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While searching for a map of somewhere else I noticed that the cleared area off of Wilson Rd. near Atascocita Rd. had street names overlayed where none were. I figured that a new neighborhood may be going in and it just hadn't been built yet, but it turns out the land is actually the Atascocita landfill and has been for quite some time. Block book maps of the area show the streets and lots as well as U/R. I understand that it probably was a plan that never got built and it was made in to a dump instead, but why would Google, Yahoo, and MSN maps show the streets? The block book maps aren't dated, but I would guess they're several decades old. Does anyone know what/when/why Windmill Place was? It's on the old Edwin Stimson survey (http://books.tax.hctx.net/v045/AE1997_Vol_45-1_0030.jpg) and to the southeast there's another u/r subdivision named North Belt Forest. Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source...mp;t=h&z=15 Local live map: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...1&encType=1 Google + block books:

Thanks Geoff, for pointing out that inflammatory statement. I (and probably others, too) do not know anyone, pro-choice or not, that is pro-abortion.

Also, as an aside, does anyone know what this is? It is just north of Westwood Gardens where Windfern turns west. It looks like a dirt yard maybe, but the formations are...less than attractive http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source...mp;t=h&z=17

Are there any photos out there of the interior open space of the old Meyerland mall? I have what's in my head (and it includes an Oshman's and a pet store of some kind), but something concrete would be nice..

That's it - thanks!

I remember the craft store where the 24 hour Fitness is. Someone has to remember what it was...

Great map - between Sanborn, block books, historic aerials, and others, I need to find a way to get paid for zoning out looking at them!

^Yeah, I think the answer here is to report as much as possible and try to get more attention to the property.

Yes, please address exceptions that may apply (or not). Students, current unemployed, adults that live in a single income family. Does your connection (marriage) to an earner give you the right to vote? Does previously working and paying taxes, even if you're unemployed at a current election, give you some leeway? If you are disabled or elderly and do not work, does that repeal your right to vote? Do you get a double whammy if you are receiving $ from the government? Also, from your other posts, I'm fairly confident you are addressing the long-term unemployed but able-to-be-employed population - perhaps these folks, whoever they are: "I understand exactly WHAT made them poor at a young age, WHAT keeps them poor at their current age, and the reasons WHY they will remain poor. So I can fully identify with and understand their situation. The problem is that many of the truly poor are unable to defer what they want in order to achieve what they need." How would you separate/identify them from everyone else? Longitudinal observation? And do you have numbers on those voting habits?

Oh, so much to choose from! I'll start off with a couple you mentioned plus a few more (some obvious downtown buildings). Most/all of the residential I have are now in the landfill. Royce Builders home Westwood Gardens subdivision, 03/09 Brady home 3805 Wilmer, 03/09 Fire Station 33 7100 Fannin, 03/09 and the downtown favorites: 1914 Texaco building, 02/03 (same condition or worse) Holiday Inn, 11/05 (same condition or worse) Battelstein building, 01/07 (same condition or worse) Savoy Hotel, 02/03 (same condition or worse) Century building, 02/03 (same condition or worse) Ben Milam Hotel, 03/06 (same condition or worse)

I have similar sentiments as Furious about valet parking (I don't partake) and the sight of cones right in front of a restaurant seems like a big turn-off..

Royce kicked the bucket and left this neighborhood half-built. Any clues to what's going to happen with all those homes/the land? Here's a post from Swamplot: http://swamplot.com/westwood-gardens-still...-houston-homes/ more here: http://arch-ive.org/archive/westwood-gardens/

It's pretty bad, but not the worst ever.. more: http://www.arch-ive.org/archive/brady-house

Took a few pictures today - I like it even more after seeing it more closely, and halfway want to move it to the Houston Mod section.. More here: http://www.arch-ive.org/archive/fire-station-33

