sevfiv

everyone knows sleazy politicians cross all party lines...right?

houston icons - hmm - harder than i thought

most definitely the Astrodome, but reliant stadium shat all over it

i have never been a fan of the Transco Tower, but most love it

maybe pennzoil place? it's got the oil thing going on

thanks for posting those photos - they were taken recently?

geez

Actor and former senator Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) escorts his wife, Jeri, at a GOP fundraiser in Richmond.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7060201163.html

there's 25 years between 'em

GHPA just sent out an email:

Opus West Corporation is expected to close this week on its purchase of the James & Jessie West Mansion overlooking Clear Lake at NASA Parkway and Space Center Blvd. [map]. The new owner has met with representatives of the Texas Historical Commission (THC) to discuss preliminary plans to rehabilitate the historic house and develop part of the site. Opus West is buying the 1929 Italian Renaissance mansion, its outbuildings and nine surrounding acres from Olajuwon Farms, LLP.

The company is currently assessing the building

USA Today link (Urban Affairs Review study cited)

fwiw, the Lance Freeman article is in volume 40, number 4 of Urban Affairs Review (March 2005, page 463)

the title is "Displacement or Succession?: Residential Mobility in Gentrifying Neighborhoods"

i just got back in to town - i wondered on the ride home if it (the first demo area) would still be there when i got back

i need a few weeks, but i am gonna get something together

warren's was fun (and so was the show afterward!)

june 8th is probably a no-go this time around, though

and how this place warren's looks like...

it has the best wallpaper

i thought garden in the heights was a neat place

here are the townhomes (under construction):

these will find their way to a small (small) niche here, perhaps

1200 square feet used to be "normal" for families anyhow - and in my opinion, more than enough for 1-2 people.

of course, i scoff at those who try to recreate Tara on an 8,000 square foot lot

i made a better scan of the postcard i posted earlier - yours doesn't have the arches over the top floor - do you know what year yours is from? this one is postmarked 1968...

yeah, there was apparently a hearing yesterday afternoon at the city hall annex:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=...&id=5330457

yep - it's coming along. it is not touching the hotel, and the hotel looks the same as always

there is some sort of corrugated/shingled metal going over the structure - i am hoping it will be covered by something else...otherwise, is it supposed to look like a train, because it looks kind of ehhhh so far

stopped by tonight - ugh

i had these on, then removed them from my site, but they'll be back again soon

here is a chron article about the conviction:

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=1994_1188571

and release on bond:

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=1994_1188758

and return to jail:

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=1995_1298931

and the reversal of his murder conviction:

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=1997_1404527

and his re-conviction ten years later:

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=2002_3532953

geez!

caldo is soup/broth

Now I just need to figure out how to pronounce tmariar.

good call - saying screen names out loud can be odd

for me, sevfiv is just a shortened number (seventyfive) so i will say sevfiv is pronounced "seventyfive"

wow, i had forgotten about Big Franks - the bank flattened it around 1999, i think

funny enough, if you google "5502 kirby houston," Big Franks listings come up

now that we've strayed to toilets...

a couple years ago i was at a restaurant near port o'connor, and the bathroom had a friendly set up:

there is some overlap (geographically, too), but i think it may be beneficial to differentiate.

could also serve as an alert/impending doom section, too

i used to live in 77019 near woodhead (getting closer to the river oaks shopping center), and the condo-plague is ripping through the area - more widespread than others, perhaps

Where is Warrens ?

307 Travis, between Preston and Congress (across from Market Square park)

ad an asterisk to my name, too - i have to go to the airport after work, so i would be there way past 6

a max speed of 29 mph would be quite dangerous here, too