Comments on: Neighborhood Guessing Game: Dishwasher Island

By: flake

flake — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:14:49 +0000

Thanks, Jessica & Marmer! Don’t know why I didn’t think of the Key Map. Great idea. And Marmer, that link is way too fun. Spent the last 15 minutes mousing around it.

By: marmer

marmer — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:22:05 +0000

For neighborhood names, try this:
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=29.7.....ch=Houston

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:16:47 +0000

@flake - I was flipping through my Key Map over the weekend (trying to find a way home that didn’t require a canoe) and noticed that it includes a ton of neighborhood names. Lots of exasperated Neighborhood Guessing Game posters have wondered where to find a good online listing/map of Houston neighborhoods, but I’ve never seen a good solution posted. Key Map’s not online, but it’s definitely got ‘em.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:57:38 +0000

Does the house come with the stuffed cat on the white chair in the living room? It looks like Roseanne Connor’s decorator threw up all over this place! That said, I think it’s in that neighborhood on the southeast side of Antoine and Little York. Is that Candlelight Oaks?

By: marmer

marmer — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:39:42 +0000

Not nearly enough letters. More like “If you smoke at the movies, you betta be on fire.” Hard to read and random, though, even with Safari 4’s Zoom feature.

By: OJ

OJ — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:33:04 +0000

Please tell me the sign above the weird toilet fan (in the green bathroom) says “If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and wipe the seatie.”

By: flake

flake — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:10:12 +0000

Yeah, Cathy, I wondered about the wind chimes, too. It must be a pretty rough area to have to protect your wind chimes from theft. Aluminum windows, exposed brick, burglar bars, corner kitchen, no fireplace, what does it add up to? How about east of TC Jester, north of 610 - the Garden Oaks area? Did somebody already guess this? (I don’t know the neighborhood names very well - is there a map of Houston neighborhoods? Please, Swamplot Swami!) Or, east of Stella Link, south of the bayou, west of Main?

Hate to bring up the accessibility thing again, but perhaps the fan pulls are so long because Mamaw was in a wheelchair (requiescat in pace).

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:27:24 +0000

Some oddities with the furnishings. It’s amazing how hard it is to separate the furnishings from the house. Do the deer heads stay? And I’m oddly attacted to the dining room chandelier. I’m guessing that the owners are all short — hence the very long pull chains on the ceiling fans. And what’s up with the wind chimes in the breakfast room? I hope the dishwasher island at least swivels — why is the door opening on the side opposite the sink?

I was thinking early 50’s, but couldn’t find the gas heater in the blue bathroom — instead there is a ventilation fan. Could that be a later addition?

I’m going to guess somewhere in the vicinty of those new “Heights” “cottages” from earlier in the week — in the 20’s close to Shephard/Durham.

By: DavidW

DavidW — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:36:52 +0000

Wow - this is a tough one. First off, I am pretty sure that is a portable dishwasher - they probably roll it over to the sink and connect it to the faucet when they do dishes. I used to have one myself. Burglar bars reveal it’s in a rough neighborhood. Exposed brick details and the tile work look 50’s to me. From the decor I would bet they have lived there a long time. I agree that a younger family member must have recently moved home - flat panel TV and new kitchen gadgets are evidence. Given the bars I am guessing somewhere in the vicinity of Hardy Toll Road and Aldine Mail Route.

By: JT

JT — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:42:53 +0000

Well this is a challenge. I have a feeling this is an estate home and Mother passed away
last year but the 60ish never married daughter is living rent free for awhile-hence the mongo new television set and counter appliances in the kitchen. The Grotto multi color salt and pepper’s on the kitchen table are too hip for an 85 year old but all of the bedding says “old lady”. Perhaps Marjean made all the valances for Mama w/ that ZigZag in the living/dining combo. Mr.Peepers the cat is thrilled to be out of the aging faux french garden apartment. Life in the area north of 610 between Ella and Shepherd but south of Garden Oaks can be kind of dicey but that Shipley’s down the street makes it all worthwhile. Look for Marjean to painstakingly pack all of Mama’s “pretties” so they survive the move out 290 past the Beltway..

By: subprimelandguy

subprimelandguy — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:18:21 +0000

I have nothing creative or snarky left in me to say about this one - gonna piggy back on other folks’ med center area and 1950’s vintage assumptions and go with the Westwood subdivision off of Stella Link and W. Bellfort. That is the only neighborhood I can think of around there that the homes might likely have burglar bars and be small enough and cheap enough to have to add an island to have a dang dishwasher.

By: Triprotic

Triprotic — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:55:11 +0000

Looks like a house built in the late 50s to mid-60s judging by the tile and flooring in the two bathrooms. Evidently the neighborhood is/was a little rough given the burglar bars, but judging by the way the house is furnished, it strikes me as an area that has cleaned up its act a bit, just not overly so. With the deer heads on the wall and the old-school decor, it probably belongs to someone who’s been there most of their life, from the good times, through the bad times, and now the better times. With all that said, I’m going to guess Lawndale/Wayside.