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Actually, some of HOuston's top businessmen stayed at the Downtown Y when they first arrived in Houston way back in the day (I can't remember who, but you would recognize the names). It is low cost, safe housing for many that are coming to Houston looking for work. They have pretty strict rules to stay there.

awesome.

Yep, sold some property on Clay and Nagle over there last year.

Where is The Meridian?

It seems that if you really want to take them down for their code violations, you could just point to their website where they refer to themselves as a church and publish times of services. http://www.ecclesiahouston.org

I used to live behind Empire Cafe. Everytime we called the police to ticket for parking, they were there pretty quickly.

I went to high school with a guy named Joe Indeli... and he was one of the ones that went with us to Texas Steak Ranch. Guess it wasn't you, though you may have been at the next table.

I think it is the 34th floor. I worked in that building for five years. There may be another one up higher, but there is one somewhere in the 30s.

The Palace...that was the gay club. Yes, at least one guy went off the balcony in the 70s. I think my sister was there when it happened. It was a fight and he did not go voluntarily. I was young but I remember it.

I think at least one person went off the balcony at Cody's.

Cody's where Scott Gertner, Kirk Whalum, and Paul English all played in the same band at the same time. We used to go pretty regularly to see them. They had a drummer named Herman something. Really nice guy, good drummer.

Are you Joe I.? When I was in high school, we used to go tot he Texas Steak Ranch. THey had fabulous tamales and they introduced me to what I now know as Ranch dressing.

Is that where the former owner of LaMora is opening her restaurant? No wait, I can't remember, but it should be coming soon. Speaking of: LaMora

Joe Matranga's Italian Restaurant on Irvington Magic Pan - Galleria Felix's Mexican Eddy's Pizza

I don't know what his circumstances were...drug induced, mental illness or what. If it was mental illness, he did not have a choice either.

I'm pretty sure it's been challenged.

Niche, you are wasting time on this person. He has no capacity for exploring the depths of his own feelings, much less to be able to have compassion for others. Let's let this thread die, so we can go back to the land of the caring.

My buddy, Mike Vance at Houston Arts and Media. He is interested in anything historical particularly, historical Houston.

I agree, however, when it comes to mental illness, if the topic is raised, I will address it. It has remained in the shadows for far too long. There is no shame in mental illness, only shame in society's trying to run and hide it away. We must take the shame and stigma away from mental illness so that more people will and can get help. There is no more shame in mental illness than in any other life threatening chronic disease. Standing down now.

Scola is HOT!

NEVER EVER COUNT US OUT!!! AWESOME!

This is going to be a long ass minute forty four seconds!

TJ, You are the first person ever to read "some days are good, the rest are necessary" as pessimistic. I think you may need help. No, seriously, it means that you gotta take the good with the bad. That if you want the good days, and most of us do, we have to get through the other days, so hang in there. Also, I am so glad that you don't understand how somebody could want to kill themself. That means you have not reached the depths of despair that some others have and some live in. That is something to be very grateful for. It is not a nice place to be, the depths. I watched my mother, who was an incredibly happy and creative person, get taken under and suffer greatly with schizophrenia. I saw her fear things that didn't exist except in her reality. And convincing her that it was "all in her head" was impossible. No, don't begrudge people who suffer mental illness and the depths of depression, be grateful you don't understand it. But that you don't understand it does not mean it does not exist. I wish you many more happy days and I wish you compassion. Not everyone is capable of pulling themselves up by their bootstraps.

Hands down, the firehouse. That would be so cool!

what's the difference between a fire pole and a stripper pole? I can't say the punchline I just wrote, it's dirty.