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What about this? well, wait - you could probably fit a large family in it - but bumps/dips might not be fun for the kit

Go for it - I hadn't planned anything

^ha! Ugh, reform in an industry that is torn between utility and vanity (I'd generalize consumers in those two categories) ain't gonna be easy.

Oops, here is a closeup of that part:

Also, on the 1895 map it ran on Ross St. which was two blocks north of W Main (now Sul Ross):

The Texas Western is shown on the 1890 street map linked from here: http://houstorian.wordpress.com/old-houston-maps/ Looks like heading east it eventually met up with Holman ("Halman"), St. Emanuel, and then met up with the Houston & E.W. Texas railroad.

^ Stanky Legg? I've just officially turned in to a crotchety 'ol fogey

After the machismo comment Niche made - if that has anything to do with it, even more reason to stay home

If you're seriously preparing yourself for robbery at gunpoint or more, I'd tell her sorry and stay home.

To me, the house looks distended/tumid. And that's unfortunate about the junk work on the house - it sounds like the McCustom I saw a couple weekends ago in Bellaire.

I had forgotten, but a couple weeks ago I heard about an architectural firm making plans for a renovation and trying to stick to the original plans as much as possible. I know I don't have many details, and the actual project may not happen, but there is some activity in the planning of a restoration, even if it doesn't make it past the planning stage..

Milan

I think there will be at least three of us there...but yeah, small percentage!

^Yeah, the northeast part kind of looks like Exxon with a veil on... And yeah, The Perennial domain is registered to Redstone: Registrant: Redstone Companies 109 N. Post Oak Ln. Ste. 200 Houston, Texas 77024

The chief executive of Landry

Oh, I don't have anything against the lot size, either...but in my opinion (which isn't shared by too many folks) a house more than 2,500 square feet or so just looks uncomfortable to me unless the design somehow hides the space better. That home on Bellaire (4826 I think?) looks uncomfortable to me, too - mainly the way the east side is snug against the neighbor. Those lots do seem a little narrow, though, so maybe there wasn't any other option when they decided to build a that house on that sized lot. And those lots along Bellaire - I think they were originally much larger or were not residential lots (farmland) - most of the homes along that stretch weren't built until the mid 1980s (inlcuding the one torn down at 4826), and there are a couple 1950s home, and even fewer 1920s homes sprinkled in.

At least send his information to the report a litterer web site. Who knows, even a nasty d-bag may have a huge epiphany/life changing experience when the Don't Mess With Texas trash bag arrives in the mail

Adding to the differences between a regular and a "mc" - I think the ratio of house size to lot square footage is key. Secondly, there is the design. I keep going back to Bellaire since I am familiar with homes there, but much of the newer construction is speculative, out of a book, and put together rather hastily. I toured a house last weekend (this one, actually) and I thought the design, layout, and finishes were mediocre if not bad. Not to mention the construction left a lot to be desired (noticeable flaws in fixtures, stone, etc). Not that the above would fit everyone's mcmansion definition, but for the price (~$870,000) and the product, to me it definitely fits it and is ripe for the buying of folks who conspicuously consume and don't give a second thought about how home fits in to landscape, how interiors fit within a home, and those who value vanity over utility. But they're selling. For nearly a million dollars. On 8,775 square foot lots.

Apparently the tract of land - from the existing apartments to the area with the station - is supposed to be the site of a large mixed-use development with a medical emphasis...we'll see...

Here are the top of university presidents' compensation from the above post: PUBLIC State: Delaware Institution: U. of Delaware Name: David P. Roselle (Resigned June 2007) Salary: (Public funds) - $2,377,000 (Private sources) - $0 Car: 1 car provided by state House: 1 house provided by state Other: $74,689 employee benefits *Salary includes separation payments, such as deferred compensation and accrued vacation time. Total compensation: $2,451,689 Year reported: 2006-7 PRIVATE Institution: Suffolk University Employee: David J. Sargent 2006-7 pay: $872,000 2006-7 benefits: $1,928,461 Expense account: $17,995 2006-7 total compensation: $2,800,461 Note: The president's salary includes $436,000 in base pay and a $436,000 longevity bonus. Benefits include a $1,190,000 deferred sabbatical bonus, $555,667 in deferred compensation, a capped performance bonus of $87,200, and $56,262 in health, dental, and other retirement benefits. The president does not receive a housing allowance or the use of a university-owned house.

^That is fantastic news about the neighborhood - please keep us posted on your efforts..

Regarding Swift & Co.: -1932 lists Swift & Co. refinery at the southwest corner of Waverly and 7th (no address) -Swift & Co. wholesale meats was located at 1102-1106 Commerce St. (and the next block, 1016-1020, was Armour & Co. meat packers).

A mansion price, though the IKEA furnishings (which aren't bad, in my opinion) push it in the "mc" category.

Sounds like fun!

I remember my mom having a card with the old-fashioned lower case logo with the asterisk for what seemed like an eternity.. Here are a couple logos: