Earlydays
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Howard Hughes Mansion At 3921 Yoakum Blvd.
Earlydays replied to LarryDallas's topic in Historic Houston
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Parkside Residences: 43-Story Residential High-Rise At 808 Crawford St.
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I worked downtown in the late 60's and early 70's and I parked in underground garages and walked in air conditioned tunnels to the office buildings........- 1,224 replies
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I worked in the IBM building under construction next door from 1968 to 1973, then moved to continue working with IBM around the country until 1992.
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I used to go to that one a lot in 1963 and 1964.....
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Carol's Kitchen At 2801 South Shepherd Dr.
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I was referring to the park "at which I got motion sickness once ", not the pony ride park.
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Gateway Swim And Skate Rink At 8510 South Main St.
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I think the amusement park was Playland Park.- 78 replies
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In those days men wore suits year-round.....
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....and dentist offices
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Jetton's was a great cafeteria in the Greenway Plaza area.......
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My wife to-be and I went to the Charity Horse Show in 1966 on a date.......
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National Biscuit Company At 2450 Holcombe Blvd.
Earlydays replied to Ashikaga's topic in Historic Houston
I believe the last Nabisco plant was further out Alameda. -
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Barringer Norton Co. Tailors & Shirt Makers At 412 Main St.
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Barringer Norton Co. Tailors & Shirt Makers At 412 Main St.
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I wonder if that is the same "Norton" that established the Norton Ditto Men's Store' -
There was also a ceramics studio that was called Mo-Lee's. My wife took lessons there in the early 70's. She later became a ceramic artist when we lived in California.
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"jelly fish-like" UFO's.......
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Parkview Twin Theatre At 3901 Spencer Hwy.
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You guys are so "young", I remember going to the Capitan Theater in Pasadena as a kid on Saturday afternoon and seeing a double-feature for 25 cents (circa 1955). -
Victoria Station and the Rail Head were two different restaurants in the early 1970's, in fact the Rail Head was opened first.
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The Rail Head was on Richmond
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It was called the Rail Head.
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Often ate lunch at Christie's on S. Main when I worked at 6900 Fannin, 1968 to 1973.
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Yes, it was a big old house (NW corner).....sorry, no pictures. My wife and I went there a couple of times in the early 70's. It was a cool place...dinner club and dancing.