wendyps

Sorry Pap, by the lack of responses, I think you might be the authority here. Trust me, on this site, if someone even thinks they know an inkling on something...they speak up! :>

Try the Texas room at the old library building downtown...they have all kinds of old information and photos!

weird that that big lake would have disappeard. 45?

Looks a lot like the downtown park (can't think of the name) the one with all the houses...

Hello! I am moving to Houston from Europe (Romania) because of my business and I would like to know if the River Oaks community is a good place to by house? The main criteria are: safety, nice environment (green, parks...), close to the city center. Another option could be The Woodlands, but I know that is far from the city (about 50' from downtown). Thank you!

Hello. All HAIF jokesters aside

River Oaks are where Houston's most wealthy and show-offy sociallites live. If you can afford to live here, bully for you!

However, Houston is a very difficult city to buy in site unseen. You can have a pretty bad neighborhood be surrounded by very nice areas, and you would not know it unless you saw it in person. If you are moving to Houston, I would suggest getting a rental for 6months or so while you get to know the city and the pros and cons of living in different areas.

Many of us here prefer to live in close to town. However, there are millions of others who prefer the suburbs (The Woodlands) If you live in many of the burbs, be prepared to spend 3 hours a day in your car commuting. However, if you live in close to town, be prepared to pay much more per square foot. However, if you are looking at river oaks, I don't think that will be an issue

The point to me is that there is only one (maybe two, I think someone mentioned another one) old theater left that is still in service. There are many, many high rise condos and retail centers. There is plenty of land on which new things can be built. Once you tear something down, you cannot rebuild the history. It is gone.

One of the reasons Europe is so great to visit is the history. The old buildings. Would London be as cool as it is if every 50 years they tore down their existing structures to build the new retail of the time?

Its time Houston stopped razing existing structures to build new, just because a historical area is considered "neat". Once you tear down that which makes the area "neat" it is no longer "neat" and business cut their losses, move on and leave a desolated area in their wake. Only to later be brought back into style later, and razed to build whatever is envouge at the moment.

It is shiny with that new store smell I ran into LilyHeights and looked around wondering how many other HAIFers were there...

I was impressed with the food section, much more than I expected. And the furniture selection was nicer than I usually see. It even has a Smith and Hawken isle. I walked out having paid my cover charge...I wonder if they can just take a direct deposite out of my check every month!!!

do I smell a meet and greet? LOL.

Last weekend I drove over there to check out the mystery foundation...and had to chuckle as I pulled up, one car was leaving the area, and as I left, one was pulling in (tan SUV) to look at it. Not just the Target lot, but that specific site. Those MUST have been HAIFers...there can't be any other phsyco groups in this town obsessed with looking at a foundation and trying to decipher what it will be

LMAO Lily! you are not alone! I cannot stand crowds, but I will brave them if only to be a part of this "event". I'm thinking of just tailgating for the day .

I predict that this Target will be such a success, that other retailers will have to take notice and there will be a huge scramble to get space. Unfortunatley, I think it will be said Applebees and Best Buys and Loewes...I WISH we could have a Rice Village type retail, but I think we are in for a big box retailer center.

I wonder though, if that type of retail will increase the surrounding property values, or decrease it? Not immediatley close, but in areas like the woodland heights, and the sixth ward...

according to the woodland heights website there is a rumor of a soft opening on wednesday...

this cracks me up, this is going to be the craziest opening of a target every! the whole hood is so excited about it :>

Does this even sound appealing to anyone? It sounds like the last place I'd want to spend time.

You aren't their demographic. Their demographic is the family in Kalamazoo Michigan coming to Houston for an event, but they don't have the time or the money to travel the state, so they have to get their fill here. They will probably take an afternoon to go see NASA, but can't take the time to go to Brenham (or what have you), so they stay at a hotel that "simulates" small town Texas that is in their mind's eye.

And what the hell is Gaylord Texan?

A BIG, HUGE hotel up in Dallas. I think there are others. I got stuck there at a conference for 3 days...it was fine that there was no off-site transportation, cause everything we needed was there. Stores, like 10 places to eat, bars, cafe's, convention center, hotel, blah, blah blah...

I can't figure out how to post it here, so let me know if you want one and i'll email it to you... the quality isn't very good...but you can read it and always go to the library.

Does anyone have a website that they can put it on maybe and I can link it?

In the Texas room of the old Library, I found a 1910 sales booklet for the woodland heights. It is in the neighborhood folders. It is so neat!!!!

Pictures of some homes, pics of some interiors!!!! and the read is just classic! The area was apparently dry and, unfortunatley segregated. It is such a great historical picture though of the kinds of people who originally bought the homes. I'll see if I can scan it and attach it here.

Office workers don't buy much except lunch.

I work right next to Foley's and I can tell you that not a day goes by where I don't see lots and lots of Foley bags...I think more retail would work if there were more of a selection...people wouldn't have to hurry home to find a gift, they could do it at lunch or in the evenings to avoid rush hour. Just my opinion though, I've no facts...

that must have been a fun game to watch with that view!!!

If I'm reading the map right...isn't State Highway 19 also defunct?

Thunderbolts and Lightning? Very Very Frightening...for meeee, for Meeee, for MEEEEEEE.

dang it, now that song is going to be stuck in my head for hours!

I just don't get how all of these CVSs can be profitable. There are SO MANY of them, and they always seem to be void of customers...how is it that the Heights can't get a grocery store, but midtown can get two pharmacies???

Any one with the right type of business experience to explain it? Should we just start now prophesying what will go into all these boxes when they go bankrupt? (yes trophy, strip club, we know )

The ad thing actually makes me mad. There are a lot of people in this world who do not want to see bodies. Placing it in an exhibit hall where you can choose to go look is one thing...placing it on banner and flyers and distributing them in public places where you may see something you don't intend to is something else.

A group of us went on Tuesday night (the inventor was giving a talk) and it wasn't bad at all. We went at 7:45 and there were people, but not a lot, and not very many kids.

I'd say a weeknight is your best bet.

I thought it was interesting, it doesn't really look as creepy as I thought it would. You kind of get into this surreal head space and it seems you are looking at really neat plastic reconstruction. I'm glad I went, but I don't really want to go back.

Trophey, ANOTHER booby post? You need to get out this weekend!

is that the little square above the D on the main street side? I just walked past (that place stinks almost as bad on the outside as the inside!! WHO eats that chicken???)

the ornamental concrete is indeed back there...I wonder what shape it is in...

You are missing the point. The closer the boobies the better.

oh, thanks for clairifying. I get it now.

Does it really take too much effort to drive a few miles down 59 to get your boobie fixes?

ok so what does that say, no one is there?

that's what i'm thinking.

a good bookstore. one with a coffee shop/cafe...open late with lounge area would do really well downtown I think. yes, very yuppy, but I would shop there/ sneak away from work to go there/ go after a movie or dinner. especially if they reimburse parking like angelika.

I'm trying to do the same (same neighborhood too, WELCOME). I started at the old library downtown (second floor texas room) and looked through the city directories. each year, you can look up the st address in the back and see who lived there.

After this, I haven't gotten any further, but I'm interested to hear what others have to say.