Heights2Bastrop

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.

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.

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.

Victor, I lived on 14th between Beall and Turkey Gully next to the tin house. It was the family residence from

I was baffled by this post because I couldn

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?

The NFL likes to use it

I thought Houston was going to get it for sure, especially when the Houston Group offered both Janet and Michael in the deal!

My girlfriend went to a shower last night, and I told her how to get there:

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.

I can't believe no one has picked the Cotton Exchange Building.

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.

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.

This map is a bit difficult to read in some areas. Actually, Stude is called

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

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

Maybe the old KMart will become a flea market?

Not bad for Austin, either. I hope some of that prosperity seeps out toward Bastrop!

No

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.

Why couldn't he have bought any of the blighted, dilapidated lots along that stretch of 11th?

Jeeze! I can

The building at Washington and Shepherd used to be a Weingarten's grocery store. The building was unusual for Houston in that it had a basement with the stairs right in the middle of the store. Every time I pass that place I wonder if the basement is still there. But then, why wouldn

Maybe he will adorn that place in garish blue lights to take people

Is that corner dry or wet?

HeightsGuy, there is a bar called Shiloh on Studewood near 14th, so I believe that corner would be wet as well.