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    maybe the astros should move back to the astrodome and minute maid can be used for mud wrestling...hehe
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    i will be happy when it is calhoun again it was reported that the "tenants" were paying rent in some form - i suppose to the maharishi that still own it now...the police said that they couldn't find anyone "in charge" and that no one was in the 20th floor office of the maharishi institute when they went there to investigate some complaints. i suppose it is about the same today, except people have to find new and unusual ways in now...heh
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    yes, houston as a whole isn't really into the arts...patronizing or funding...
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    The Holiday Inn-Days-Inn-Heaven on Earth inn was lastly the Plaza Downtown. It was "converted" to low income housing in the mid 90s and was constantly having problems with police and inspectors. They finally vacated everyone (about 180 residents) from the Plaza because of things like no working fire alarms, no fire extinguishers (they say tenants were reselling them on the streets) and no hot water. Anyhow, since then, it has sat and collected dust and there have been plans to redo it, but like many other projects, nothing has taken off. And from 1990-1996, a couple of people died there (both on the 22nd floor...creepy!) Ref: Houston Chronicle - April 23, 1996, Slain man identified Houston Chronicle - April 15, 1997, Hotel given time to correct problems/Last-minute cash relieves worst ills Houston Chronicle - February 19, 1990, Man dies in fall from downtown hotel
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    the plaza hotel (1926, designed by joseph finger) is currently owned by someone named Ray Khirallah from a company called MBM International, Inc. it is being converted into offices, but it is taking them a LONG time to do so (funding, perhaps?). the interior was pretty bad before renovation (animals/people living in the abandoned building for a couple decades or so...), but not as bad as some that are out there and are continuing to deteriorate (savoy, plaza downtown, etc.). a wise move would be to apply for the property to be put on the national register of historic places to protect it in the future (although most money-hungry real-estaters aren't in to the whole preservation thing).
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