Tumbleweed_Tx

someone nicknamed Fred because their real name will be unpronounceable

it's been open for a while. They had Velcro Pygmies today, Ozz last week. Sunday Fundays.

10 hours ago, tigereye said:

Fulbright we know of for Block 250. 

What is the confidence level of Block 251 tower? 

It's Skanska. 100%. Eventually.

2 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

I suspect that BIG would not want to put their name on anything with a skybridge.

 

they put their name on this, so anything could happen.

14 hours ago, Specwriter said:

Does anybody remember what was in the 'missing' sign between Lancia and TVR? Maybe it was Alfa Romeo. It is a pity the 1958 showroom piece did not survive. It was a great example of Mid-Century architecture. Even if became a phone store or check cashing place it could have preserved that wonderful roof.

It may have been Alfa. I know it wasn't Fiat since they pulled out of the US market in '82, taking Lancia with them. The remaining Lancia Betas and Zagatos were sold by the people who started Overstock.com, by the way. They were based near Columbus Ohio, there were a lot of Lancias roaming those streets. I can only recall a few Lancias here, Stan's scary AF Scorpion, Chaucer's Beta, and a dude named Rodney in Dallas who stuffed a modern motor in one 20 years ago...

Now there's a kid (hah, kid, he's in his 30s) who imported a racing Delta, and there was a Stratos in Houston for a while. 
I know, it's greek to y'all, take it to the mirafiori forum.. lol

the Chequer Imports sign is still there, with the Lancia and TVR signs still intact.

they cut the power here at 10pm Tuesday and turned it back on at 8pm Wednesday. Even the traffic signals were out.

We're still in a state-wide emergency - Whataburgers near me are closed! (I'm guessing they ran out of food and deliveries are on the way, they had post-hurricane type lines in the drive-thru)

I helped form the local Fiat club 20 years ago, and we never had a Yugo owner as a member for the 10 years I was around...

The guy who had the Yugo parts place was Jay, he started out on Jones Rd near 1960, then moved to Eldridge Road somewhere north of 1960. I had the misfortune of meeting him the day after Clinton bombed the Zastava factory. I'm like, dude, i just need a hood for my Spider, I don't need the long rant... lol

the "points" at Pennzoil Place may look cool from the outside, but they are wasted space inside. You can't do anything with them except make them storage or mechanical areas

there's a dude on youtube who did a 'will it start' video on one of those. And yep, it had a roll-down rear window

that mound looks like it's about 10% of the dirt needs for this project

a team village would be the perfect place for the train.

I think the only time I ever went into this store was Halloween of 84, back when Halloween MEANT SOMTHING in Montrose... lol

Yes, we were in costumes... lol

it will fix itself once the new 59 South exit ramp is finished and opened

"which Mattress Firm are you at? This one?"

"No, I'm at the one on the opposite corner."

Just like Starbucks on West Gray.

^^^ between you, me, and the walls, it's been announced here, and the name of it is in the image above.


@gene... was Bjork's sound guy's name Jan? I travelled the country with an Icelandic band, our monitor guy guy was her front of house guy.

huge parking lots are required in a development like this. The concert venue going inside is a 5000 seater, there's not enough parking in the area when you add in the needs of the theater district.

suits are dumb in Texas where it's 100° and 100% humidity at midnight. In places like NYC and London where a hot summer day is 70°, they're ok.

On 1/12/2021 at 2:59 PM, downtownian said:

I’m cautiously optimistic about the Life Time Green Street. It’s going to open in the spring and the facilities are large and incredible. I went in for a virtual tour over the weekend and joined at a discounted early rate. 

just make sure that if you office there, don't get stuck on the second floor beneath the HoB. We WILL make your life miserable  between 3 and 6 when it's sound check time... those suck.

55 minutes ago, Bassclef said:

Come on y'all, they're not building this.

y'all said that about the Capital Tower. I said it was going up. Skanska moved in to this market and struck gold.  

On 1/5/2021 at 12:13 AM, TheSirDingle said:

 

Total Population (still don't know what else it's counting): 11,787 people 

 

they're counting the homeless, too.

Which lot is supposed to have Camden Phase 2? (Not that I see them building that within the next 10 years)