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technoevil

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  1. I grew up in First Colony and remember that Marco's on 6 in the old Kroger center too. We went there a few times back in the 90's, but preferred Los Tios across the street in the Randall's center and frequented that more often. Los Tios is still there! There was another place off Cartwright and 1092 that my dad liked that we would go to on occasion too. I think it was called Don Bravos.
  2. Hi neighbor! I bought my house in Glenshire east last year also, but my grandparents were original owners here and lived here at the opposite end of my street until 2009. Mine is a 1975 ranch. The roofs were originally cedar shake from what I have been told and also seen in the deed restrictions. Most were replaced in the 80's and by the early 90's.
  3. There was one there also at West Airport, in addition to the W. Bellfort and Fondren one in the Fondren Southwest Village center.
  4. No, I know the Fiesta on Fondren was a Kroger, as was the Braeswood and Gessner location. I went to both of them, but mainly the W. Bellfort and Fondren location.
  5. The Fiesta was previously a Kroger. I went there many times. Opposite end of the center had a Target. Its a few discount clothing and shoe stores now.
  6. I remember that being a Kroger. I used to go there back in the early-mid 90's when I would stay at my grandma's house when I was little. Even then it looked old to me. There was a Target at the other end of the center, and a Walgreens where the Anna's Linen is. That Walgreens had a shoplifter in there while we were there once. I remember him bolting out the door and knocking it off the track in the process. I think the Kroger and Target closed when the Meyerland locations opened, maybe a few years before. I think the T-Mobile store was a Houston Cellular originally. I know it was Cingular for a while also.
  7. The Fun Plex over on Beechnut and Eldridge was Fame City originally and had the waterpark. I am not sure what it was previously, but I remember Exhilerama at Memorial City mall. I grew up in the 90's in Sugar Land.
  8. I remember Jungle Jims and went there a few times. I want to say it was off of Clarewood near the Bally fitness center.
  9. I was born in 87 and grew up in Sugar Land. Things were pretty much the same here as they were up in Cypress. - 59 was still two lanes each way - Closest decent mall was West Oaks (now Ghetto Oaks) - Sharpstown mall was "ok" but not great - First Colony Mall opened in 96 and was amazing - Mainly cookie cutter homes around and typical stores such as Randalls, Target, and Kroger along Hwy 6 - Grew up in First Colony and homes were still being built in mass there - Would go to the aquatic center and park next door with the huge boat playground/fort - Anywhere north also seemed wayyy far away - Richmond/Rosenburg was out in the country I think you meant FunPlex instead of "Grand Plex". It is still there on Beechnut near Eldridge. It has gone way down hill, to the point where I am surprised it has somehow managed to stay open. The waterpark was torn down quite a few years ago and now has a cookie cutter neighborhood on it.
  10. The Tinseltown did star becoming Ghetto sometime around 2004. I'm not sure what the Chase call center was before, but it was not Costco. The first Costco built in Houston was the one that is at at I-10 and Bunker Hill behind Lowes and Best Buy. I think it opened around 2001.
  11. First Colony, Cinco Ranch, The Woodlands, Cypress
  12. What areas of town? In Sugar Land (First Colony) we had TCI until around 97 or 98 when Time Warner took it over, the Comcast took over that when they took over Time Warner in Houston.
  13. Phonoscope is still around. They do provide cable to some apartment complexes scattered around town, but are more know for their huge fiber network around town that is used mainly by businesses, schools, and cell companies to link their facilities.
  14. I am not from that area, but looking at Google Streetview, It looks like Wally World was where BigLots is now and at the opposite end of that strip was a Kroger. The Hobby Lobby looks like an old K-Mart.
  15. The tower behind the main studio is just for the microwave link to their main transmitter (thats what the two round antennas near the middle are, If look where they are pointed on a map, its towards the Anderson tower). The shorter tower with the movable dish on it is for the microwave truck. The rest of the stuff on the tall tower appears to be probably 2-way radio and maybe some more stationary microwave truck antennas at the top. I think I remember hearing from a friend who works at their sister station in Waco they also have a microwave link to them, so the top one could be that also. If you want another example, take a look at KPRC's tower along 59. They have 2 large microwave dishes pointed toward Missouri City, plus looks like maybe 2 smaller ones. The big dome at the top is doppler radar, and the smaller dome just below it is for their microwave news trucks. Looks like they may also have a stationary one pointed towards maybe Reliant stadium.
  16. Wilchester-Western Memorial area: Most likely not leaving. I can check up on houses and take pics of the exterior and e-mail them if needed.
  17. In Sugar Land with Alltel you can dial your own number then immediatly hang up and the phones will ring. I have tried it on SBC/AT&T and it dosent work.
  18. The broiler burger on Bellaire is called Bellaire Broiler Burger.
  19. Goode Company BBQ on I-10 is not in the city of Houston. I think it is in Hedwig Village, but it may be Bunker Hill.
  20. My friend and I went to Fun Plex a few months ago because we had not been there in a few years and we wanted to see if it had changed. The place is now a dump, over half of the building was closed off and the parts that were open were not in very good condition and half the lights were burnt out so it was kind of dark. I found the Fun Plex website. It still appears to have a lot of stuff http://www.funplex.org/
  21. I was wondering how most of the stations decided to place their towers in the Missouri City area and why? Also, were their towers orignally placed there or were they somewhere else?
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