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  1. gonzo1976
    If you check out Grady McAllister's excellent site on Houston radio history, you'll find KILT's coverage of the Kennedy assassination. It's about 30 mins long I think, but at the end is one reporter's recollections of Kennedy's visit to Houston the day before the shooting. WELL worth checking out. Plus, sound clips from Kennedy's speech in Houston are widely available on eBay, I believe.
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    I noticed that Luby's has been selling 60th anniversary glasses for $2 at their locations. Picked one up for myself.
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    You know, I saw that sign for the first time last week. It had me doing a double-take.
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    The Sunday, June 8, 1969, edition of the Post said the first flight landed at the airport "shortly after midnight Saturday." That plane was a Texas International jet carrying dignitaries and reporters. "The new airport, with two terminals completed, has 40 gate positions. William P. Hobby has only 19 gates," the Post reported.
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    If anyone wants a peek at life in JDH during the early '60s, check out "The Hospital" by Jan de Hartog.
  6. gonzo1976
    Local newspapers frequently ran this ad. It took me a little while to realize the cars did not have roofs, maybe?
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    My dad took me, my cousin and a friend to Astroword during one its Fright Night periods. This was before they called it Fright Fest. The big deal that year ('87, '88?) was that Freddy Krueger was appearing there. My god, it was so crowded. You could barely walk through the park in some places. Someone was shot inside the park that night, but it happened after we left that day.
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    That's Addicks United Methodist Church. That church has deep ties to the region (including Hillendahl -- Blue Light -- Cemetery). I believe that particular building has been around since 1915. It would be a shame to see it torn down.
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    Check out the tree on the left bank. I'm no tree expert, but can anyone guess if that tree was deliberately planted? Sometimes the best way to check out what *used* to exist at a razed site is to look at the nearby trees, flora/fauna.
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    You can find more pictures Bob Bailey took of Houston at this Web site (scroll down). Yep. My dad lived there, too. Back then, it was called San Felipe Courts. Kenny Rogers also lived there as a kid.
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    Well, I say give Sage the ball and let him start next week. Can't get any worse.
  12. gonzo1976
    That's a good point. I wish there was a list somewhere of buildings that have lookout areas open to the public. Great pictures, by the way.
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    I drove by it last December, and I thought it looked pretty good. Glad to see it has found a second life. I wonder if the people there get a lot of lookie-loos.
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    I remember that. It was right around that time period, too. I dialed the Pac-Man number.
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    Many of those schools looked fantastic back then.
  16. gonzo1976
    Let me tell you, I went to Atlanta a couple of years back to see the Astros play (Pettitte was pitching). It was like I was in Little Houston. I was surprised to see so many Astros fans in Atlanta. I never see that many fans of the visiting team when I visit Minute Maid Park.
  17. gonzo1976
    This Web site (which I can't seem to access now) should clear up any issues about postcards being in the public domain: www.postcard.org/publicdomain.htm I had to check this out when I decided to sell local postcard images on greeting cards. Back to the subject at hand, are there parts of the Rice Lofts that are open to the public? I'm not sure what's available where all those old restaurants, clubs and meeting rooms used to be, but I wonder if it's only open to residents there. Also, remember when they tore down the old parking garage on the corner of Prairie and Travis a few years back? It exposed an old sign that was painted on the side of an adjacent building. Did anyone ever get a picture of that?
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    Download this and see if it has what you're looking for. After a quick check, I didn't see anything about the Capitol Room. I'm sure it existed, but maybe it was renamed by the 1970s. http://www.jr-gonzales.com/images/houstonrice.pdf
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    I wonder why the windows on the top floor are different from the rest of the windows. I guess they were replaced at some point. My 1939 chamber of commerce map identifies the building as the Republic Building.
  20. gonzo1976
    Yeah, that was always my complaint about history. It's easy to find out when the Astrodome was built or when oil was struck at Spindletop. I'm more concerned about the little aspects of history that have been lost to time.
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    I've never been able to tell who or what organization is behind it. I'm curious as to who put it all together.
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    Moody Gardens?
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    Ah well, what's going to happen to the site?
  24. gonzo1976
    I always thought it was a beautiful building. Glad to see something is being done with it. I tried a quick search of some of Bob Bailey's photos over here, but I couldn't find anything going back to its heyday on that site.
  25. gonzo1976
    Hah! From the above-mentioned Web site: CenterPoint Energy Tower Also known as: The Tower of Power Also known as: Kilowatt Tower Formerly: Reliant Energy Plaza Formerly: Houston Industries Plaza Formerly: 1100 Milam Why not go back further? Formerly: Some demolished building Formerly: Some demolished house Formerly: A mound of dirt.
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