Heights2Bastrop

I think Torchlight is correct. I also believe that the homeowner is liable should someone trip and fall due to a sidewalk crack or unevenness due to sinking.

So what's the cool hip way of saying "regular downton"?

Well, here it would be HoDo, but in Dallas it would be unadvisable!

Well, you also have to consider the source. I mean, here it was in the

because of the Humidity. It just cuts to the bone to make you feel so cold.

I remember back in the late 70s when all the snowbirds came to Houston, and many of them complained about (among other things) how cold it was here. There was one girl in particular who I worked with who came from Pittsburgh. She would delicate flower about the cold when it wasn

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I have a lot chickadees up there, but I know the ones I saw weren

RedScare, if you remember, we also went 6 days without getting above the freezing mark.

They are birds!

I know exactly what you are talking because it drove me crazy (yeah, like that

It has gotten down to as low as 22

You are completely lost on the bike path concept.

And you are completely lost on the concept of Common Sense! What does the flood plain have to do with anything? Who in the hell is gonna be out riding their bike in a flood? And if there is a concern that the bike bridge will be flooded, then why is the bike path over halfway down the bayou embankment in many places?

I don

There was a thread on SoCo recently - that's the hip way of saying South Congress.

SoDa would, of course, be South Dallas.

It amazes me how you and the other guys on this forum come up with photos, maps, and other info so quickly!

Maybe it's because there are lots of us computor nurdds on here?

The whole 5 mile long trail from 11th to Pinemont cost $4.2 million to build. Do you know how much 5 miles of basic 4 lane road is to build? Do you realize how much it would cost to rebuild 11th? In the grand scheme $4.2 million is pocket change.

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If we shipped them to SoDa, maybe no one would even notice?

What, me sarcastic?

No, I was serious. I think the residents should band together and physically confront the criminals and take photos and video of their activities.

I am sure there will be the argument against this idea for it being too dangerous. But, sometimes you have to take chances in order to keep your home and neighborhood safe. If drug dealing gets out of hand, then next thing you

No, I

The ones they showed would take their clients through a split in the fence and do their thing. After the ladies left, they showed what was behind the fence - something like a tarp on the ground amid a pile of junk.

I think I see now. So, if Timbergrove is underwater, then at least the bikers can cross the bike bridge.

OK, so I

What we need is a vigilante group to go around and shoot people who are dealing drugs, soliciting prostitution or whomever they find suspect of any other nefarious crime.

Yes, I said

I think with a little hard work and determination, Houston can regain the top spot again!

And there is a 3 block complex at the corner of Yale and Center called Bonner Street Townhomes that's already been cleared.

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RedScare, I know exactly what you are talking about, especially regarding the houses in the Heights. There were a number of wonderful mansions torn down, and one in particular, the Mills House, the largest and possibly the most beautiful in the Heights was razed and replaced by an ugly apartment complex. And when I had heard that the Cooley House had been torn down, I wanted to cry.

However, back when these structures were being torn down, no one wanted a huge house in a run-down neighborhood. They tried to save the Cooley house, but it was vacant, and transients were living in it. It not only became an eyesore, it became a hazard. So I can understand why it had to go.

That is why I am so grateful to Alan Bies who bought and restored the Milroy House, and to Bart Truxillo for his work on the house at Harvard and 18th. I firmly believe they are greatly and directly responsible for the resurrection of the Heights.

That being said, had I been the owner of one of those old Heights mansions, and I was told by the government that I could not tear down my own house and build what I wanted in its place, and if no one was willing to pay a fair price, I would have not have been a happy camper. After all, this is Texas, and we Texans don

There was also a theater called Almeda Theatre that opened in 1941 that was located at 5614 Almeda Boulevard.

Anyone recall this theater?

Many of the old theaters are still around today, but in another form.

The Alabama is now a Bookstop.

The Tower is ??? something, but not a theater.

The Heights is an antique shop.

The Stude is a church, I think.

The Garden Oaks used to show Mexican films, but not sure what is in there now.

I don

Wasn't there one at S Main and OST?

I could have sworn there was still one on 43rd between Jester and Rosslyn, but that one is a Mitiburger. Same concept, I think.