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neither have i, but i also don't watch tv news very often...

someone at columbia university did a report on it a few years ago:

http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cn...2-04-03/253.asp

bob stokes! (taiwan)

http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/ocms/stokes.html

couldn't they just up the ticket prices and/or revamp the schedule and movies. provide better parking... I LIKE the idea that it is a theater, I think this many of us are in an uproar more about loosing the theater versus the building itself. just putting another restaurant or retail space in there will still result in us loosing a theater and a destination.

i get the feeling that the rent will blow away any try at making more money on tickets and concessions...

as far as parking, i hav never had that hard of a time - of course i probably like walking more than most

Sheila was characteristically unclear with her words. When somebody talks about changing demographics, that can be taken many ways...and just about all of them are completely irrelevant. Sheila shouldn't have mentioned it as it has very little to do with her cause.

she specifically mentioned money:

Houston's Vanishing Neighborhoods for People Who Aren't Rich but Still Want to Live Fairly Close to Downtown

not ethnicity, race, age, jerk-iness

there is a correlation since much of the time, property values disproportionately increase in a neighborhood because of tear-down-rebuild something much larger and expensive, therefore pushing out the original residents sometimes. or they sell out for whatever reason (think bellaire).

some think that this change is detrimental to the character of the neighborhood, too - and i agree, it makes those fundamental characteristics vanish.

yes, in very concrete terms, the neighborhood still exists - she obviously isn't challenging that

you know that the Knights of Columbus own the land which Yankee stadium sits and they gave the deed over to Rice University. Essentially George has to lease the land from no other than Houston's own Ivy League, Rice.

http://www.ricefootball.net/yankee.htm

The Institute had acquired the venue from 1927 alumnus John Cox, who had acquired all of the capital stock of the stadium holding company in 1955. In 1962, Cox donated it to his alma mater, claiming it was theirs to have and hold, "lock, stock and barrel." Actually, Rice was in an unlikely partnership with the Knights of Columbus in that regard, because, while the Institute owned the stadium itself, the Knights owned the real estate underneath it.

http://www.rice.edu/sallyport/2006/winter/...t_Fiction2.html

Rice made several million dollars off the gift, leasing the House that Ruth Built to the Yankees for almost a decade. In winter 1966, the stadium was painted blue and white. Coincidence? We think not. The city of New York eventually forced Rice to sell Yankee Stadium in 1971 for the meager price of $2.5 million.

12922 figaro, llc...odd

here's the information on that llc, though:

12922 FIGARO L L C

Charter/COA Date: November 4, 2005

MICHAEL C. O'CONNOR

2500 TANGLEWILDE ST., STE. 222

HOUSTON, TX 77063

what a neat studio! unfortunately, i think the current location is now club houston

http://sustainlane.com/article/847/

number 39 - is this even on target?

SustainLane talked with officials at 37 of the cities in the study and brought together more than 1,700 data points. Our goal has been to gather information

nice! is that carpet in the living area?

i love the philodendron by the pool!

we're not talking about an enormous percentage of homes here.

sheila, most of the people showing contention toward your statements are of the "maria isabel" mindset (she is discussed on this forum) - that's what good taste and money will get ya... (well, actually, her dream home is still a vacant lot).

yep, it's a crock.

river oaks theater isn't ritzy enough, and if it remains a theater, it would need to be an "upscale dinner theater, with cocktails."

the really great part is that the alabama is wanted for a highrise, too:

"In the long term, the company is considering high-rise development of the two theater sites"

weingarten has confirmed "considerations" for the renovation of the north side of shopping area on west gray, via a letter sent to the GHPA

you *may* be able to find a ranch-style home in bellaire (1950s-ish) that are on the larger lots, which tend to be outside of loop 610 (and even west of chimney rock rd.).

i know of some one story homes that are around 2500-3500 sq ft on 20,000 sq ft lots, but most have broken 400k (and are probably surrounded by gaudy new homes that are pushing the one million mark).

closer to loop 610, the home and lot sizes generally decrease (less than 9,000 sq ft lots are standard just inside the loop, going down to around 5,000 sq ft getting near the railroad tracks, east of newcastle rd. even then, the original houses are smaller, and generally not built as well as the ones outside of the loop. and you're still paying a LOT!

i would look toward willow meadows/old braeswood area, perhaps.

or a completely different side of town

aww i think they're kinda cute

i would recommend making friends - they are quite adept at getting around, and i would imagine it would be difficult (well, at least maybe not wothwhile) to try and keep them away.

Park Place WAS a real place. Now it is just Houston, but once was outside the city limits. Look south of Harrisburg on this map

neat map -

when i said "real" i chose the wrong word - i was referring to the park place that the monopoly game uses.

as far as the park place here goes, that's why i provided the super neighborhood link - it mentions park place as a separate municipality

Is Park Place an actual place? I mean, aside from all the subdivisions and apartment complexes, is there something about the name other than its association with a board game that makes one of the myriad Park Places more prestigious?

eh probably not, although it used to be much nicer, and its own city

http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/nbhd_svc...rInfo/SN_74.htm

as far as ties to the real park place in atlantic city, no comparison, i'm sure

ack! i just checked the nick at nite website:

cheers

cosby show

a different world

fatherhood

fresh prince

full house ( )

mad about you

murphy brown

newsradio

roseanne

wings

what a drag - maybe i don't need cable after all

only westerns?! argh

i guess tvland is the next best thing - and i don't even have cable at the moment

neat!

what are the chances that much of anyone in houston knows the history of any of those folks anyhow?

I am gonna vote for the "T.Jones Memorial Park". It just has a nice ring to it.

how morbid!

Yes, a million things named Something Oak(s) in Houston isn't enough...let's make it 1,000,001.

How about "Sweaty Palms Park"?

incidentally, i was thinking of something along the line of pine trees - maybe a hybrid: sweaty whispering pines park?

or maybe pinecone park?

or maybe pinacolada park?

is there a link to the original article of this thread?

and "susan b. komen deal" - :closedeyes:

that's more Shonna Speer's territory, i guess:

Shonna Speer has been a driving force in the success of the Royce Family of Builders for the past 8 years. She began her career at age 19, when she started with the company in the accounting department. Shonna has been instrumental in developing and implementing numerous company programs including Royce's Charitable Donations Initiative and HomeStar, the nationally recognized customer service program which was the first of its kind in the homebuilding industry.

maybe he could take a few pointers from her

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories...63&hbx=e_du

KB Home and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. will break ground Tuesday on the two companies' first joint community in the Houston area.

Located in Katy at Interstate 10 and FM 1463, KB Home WoodCreek Reserve: Homes Created with Martha Stewart will feature 244 homes inspired by Stewart's personal residences in Maine, Connecticut and New York.

The American Red Cross

The homes will range in size from 2,600 square feet to 5,100 square feet and will be priced from the high $200,000s to the mid $500,000s.

Thanks for all the input. Pardon my ignorance, but in reference to fixing something up, when you say that it is good to do it myself, are you saying that as opposed to hiring contracted labor?

Re: schools, I don't have any childen but looking ahead to resale value

it would be cheaper to do it yourself instead of hiring out

not for 100k.

yeah, those areas are pretty much priced out of range

yep - "Menil Properties"