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Heights2Bastrop

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  1. Well, I got off to a great start. I almost didn
  2. Key Maps not only show subdivisions on the maps, they have a list of subdivisions in the index.
  3. Yeah, but once they bathed it in bright blue light, it would have been transformed into a thing of beauty!
  4. Maybe some of you caught this episode of
  5. I'm with BayouCityGirl - my highest priority is waking up in the first place. One of these days, I'm gonna be really pissed when I don't wake up.
  6. I'm way ahead of you guys! There's no way in hell I'd paint over that lettering. But then, there
  7. Thatnk, Subdude! They can tear down those old icons from the past, but no one can destroy the memories of them.
  8. Just shows to go you how tasteless the networks are and just how low they will go with this "reality" TV crapulence. Is common decency and family oriented programming that far out of style?
  9. The Exxon Building most certainly was called the Humble (silent
  10. Do you have a photo of Pier 21 Restaurant? It was on Main or Fannin just south of Holcomb. The front center of the building was the prow of a ship. I went to a number of dances at Sylvin Beach including (ahem) both of my senior proms. Anyone ever go there before? Is it still in operation?
  11. My mom used to live next door to Dixie, and she and Ron bought Mom's house. That was the only house I ever knew growing up.
  12. What about King's Court Motel at 9100 South Main Street? Edit: Also known as King Motel At 9101 South Main St.
  13. If they put the tracks back through the Heights, I would love to see a spur going through
  14. Growing up on 14th and Beall, and again while living in Timbergrove on Bay Oaks, I would hear the noises from the Eureka yard with the engines revving up and freight cars banging together. It was quite loud at times; loud enough to startle a visitor hearing it for the first time. But I got used to the noises, and, in fact, grew to like the sound being a train aficionado as I am. I would often walk down to the overpass and watch the switching operations. But they cut off that end of the yard, as well as all the track east of the yard that ran through the Heights.
  15. Yes, post them here! Actually, I wish we had a category just for historic Houston - stories and photos.
  16. You mean blending into the surroundings like he did downtown with all the gaudy, garish, glowing blue lights? Not only are those lights an eyesore, they are nearly blinding at night. I can
  17. But, what sort of grass mileage did it get?
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