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The Fannin House?

Here's a selection from an old book (https://archive.org/stream/houstonahistory00writmiss/houstonahistory00writmiss_djvu.txt) --

"With the outbreak of the Civil War, the inns were again as crowded as in 
the early days. Men complained of being obliged to sleep "three in a bed." Rank 
ing Confederate officers hurried -in and out of their favorite hotel, the Fannin 
House, which had been built on Fannin Street, near Congress. The Old Capitol, 
enjoying a renaissance, glittered with gold braid and sabers. But the Houston 
House had become a ghost. Where it once stood now rose the brick walls of the 
Perkins Building. 

As in the old days, arguments sometimes led to violence. Col. G. W. 
Baylor, commanding soldiers encamped at Hempstead, charged Maj. Gen. John 
A. Wharton with being a demagogue: "You, sir! You have always borne upon 
me!" They met again at the Fannin House, and after heated words General 
Wharton struck at the colonel. Baylor shot and killed the general. 

Two famed inscriptions appeared on the printed bill of fare of the Fannin 
House when it came under the management of Colonel Hadley, who had 
directed the Old Capitol in its days of prominence. One was: "Children at the 
first table, full price. At the second table, half price." The other appeared in bold 
type at the bottom of the card: "For Entertaining a Drunken Man, per 
day, $10.""

May be the same publication as this one, which is as racist as one would expect from those days -- https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/51498792/houston-history-and-guide-pdf-southern-usa-visitor-information

2 hours ago, enriquewx91 said:

Highly doubt it. My company is having everyone come back to office 500+ employees.

 

Working from home while nice is less productive than office work.

 

Trust me haha so many distractions

For you it may be more distracting and less productive, but for many it is more productive to work from home. Not as many chatty Cathy/talky Ted types interrupting all day.

16 hours ago, Texasota said:

Of course, one way to cut down on DWIs is...

 

more trains

🤣 Touché

3 hours ago, Luminare said:

 

Wow dude that was all the way back in 2014. I'm sure the Judge at this point has atoned and rectified what she did. Nobody is perfect in this world, and if that person committed a crime and payed for that crime then they should be done with that crime and they can move on. Has this person done it again? Everyone makes mistakes. Are your hands clean as well?

 

Besides what does this have to do with this case. If this was a case where she handed down a particular sentence for drunk driving due to her past which colored the situation then that is one thing, but her past DWI has nothing to do with this. What is the point of bring this up other than the fact you can't let something go from the past or you are implying in same way that she must have been drunk while in court to make this decision. Either way you just come off as a spiteful prick.

A little bit touchy, are we? I'm not real fond of our government employees using their positions to get favorable treatment, which is what happened in her case.

But if you're OK with it, great. Rock on. You do you, hoss.

On 5/12/2020 at 1:56 PM, BeerNut said:

Bullet train company Texas Central hails appeals court ruling declaring it a railroad

 

I thought I recognized that name from somewhere...

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/there-is-video-of-the-dwi-stop-of-district-appeals-court-judge-nora-longoria-after-all/

Incentives? No thanks.

Sorry to have confused you with links to facts. You obviously have an agenda, so have a good day, sir.

https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwe15

https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/jospeh-finger.pdf

https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/2014/07/macgregor-park-a-gift-to-houston/

I could go on, but why? Google works for you as well as it does for me, @hbcu

Looks kind of like Fifth Ward Jam

34 minutes ago, hbcu said:

why were there so many apartments built? Surely they had to factor in if the area changes you're stuck with blight.

 

But they're doing the same in Katy, all points west so maybe greed. 

 

Farb was a prominent Jew. My question is how did they come across so much money but they were discriminated against by whites when they were in Houston at the beginning?

Are you sure you don't want to edit and rephrase that question?

Chacun à son goût, but I can't fathom paying $1.2 million and having neighbors that close to me.

43 minutes ago, samagon said:

 

for the jobs that can be performed remotely, I think a lot of business managers are looking at an empty sea of cubes, and how much of their bottom line goes to keeping those cubes. in the current market, a lot of businesses are going to be looking at ways to trim costs, and going from a big lease to a small lease might be the ticket they decide to punch.

 

Which would be great. Fewer people traipsing to a central area to do a job that can be done remotely means less traffic, less pollution. Winning!

3 minutes ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said:

tear down the apartment complexes and the area will be fine. It's a good spot for middle income people who have to live somewhere.

Where are those folks supposed to go?

On 4/11/2020 at 4:39 PM, hindesky said:

The road on the west side of the new Music Hall is finally open. Football field is being built in the west side parking lot.

 

 

 

They're putting up a bubble dome over that field eventually.

We have been getting curbside takeout from our usual local independent haunts, has worked very well and there's no chance of a delivery fee cutting into restaurant margins. Plus, can plop a big tip on top to help servers some.

Did try Popeye's chicken sandwich for the first time today, wasn't too shabby! 😅

6 hours ago, West Timer said:

I'll give you that there is a lot going on that is outside his control, but he could be slowing the transmissions with a national stay at home order if he wanted to. At very least, he could just stop tweeting encouragement for people to go out to mingle and protest in close proximity during this death spike. 

Just how would that work? Martial law?

3 hours ago, Geographer said:

Have Houston developers ever used imminent domain?  The U.S. Supreme Court approved its use for private development and the Houston to Dallas high speed railroad, a private venture, is using it to get land along the route.

Since when?

(Eminent domain)

46 minutes ago, Ross said:

Didn't they have a project to enlarge it by 5 or 600 seats a while back?

I think they switched out the trough urinals and added 48 seats in obstructed view sections. Only cost $450 million, or thereabouts. What a bargain!

40 minutes ago, ArtNsf said:

 

Plus, heaven forbid, we should replace Kyle Field with something akin to the 21st century

 

 

When was the last time you were in Kyle Field?

5 hours ago, zaphod said:

 If an oil bust hurts Cypress and Klein and The Woodlands then who cares

Wow.

1 hour ago, Geographer said:

How about Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and Germany?  They are liberal democracies that have gotten a handle on the pandemic in their countries.  Your attitude is indicative of the Tea Partiers -- the government can never be professional or competent so why even try?  Why even try to fund programs that help society?  It's a convenient attitude for rich people who want an excuse to lower their taxes and defund government programs.  It's an attitude that is totally wrong and one reason the coronavirus is ravaging this country.  The Trump administration and many state governments refused, and continue to refuse to learn from South Korea and Taiwan.

You sure read a lot into what I posted, without knowing anything about me.

Seems like you might have an agenda.

37 minutes ago, Geographer said:

This crisis has shown that a strong, professional, competent government is necessary to address public health emergencies and prevent mass unemployment and social unrest.

Let me know when you find one of these unicorns.

$1600/month minimum for a 1BR, and all I get is a lousy tub/shower combo?

Pass.

3 hours ago, Ross said:

In a 31 day month, there are only 744 hours, so a 24 hour a day place would have to bring in $19.66 per hour just for rent. If margins are 13% as mentioned above, then the requirement is $151 per hour.

You can't really compare California and Houston for property taxes, since they are limited by law to essentially 1.5% of the purchase price(plus some inflation and other stuff), but the state income taxes are very high. When we moved back to Houston from Bakersfield some time ago, our property taxes went from $1500 to $3000, but the income tax went from $6000 to 0. With our current income and property value, we would pay about $5,000 more in California than here, and that's discounting the higher cost of a house in CA.

Spoke with the owner of a small restaurant in a less-expensive part of town, and he said he basically had to bring in $700 a day to break even. Mindblowing to think how many of these places are struggling.

$550K for a stackable washer and dryer? 😂🤣😅