"Swingman" wrote in message
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Hard to fool an old Heights resident. Just had that feel to it.

Lived off 14 1/2 & Studewood at one time, and owned a house/recording
studio in the 2000 block of Columbia back in my wild, single musician
days. Lots of good memories ... seeing every musician in town at Andy's on
11th, at 3 AM, after a gig ...or playing at the old Rising Star on Euclid,
or at Fitzgerald's, back in my 'road band' days, before he got killed on
his motorcycle and Sarah took over and made a headbanger place out of it,
or Rockefeller's, when it was a happening music venue ,with Primo's next
door, which had the best fajita's in Texas, still not beat to this day.

... and it's still a pretty good mix of third world and yuppieville.

My father grew up on Peddie till he and my grandparents moved to Le
Green (2nd house off Studewood) spent a week every summer with my cousin at
Grandmother's and Granddaddy's. The house is still there at 1137.
Granddaddy was a carpenter in his youth (early 1900s) and when I came to
know him in the mid-50s would turn me and cousin Billy loose in his
[one-car] heights garage (no car; never drove not once in his 90 years) and
full access to his saws and hammers and nails and bits and pieces of wood.
We didn't know **** but damned if I don't believe it planted the seed, if
you get my meaning. Can still recall Studewood Food Market and running
around in cutoffs and barefoot on the esplanade down at Le Green and
Norhill.

Dave in Houston