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I was browsing the newspaper The Bellaire Texan dated November 1, 1961 and came across this business advertisement for Fountain of Youth Car Bath & Auto Clinic located at 11221 South Post Oak Road near South Main Street. Does anyone ever take their car here for service or a car wash? Looking on Google Maps, there is a car repair shop at the current location. I'm sure the building has changed ownership half a dozen times since 1961. Or, I wonder, if this is the same family ownership after all these decades? Maybe the son of the owner runs it now? Grand Opening L.J. Schwartzkopf's Fountain of Youth Car Bath & Auto Clinic Opening Special - Automatic Car Wash - 95¢ * 5 Minute Automatic Car Wash- * Expert Auto Repairs & Service- * Top Quality Used Cars- Free Gifts For Everybody We Invite You To Visit Fountain of Youth Just North of South Main 11221 South Post Oak / PA 3-7242

Finally researched this massive sports complex. Looks like it has gone through a few transformations and is now jointly-owned. The 75 acre (now 55 acre) sports field was developed by the Stella Link Redevelopment Authority. https://southcampus-under-construction.squarespace.com/history In 1998, a number of local families personally guaranteed a bank loan so that SLRA could purchase 75 acres of land just east of Stella Link Boulevard, just south of the 610 South Loop. South Campus was born. The complex is also located off of South Main Street (Highway 90.) Using the McGovern Campus Park as a model, SLRA sold 12 acres at the northwest corner of the original South Campus tract to a group that founded and built the Emery Weiner School. At the other end of the tract, a smaller portion of the land was sold for the development of the St. Catherine’s Montessori School. In 2003, the South Campus Sports Association was formed as a separate section 501(c)(3) organization by four area youth sports leagues—West University Little League, Braes Bayou Little League, West University Softball Association, and the Near Town Soccer Club—with the singular purpose of purchasing and developing the remaining acreage. Later in 2003, the Southwest Football League and Houston Youth Lacrosse joined the South Campus family. Now, more than a decade and a half later, as a result of thousands of volunteer hours of planning, fundraising, and execution, the 55-acre South Campus Sports Complex provides real fields of dreams for more than 5,000 Houston-area children annually, providing fully equipped, state-of-the-art, lighted facilities for youth baseball, soccer, softball, football, and lacrosse practices and games. * 6 baseball fields * 5 softball fields * 4 soccer fields and 3 futsol courts * 3 football/lacrosse fields and press boxes * 3 concessions stand and restroom facilities

I was reading the newspaper The Bellaire Texan dated February 27, 1957 and came across an article featuring the golf course. The Sharpstown Women’s Golf Association is co-operating with other women’s golf groups of the Houston area and with the Swing Club (a division of United Volunteers Services) in a drive to build a nine hole Pitch and Putt Golf Course at the Veterans Administration hospital in Houston at Holcombe and Almeda. Physical therapist state that such a course would be extremely helpful to veterans recuperating in the hospital, providing exercise and development of manual skills. To provide funds for the constriction of this golf course, women golfers of the Houston area are conducting a sale of tickets for a prize drawing, with all proceeds going to the Veterans’ course. On March 2, Mrs. Libby Allen and Mrs. C.D. Combs, representing the Sharpstown Women’s Golf Association, will appear at the golf links of the Sharpstown Country Club from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to sell tickets at $1.00 apiece. Drawing for the prizes will be held on April 30. First prize will be a Cushman electric golf buggy valued at $1,000.

Another ad from October 17, 1930 for the same driving contest, that has additional information about the site. Hit the Ball Hard The Houston Golf Driving Contest End O’ Main Golf Practice Field (Not A Miniature) Nov. 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th. Silver Trophies Accessory Prizes Special Prize For Most Unique Male Costume Motion Pictures Made of Contest One thousand foot driving range. Raised greens. Yardage markers. Driver, Brasale and Iron Shots. High grade clubs. Seven thousand selected balls. Perfect driving tees. Lighted by six batteries of high powered flood lights for night play. Professional Instruction by appointment. Acres of parking space. Courteous service. Now installing a nine-hole pitch and putt course with Bermuda grass greens, lighted for night play. Same management as Golf Crest Country Club. Clubs furnished free or bring your own. Play Golf For Health and Pleasure Tickets on Sale at Autry House

After 2 years we finally have movement. A waste water application permit was pulled yesterday.

