sevfiv

they are pretty neat...

here is an existing thread:

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...showtopic=11254

Thanks. I do have a certain amount of money to burn. The house I am selling has sky-rocketed in value, so I could buy in the 1 to 1.2 million dollar range.

What about Bellaire?? How does it compare to West U? I found driving around Bellaire to be nice also, and the location is also good for us, as we love the galleria area. Nice trees and homes in Bellaire also it seems.

I would like to avoid a completely homogenous environment, as I am Asian, but I don't necessarily need a heavy Asian population like in Sugar Land.

Thanks for the advice and please keep the info coming - great website!

i grew up in bellaire, and it has a similar feel to west university, but also has fallen victim to the onslaught of "custom" homes crammed on small lots. you could easily spend near a million on one of the new homes, but imo they are architecturally and structurally appalling for the prices asked.

and here is the 200 census information for bellaire: link

Houston Mod has recenly learned that the first modern house Karl Kamrath designed for his family at 3448 Locke Lane (1939) is scheduled to be demolished. The Kamrath House is the earliest example of Unsonian

architecture, which was inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, in Houston. It was published in House Beautiful, Architectural Forum, and Better Homes & Gardens. Kamrath's second house at 8 Tiel Way (1951)

is not endangered at this time.

The house has already been stripped of its architectural woodwork. Neo-tradtionalist architect Jay Baker has been selected to design its replacement.

http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs083/1101243720511/img/49.jpg

here is the permit text for the new residence:

Project No:

07035628

Date:

6/27/2007

USE:

NEW S.F. RESIDENCE W/ATTACHED GARAGE

Owner / Occupant:

KC & RANDA WEINER

Job Address:

3448 LOCKE LN

Tax ID:

0400601590630024

Subdivision:

RIVER OAKS

Valuation:

700000

Buyer:

THE SOUTHHAMPTON GROUP

Address:

2472 BOLSOVER 371 77005

Phone:

7135280264

and the demolition:

Project No:

07048053

Date:

6/15/2007

USE:

DEMO RES/ SEWER DISC.

Owner / Occupant:

KC & RANDA WEINER

Job Address:

3448 LOCKE LN

Tax ID:

0400601590630024

Subdivision:

RIVER OAKS

Valuation:

0

Buyer:

WILLIAM DENNIS

Address:

1748 OAK TREE 77080

Phone:

7134657231

i think this is the first time i've heard this.

me too - the closest i could find was the cnn/money "best places to live" results ( ) compiled from 2005 onboard projections from census data, and we're not in the top 25

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bp...s/youngest.html

You're Erasure photo links are broken.

my site is hosted on a Yahoo! based server, and alot of Yahoo services seem to be down (i can't access my site or email)

re-linking them now...

edit - can't relink because i can't get ftp access...oh well, they are appearing sloooowly (and rendering really slowly, too)

Speaking of Streets and Naming, anyone know why numbered streets 1-40something are northside going east-west and then 50something - 99th st are on the east side going north south???

Also has anyone noticed in the last 10 yrs the postal service (I guess) or the city has renamed all streets to "street" unless it was a major street. Since Gail Borden designed the streets of Houston in the mid 1800's most streets in Houston going east-west were AVENUE (exp: Capitol Ave, Texas Avenue, Polk Ave, Dallas Ave, Gray Ave) and north south streets were STREET (exp: Main St, Fannin St, Smith St) of course there were exceptions Like Harrisburg Blvd, Westhiemer Rd, Wayside Dr.... but now all the Ave's are Street, I grew up on Capitol Ave and now its Capitol St, I notice Dallas is now ST and so are most others, a few other were just to popular to change I guess, like Richmond Ave, Washington Ave....??? When I was editor of the Houston Community College Systems newspaper I was going to write I story about this but i never could get an answer.

there's a book available at Brazos called Historic Houston Streets: the Stories Behind the Names (by Marks Hinton)...not sure if it explains street/avenue and changes, but it's the closest thing i can think of

If I had known Debbie Harry would be there. I'd been on front row!

Blondie fanatic.

