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  1. cowboybud
    I remember that place.
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    I remember a big arcade in that area, but I don't remember it having batting cages and boats.
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    North Freeway between West Rd. and FM 525 in the Randalls Center. It opened in the mid-70s and was there until Sage went belly up. The space became a Walgreens and, as far as I know, has been vacant (along with most of the center) for several years.
  4. cowboybud
    Walgreens has been around Houston a LOT longer than that; there was one on Long Point near my grandmother's old house that had been there since at least the 50s. You're thinking of the one in the Randall's center by Aldine, which opened around 1975.
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    As others have said, North Oaks wasn't a mall per se; there was a center court that had some small storefronts, the AMC theatre and an arcade (there was a rear entrance/parking lot to the theatre accessible from Stuebner-Airline/Veterans Memorial). I remember Target, a clothing store of some kind (Weiner's maybe), a Wyatt's Cafeteria and I think another restaurant there.
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    And some dates he'd have an afternoon and evening show, or an early evening show and midnight show. Remember that back then, bands only played a 30 minute (or so) set. The jamboree shows had several different acts performing.
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    It is Gemco. There was also one at North Freeway @ Airline across from Northline Mall, which is also now a Fiesta (or was the last time I was over there).
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    There was a Champ's on I-45 between West Rd. and Aldine Bender (FM 525). Had many a drunken breakfast there, once saw two waitresses get into a food fight. Last time I was in the area, there was a Mexican Seafood restaurant on the site (the building was completely remodeled and was painted Taco Cabana pink).
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    I remember a drunken Oiler fan pouring a beer on my 14-year-old head.
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    Bum Phillips was actually fired after the 1980 season.
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    Update Re: Clodine General Store Drove by there today; they've got the place on stilts, so it looks like they're moving it somewhere.
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    No, there's a Spring Branch ISD. http://www.springbranchisd.com/ The current high schools are Memorial, Northbrook, Spring Woods and Stratford. Spring Branch and Westchester were converted to magnet schools.
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    Westview just east of Campbell in Spring Valley. My grandmother used to live in the area and my two oldest sisters went there. They converted it to a magnet school, I think. Not sure if it's still there. One semi-celebrity went there; pro wrestling great Gino Hernandez (real name, Charles Wolfe).
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    Greens Rd. was once called Gears Rd. Will Clayton Pky. was once Jetero Blvd. Hwy. 249 was once FM 149 Veterans Memorial Dr. was once Steubener-Airline
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    He may have been referring to the apartments along Airline/Dyna/Goodson.
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    Nadine Kujawa was my principal in elementary school. She and my mother butted heads about something, don't remember what, it's been 30+ years.. Anyone know what good ol' Mr Lewis is doing now? I heard he was an assistant superintendent at some point.
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    OK, that's just creepy.
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    Mission Bend is on a downhill slide now. Many people have moved to more affluent areas of Fort Bend County.
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    The GEMCO by Northline Mall became a Fiesta, not sure if it's still there.
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    Same reason why Astroworld closed.
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    In the 1940s, there was an airport on the site of what is now Aldine High and Stovall Middle School.
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    I work for an independent yellow pages publisher, and the thinking is that printed phonebooks will be a thing of the past in 20 years.
  25. cowboybud
    Harold also did numerous local commercials, including Pilgrim cleaners, that's probably where you saw him in a suit.
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