My Bellaire Blog

I am so excited at reading the news of the Robinson family wanting to convert the 3 acres they own at 4709 Maple St – close to  the intersection of Maple and 610 – into a park for Bellaire residents.  We need green space in this City, where only 25 acres out of 1,700 (1.47%) is undeveloped.  Yeah for Nancy Lomax (the Robinson’s daughter) and her great initiative!  I know the land has 60 years old oaks and tall pines on it, but I would like to make a suggestion.  How about carving a portion of that land where there are no trees to establish a community garden?  Westbury has started their own,  and anyone can get involved from the community.  As I understand it, you don’t have to reside in Westbury to work in it – just love to garden!  Wouldn’t it be great if Bellaire could produce some organic produce  – by its residents, for its residents consumption?  Let’s get the word out!  And how about a portion of the Teas Nursery property that was so graceously donated to the City by the Rubenstein brothers?  An old nursery is a great ground for a garden or orchard!

After the hard freeze we got over a month ago and the desolate landscape of dead plants lying lifeless both in my front and back yard, imagine my surprise this past weekend when, taking advantage of a couple of rays of sunshine, I went out to discover numerous purple blooms on my peach trees!!!

 These trees are only 4 years old and were started from a seed.  Last year, we had about 6 or 7 fruits on each tree, but by the time they ripened, there were only 4 in total left for us to enjoy.  The squirrels had beat us to them, although they had plenty of papayas to satisfy their hunger (and thirst, in the hot summer days).  They were sweet and fragrant white peaches!  Yum!

  Looking for a nice Bellaire family home under $650,000 and zoned to an exemplary school?  Look no further than 1114 Anderson St!  It’s a traditional brick home with a large backyard suited for children’s play and your future pool.  A gated driveway is great for riding a tricycle!  On the first floor, beautiful cherry hardwoods greet you as you walk into this bright and airy home with designer colors and contemporary flair!  The formal living has built in bookshelves and elegant crown molding: the room can also be your study, library or music room.  The formal dining has built-ins with an adjacent butler’s pantry.  The kitchen is open to the family room, and the slate backsplash in the kitchen ties in to the slate surround gaslog fireplace.  Recessed lighting is present all throughout the downstairs.  The master is enormous and shares the second floor with 2 other bedrooms and the vaulted ceiling gameroom.  The third floor features a large fourth bedroom complete with its own bath and closet.  For more pictures, click on this link to the Virtual Tour or give me a call to schedule a private showing at 713-539-1006

With all the controversy surrounding the possible development of a soccer stadium North of Bellaire City limits,  I can’t help but think of the reasoning behind the choice of this location.  It seems to me the original 12 acres purchased by the city of Houston East of Downtown (known as EaDo) would make so much more sense!  Being close to the Downtown hotels and other sports venues has a lot of advantages,  especially the access to the major freeways that converge Downtown to begin with.  It would also bring  development to an area of Downtown that was long neglected.  Also, there was the genius plan of having it connected to TSU by rail to allow the University to play its football games there: it tops it off as the better thing to do!  Why pick a location that is as as congested on weekends as it is on weekdays, close to the busiest and deadliest stretch of West Loop 610?  Hopefully this will not come to fruition!  What do you think?