She's a great actress too.

here are a few pictures from the show (two debbie harry, two erasure)

two years later (the winnebago is a nice touch, though):

there were some builder signs i believe on the other side. the for lease sign is probably an artifact of when leggett's moved out. i'm pretty sure i saw sevfiv there and i'll bet there will be pics forthcoming.

ahh - i knew that was you!

yeah, taking its place is "Capitol Oaks Two" - hopefully they aren't the same design as the lovely ones across the way

might be too late - i just heard that most if it is gone already

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/.../02/daily4.html

i know it is a month-long promotion, but i wonder how much will be in stock in the future...say, if i drove to dallas one weekend

i'm thinking ms gray is overly dramatic.

perhaps, but i always think her columns are more interesting than anything else in the chronicle, though, and they provoke discussion that usually isn't out there in the media

plus, she is really the only outspoken proponent for preservation in this city when it comes to the media

what kind of breakfast do they have?

standards like waffles, french toast, eggs, and my favorite, the breakfast bowl (potatoes, eggs, cheese, onions, bacon, sausage...)

there's also a variety of sandwiches and...quiche

i think i prefer icees over slurpees just because of the name (ice is good, slurp + pee not)

don't really drink stuff like that these days anyhow

i would go to Dallas to get a Squishee from the temporary Kwik-E-Mart, though!

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/4937088.html

heading there after work to see what's up (or left)

a new-ish place for me: Mojo Risin' on shepherd near I-10.

good breakfast, neat atmosphere...also has lots of live music, but i haven't been able to see any there, yet.

i'll have to add this in the breakfast thread as well, but Mojo Risin' on shepherd just south of I-10 has good coffee

a bit behind on my reading, but i haven't seen any more on this...

found lisa gray's commentary, too:

But new-construction neighborhoods inside the Loop react differently, and with reason. As the inner city grows denser, grassy yards are disappearing. A single bungalow is razed, making room for three townhouses. And where one driveway once sufficed, three are needed.

Civic clubbers in those new-feeling, dense-packed neighborhoods see the world differently than their spread-out, big-yard counterparts. In Cottage Grove, northeast of Memorial Park, townhouses are swallowing the cottages and groves, so there's ever less unpaved ground available to absorb rain. The remaining trees struggle to get enough water to stay alive, and flooding threatens property values more than tackiness. Asphalt is the enemy. Supporters of the yard-parking ban argue that cars are bound to leak oil and fluids into a yard, posing a pollution hazard. But Linda Mercer, who's both a Cottage Grove resident and vice president of White Oak Bayou Association, argues that actually, parking on grass prevents water pollution.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metrop...ay/4907647.html

yeah - there was a permit for legget's fabric's at 2600 capitol. this one slipped under the radar

the other tenet of Islamic finance is socially responsible investing (which is subjective, even when religion is applied).

are all of Hakeem's investments "socially responsible?"

is it off the market already?

Across the street - isn't something being done to the huge house at 1000 Kirby? Was that on the market some months ago?

1000 kirby apparently is getting/has gotten swimming pool work and an interior remodel

looks like it was sold january 25th of this year

Sorry, this was my first time to post and wasn't really sure how to do so. If there's a better way then I would like to know; then I can go back make the appropriate edits. No need to get nasty about it..

hmm...with your edit i get the picture descriptions, but no pictures or links...

with tinypic, you can remotely link the pictures to the URL they give you, or you can just paste the URL.

...but you have to be able to upload them.

can anyone provide some examples of architectural/real estate type things Hakeem has been a part of in Houston? (less the West mansion purchase/sell...).

Infused with a passion for architecture and guided by his Islamic faith, the Hall of Fame center has scored big as Houston's most distinctive real estate magnate

Olajuwon only buys and sells; he doesn't develop. That may seem odd given his love of architecture, but to be a developer he'd need a line of credit, which again would go against the Koran. Still, his design sense gives him an advantage. When it's time to resell a property, he'll invest thousands of dollars to commission renderings of possible uses, to help a buyer see the potential.

evidently there was a mistrial in the ashley benton case

yup - not much info yet

http://www.click2houston.com/news/13595755/detail.html

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/kho...l.28460e75.html