icepickphil Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 It seems the Loews was showing grindhouse features by this time in it's history. "Disciples of Death" from Hong Kong and "A Man for Hanging".Keep your eye out for Loew's and Metropolitan marquees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Wasn't there a brief effort to make a Main Street pedestrian mall section in the 1970s? Was this a part of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 (edited) What a great record of the early 70's. Whoever filmed this had a sensitive eye for human behavior. Edited March 18, 2011 by dbigtex56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 What a great record of the early 70's. Whoever filmed this had a sensitive eye for human behavior.The Frick family donated their home movies to http://www.texasarchive.org.The original is 12 minutes long and silent. I edited what I considered the the best shots and added music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 It seems the Loews was showing grindhouse features by this time in it's history. "Disciples of Death" from Hong Kong and "A Man for Hanging".The original source said it was 1973, but it must of been 1972, the Loew's closed in 72. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty1979 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Does anybody know about the apartment complex between Old Farm Rd. and Fondren? I have heard stories that it was quite the "swinging" place to be back in the 70's. This place is right behind Vargo's and I heard that it was very wild...anybody know any truth to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I lived at Pecan Plantation I guess it was off of Rampart / Gulfton back in the 70's. Had it's own club and bar by one of the pools with live bands on weekends. Lot's of single ladies and guys. Glad I survived that era of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboybud Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 A lot of the now-ghetto apartment buildings in SW Houston were "swinging singles" hotbeds back then. At some point (in the early 80s I think), a law was passed barring "adults only" complexes, putting an end to that scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 A lot of the now-ghetto apartment buildings in SW Houston were "swinging singles" hotbeds back then. At some point (in the early 80s I think), a law was passed barring "adults only" complexes, putting an end to that scene.The law didn't "bar" adults only complexes. It prohibited discrimination against families, who were, and still are, having a hard time finding decent apartments to rent. It's still hard because apsrtment owners found a loophole in this law, and they used it to keep their complexes pretty much free of people with kids. The law just said the apartments couldn't discriminate against families, but it didn't require complexes to have anything that would make families want to live there. Owners who wanted to continue attracting adults with no kids took out all the amenities. No pool, no play area or common area for recreation of any sort. Nobody with kids wants to live in a complex that has nothing to "enhance the experience" of living there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 More clips from a 1972 home movie of the Houston Art Happening on Main Street.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_OHouueJno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Wow, it looks really boring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) noWow, it looks really boring!Well, only five channels on TV, only rich people had VCRs, Pong had just been developed, so no video games at home, the internet didn't exist, no Iphone, MTV hadn't reduced everyone attention span to 5 seconds yet. Keep in mind, it was the day of mini skirts, halter tops and the bra less look, the girls might have come for the art, the guys came for the girls. Edited July 21, 2011 by devonhart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Nice. Brings back a lot of memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzooo Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 (edited) Can anyone suggest which were the most significant downtown buildings razed in the 60s and 70s to make room for skyscrapers like the Exxon Mobil Building, Shell Plaza, 1100 Milam, Pennzoil Place, and One/Two Houston Center? Edited September 18, 2011 by jazzooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 ExxonMobil building was built in 1963 or so. From Google Earth, it looks like there were some one story buildings there, and some parking. I don't think there was much of significance lost. MOst of those areas had been rebuilt several times over the years, starting with houses, thne businesses, then high rises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Can anyone suggest which were the most significant downtown buildings razed in the 60s and 70s to make room for skyscrapers like the Exxon Mobil Building, Shell Plaza, 1100 Milam, Pennzoil Place, and One/Two Houston Center? This is on Texas Ave in the 70s, clearing 19th century buildings for a skyscraper I'm sure someone can figure out from the position from Jones Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 This is on Texas Ave in the 70s, clearing 19th century buildings for a skyscraper I'm sure someone can figure out from the position from Jones Hall.almost certainly for texas commerce tower. looks to me like the store fronts face the 800 block of Texas with Pennzoil in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Yep, that is what is now, Chase Tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 ok, let's see,. there's a 75ish Chevy, and a 1970 Fiat Spider in that picture, so, I'd say it's right about when they tore down one of the old movie theaters that used to be on that block (Isis Theater maybe?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 oh, cool, 1970 Fiat Spider in that picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 oh, cool, 1970 Fiat Spider in that pictureI can't remember the address, or the street, but the original and first Memorial Baptist Hospital was torn down in the 70s to make room for several skyscrapers. I THINK it was in the 1100 or 1200 block of Lamar, two or three blocks from city hall. By the 70s, the Memorial Baptist Hospitals were spreading to the outer reaches of Houston. There was NW Memorial, SW Memorial, Southeast Memorial, and the downtown facility, which was old, outdated, and landlocked. It had no room for expansion, so they sold the property to developers.Here's a photo of it. http://mcgovern.library.tmc.edu/data/www/html/texascoll/post/cities/houston/hous_12.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 (edited) deleted Edited September 20, 2011 by FilioScotia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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devonhart Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Came across this in a 1970 UofH yearbook. Whenever I went to the Loew's or Metropolitan during the week, this man always seemed to be on the sidewalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlydays Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I remember him also..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 A true example of how a picture is worth a thousand words...thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EspersonBuildings Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) I remember seeing him fround around the mid 1970's in front of Woolworths on Main @ McKinney. Also remember seeing him in New York around mid 90's. A NY Times article, I believe< was written about him and I believe he was originally from Louisiana, possibly New Orleans. Edited December 26, 2011 by EspersonBuildings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Apparently drug users are bad dressers and have poor grooming habits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfboogie Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I was in 8th grade at Johnston Jr. High when this news clip was broadcast. And yes, I was definitely one of those kids Charles Williams, the principal was talking about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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