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  1. Heights2Bastrop
    Just a bit of trivia here. Northwest Mall and Almeda Mall both opened at the same time. They were duplicates of each other, not only in the architecture, but in that they had the same stores in each. All the shelves in all the stores were stocked exactly alike.
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    Actually, Dixie and Ron are the ones who bought the house next door from my mom. That
  3. Heights2Bastrop
    Red light - warmer weather. White light - cooler weather. Green light - no change in view. Blinking light - rain is due.
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    Are you saying the Olsen Twins are now being replaced by the Paris Twins? The name of the guy she is going to marry is Paris Latsis.
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    I had heard that the Chiefs were relocating to Dallas and changing their name to the Dallas Texans?
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    Ah, hah! So that's what happened to those guys! Those two dudes used to be in the parking lot of Clark Motors on N Shepherd. They disappeared some time ago and I wondered what happened to them.
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    My main reason for moving to Bastrop was to get away from Houston and to be in a more laid-back surrounding. I absolutely love it there. I should be finished with this job here in Houston in a few days, then I will be in Bastrop permanently.
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    Not sure I understand your question, RedScare. Stone veneer had no influence one way or another. I like the above house because of the design, especially given the fact that all the houses from bayou to bayou flooded. The single room on the ground floor is like an enclosed porch, and little damage would result from another flood. I also like the house because the original owners of the property were best friends of my family, and the wife was my godmother. Another feature is the drainage ravine in the back yard and easement, and the original place was terraced. It has great possibilities.
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    Victor, I lived on 14th between Beall and Turkey Gully next to the tin house. It was the family residence from
  10. Heights2Bastrop
    I was baffled by this post because I couldn
  11. Heights2Bastrop
    The weather globe was advertised on TV and radio, and there was a jingle that went with the ad explaining what the colors meant. Does anyone recall the words to the jingle?
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    The NFL likes to use it
  13. Heights2Bastrop
    I thought Houston was going to get it for sure, especially when the Houston Group offered both Janet and Michael in the deal!
  14. Heights2Bastrop
    My girlfriend went to a shower last night, and I told her how to get there:
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    It just makes sense to have a main road on both sides of the bayou, otherwise you would have congestion crossing bridges, or else you would need at least 10 bridges along the way.
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    I can't believe no one has picked the Cotton Exchange Building.
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    As recently as 1930 (according to my map), Shepherd was known as Lowell Street from White Oak Bayou to where it turned west at Rosslyn, now W. 34th Street. B A Shepherd came to Houston in 1844, and in 1847, he opened his Commercial and Agricultural Bank, the first chartered bank in Texas. Roderick, two streets west of Shepherd as late as the mid to late 50s, was improved and became Durham.
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    Subdude, what I find fascinating is to see what routes led in to and out of town in all directions. I would have thought they would be basically straight but not necessarily parallel to most streets, like following old trails. But many routes tended to have a number of twists and turns using various streets.
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    This map is a bit difficult to read in some areas. Actually, Stude is called
  20. Heights2Bastrop
    JT, you ought to go to the Central Library downtown in the Julia Ideson Building at 500 McKinney. There you will find the Texas Room and Archives. They have a number of large reproductions of city maps. The one you should check out is
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    I love old maps, especially those of Texas and Houston. This is one of my favorite Internet sites! I can study maps for hours on end, so you can just imagine why I like this site so. The subject has come up about the different wards of Houston. Click on
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    Maybe the old KMart will become a flea market?
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    Not bad for Austin, either. I hope some of that prosperity seeps out toward Bastrop!
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    No
  25. Heights2Bastrop
    I mentioned on another thread that I wish the government would build a new post office on that site across the street from the old one.
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