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    Shadyside Residential Subdivision

    in Museum District/Hermann Park/Rice University area

    Posted

    OT question. Why is the street that runs off Bissonet towards Shadyside called W 11th Place?

    It looks like it was the name of the little area (the neighborhood is NE Turner) from the block book (and HCAD), but from the block book map it looks like Bissonnet was 11th, and a street south of it was 12th:

    http://books.tax.hctx.net/v036/AE1997_35-36_0335.jpg

    The lower 1925 Sanborn map, though, shows W 11th Place as Virginia St. (and Waverly Ct. as Wilmuth):

    w11thplace.png

    Steak 'N Shake Returns To Houston

    in Houston Area Dining, Shopping and Entertainment

    Posted

    Yeah, yeah, Krystals this, Hardees that, blah blah blah. And I know that some people think that SnS is total crap cooked by Satan and served by surly apprentice demons. Please, please, please, someone just tell me what's going on with the one in the Woodlands that was announced in Feb '06!

    aww! well...according to MCAD, Steak n Shake still owns the property...but that might not mean much

    http://orion.mcad-tx.org/appraisal/publica...yOwnerID=590898

    Buster Brown Shoe Stores

    in Historic Houston

    Posted

    Interesting site (where the above picture resides):

    http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/shoefittingfluor/shoe.htm

    In 1946, the American Standards Association established a “safe standard or tolerance dose,” that the feet receive no more than 2 R per 5 second exposure. Children were not to receive more than 12 such exposures in a single year.

    [...]

    Despite these relatively high exposures, there were no reported injuries to shoe store customers. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the operators of these machines. Many shoe salespersons put their hands into the x-ray beam to squeeze the shoe during the fitting. As a result, one saleswoman who had operated a shoe fitting fluoroscope 10 to 20 times each day over a ten year period developed dermatitis of the hands. One of the more serious injuries linked to the operation of these machines involved a shoe model who received such a serious radiation burn that her leg had to be amputated (Bavley 1950).

    Texas Children's Hospital Mark A. Wallace Tower/TMC Parking Garage 16 At 6701 Fannin St.

    in Texas Medical Center

    Posted

    You know, I've been in homes with doors on such lubricated hinges that if the A/C comes on or someone opens a window, causing changes in air pressure, the doors move or close. I'd imagine explosives could do the job too.

    The only thing that makes me concerned is the dogs. For all I know, though, it was just a nest of rats or something else like that which got crushed.

    Exactly - of course explosives have the capability of moving a hinged door - there's always room for doubt though, since eyewitnesses came forward with sightings, etc.

    And I am sure more than one type of animal took up residence in there between the time it was vacated and the demolition.

    Indecisive Houstonians Crying "Urban, But W/O Townhomes"

    in General Houston Discussions

    Posted

    There's also a lake, tennis courts, Club house, etc... and a full time staff of a dozen or so. The fee also pays for upkeep on the exterior, cable, sewer, and garbage. But yes, some people want the most square footage they can get for a payment so this kind of stuff is not important to them.

    That makes sense with the other things integrated.

    I just wish, imo, that there was some sort of forethought about the surrounding environment without shooting fees through the roof.

    Sorry about the edit - something went screwy.

    Texas Children's Hospital Mark A. Wallace Tower/TMC Parking Garage 16 At 6701 Fannin St.

    in Texas Medical Center

    Posted

    KHOU is saying that the basis for the police inquiry is video showing a door closing, and KHOU is suggesting that the door closing can be seen in video shot from the St. Luke's building, e.g., this video. If you look in the center of the bottom floor of rooms, there's one room that appears to be half white and half black. As the explosions start, the white part expands to the right. I can't say what's being shown, but I hope it was just the wind or a shift in the building that caused it.

    That's the door closing...i think KTRK has a close-up:

    http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=...&id=5762158

    Those Internet Jukeboxes

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I mean the jukeboxes found in bars and restaurants which have internet connections, and allow users to search their database of tunes.

    It's fun to bring conversation to a halt in a C&W bar with a rousing rendition of Night Train by Alvino Rey :D

    I like to bowl, and those are pretty common at bowling alleys.

    Last time I used one of the internet jukeboxes was at Diamond Lanes in Pasadena, and I played something by Glenn Miller...

    Mixed reactions, none good... :D

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