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  1. gnu
    http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/...es/MM/hvm6.html Magnolia Park, near the Houston Ship Channelqv in eastern Harris County, is one of Houston's oldest Hispanic neighborhoods. It was laid out in 1890 on a 1,374-acre site belonging to Thomas M. Brady, on Harrisburg Road across Bray's Bayou from Harrisburg and seven miles downstream from Houston. It was named for the 3,750 magnolias that developers planted there. The community became an independent municipality in 1909. Though whites first inhabited the town, Mexican Americansqv from South Texas began arriving by 1911, first settling in the area filled by sand dredged from the turning basin and known as El Arenal or the Sands.
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    you are right. unfortunately it was leveled a couple of years ago.
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    Do you need to go back to 7th grade and repeat Texas history?? Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y S
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    what i remember most about tg&y - as a kid - was the large wireframe bin stacked full of those thick balloons with the rubber bands on the end to bounce against your fist. those and it seems like they had a lot of hippety-hoppies too (the balls with the handle on top that you sit on)
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    so what style of house is it? MCM? georgian? hmmm. do you think the listing of an older owner is intentional? Like in case someone gets upset they won't seek out retribution of the new owner?
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    interesting...doesn't look like it is a Staub house. If the hcad year is correct (50's), maybe some of the MCM guys know if it is significant. Btw...hcad already shows a new owner after merrett (as shown on the permit above)
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    it used to be the Houston Natural Gas building. dunno anything about a new bldg.
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    Wow. Did not hear about that. Sounds like good news. Now if they would actually get the hike/bike paths in there. Did they buy the old VFW hall too?
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    and don't forget that Plum Creek was also burried under Gulfgate too.
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    Hmmm...maybe they turned some of the old course into a driving range after the Country Club closed? BTW..somewhat related..i think that tract of land between Bellfort and Sims Bayou is still owned by the Allen Ranch or rather an Allen family member or its heirs.
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    The driving range was in a field where the current Kroger is located. The golf course (Sims Bayou Country Club) was across from Hartman JH, as Glenbrook mentioned. I think it preexisted Bellfort.
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    hey c'mon - they saved the fridge and the washer and dryer
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    It looks like you might be right - the bldg might still be there (probably doesn't look the same though). From my old directory, Spell's was at 4938 fulton which would put it on the SE corner of Fulton and Gale (i know you said NE but do you think it could have been se ?). From Google, a building of similar footprint is still there. HCAD shows it as built 1950...but we know how accurate that can be...not very. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...002704&z=19 Btw the NE corner was wiped clean for an Uber Mansion (see it on the google link too)
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    I have an old map somewhere that shows it. if i remember correctly it was on the westside of the neighborhood. i think the later sections of lindale park were built over it. So where was/is the lindale park shopping center shown in the brochure? is it still extant?
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    I like how the HUD foreclosures usually have the "mandatory" photo of the taped down toilet lid.
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    He obviously expedited the demolition after the chron article was published...probably fearing a ground-swell of support. He took a page from the Ashland tea room house...or from the old adage...its easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission...or something like that. y'all know what i mean.
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    The Golden Seafood location on Airline always seems to be better in food and service. I usually just go to Airline even though the other one is closer.
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    the deep setback of the house on the lot compared to its neighbors (1924) might be evidence that the house existed before the rest of the neighborhood.
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    it looks like almeda rd and belfort are put into a tunnel or maybe the dashed lines represent the existing overpasses. that would be crazy....like being underneath the pearce elevated? and the freight trains will go straight thru the roundabout???!!
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    and fluorescent green, too. the pupusas there are okay but i like the pupuseria on telephone rd better. you know the one, sevfiv...near your old digs just down from the santa rosa theater site.
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    that is an interesting photo. a lot of the kids have dolls. i wonder if it is an old practice that slowly faded out? the one in the park place photo looks like the girl holding it. I wonder why she has a life size doll of herself and the other kids don't
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    The only kids i recognize are northbeaumont, ashikaga, and chet. btw, do you remember the significance of the doll in front center?
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    I am thinking around 1948 - based on the construction on Fannin, since that is when it was extended through Hermann Park
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    i concur on red lobster...ewwww. Although we used to frequent the one on Broadway (near Bellfort) when I was a kid (currently Don Carlos). Too bad Mandola's Blue Oyster Bar closed a few years back. Still have Captain Benny's boat to enjoy beer and oysters on the deck though. bonnie's has never impressed me. not awful but not noteworthy either. Pf changs is overrated IMO. 888 is awesome. Also like the Vietnamese food at Cuu Long on Broadway sometimes too. George's is decent italian at a great price from a great guy. How about Kelley's as a steakhouse?!
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    sad. from the good brick award citation: Through their caring and skilled restoration of 2421 Brentwood, Caudell and Powers have made the house so valuable that it will not be threatened with demolition in our lifetimes
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