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    Have to respectfully disagree with that observation. In the early 80s (indeed, until the mid-90s) smoking was permitted in most office buildings.
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    Any updates on this property?
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    On that, we can agree.
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    Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have. - Confucius It appears that the Devonshire Place resident wants what he or she already has. To express eagerness to destroy his or her home strikes me to be, at best, extremely tactless. The little girl! How much you want for the little girl? - John Belushi in The Blues Brothers
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    Some people place a higher value on quality of life than the mindless amassing of $$.
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    Harry's (318 Tuam @ Bagby) The menu isn't exclusively Greek - lots of traditional cafeteria-style foods. Clean, inexpensive and large portions.
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    I wonder if the official groundbreaking was timed to coincide with this year's rodeo. Local media coverage would give added exposure of this project to out-of-town visitors.
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    Another notable feature was the huge, gold painted concrete Budda which sat between the building and the sidewalk. Due to the placement of his hands, in profile he appeared to be, shall we say, very happy. Somewhere, I have a picture taken after the last time the restaurant burned. Some of the gold paint had eroded and left what looked like tears streaming down his face; he didn't look so happy any more. That site is currently occupied by Indika. The adjacent parking lot is the former site of the Westheimer Mini-Mall, home of Wilde-n-Stein bookstore.
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    TXDOT sometimes marks the sides of freeway on/off ramps with a recessed design depicting the State of Texas. A few months ago, I noticed that some of these usually undecorated features have been embellished with a multicolored rendition of Houston's skyline. They can be seen where Spur 527 crosses W. Alabama and Richmond Avenues. Has this been done elsewhere in the Houston area? Any idea as to who designed and executed the artwork?
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    Thanks for pointing that out. Topics have been merged.
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    I'm afraid you're not understanding what TheNiche is saying. If you add streets and parking for more automobiles without taking away anything currently there, or interfering with existing patterns, more people will utilize the neighborhood. This is accomplished by warping the space-time continuum in the fourth dimension. It works in Bizarro World.
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    I've seen several very old stucco buildings in the Midtown/Montrose areas which appear to be in great shape, with no visible signs of repair (e.g., Spanish-style apartment complexes on Fairview, that French Mediterranean house on Hyde Park, the Carlton on Winbern, the former Depelchin Faith Home on Albany, Felix's Restaurant on Westheimer, small apartment house in 600 block of W. Alabama, etc.). I'm not doubting that there's been many problems with stucco in Houston, yet it seems that at one time at least a few people were able to get it right. Is it some sort of lost art? New Orleans has a climate similar to Houston's, and the French Quarter has many stucco buildings which are nearly 200 years old. Granted, many have been cleverly maintained and refurbished, yet the majority withstood decades of neglect without failing.
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    Several years ago I read a newspaper article which stated that the Reverend Ed Young's Memorial area house received tax-free status. Apparently Second Baptist retained legal title for several years, thus side-stepping the taxes. Anyone here enjoy that benefit? I guess the good reverend didn't take that "render unto Caesar" advice from Jesus very seriously. In fact, I think Jesus would be kind of peeved.
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    Let's add "media whore" to that description. He sends his constituents (of which, unwillingly, I am one) emails alerting us to his talk show appearances. He seems to have acquired a taste for the camera; I cannot say the camera feels the same. How I wish I'd held onto one of the Washington updates he sent to his constituents about three years ago. He explained how the war in Iraq would cost taxpayers nothing, as we'd soon be handsomely repaid with Iraq oil revenues. Like most of Rep. Culberson's statements, the credibility is highly questionable. I'm always tempted to stop into businesses who proudly (still!) post his campaign signs on Richmond and ask "Are you dishonest or just stupid? Either way, I won't be patronizing your establishment." Any chance of starting an informal boycott of these places?
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    More than 200 Houston-area families are in danger of losing their homes, their neighborhood and their church. And that’s because Bush Intercontinental Airport may build a new runway where their neighborhood now sits. Some parents there say it’s the perfect place to raise a kid, but the families of Heather Ridge Village say their paradise is in danger. “I’m mostly concerned about the trucking company that’s coming in and depreciating our property before we really know what the airport is going to do,” resident Doris Bush said. Link to KHOU story
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    Good for you! I wonder how many people he's tried to intimidate. There are those who prefer to sacrifice their rights rather than question authority. Some photographers print out and keep a copy of The Photographer's Right in their camera bags for just such occasions.
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    *Deleted multiple posts* We're not joking. Flames will be deleted without notice. If you have any questions, read the reminder at the top of this page, or contact a moderator.
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    I've Googled this story (using various keywords) in News, the Web and Blogs and have come up with no matches. No matches on chron.com either. Where did you find this info? Cannot substantiate it anywhere.
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    Topic moved (and it only took 4 months!)
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    We care, ricco. Thanks for keeping us updated.
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    Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing them with us.
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    There's still a few brick streets remaining in the Montrose area. There's a one-block stretch on Crocker between Westheimer and Avondale (next to Katz's), and two or three in the Cherryhurst neighborhood - the streets named after states (Michigan? Indiana? Maryland? I forget which specific ones.) The neighborhood associations there have been very protective of their brick streets and have resisted efforts to cover them with asphalt, for which I'm grateful. These are residential streets, not freeways; there's no cause to encourage people to drive faster than they already do. And they're charming - a quality found rarely in Houston.
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