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From my office I can see a huge crane at what looks to be Eldridge and Westheimer...or somewhere very close to there. Anyone know what they're building?
I just looked out the window and what you see is
Pikes Peak!
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I once upon a time lived on Chocolate Bayou Rd. in the 1950s,our location was >>>>8miles south of Holmes Rd. near the Harris-Brazoria county line and we were near+ in the vicinity of Pearland.
Our land was near where the road made a bend on towards Pearland,my brother+I attended elementary
school there.The school bus picked us up everyday.
There were two cemeteries around our land.
I can't find it on Map-Quest,is it gone now?.
Anyone out there have any ideas about this road?.
E me at ::rh7hoover@yahoo.com
Thx,Ron in Colorado
PS::Can you direct this message to someone that knows?
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As far as I know, this is still the master plan adopted by the city. I was wondering if anyone knew the status of the plan? It seems like some of the elements are being ignored...
Here are some of the cooler ideas presented in the master plan. There was a plan to have "a signature element on Main Street from the freeways, perhaps in the form of the "world's tallest tower" that can establish a dramatic new identity for the district."
Another element was to create a diagonal boulevard to link the arena to Cathedral Square.
And finally, there is a plan to redo the area around Reliant Park. You will notice a big lake at Main and loop 610. Also, there is some large water feature leading up to Reliant stadium.
Have a look at the Master Plan:
As far as I know, this is still the master plan adopted by the city. I was wondering if anyone knew the status of the plan? It seems like some of the elements are being ignored...Here are some of the cooler ideas presented in the master plan. There was a plan to have "a signature element on Main Street from the freeways, perhaps in the form of the "world's tallest tower" that can establish a dramatic new identity for the district."
Another element was to create a diagonal boulevard to link the arena to Cathedral Square.
And finally, there is a plan to redo the area around Reliant Park. You will notice a big lake at Main and loop 610. Also, there is some large water feature leading up to Reliant stadium.
Have a look at the Master Plan:
When I first arrived in Denver in 1970 the main drag was
16th street downtown,just another ordinary street.
It has changed and evolved into what it is now
Take a look!
http://www.downtowndenver.com/bid/16thstmall.htm
Virtual Tour
http://www.denvergov.org/panoramas/16thmall_web1.asp
Ron Hoover Colorado
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I once upon a time lived on Chocolate Bayou Rd. in the 1950s,our location was >>>>8miles south of Holmes Rd. near the Harris-Brazoria county line and we were near+ in the vicinity of Pearland.
Our land was near where the road made a bend on towards Pearland,my brother+I attended elementary
school there.The school bus picked us up everyday.
There were two cemeteries around our land.
I can't find it on Map-Quest,is it gone now?.
Anyone out there have any ideas about this road?.
E me at ::rh7hoover@yahoo.com
Thx,Ron in Colorado
PS::Can you direct this message to someone that knows?
[ Add to Buddies ]
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When I first arrived in Denver in 1970 the main drag was
16th street downtown,just another ordinary street.
It has changed and evolved into what it is now
Take a look!
http://www.downtowndenver.com/bid/16thstmall.htm
Virtual Tour
http://www.denvergov.org/panoramas/16thmall_web1.asp
Ron Hoover Colorado
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Yeah, I know. Liberal car-hating scum like me are never taken seriously. But as an honorary Houstonian and a well travelled kid that likes his cities big AND exciting, I think Houston needs to seriously reconsider it's traffic patterns through the downtown area. The streets are FAR too wide and the cars FAR too numerous for downtown to ever be the thriving active money spending center we would all like it to be. Installing light rail was a step in the right direction. Denying it the money to be sub or above grade was idiotic. One needs only examine other cities with a bubbling downtown/nightlife to realize that cars and a welcoming downtown center are mutually eliminative. The Burnside district of Portland comes to mind. Not to mention the goddamned eyesore parking lots that plague this fair town. Nothing uglier than an open lot amidst beautiful buildings.
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Well I answered my own question.
From the Clarion-Ledger:
Landmarks like Beavoir, the final home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, are virtually demolished.
The Davis home, built in 1854, has been reduced to rubble and a frame of a house.
More recent landmarks like the President Casino also sustained heavy damage. The storm's surge moved the casino from the gulf across U.S. 90, crushing a Holiday Inn.
More disturbing, the Hurricane opened the mausoleum at Southern Memorial Park, dumping caskets out onto the lawn.
Well I answered my own question.From the Clarion-Ledger:
Landmarks like Beavoir, the final home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, are virtually demolished.
The Davis home, built in 1854, has been reduced to rubble and a frame of a house.
More recent landmarks like the President Casino also sustained heavy damage. The storm's surge moved the casino from the gulf across U.S. 90, crushing a Holiday Inn.
More disturbing, the Hurricane opened the mausoleum at Southern Memorial Park, dumping caskets out onto the lawn.
I too was wondering about the "Jefferson Davis" home and how it made out?.
Sorry to find out it is gone,after surviving Betsy and Camille!.
I would pass it all the time on my trips back and forth between
Ocean Springs and New Orleans back in 1968.
Ron Hoover Colorado
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Hey Al!
" The tap water is still undrinkable."
The water in New Orleans has never been drinkable in the first place,always
smelled like rotten eggs to me or some other bad smell. I never knew what
drinkable tap water was until I moved to Colorado!.
I was born in Houston,raised near Pearland and moved to NOLA in 1957
when I was nine. I lived all over the New Orleans area and lived in Metarie
before moving to Colorado in 1970.
It will be years before the city is livable again and tourism comes
back!. It isn't now the place I remember and have fond memories of!.
Ron Hoover in Colorado
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What's the future shape of New Orleans that you see?
Does anyone on this list want to move to New Orleans?
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My biased opinions:
The architecture is important but the architecture follows the people.
They shut down the schools and laid off all the school distric employees. They're laying off most city employees except for police officers and firefighters. (I guess they'll guard the toxic ruins and keep the abandoned buildings from burning down.)
That city is dead! It takes a long time to properly hire people for all those positions.
The tap water is still undrinkable.
Wealthy people don't want to move someplace without good city services, (even if they don't want to pay for those services.)
What's the replacement population going to be? Low wage, unorganized labor without legal recourse?
I hope that the lowest lying areas will be turned into unpopulated parkland. But what about the areas that didn't flood?
Will the government pay people to replace their homes? If not in New Orleans then elsewhere in the country?
Car-free Main Street?
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