Jim Anderson

Great thread, love the photo! We moved into Meyerland in 1960, my mom still lives in the same house. I wonder if the photo might have actually been taken in 1959. The land where Kolter Elementary now stands is vacant in the photo. Kolter opened in 1960, so I think it might have been present in a photo taken in 1960, unless the construction went really quickly - I don't remember myself, I was just too young at the time. I attended Kolter from 1962-1969. The school had its 50th Anniversary celebration in November 2010. Amazing how much I still remember of the neighborhood even after 32 years in the Navy and being gone almost 40 years now. I keep promising myself I'm going to move back someday. Great place to grow up!

Amazing...I just saw this thread for the first time. I was in that Kolter 5th Grade class!

Playhouse Toys in Meyerland Plaza, Sharpstown and on Post Oak across from Sakowitz? There were more, but I don't remember them all. Cargo Houston in Westbury Square? Madding's Drugs in Meyerland? Kresge's (a dime store in Sharpstown Center) Food Giant (Sharpstown and at Post Oak and Bellfort, later Belden's and most recently occupied by Kroger)