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at the moment, the little telephone nook on the stairwell (is there a proper name for those things?)

if i get the new place i want, it'll probably be the built-in book shelves

This week's Houston Business Journal has a front page article titled "Heights Activism aborts projects"

the main character is Bill Baldwin of Allegro Homes, who is so sad that he got pressured out of tearing down a 1890s bungalow.

"Ryan Hildebrand has taken a restaurant off the contstruction menu after receiving hundreds of angry emails about his decision to tear down the historic Ashland House Tea Room to make room for his restaurant. The restaurant's major investor pulled out due to what Hildebrand calls misconceptions created by a very vocal few."

In the article Hildebrand said he got blamed as the developer when he was just the chef.

While the article seems to be a little critical of the grassroots movement in the Heights, I am glad to see that we, as residents, are getting attention as concerned citizens. If they want to develop, they should talk to people like Shepard at the Glasswall who had no issues with his restaurant b/c he built (with Allegro) in an area that needs development.

wow - well, there ya go...too bad it had to come at the cost of the house, for which a tiny bit of thought and foresight would have helped :closedeyes:

I went by the cemetery - it is quite nice, although leading up to it is a gravel-y road, and the train tracks cross very closely to the entrance gate.

but its a good book with a similar premise, right?

gotta get it

oh yes, i would recommend it (and i think it's on sale at amazon )

it is quite a bit larger than the houston (dallas, etc) ones, too

not a thing- yet - the last permit to be issued (construction and demo) was the demolition permit:

Project No:

06005973

Date:

1/25/2006

USE:

DEMO BLDG/SEWER DISC

Owner / Occupant:

TABLE IN THE HEIGHTS

Job Address:

1801 ASHLAND ST

Tax ID:

0400200960000046

Subdivision:

HISTORICAL SITE

Buyer:

JEFF SWEENEY

Address:

12335 KINGSRIDE 77024

Phone:

8328590010

i love how it reads "historical site" on the permit - like adding insult to injury

oooh. cool i wonder how i missed that book.

is that in the same series as the houston then and now?

i don't think so...i have both, and they have different publishers, and look quite different

those pictures in that issue (February 2006) were taken from Texas: Then and Now...great book

from the Chronicle, July 12, 2001:

As the structurally unsound building is headed toward destruction in the next two months, about 25 portable classrooms are being moved onto campus and situated in the student parking area, Lindsay said. The structures will house about 50 classrooms and provide restroom facilities.

so those temp buildings should be gone now...

france kinda scares me - so were there winners of the pageant?

wow....where do you get all of these pictures?? library or wuuut?

they're from the li-berry of congress

kress/st. germain lofts in the background

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edit - right side of first picture

pulchritude - haven't heard that in a while - how latin!

green mountain seems to have cost about the same as when i had txu (which i had terrible terrible problems with).

i never had anyone bother me about signing up, but i have seen them around half price books in the village - but i just enrolled online.

The Rice Hotel was not built yet in 1910.

welllll, sort of...

in 1881, the Capitol Hotel was built (on the site of the capitol of the republic of texas), then sold to William Marsh Rice in 1883, who changed the name and added on to it.

in 1911, the estate of Rice (the University) sold the hotel to Jesse Jones who tore it down to build the two-wing version of what is there today.

still there, about the same - i took a picture of it about three days ago

there's also molly and the ringwald's at the continental club - fridays i think, during happy hour

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yep, from 7-9:30 pm

http://www.continentalclub.com/Houston.html

Mercury Room is pretty much dead now. Anyone have any suggestions on a place with that typeof music, that is not dead and pretty live? Anyone remember "City Streets" on Richmond, close to the 610 loop. Some place like that is what I am looking for for this Friday night. Any suggestions?

i think friday night is 80s night at numbers - although i never go out, so this is just hearsay

i have to agree with jeebus. this project is taking into consideration the pedestrian friendly nature of the village. it is not going to be ugly. as far as i know, it is not destroying any significant structures (correct me if i'm wrong). this is good for the village.

i think that theoretically, this would be a good thing, but it is disheartening to hear about how it may affect current nearby tenants.

picazo restaurant and grill - never heard of it

going to be worked on by these folks: http://www.designbuildarch.com/

same 'ol stuff - even the national register of historic places only "recognizes" the building, which apparently isn't enough for real estate folks

I'm afraid that in Houston, even being in the National Register won't save a building from demolition. Miami must have that provision in its city preservation laws. We don't.

Our most stringent protection is for buildings that the owners themselves have designated "protected." But unless an owner chooses to file that city paperwork, even a landmark building can be razed.

Even if you're in one of the city historic districts, even if your building is on the National Register, even if the city historic and archeological commission rejects your plans -- if you want to demolish a building, you'll face at most a 90-day waiting period.

oh yes, i remember maria isabel ( )

even fully knowing that the application wouldn't go through, a few of us were thinking that the state preservation officer presenting the option to weingarten, and then weingarten saying something like "no, we don't feel it's worthy to do this" would help expose their business philosophy in a more clear and direct fashion. sure, they may not say that, but it would be interesting to see what they would put out there...

the amount of work to be done for a nomination isn't too overbearing (once it gets nominated, from experience, the workload expands significantly).

btw - love the elements yarn car!

eek!

1100

1945

~150

green mountain

saw one of these signs today - from the sign and the reactions i have heard from a few folks, seems like a pro-rail, very facetious phrase! d'oh!

"What's amazing to me is that so many people in America don't care if their neighborhood loses its uniqueness," he said. Variety Fair's Irby, meanwhile, is weighing her options. After being in the same spot 58 years, she doesn't want to move, and she can't make too many changes in her store, which carries many visual reminders of her comical, sweet-natured late father and store founder Ben Klinger.

"It's whole purpose is to remind people of how stores used to be,'' said Irby.

"After all, we are a 5-and-10."

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stinks - explanation? see rants in the river oaks theater thread

I think that if you're at the intersection of Lawndale (225) and Broadway, then head north on Broadway, then take a right on E. Magnolia, it's right there.

I had never known the exact address, but it is apparently 8315 E. Magnolia, from a search. there is also information on it in the texas historical atlas, if you search under Harris county and cemeteries.