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It matches the power lines in the background. . .

While you may have different opinions and have more knowledge of this house, please do not resort to name calling.

I agree that the realtor is to blame for the pictures, but that is all we have to go on.

Having so much clutter in photos should be a first "no-no" for basic Realtor photo taking 101.

Might as well turn this into a price drop thread.

As of Monday, at least in gaming.

30% off games (up from 20%)

30% off game accessories

20% off game consoles (if you can find them)

40% off games

30% off game accessories

25% off game consoles PSP's and Xbox 360 GB systems were in stock when I was there last.

25% off televisions

40% off movie/tv shows and music

10% off Apple merchandise

Houses in Sharpstown are sure cheap. . . I wonder why?

Does anyone else think it's strange that with all of the new construction going up around Katy, that they haven't built a Border's or Barnes and Noble book store? Seems like La Centerra would be a prime location for it...(or nearby at least)

pffft, like you all really deserve a B&N or BDS.

Maybe a BAM, but that's all you gonna get.

Doesn't Katy Mills have a BAM already?

No, that's the mattress store. It'll be next to the cell phone store.

Yes, we've had a thread on this, but it won't just be any cell phone store (AT&T/Sprint/T-Mobile/Verizon)

It has to be Cricket, Boost Mobile or some other pre-pay/no credit check provider.

Sorry, I know there is a very happy Cricket customer here. . .

This is a DIFFERENT church with a DIFFERENT cross. Grace still wants to build their TWO crosses...no doubt taller than 170 feet.

Their are going to be 150' tall, unless they want to be petty and change plans.

half the "mall/casinos" in Vegas have a painted/lit sky

Houston should legalize gambling and let HP be the first casino.

There... I fixed it for you.

Well, I was kinda going back to when it kicked off in 2006.

But ya, it is falling apart quickly.

Maybe we should prepare an entry on deadmalls.com

So much for the all the hubbub over a wine bar:

Tony Vallone is scrapping plans to open the bistro/wine bar in the new shoppping center. He cites the economy.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6231839.html

Chronicle links are SO lame.

sigh.

So we will have two crosses now. The 150 ft. one and the existing 170 ft. one within eye's reach?

The project will be finished summer 2007. Very soon.

Well it missed the deadline by 2 years, but at least it was not canceled.

Sorry for the double post.

Found this here.

The Westin open November 15th, 2009.

Looks almost nothing like the original rendering.

Submitted a request to move Westin Hotel info here.

Double post, by accident.

They need to validate parking if you dine or shop in the stores.

Well I have a little bit of bad news(well a lot of terrible news really)...walked around this evening with some friends and workers were boarding up the "previous" Lids store...and then we walked past Journeys and saw they had tons of boxes of inventory, but upon further look it turns out they're mailing product out to other stores...so it looks like they'll be boarding that one up pretty soon. I really hope the restaurants can weather out this recession and hopefully we won't see any more stores close before this topic moves out of the "Going Up" category

Wow, that was fast. What kind of lease lets you leave after only 4 months. Must have been worth paying the penalty than wasting money with rent and employees.

It would be interesting to see what kind of daily sales Lids had. $0 some days?

Just went to their website too, and there are no references to the HP location in Houston anymore.

The Pavilions deserve a "E! True Hollywood" type documentary. The rise and fall of a development within 3 years.

I have remainders of an old hot tub cover - large pieces of Styrofoam. It is not degradable so I not too inclined to break it down in pieces to fit into my track bin [as of now...]

Any places around to accept these?

P.S. Just a random thought - may be nondegradable is not too bad these days in terms of CO2 capturing...

I heard packing places love popcorn Styrofoam, but the large chunks are not accepted.

I think the rendering shows more than a 7-story building. I don't think the lines that you're looking at delineate the floors.

Yeah, it looks more like around 13.

Here's the trivia question -- name the web site I started in 1999 while living in Midtown.

meatrack. . .

Las Vegas got a taste of Houston, but it was not budget cuts, rather poor construction.

Topping out at 28 stories instead of the proposed 49, the incredible shrinking Harmon seems unfortunately fated to look like a stubby, squashed stepchild next to its soaring CityCenter siblings, the 61-story Aria Resort & Casino and the 57-story Vdara condo-hotel.

Should just go out to Sage then.

I want to scan "The Bargain Guide to Buying...Beige?" from a November 2000 MacAddict magazine and post it on my blog (with commentary). I wouldn't do it if it was hot off the press, but the magazine has since been discontinued and returns no Google results. Is it ethical? Should I get permission? Should I post and remove it only if they complain? What should I do?

I would say don't do it if the company itself is still in business. If it has folded, then I see no issue.

A friend of mine tried to go to the CC in the Galleria a couple days ago and he said it was already closed - paper on the windows and everything...

Erm, your friend is smoking some really good stuff. I was there Monday night. Plenty of stock, and not closed.

Drove by it last night too, open for business.

The paper on the windows is for advertising.

If he is thinking the Sharpstown location, yes, that closed already.

This is the kind of news that needs to be heard.

Local 2 Investigates Charity Panhandlers

By Amy Davis

POSTED: Wednesday, February 11, 2009

UPDATED: 6:28 am CST February 11, 2009

HOUSTON -- We know you've seen the men and women collecting donations along Houston roadways because many of you asked us to check them out. Last year we asked the questions to get you answers about where your donations are really going. Now, investigative reporter Amy Davis is giving you a look at the finances and a one-on-one interview with the group's leader. . .

. . ."You just got to hold a sign and a bucket and hand out fliers," the manager told a KPRC producer by phone. "And we pay 25 percent of what you bring in up to $99. If you make $100, we give you 30 percent." . . .

. . . And watch we did. In nine months, "God Bless" switched causes four times from AIDS and HIV to supporting youth, then collecting for a Hurricane Ike relief fund to now raising money for the homeless and hungry.

"Some people said you're just jumping onto the next big cause that'll get people to drop money in those buckets," Davis told Tarver. . .

. . .We did find one financial report Tarver filed with the city. In it, he claims from January to September 2008, God Bless Charities collected $45,000. . . .

. . .More than $19,000 went to pay stipends for the people who collected the cash. . .

After rent, utilities and transportation costs, the group had less than $5,000 left for any cause. . .