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  1. Ashikaga
    Yes, you couldn't use a rotary dial phone even if you wanted to because 9 out of every 10 businesses you call are answered by a recording that tells you to "press 1" or "press 2" for this or that. Chet Cuccia
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    No, I don't know what's there. I'm going by what other people on this forum have told me. I moved away from Houston back in 1964. Other people on this forum have told me that the only thing from back then that remains of Gulfgate is the pedestrian bridge. Someone said that even the movie theatre that was on the other side of the bridge is also gone. I just printed the photo of the sign. Thank you for posting it. Chet Cuccia
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    I don't know. Like I said, I moved away from there back in 1964. I thought that one evening we went to an amusement park and from the ground I looked up and saw that neon logo "rock" of the top of the Prudential. My memory about my time in Houston has been accurate about 75 percent of the time. Maybe this memory is part of the remaining 25 percent. Chet Cuccia
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    As I said, it's a shame that the only remaining vestige of Gulfgate Shopping Center from back when I went there (1962-64) is the pedestrian bridge. Chet Cuccia
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    I've learned not to get Playland Park confused with Peppermint Park, which was near Gulfgate Shopping Center. I remember going to the later back then (1962-64). And I think that we also went to the former. Maybe someone out there can jog my more-than-40-year-old-memory. I remember us going to an amusement park closer to downtown than Peppermint Park was. From that park, I thought that I could see the top of the Prudential Building; the neon logo of its "rock." Is it possible that could have been Playland Park? Was that park within "eyeshot" of the top of the Prudential Building? Chet Cuccia
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    There was a show one time on the Discovery Channel about roller coasters. None of the ones that they showed was at Astroworld. Chet Cuccia
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    You're right. I stand corrected. I had my "storms" mixed up. It was the Texas Cyclone, not the Texas Tornado. Chet Cuccia
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    I'm surprised that the "Tornado" is still there. I thought that about every 3 or 4 years, they build a new, bigger, scarier ride and dismantle the old one that it replaced. Chet Cuccia
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    The only restaurant that stands out in my mind is the Monterey House (I haven't been in that area since 1964). It was located on Telephone Road where it intersects with Reveille. I remember a driving range was next to it. If we were seated next to the window in the restaurant, I remember seeing people outside hitting golf balls. Across the street, I remember there was a supermarket called Henke & Pillot (now called Kroger). Someone on this forum told me that the restaurant is now called Monterey Tex-Mex and that a Kroger is now across the street from where Henke & Pillot was. Nobody has said anything about whether or not that driving range is still there. Chet Cuccia
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    I lived on #8 West Court Drive from 1962-64. Sims Bayou was at the end of our street. I remember my parents and I walking down there and standing next to the water. (The house that we lived in was on the corner of West Court Drive and Galveston Road, just down from where Park Place Boulevard dead ends into the latter.) No, I don't remember Milby Park. Someone on this forum told me that if we had stayed in that house that I probably would have attended Milby High School. Chet Cuccia
  11. Ashikaga
    The only name of a ride that stands out in my mind is "The Texas Tornado." But keep in mind, the last time that I went to Astroworld was way back in the summer of 1978. Chet Cuccia
  12. Ashikaga
    Yes, I remember well. Not at Globe, but I remember going into other department stores when I was a kid back in the 1960s and 1970s and going straight to the 45rpm singles shelves. The average price of them was $1. Only rarely could my parents afford to buy me an album. Chet Cuccia
  13. Ashikaga
    Like I said, to me, if would be an eerie and a spooky feeling to go inside old buildings such at that Gulfgate Skating Rink and the Santa Rosa Theatre, buildings that have been all boarded up and closed down for many years. Chet Cuccia
  14. Ashikaga
    Yes, it would be interesting to see a film like that. I would think that most everything you would see (the rides at the time, etc.) would be gone now, replaced by other rides. Chet Cuccia
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    Thank you. Like I said, it has been over 40 years since I've been there. I THINK that that's the place. I remember going westbound on IH-610. We would pass up Gulfgate Shopping Center, and arrive at a skating rink a little way's down from there. Chet Cuccia
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    Back when VCRs came out back in the late 1970s/early 1980s, I thought that that technological advance would put ALL movie theatres out of business. We all know that most people would rather stay at home and watch a movie than to have to get all dressed up to go out. Well, I was half right. Most drive-in theatres bit the dust. But there's still walk-ins around. But I know of no one screeners that I went to when I was a kid. Most of them all have 10-20 screens. Chet Cuccia
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    Yes, I do remember a Grant's in Gulfgate across from Newberry's back in the early 1960s. Was it some kind of a five-and-dime store? Or some other kind of store? Chet Cuccia
  18. Ashikaga
    I graduated from high school in Beaumont. There was a Gaylynn Theatre in that city, too. I remember having a good share of dates there. Sadly, it's now all gone. Chet Cuccia
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    All that I can remember is going into the Globe Department Store on Woodridge, next to Gulfgate. We went into the pet department. My parents bought a solid white cat which they named "Purdy." Later we found out that it had a gastric disorder. It kept stinking up our house. Chet Cuccia
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    As probably all of you know by now, I lived in Houston from 1962-64. I do remember one night my parents and I were sitting in the parking lot at the then-Houston International Airport (now called Hobby) and watching a Good Year blimp landing. It was quite a sight to see in the dark. I remember seeing the lit up "flying shoe" logo. Chet Cuccia
  21. Ashikaga
    You might not be too far "off base." Chet Cuccia
  22. Ashikaga
    Yes, it's a shame. Going by what all of you over there have told me, the only remaining vestige of the Gulfgate Shopping Center that I went to back in 1962-64 is the pedestrian bridge which traverses IH 610. Chet Cuccia
  23. Ashikaga
    You're right. In 1982 the telecommunications industry was deregulated as a result of the courts ruling that AT&T was a monopoly. Years ago it costs more, but it was simpler. After 1982, everyone was swamped by MCI, Sprint, and numerous other long distance companies. Up until 1983, area code 713 covered not only all of Houston, but all of the southeastern corner of Texas including Beaumont (the city that I graduated from high school in), Port Arthur, Orange, Jasper, Galveston, etc. Nowadays when you drive just a few miles, you don't know if you've entered a new area code or not. Now 713 is the very innermost part of Houston. Chet Cuccia
  24. Ashikaga
    Yes, I'm 47. Your right about what your "options" were back then. Also back then, when you'd call a person and/or a business, a human being would answer the phone. There was no voice mail, or "for this, press 1, for that, press 2." Chet Cuccia
  25. Ashikaga
    Oh, maybe I misunderstood. I thought someone said that "Big Lots" was in the space where "Weingarten's" was. Well, an H.E.B. should do well in that center. I remember the first time that I went to Astroworld back in the late 1960s. They had a replica of the first "Weingarten's." Chet Cuccia
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