Heights2Bastrop

I still say the Fed should rent that building to house the post office while the existing one is razed and rebuilt. The way the Heights is growing, there is a need for a new facility.

I would think the WT House branch at 18th and Bevis serves parts of the Heights, but it is not open for walk-in service.

I would think that, because of its location, Brownwood would be very susceptible to storm surge should a hurricane hit on or near Galveston Bay.

To be honest, I was a bit put off by the alarmist nature of the original post

if i were a timber grove resident and was concerned about the acreage, i would find out what the neighborhood association is thinking first. find out where you are as a community and learn as much about the property and its owners' (HISD's) intentions.

If I was (still) a Timbergrove resident, I would be just like everyone else everywhere else. I would want the value of the surrounding area to remain as low as possible to keep my taxes low, but want the values to soar astronomically just before I sold the property.

I believe the better approach is to simply admire the strength and courage of their convictions.

About a week ago, an unknown person hit and killed an Amish teen, then drove away. The Amish put out the word for the hit-and-run driver to contact them so that they could forgive him.

I can admire their

Perhaps someone "in the business" would give us a ballpark figure on what 20 acres of prime real estate in a desirable area like Timbergrove is worth. $1 million? $10 million? More?

Does anyone seriously think Timbergrove residents would pay that?

According to penlive.com, members of The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, known for protesting at the funerals of servicemen killed in action in Iraq, will protest at the funerals of the Amish schoolchildren murdered by Roberts. Their reason is that Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell

If you use the links I originally provided you would not have these questions. This will be my last reply to you.

I grew up near this park, and I have driven by it numerous times over my 57 years there. I rarely saw anyone using the "park" for any reason at all. I believe they added a baseball backstop to a part of it, but I never saw anyone using it.

As to "needing" the park for walking, it is a mere stone's throw from the park and hike and bike trail along White Oak Bayou which is not only better, but much safer to use.

Don't get me wrong - I love that area, and I would hate to see it used for other purposes. But let's not get carried away with the "questionable" stastics that Website sites.

We have no one but ourselves to blame.

Truer words could not be found, Red.

Did Reynolds have a role in the alleged cover-up? I do not know him.

I think what Foley did is horrible, and he should serve time if found guilty of any crime. And Hassert

Please voice your concerns or ideas, as they are all appreciated.

As a former resident of this area, I have an interest in following the progress of construction there. However, since I no longer reside there, or even in Houston, I have no

I thought Ducho

Anyways, fancy car in that picture. I suppose people didn't worry about grand theft auto back then.

Maybe that was the Slum Lord come to collect the rent?

The criticism of Rumsfeld is all about rhetoric.

He was right on about the number of troops needed to oust Saddam. Where the Administration erred was underestimating the number of insurgents, and not foreseeing the infighting between factions of Iraqis. But then, no one saw that coming.

I seriously doubt we could have secured the borders even had we had 10 times the number of troops deployed there. All we would have accomplished is provide 10 times the number of targets for the insurgents to attack. And I gar-on-tee, the Left would be screaming that we had too many troops now.

I think Ducho's has been closed for over 10 years now. It was about 10 years ago that I went out to the meat market (B&W?) out that way, and I noticed they were no longer there.

I don't have a clue why Pappamia didn't make it given the quality of the food there.

I keep waiting for Pappas to open a Japanese restaurant. It would, of course, be called Pappasan!

I thought Pappamia had the best pizza I ever had - that is until I ate at Colina's in The Heights. Pappamia had two locations - I-10 between West Belt and Gessner and Richmond near Hilcroft. Like other Pappas restaurants, the dishes were large, delicious and reasonably priced. Their Greek salad was the best around.

There used to be a good steak house on Shepherd near Pinemont called Ducho's. It was normally crowded, but it seemed to be known mainly by folks in the area.

I think Rumsfeld is a brilliant man, and one of the smartest people in Washington along with Dick Cheney. Rumsfeld has transformed the military into a leaner, meaner fighting machine. His means are unconventional, and that has pissed off some off the Top Brass who are now striking back at him. But I say it is nothing more than sour grapes.

I don

Yeah TJ, it's LAX.

Are you sure about that? I have never seen hills in the background of any LAX photo.

The rise behind looks a lot like Lindberg in San Diego. However, I have never seen Seattle, but that's the way I imagine Seattle looking like, and that's where Boeing headquarters are.

As may have been mentioned before, there was a Brittain's Broiler Burger in Merchant's Park at Shepherd and W 11th. It was one of the original establishments in the shopping center in addition to Grant's, Wyatt's, Harris Men's Wear, Walgreen's, Billings Jewlery, Henke and Pilot and others. Brittan's, Harris and Walgreen's eventually became part of Merchant's Park Bank.

Wasn

Did you take that drive around Heights2Bastrop? Anyway, Tom Snyder's property, is it one of these?:

13th st

Dian st

HeightsGuy, I didn

"Lord Byron" Nelson has died at age 94. His record of 11 straight PGA victories is a record that I doubt even Tiger will ever match.

Nelson was a truly beloved Gentleman in golf, and his passing will surely be more of a celebration of his Life than a mourning of his death.

If there is a Heaven, it will be a better place with Byron making the rounds.

Rest is Peace, Sir.

and am wanting to try some new places, but kinda scared

Scared? Scared of what? Of getting poor quality? Contaminated food?

If it is quality, the only way is to try it and see. If it is a health issue - well, I don't worry about the small stuff. Shoot, before fajitas became famous, the best taco I had up to then was from a street vendor in Tiajuana. It may have been dog, or cat, or monkey; I don't know. But it was damned good whatever it was!

That what don't kill you can only make you stronger.

Heights Guy, Tom Snyder also owned the business on Dian right where Wynnewood intersects. The property backed up to Prince and had corrugated tin fencing. Did that property sell? Is the main building on Dian still there?

I am coming to Houston this weekend for the first time in quite a while. Hopefully I

Good catch, TBird. Very observant!

8001 South Main is between OST and Kirby. I don