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[Subdude]

4PROP, on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 12:14 PM, said:

If your crazy, I am too. See the pool bubble here!

http://www.historica....aspx?poi=10978

I thought the Gateway pool was enclosed by that time?

Does anyone know what the maze-like thing is at the SW corner of Main and Braeswood? I am baffled.

[4PROP]

Does anyone know what the maze-like thing is at the SW corner of Main and Braeswood? I am baffled.
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I think that was a miniature golf course. Next question; What was the name? "Goofy Golf" maybe.

[kylejack]

Anyone know where I can find some Games People Play photos? I'd like to take some Then And Now photos, but I'm having a hard time finding old photos.

[Subdude]

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4PROP, on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 11:43 AM, said:

Does anyone know what the maze-like thing is at the SW corner of Main and Braeswood? I am baffled.

I think that was a miniature golf course. Next question; What was the name? "Goofy Golf" maybe.

Thanks! That makes sense. I had no clue what that could be.

[mojo1158]

tomv, on Monday, July 4, 2005 at 11:35 AM, said:

A friend of mine mentioned a kiddie place called Wee Wild West. I went there as a kid (60's) but have no idea where it was. Anybody remember that one?

I remember it! It was off of 290 near Windfern I believe...I was just talking about it the other day!

[mojo1158]

Anyone remember Happyland on Shepherd @ 43rd? I have some home video of it in the early 60's and will post it asap.

[Sparky]

Hi Friends. I have been away for quite a while. I stand corrected. There was a kiddie coaster at Playland. I talked to my brother and he reminded me where it was in the kiddie section of the park. If you look in the lower right section of the picture of Playland you can see it. Don't know why I didn't remember it.

[4PROP]

Hi Becky, Great to hear from you again. We look forward to some more of your park photos. I don't recall what years you lived at Playland, but have you seen the lastest Google Earth vintage shots. The 1944 view shows Playland before the race track was built. You may have been outside looking up for the plane taking the picture (Or wondering if Hilter was dropping a surprise on Houston!).

[Cemeterywolf]

Looking for pictures of the Super Slide that was located on Telophone Rd. and Almeda Genoa Rd.
Went there as a kid. Slid down on burlap sacks. It was a ruin for many years and I wished I had taken pictures of it.
Thanks for any help!!!!!!!!!?????????????

[NenaE]

Cemeterywolf, on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 3:55 PM, said:

Looking for pictures of the Super Slide that was located on Telophone Rd. and Almeda Genoa Rd.
Went there as a kid. Slid down on burlap sacks. It was a ruin for many years and I wished I had taken pictures of it.
Thanks for any help!!!!!!!!!?????????????

I remember the one that sat on Telephone, east side of road, close to an old 1950's style burger place. Part of of Almeda-Genoa ran to the west of the super slide.
(By the way, I saw some Astroworld Ferris Wheel baskets on that road, they were sitting in a yard, was years ago).
I remember it becoming a scrap/ junk yard, with the slide slowly deteriorating around it. Sorry, I don;t have any pictures.
I was kinda scared of it, it was sooo big.

[Goatman79]

I remember both the Hockley Oil Ranch, and Physical Whimsical. I got to take a trip out to the oil ranch several times either through school field trips or Cub Scout outings. It was probably the single most awesome rope swing I had ever used. At the top of the barn with the rope swing was also a maze made from hay bails that kids could crawl in and out of.

The Physical Whimsical had two locations, the one on 1960 and 249, and another one inside Sharpstown Mall. I tended to visit the Sharpstown location more often, for birthdays and such, but I do recall the FM 1960 location quite well.
It had a lot of moonwalks, including one that resembled an old western saloon, and the place smelled like Wild Berry Skittles candy.

The Sharpstown location was much better in my opinion. More things to do. There were two stories, and you could climb a giant net to get to the top floor, and ride the spiral slide down. There was also a room that had glow-in-the-dark walls. While the light was on, you held a position, and then the lights would go out, and you could see your shadow still on the wall for a minute or two. There was also lots of jungle gyms, a ball pit, a maze of giant padded-vinyl blocks (that we used to hit eachother with), and those little roller racers you sat on and pivoted the steering handle back and forth to move around the floor. Ah, such fond memories. I think both locations were closed by the early 1990's.

[4PROP]

Cemeterywolf, on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 3:55 PM, said:

Looking for pictures of the Super Slide that was located on Telophone Rd. and Almeda Genoa Rd.
Went there as a kid. Slid down on burlap sacks. It was a ruin for many years and I wished I had taken pictures of it.
Thanks for any help!!!!!!!!!?????????????

Here's one like it. (Mi-Tee-Slide) Not sure where this one was.
 Mi_Tee_Slide_02.jpg   144.93K   10 downloads

[NenaE]

Cool picture of the slide, groovy side panels, reminds me of the Laugh-In show.

http://www.chicagotr...0,5315982.story

Here's a short article of the inventor of the giant slide. says there were 42 of them, at one time.

Edited by NenaE, Friday, September 9, 2011 at 5:22 PM.

[plumber2]

mojo1158, on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 11:07 PM, said:

I remember it! It was off of 290 near Windfern I believe...I was just talking about it the other day!

Wee Wild West was at the corner of Westheimer and Yorktown. It later became a Putt Putt Golf.

[sinister1]

Mark F. Barnes, on Friday, August 4, 2006 at 1:27 PM, said:

Boy Downtown has changed some!!!

And it's going to change again if they go ahead and go through with the expansion of 45. : (

[NenaE]

http://digital.lib.u...SOPTR=200&REC=3 Scene in Highland Park. ...from the University of Houston On-Line Archives Collection The Magnolia City (1904) (Part 3) Click on Pg.5
Drag the bar inside the page down for the caption.

Edited by NenaE, Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 6:15 PM.