Reply With Quotehehehe...I wasn't referring to you Mikey...:wink
hey...at least I am trying!
hehehe...I wasn't referring to you Mikey...:wink
Where did Blood Dong live as a child before he moved away 30 years ago? And whatever happened to Alamo Dragway? My dad used to take me there..........scared the out of me!!
CementvilleOn the Alamo Cement property that is now the quarry, golf course and a lot more (while it was still operating as Alamo Cement) there was a residential area where some employees lived...
I always thought the reason 281/410 was never connected had to do with some back room dealings between the city council and whoever the cat was developing the La Quinta motels that were on either side of 281. It does seem kinda strange that as soon as 281/410 is to be tied in, up goes a new hi-rise La Quinta across the way.and if you never knew why traffic is so ed up at 281/410 and 281/1604 it will really piss you off when you find out...
And I thought also that 281/1604 was never tied in was either TxDOT didn't have the funding for an interchange (Wasn't 281 widened from the San Pedro split after McAllister FWY was completed?), or that the city council was too short sighted to pony up matching funds to make the interchange as there was hardly anybody living around that area at the time.
I vaguely recall the lawsuit to halt McAllister, but wasn't that back in the 70's?
you are correct sir!Cementville
nope...since there was a federal suit in progress and the State/City went ahead and finished 281 without the feds the Feds would not let them tie into any highway that had been funded/partly funded with federal money...I always thought the reason 281/410 was never connected had to do with some back room dealings between the city council and whoever the cat was developing the La Quinta motels that were on either side of 281. It does seem kinda strange that as soon as 281/410 is to be tied in, up goes a new hi-rise La Quinta across the way.
most of you probably indirectly give money every year (or at least have done so at least once in the past) to the organization that was the leader of the lawsuit that has 281 traffic so ed up now.
I didn't think that the San Antonio Conservation Society suit had anything to do with the interchange (directly). I thought that the city was in the process of condemning the property for an interchange since the city was responsible for the funding of the interchange (right of way). But that with the uncertianty with the "Yarborough Rule" ruling on the North Expressway where it crossed Olmos Basin, the city "uncondemned" the property and folks built like crazy waiting for the Tower/Bentsen legislation to pass and asked outrageous prices for their property, which made it too expensive to purchase the right of way.
The San Antonio Conservation Society and the Sierra Club had everything to do with them not being tied in together...and not saying that money wasn't made by insiders but why buy right of way for an interchange you know the feds aren't gonna let you build?
We're talking the same thing Cosmic, I just thought that the direct reason you don't see a 281/410 interchange is that the city couldn't afford the property (since they were responsible for the ROW). But, you're exactly right in saying that with the lawsuit, the city had to or get off the pot as to proceed or not with the ROW aquisition. I don't know about the "no tying into fed funded roads" statement you made, I thought the property just got too expensive to buy.
actually we are both right. The city had actually condemned the property for the interchange but with it held up in court year after year and looking like it would be in litigation forever the property owners demanded the city either buy the property or release the condemnation. With the outcome in doubt and the knowledge that it was a possibility they would never be permitted to tie into 410 the city released the condemnation. Th property they just had to buy to build the new interchange (finally) cost them 22.2 million.
Regardless, it is a damn shame it was never built in the first place.
But then again if it had originally been built, TxDot wouldn't have funded it for enough traffic density and they'd be tearing it down right now anyway.
hehehe thats probably true...
but DAMN it's gonna be a pain in the ass when they tear that area up...I sure hope they complete Wurzbach parkway before they do...
No way. From what I hear the city still hasn't bought all the ROW for the Parkway (Mostly between Blanco and 281). Not only that, the parkway is going to go smack down the middle of Salado creek and an enviromental impact study will take forever to get done on that.
My guess, you don't see anything done on WB Pkwy around the 281 area for the next 5 years.
another slowpitch...
There was a well known billboard on San Pedro just north of Hildebrand right next to the railroad bridge that was very unusual. This billboard was in use up to just a few years ago.
What did this billboard advertise and what was unusual about it?
before Academy, Oshmans, and all the other super sporting goods stores there was a chain of small stores all over town that featured discount guns and ammo and other outdoor stuff...along with an entirely different product line that was actually featured in the name of the stores...the combination of these two product lines was very steroetypical "Texan" and I always found it amusing.
what was the name of these stores?
The billboard in question was the ButterKrust billboard...it featured a rotating picture of bread slices...as though they were falling out of the open bag...
you are correct sir.
Ok...for all you other pervs out there...
Before PT's, Sugars, AllStars etc. "the" strip club in SA was located on Austin highway. It was a nasty little place that featured some of the skankiest range s to ever work a ty bar...
what was the name of this place?
another hint pleasethe combination of these two product lines was very steroetypical "Texan" and I always found it amusing.
you could walk in the door and pay cash for a pistol and a fifth of Jack Daniels.
I'm not sure about this one but there has been and is still in operation the "Rainbow Lounge" behind Kelly on military drive.Before PT's, Sugars, AllStars etc. "the" strip club in SA was located on Austin highway. It was a nasty little place that featured some of the skankiest range s to ever work a ty bar...
Them ho's are pretty raunchy
I heard about that one but never went there. The one I am referring to was the "northside" ty bar...I never saw them card anyone...we would go there in high school...
I'm gonna kick myself in the ass but i'm drawing a blankbefore Academy, Oshmans, and all the other super sporting goods stores there was a chain of small stores all over town that featured discount guns and ammo and other outdoor stuff...along with an entirely different product line that was actually featured in the name of the stores...the combination of these two product lines was very steroetypical "Texan" and I always found it amusing.
is Booze in the name or Liquor?
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions