

This guy (if it's the same guy) was extremely thorough and had no problem getting dirty. He crawled all the way under our old house in The Heights and inspected everything under there! He was thorough, professional and amazing. Back then he would print up your inspection in a Word document complete with digital photos. He is very well trained and versed in foundation and pier & beam homes in the Houston area. I can't recommend this guy enough. He does what he does (inspect homes) because of a genuine care and concern for those who are purchasing a home. A home is a huge investment and he feels that the prospective buyer should know everything about that home before undertaking the huge task that is home ownership.

Fox Inpspections was way more thorough than the first inspectors I used on my first home.

Just chiming in to say that I love Specs midtown. That rabbit rules!