I just found out that small park located in the front of the Texas Women's Hospital Campus is actually a city-cited park called Fannin-Greenbriar Triangle located at 7898 Fannin Street. I thought it was just a small green space area belonging to the hospital. Didn't think it was an official city park. Also looks like it's a protest spot, AKA First Amendment Expression. https://www.houstontx.gov/parks/pdfs/FreeSpeechArea/Fannin-Greenbriar Triangle.pdf These areas are open to users for exercise of First Amendment rights during park hours. Users must register with HPARD Permits Office in order to reserve the area in advance. Although not a requirement of the area's use, it is recommended that all users register to avoid conflicts.

Under Contract per Loopnet!! https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/3223-Westheimer-Rd-Houston-TX/26177067/

This 1940s church in River Oaks is for sale! The possibilities of luxury residential!! Probably will me a mid-rise apartment complex or high-rise condominiums. 3.24-acres in total size.

One Discovery Way: Unknown Street: Two Discovery Way: Helix Park, Section 2: Helix Park, section 3: Helix Park, section 4. Collaborative Building: Mixed-Use Garage:

Looks like the fencing around the entire site is being replaced! This is great news!

This week's construction update:

Equipment on site. Let's go!!

February 22-23, 2023 Meeting of the U. T. System Board of Regents - Facilities Planning and Construction Committee Previous Actions: On January 22, 2020, the Chancellor approved this project for Definition Phase as the TMC3 Translation and Discovery Building. On September 23, 2022, the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Capital Projects approved the project name change to South Campus Research Building 5. On November 17, 2022, the project was included in the CIP with a total project cost of $668,300,000 with funding of $556,402,889 from Hospital Revenues, $69,897,111 from TRB Proceeds and $42,000,000 from PUF Bond Proceeds. Project Description: The proposed project will be a seven-story building with an additional two-level mechanical equipment penthouse. The scope of the project will include site work, which encompasses site specific utility infrastructure work; the interior finish-out of floors one through four, a central plaza sited between this building and a new Public Health Education and Research Building to be constructed under a concurrent project by U. T. Health Science Center - Houston, and the construction of a pedestrian bridge over Old Spanish Trail enabling connectivity of the South Campus buildings to the TMC Helix Park. Floors five through seven are to be completed under a separate project in approximately ten years. The project will position the institution to relocate and co-locate researchers that are currently distributed broadly across multiple aging buildings. The researchers will be moved to the southern section of the Texas Medical Center (TMC) Campus. The new facility is being designed with maximum flexibility to meet new and evolving research technologies and is to include wet and dry laboratories, core facilities to support research, conferencing facilities, collaboration spaces, and food and beverage amenities. The building will be designed with a focus on the well-being of the occupants, providing a high-quality place of work with access to natural light and connectivity to enable collaboration. Project Information: Project Number 703-1300 CIP Project Type New Construction Facility Type Laboratory, Medical/Healthcare Management Type Institutional Management Institution’s Project Advocate Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer Project Delivery Method Construction Manager-at-Risk Gross Square Feet (GSF) 600,000 Shell Space (GSF) 234,600 Project Funding: Hospital Revenues1 $556,402,889 Tuition Revenue Bond Proceeds 69,897,111 Permanent University Fund Bond Proceeds 42,000,000 Total Project Cost $668,300,000 1 Includes $19,800,000 from U. T. Health Science Center - Houston for portion of costs for shared plaza and pedestrian bridge to TMC Helix Park Project Milestones: Definition Phase Approval January 2020 Addition to CIP November 2022 Design Development Approval February 2023 Construction Notice to Proceed July 2023 Substantial Completion June 2027 Final Completion September 2027

