5100 block of Spruce. Parking for Jax and Bellaire Auto is diminished; no access for 18-wheelers for deliveries to any of the businesses on the the north side of Spruce. Limited access to private parking areas. Click to enlarge.
5100 block of Spruce – Overhead view of existing businesses and private parking lots. Click to enlarge.
5200 block of Spruce – proposed. Most private spaces are lost and remaining access is limited. Click to enlarge.
5200 block of Spruce – overhead view of existing businesses and private parking. areas. Click to enlarge.
Fifth Street – proposed. Beauty salon at Spruce and Fifth will lose all parking spaces, Jones Blair will lose loading dock access, Sugar Shop will lose all parking spaces. Click to enlarge.
don joseph’ salon at Spruce and Fifth loses all parking; what happens to the beautiful oaks?empel (Jones Blair) paint loses side parking access to loading dock. Click to enlarge.
Sadly we lost Lynn McBee in 2022. Her volunteerism. historical perspective on Bellaire administrations, and her skill in maintaining a written record of Bellaire’s history will be missed. Click on the Trolley to view the Table of Contents for Lynn’s history of Bellaire. Great information on your Home Town. Maps and other documents, too.
I couldn’t resist a photo of one of Bellaire’s manhole covers. That’s the old City logo!
Problems with stray cats? What is TNR? Residents can borrow a live trap from the BPD, or buy and share a communal neighborhood trap. Find an article on TNR here. After TNR please plan to feed them if they stick around.
No More City Of Homes?
According to the City manager and staff our longtime City logo, representing Bellaire as a City of Homes, will soon be gone, thanks to City Council and the $50,000 branding study. Read more here.
New Bellaire High – Completion in 2022
Construction on the new Bellaire High school is complete. The original building was demolished during the week of July 13-17, 2021. Find more information here.
You’ll find Little Free Libraries popping up throughout Bellaire. Loftin Park, Evelyn’s Park, Ware Family Park, plus private LFLs. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin