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ooh - here's where i read about some of it:

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...p?showtopic=470

i remember reading about it, but it might have been that same article...

here is the Public Health Assessment from the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry:

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/FormerDel...eryHC022307.pdf

from the Houston Press article:

In early 1997, Paul Anderson often drove through Woodwind Lakes to watch his family's dream house being built. But his excitement fizzled when construction crews uncovered an oil well in the front yard.

Anderson complained to Trendmaker Homes, which asked him to sign an agreement releasing the Houston-based luxury homebuilder from any liability. He says Trendmaker's representatives assured him the lot was clean: "They said it was construction debris."

niiiice

Amegy Bank now owns that center. They have lost almost all their tenants including CiCi's Pizza. Amegy also demolished the landmark modern bank that stood in front of the center and replaced it with a generic box designed by the Kirksey architecture firm.

that was awful...way to go amegy/southwest bank of texas

http://www.houstonmod.org/buildings.aspx?sub=mnm&id=15

as far as Pancho's - i have only eaten there once many years ago, and i don't remember ANYthing about the food

ooh time to round up some pictures - i can only find a couple laying around for now:

this one is next to the old Alamo Plaza Motor Hotel, but i posted it somewhere else on HAIF and don't think anyone knew why it was situated like this:

this one is just east of downtown:

Here's a

to (one version of) the commercial on YouTube.

And yes, that's me.

cool! and you didn't have to drop the guy on the ground

http://www.khou.com/news/local/houstonmetr...o.173b27c0.html

The Piney Point Village City Council won't be moving into a $1.5 million home after all.

Monday night council members agreed and said they'd sell the Blalock home and look for office space outside Piney Point.

Andy's migas, Kelley's mega-omelets and hash browns, House of Pies anything + cheese

anyone frequent Avalon Diner?

i'll have to add Kelley's on park place. i don't make it over there too often, but it fits the bill sometimes (and they have an assortment of neat old photos of Houston on one wall)

EDIT: Having watched the video, and noticed the date (Jan. 2007), she didn't sound like she had made amends. Old 6th Ward POA may be a group she started herself. Certainly, the conversation I had with my friend occurred prior to January.

OSWPO is not in any way affiliated with the neighborhood association (http://www.old6ward.com) - i can't find anything about OSWPO with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, either

Can someone tell me how to add a picture?

when you add a reply, hit the button in the toolbar, and paste a link to the picture (it has to be hosted somewhere, like tinypic.com). otherwise, you have to upload 'em, like you did above

almost two years later, the only thing on the lot where the Valentine house sat is an old Winnebago

fwiw, Maria Isabel (the one who demolished the Valentine house) is the head of the Old Sixth ward Property Owners Association, and they are trying to get new historic entry signs for the neighborhood:

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=2007_4354849 (registration req.)

Wanting more than the brown historic district signs to designate its uniqueness, residents of the Old Sixth Ward are looking for a few good designs.

"It's a monumental, significant way to say, `This is our district,' " said Maria Isabel of the Sixth Ward Property Owners, which is organizing the call for entries.

Isabel said she wants something more than what the brown historic district signs offer.

"Right now we have markers in the neighborhood and they're in bad shape," she said. "It would be great to redo those."

now, here is a news segment where she shows her true feelings about preservation (she comes in about 50 seconds into the segment):

i haven't been to croissant brioche in ages - i'll have to head there, inversion, and au bon pain soon.

i went to a waffle house in the middle of missouri recently and the coffee wasn't too bad. i don't go to empire, but agora's texas pecan is alright.

hmm - patios

restaurants - there's el pueblito on richmond near montrose, and recently a couple friends suggested hollywood vietnamese on montrose near fairview

brasil (westheimer and dunlavy) is a good place to hang out, especially if you're not sure about ordering food

i saw SiCKO saturday evening -

no matter one's personal feelings toward Michael Moore, the movie was on the mark about our horrible healthcare in the states

it either reconfirms what you already know, but with horrifying visual accompaniment, or lets you know just how bad it really is

anyone else see it? thoughts?

knowing people in the insurance and medical fields, it was really depressing to have what Moore presented confirmed

I called the place earlier today and the receptionist said they'd been open since October 30th of last year.

hmm - i wonder what the date is of the earlier article , then...

i guess it's time to head back to wharton!

Here are some interesting pics:

http://flickr.com/photos/59591398@N00/sets...57594507855666/

oh wow! those pictures are great

when they are open for business, i'll be booking a night

i got the feeling that the writer wasn't talking about Houston, either

Found this recent chron article about Rice and the Menil.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4903749.html

it's about damn time Houston had a graduate program of some sort in art history

I've played THAT course more times than I have fingers and toes Sev.

well, you still can! just bring your own equipment (and a flashlight if at night)

found baytown photos - not exactly a historic putt putt, but eerie nonetheless

around '55 there was a miniature golf course at 1910 fannin, between calhoun (st. joseph) and pierce...

there is also an abandoned one now on e. james st. near alexander st. in baytown (c. 1970)

here are a couple more pictures - would have been neat to see before the wooden covers were placed.

also curious what became of the tubs and ornamental work...

you could also try Kris Bitner Horticultural Consultants (713-721-0920)

she was voted best arborist in the Houston Press, fwiw

http://bestof.houstonpress.com/bestof/awar...98319&year=

that is really neat - for clarification, this is from the second incarnation of the brazos?

It's not better than the Northwest Pacific Tree Octopus. They were almost wiped out by the Sasquatch.

or the rock nest monster

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/