February 22-23, 2023 Meeting of the U. T. System Board of Regents - Facilities Planning and Construction Committee Previous Actions: On May 22, 2019, the Chancellor approved this project for Definition Phase as the Inpatient Bed Tower with total project cost of $600,000,000. On August 25, 2022, the Board approved the project for Definition Phase with an anticipated total project cost of $1,250,000,000, authorized expenditure of up to $62,500,000 from institutional funds to complete Definition Phase, and approved the project name change to Inpatient Bed Tower, Phase 1 - Support Services Building. On January 3, 2023, the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Capital Projects approved the project name change to Clinical Services Building. Project Description: The proposed Clinical Services Building (CSB) will be a major addition to the existing U. T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center campus at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston. The facility will be located at the northeast corner of the TMC Campus on the site where the recently demolished Dental Branch building was located. The CSB is to be approximately 750,000 gross square feet, including approximately 10,000 gross square feet of shell space to support future growth. The CSB will include a basement and eleven floors of new construction and a mechanical penthouse. Key occupants of the CSB will include pathology and laboratory medicine, pharmacy, perioperative services, clinical engineering, and patient transportation. The CSB will also include space for an education and simulation center, patient food and dietary services, materials management, environmental services, and building services and support. A full floor will be included for a translational work environment that will be used to support the institution's strategy for vacating facilities that are to be demolished to create the site for the new inpatient bed tower. Expected to be constructed in 10 years under a future phase, the new bed tower will contribute to the overall strategy for modernizing and expanding inpatient care capacity. The project also involves the completion of certain enabling work related to the relocation and expansion of bulk medical gas storage tanks and emergency fuel storage tanks and construction of elevated pedestrian walkways that will connect the CSB to the Main Building complex. It is anticipated that the CSB can be directly connected to the Inpatient Bed Tower that is to be constructed in about 10 years. Project Information: Project Number 703-1246 CIP Project Type New Construction Facility Type Healthcare Facility, Hospital Management Type Institutional Management Institution’s Project Advocate Rosanna Morris, Chief Operating Officer Project Delivery Method Design/Build Gross Square Feet (GSF) 750,000 Shell Space (GSF) 10,000 Project Funding: Proposed Hospital Revenues $1,250,000,000 Total Project Cost $1,250,000,000 Project Milestones: Definition Phase Approval August 2022 Addition to CIP February 202 Design Development Approval August 2023 Construction Notice to Proceed February 2024 Substantial Completion November 2027 Final Completion June 2028

Expedited commercial review permit for the whopping 642,984 SF parking garage was pulled yesterday. I wonder if this will complete the Greenbriar/Braeswood campus? In due time, the single-story child care center will be demolished for something taller.

Site for sale. 14 acres total. Sad to see Alexandria Real Estate has backed out. I guess they put all their money into that new Bio Tech campus in The Woodlands. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1615-S-Loop-W-Houston-TX/27879681/

Here's an irrelevant, but interesting tidbit these '53 aerials show. I've mentioned to several friends my age that there was a race track in Stafford, roughly where the Southwest Freeway intersects with Highway 90A. They don't remember it. Well, it appears in the next photo. I barely remember it as a very dilapidated wooden structure with pealing white paint and (I think) black trim. It may have hosted motorcycle racing and dog racing, possibly other things, too. It was certainly going to the dogs when I saw it. http://wateringholdclubhouse.blogspot.com/2015/05/

I just learned about this museum! My friend and I love exploring different museums in town. Cool place to go? https://www.czechcenter.org/

Has anyone ever been here? https://hmaac.org/ HMAAC

Now open!! Sorry, couldn’t get a picture of the banner.

February 22-23, 2023 Meeting of the U. T. System Board of Regents - Facilities Planning and Construction Committee . The proposed Clinical Services Building (CSB) will be a major addition to the existing U. T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center campus at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston. The facility will be located at the northeast corner of the TMC Campus on the site where the recently demolished Dental Branch building was located. The CSB is to be approximately 750,000 gross square feet, including approximately 10,000 gross square feet of shell space to support future growth. The CSB will include a basement and eleven floors of new construction and a mechanical penthouse.

I noticed EMA does not include Texas in their portfolio section on their website. I wonder why? They have some very large, expensive, projects here. They should at least include the famous TMC Helix Park development on their website. Maybe they can loop it into their life science section? I wonder if they would ever open a satellite office in Houston specializing in healthcare/life sciences? We sure do have the industry to support it!

I found South Main Airport on the 1950 Sanborn map. On the map you can see the 3 hangars and the office & school building. On the map the address appears to be 9100A South Main Street. Actually, the airport is in between 9000 and 9100B South Main. I'll assume the airport was at 9100A South Main. I tried searching around for that particular address and nothing pulled up. This is a map, so we must go by what is stated, 9100A South Main. I will combine this with the knowledge from airfields-freeman.com. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/tx/Airfields_TX_HoustonS.htm#maintst The 1945 AAF Airfield Directory described Houston Main Street Airport as a 108 acre L-shaped property having 3 sod runways, the longest being a 2,200' east/west strip. The field was said to have 3 hangars, the largest being a 100' x 60' wood & metal structure. Houston Main Street Airport was described as being owned & operated by private interests. According to Micheal McMurtrey, a Cessna T-50 was registered to Nierth Aero Services at Main Street Airport.

This is 3 stories. Not tall enough to be in Going Up! New 19,073 SF Apart (10 Units)1-3-5-R2/S

Would anyone recommend the apartment complex Scotland Yard located at 2250 Holly Hall Street? It's so close to the medical center. I wonder what makes this particular complex stand out from the rest on the block. Thanks Website: https://www.scotlandyardapts.com/