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  1. sevfiv
    oops - i misunderstood - what were we talking about? what was the question? where am i?
  2. sevfiv
    if you're talking about the fan-blade-looking-thing, i think it is/was a bank
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    okay, it's not there - unless i am still crazy... does anyone know about this sculpture - who, when, etc.? it was a thin blue metal sculpture just east of chenevert on the southmore median i checked the municipal art site, and got nothing
  4. sevfiv
    try preston at travis, 77002 look for the counter-clockwise swastika oops - here's the local.live link
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    exactly - and that can go for bigoted statements, too - just make sure it is clear that one's a bigot in this case, i don't think it was necessarily discriminatory, but rather of ineloquence and bad taste
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    they didn't mention the theater because these plans are only for the corner segment - as far as i am concerned, the theater still is in danger. and we'll see just how architecturally sympathetic these new structures will be...
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    it was also (apparently) taken in 1999 - i wonder if this place still exists. and as far as being in houston -- there aren't too many bowling lanes around, so...
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    okay, not to stray too far off here, but is this where someone can have an "economic misimprovement?" is that a desirable status if you're one of the last originals in a neighborhood that's almost all flipped to the other side?
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    yeah - an odd shape - should be the one on the right near where macarthur and sheridan meet (next to the diamond shaped lot?) and as for HCAD, bleh: 2006 Value Market: Land 216,183 -- Improvement 100 -- Total 216,283 Appraised: - -- - -- Total 216,283
  10. sevfiv
    yep - too bad (the listing gives it a little hope - not the usual lot value talk) oh well...imo, used to be a neat neighborhood
  11. sevfiv
    ugh! not marketed as a teardown, but still... http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cfm?mlnum=3590219
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    is anyone familiar with this building or have any information? it is located at 2017 airline dr. (at adele st.) - just north of cavalcade. the hcad listing shows type as a veterinarian clinic, built in 1958... http://www.arch-ive.org/airline/airline001.jpg
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    indeed - only a passionate and industrious few can pull it off unfortunately, alot of our cityscape goes down the toilet with those that do not fit the above descriptions
  14. sevfiv
    this article mentions the documentary of the neighborhood (This Is Our Home It Is Not For Sale) The film describes how Houston's prominent Jewish families, such as the Sakowitzes, Battlesteins and Fingers, moved there in the 1930s because they were banned from River Oaks. Then, in 1952, wealthy black cattleman Jack Caesar moved in. A bomb was detonated on his front porch, but he stayed. As black families moved in, the film describes, many whites fled to the suburbs. In the early 1960s, white residents who saw potential for an integrated neighborhood tried to stabilize it by posting signs that read: "This Is Our Home It Is Not For Sale", which is also the film's title. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/busine...ds/1488322.html
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    also, in older maps, i think i remember seeing white oak drive as well as white oak street (in the same vicinity) maybe one of these intersected and one was parallel to 6th?
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    thank goodness it is going to be LEED-certified
  17. sevfiv
    oh the memories i remember a few of the above teachers, the two courtyards, drug dogs, and the "pup house"
  18. sevfiv
    is the blue ribbon sculpture in the median of southmore gone? or am i going crazy?
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    perhaps...the web site doesn't elaborate, either: Houston postman Jeff McKissack created The Orange Show in honor of his favorite fruit and illustrate his belief that longevity results from hard work and good nutrition. Working in isolation from 1956 until his death in 1980, McKissack used common building materials and found objects — bricks, tiles, fencing, farm implements — to transform an East End lot into an architectural maze of walkways, balconies, arenas and exhibits decorated with mosaics and brightly painted iron figures. http://www.orangeshow.org/orange_history.html
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    It's the sister to the Capitan in pasadena - unfortunately my google searches all lead back to stuff i have posted Maybe it was also an Interstate Theatre? I was contacted about the Granada a little while ago by the guy who's making a documentary about the Interstate Theatres, (i saw the previews for it - looks really neat) but I am not sure if it was for that project or not... (http://www.interstatetheatres.com/) The interior is beautiful, and the exterior looks good...as far as I know, though, nothing is in the works...
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    yeah -- i just walked by there yesterday, and wondered if anything else was going to be integrated on that large corner plot... there were signs advertising a plant sale (fundraiser) this saturday from 9-12pm here's a link to their craigslist entry: http://houston.craigslist.org/eve/290141070.html
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    mckissack continuously built the orange show from the mid-fifties until he died (1980). a group got together (led by marilyn oshman) and after two years of restoration, it opened to the public and the organization was created. just a couple weeks ago was the annual post-yearly-restoration opening party, and the new National Register plaque was unveiled (yay!)
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    yeah -- i find it's a good place to go if you know what you want and know they carry it, go in and get it, and leave. otherwise, the internet serves well
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    might want to check out the city depositories: http://www.houstontx.gov/solidwaste/disposal.html ooh...and the rules: http://www.houstontx.gov/solidwaste/depository-rules.pdf
  25. sevfiv
    this was all i could find, page 3 the panaderia at 4120 mckinney street used to be na "Albritton's Eats" (and nuevo leon in the late seventies)
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