west20th
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The hotel is long gone. It was at the site of the Senior high-rise on 19th.
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That pretty much has been done in Texas. Of course that was only a half assed solution. Nothing was done to deny licenses to the small minority of incompetent DRs. that drew most of the malpractice suits.
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Strange how that awful strip center in the front of the project got left off of the rendering. Hope they have plans of tearing it down.
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Before: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...26newwindow%3D1
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What kind of b**S**t remark is that?!!
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Love the part about the guy driving a stolen ambulance plowing into the police cars and non-stolen ambulance parked in front of the club. Priceless.
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Oh joy. What next a Rent-a-Center?
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Not in Houston, I think. Q-patrol is gone too.
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Wonder if the "Pink Pistols" are still active.
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"brown metal siding will replicate wood". Yuuuck. Don't like the sound of that.
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Some questions on this project, hopefully some can answer: 1. Anyone come accross any project renderings yet? 2. Is the building next to the old Ben-Hur site part of the project? It wouldn't break my heart to see those go. If the project is done right it could be an asset to the area. Hopefully it will spur some retail additions. The only "wishes" I would have for the project would be that it would be condos instead of apartments. Some retail facing Yale would be nice but I'm doubtful that will happen. Also, it would be nice if developers would shift their focus to the Shepherd/Durham corridor, that really needs the redevelopment. There are parcels available but developers don't seem to know what to do there. One good project would probably do a lot to spur redevelopment on Shepherd.
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Hopefully large complexes will go condo. That should keep them from getting too run down. I'd be interested in one myself except they would probably want 250K+ for a 1,000 SF place.
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Kaplan's Ben-Hur Department Store At 2129 Yale St.
west20th replied to Heights2Bastrop's topic in Historic Houston
That's really sad. It's too bad KBH couldn't hang on a bit longer. I would think they'd be a good fit for Harold's maybe?- 37 replies
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They are not going to default. They won't pay back the money. They will get extentions and the HCTRA won't push the issue. They will just loan them more money. Anyway, I hope your right and I'm wrong but I just don't see it.
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I see how much you hate re-hashing this subject. Anyway, we'll see if the HCTRA gets their money. I see non-payment and more loans from the toll road authority in the future. Face it. The renta-car and hotel taxes provide an insufficient funding stream to pay off the bonds. What in the future will change that? And did you ever wonder why the money wasn't borrowed from someone like JPMorgan Chase? Probably because they wouldn't like their chances of getting their money back. There is a reason they went to another government entity for the cash.
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No one wants the sports authority to default on the loan. I brought it up to point out you were incorrect to state only car and hotel taxes are being used to fund the stadiums. If you don't like re-hashing the issue then don't, who is forcing you? The issue of taxpayer funding the soccer complex is certainly on topic to this thread.
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"merely loaned money"? Yeah right. Like they will ever get that money back. Impact on tolls? Who's to say a future increase won't be impacted by this "loan". Why would you think there won't be future shortfalls requiring additional loans? That won't have an impact on tolls either I suppose.
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I do rent cars but rental car/hotel taxes aren't what is being proposed for this project. And don't forget toll road funds are being used to cover shortfalls on Reliant bonds. And will city funding be confined to the public use facilities? Probably not. One last thing, what does attending an event at one of the stadia have to do with funding the stadia? Nothing.
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The Gus Wortham proposal mentions using city funds, possibly even sales tax revenue, to build this complex. No one has a problem with this? Are we going to allow ourselves to be screwed yet again by a privately owned sports team?
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Maybe another thread? While it is on topic for a thread about the 2008 presidential race it tends to suck all of the attention to itself since it is a controversial topic and a big issue. However, it is not the only issue and tends to turn this thread into a debate on abortion instead of what it actually is.
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Yes that worked great in Cleveland. Aaaaaah the childhood memories of roasting weenies at the flaming Cuyahoga river and the sweet smell of rotten eggs in the air. The industry in Cleveland was concentrated in the "flats" area, however beaches on Lake Erie, roughly 50 miles east and west of Cleveland, were so fouled they had to be closed from roughly the 1950's to the mid '80's. The trouble is pollutants spread. Concentrating industry has it's merits but that does not dismiss their responsibility to clean their emissions as the law demands and as much as it is technology feasible. If they are not spending "gobs and gobs of money to clean the air" (and water) they are doing so at all of our expense. Why should they be allowed to foul our air to benifit their bottom line?
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Resurgence on the Richmond strip? Where?
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Aaaaaaah, to be out partying at 2:20 on a Monday night. The good 'ol days. Damn I'm getting old.
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A mythical creature that can fly around a parking lot, destroying 28 cars, w/o being seen or detected by mortal humans.
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Avoid the parking lot? Good advice, after the fact. The 28 cars are still damaged. I'm real uncomfortable with doing anything to accommodate the thugs that did this. How about catching them and throwing their sorry asses in jail? People that do these kind of things obviously aren't mental giants. One or more of these geniuses are probably out now bragging about what they did.