Harris County to consider demolition of two historic buildings Commissioners Court meeting, 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 10, 2009 At its next meeting, Harris County Commissioners Court will consider a contract with Morris Architects to plan the demolition of two historic buildings: the National Register-eligible 1905 Peden Iron & Steel Co. Building [a.k.a. Iron Mountain Warehouse] at 700 North San Jacinto in the Warehouse District and 1923 Hogan-Allnoch Dry Goods Co. Building at 1311-1319 Texas Avenue downtown. From the Commissioners Court agenda for Tuesday, March 10, 2009: c. Construction Programs 3. Recommendation for the County Judge to execute an architectural agreement with Morris Architects in the amount of $459,900 for the razing of the Hogan Allnoch Building at 1319 Texas Avenue and Iron Mountain Warehouse at 700 North San Jacinto. GHPA is encouraging its members to contact County Judge Ed Emmett’s office to express their opposition to the proposed demolitions. Judge Emmett can be reached at 713-755-5000, fax 713-755-8379 or judge.emmett@cjo.hctx.net. His mailing address is: The Honorable Ed Emmett Harris County Administration Building 1001 Preston, Suite 911 Houston, Texas 77002 Commissioners Court will meet at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 10, on the 9th floor of the Harris County Administration Building 1001 Preston. Background Peden Iron & Steel Co. Building (shown in 2007) was designed by the prominent architectural firm C.H. Page & Co., which also designed Houston’s Dow School (1906) and the Fort Bend County Courthouse (1908) along with several other Texas courthouses. In April 2008, at GHPA’s request, Texas Historical Commission (THC) determined the building was eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, the nation’s official roster of historic resources deemed worthy of preservation. According to THC, the Peden building is significant for its eclectic Italian Renaissance Revival design and for its role in Houston commerce. GHPA requested the determination of eligibility out of concern that the building would be demolished for a proposed Harris County/City of Houston inmate processing facility. The historic building occupies the southwest corner of a much larger site. GHPA proposes the County/City preserve the 1905 building by constructing the new facility around the historically significant portions of the property. The historic building is structurally sound and its open plan could be adapted readily to modern use. GHPA does not object to the demolition of later architecturally unsympathetic additions to the historic building. Plans for the inmate processing facility were delayed in late 2007, when voters rejected a bond issue that would have funded the project. Hogan-Allnoch Dry Goods Co. Building (shown ca. 1923) was completed in 1923 for a wholesale company that specialized in menswear. The building is one of Houston’s best surviving examples of Chicago Style architectural design, a commercialindustrial building style popular in the U.S. from ca. 1895 to 1930 when new technology allowed masonry buildings to be constructed with higher ceilings and more open floor space. These types of buildings are easily adapted as “real” lofts. The building is part of the last intact block of historic structures before the stretch of surface parking lots leading to Union Station and Minute Maid Park. If demolished, the building would be replaced by a parking lot, eliminating the possibility for pedestrian oriented, street-level retail development that would return the property to the tax rolls. GHPA staff members believe the structure is potentially eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in Commerce and Architecture. If the building were listed on the National Register, an approved renovation for an income-producing project would qualify for significant federal preservation tax credits.

Thanks for the memory jog - I felt a slight correlation to another member but I couldn't place it

Generalizations again. Your understanding of a certain situation applies to only those certain situations. What exactly is the situation, and how do you know that it applies across the board? What is this need and deferment of "what" "they" need? Maybe about as much as you know about the poor people you write of..

I think I know the house you're writing about - when I was at Wilshire Village last week, it was across Alabama. I'll post pictures soon (if I can find them!).

^Looks like you're about right - 16830 Beaumont Highway: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source...mp;t=h&z=16

^Your generalizations about welfare recipients don't help anything. Of course there are ones who take advantage of it and use it beyond its intent, but those bad apples are in every sector (hello current economy). Like Mr. Barnes mentioned earlier, welfare programs make up less than ten percent of the taxes we pay.

On the image from Google maps it appears clean (and Google calls the lake "Congo Loko"): http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source...mp;t=h&z=18

Neat house - just wish the neighborhood was more intact.. One of his homes was on the 2005 RDA tour - 6328 Brookside Dr. (1950). In this thread it is mentioned that the Brookside home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was built for Angelo and Lillian Minella, and it was one of several of Williams' "Century Built Homes."

I was going through some old magazines I had sitting around and came across the April 1957 Arts and Architecture article mentioned on the 10211 Willowgrove page from Houston Mod. There are also some images posted by Willowisp in this thread: http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...showtopic=10395 http://www.arch-ive.org/jenkins/jenkins1957_600.jpg http://www.arch-ive.org/jenkins/jenkins1957_text.jpg http://www.arch-ive.org/jenkins/jenkins1957_outline.jpg http://www.arch-ive.org/jenkins/jenkins1957_floorplan.jpg http://www.arch-ive.org/jenkins/jenkins1957_render.jpg http://www.arch-ive.org/jenkins/jenkins1957_render2.jpg

Sounds terrible...and terrible that it was neglected to that point..

Yes, that's the station - thanks for posting the picture. Not too long ago a large apartment complex surrounded it - it was demolished around 1996. It was either Smith Square apartments or Braesbrook Landing apartments (or both maybe). Here are before and after aerials (1973 and 2002) - the red circle is the fire station: