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  1. No, the property bounded by Bray's Bayou to the north, 610W-Northbound feeder to the west, 610S-Westbound feeder to the south and Willow WaterHole Creek to the east. As mentioned above, there was once a auto service station on the Westbound feeder that was apparently subdivided from the property. The service station has been demolished, I'm not sure about the foundation. http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&a...mp;t=h&om=1
  2. I think I remember that the reason they condemned it (on the spot) a few years ago was that they discovered that the second floor slab was only 3-4 inches thick.
  3. Main Riding Academy located at 6805 Old Main Street Road. Edit: Main Riding Academy Phone: Hadley 5288
  4. Don't forget Gaido's at about Main/Murworth and Lee's Den at about Main/Kirby. Ye Olde College Inn - Main/University Youngblood's Fried Chicken - Main/University? Christie's (Seafood) - on Main between University and Holcombe. Sonny Look's Sirloin House moved from Westheimer/Fountainview area (near The Palm, today) to South Main just north of 610S sometime in the 60's/70's Also, a long time ago, there was an amusement park with ponies (ala Playland Park) on South Main just across University from the Old Rice Stadium. Probably 30's/40's. It was the same rides that moved further south on Main to just north of Kirby and was there until 10-15 years ago (of course with newer ponies). Also, some of the rides in the newer location came from Wee Wild West on Westheimer about Sage which shut down about 1960-70. I was told or read that Houston's FIRST airport was at the SW corner of Main and Kirby (near where Kaphan's used to be). Apparently, it was just a large relatively flat area of well-mown grass and I read that the first airplane to land in Houston around 1905-1910 landed there.
  5. Valian's (Italian, pizza) on South Main across the street from the Shamrock Hotel. One of THE places to go in high school on a Saturday night (especially with a date). Ye Olde College Inn on South Main near University. Youngblood's Fried Chicken - several around town. Green Parrott (near UH?) Prince's Hamburger old-fashioned drive-in at South Main and OST intersection (the waitresses did wear roller skates, just like in "American Grafitti". These are fond memories from my youth, circa 1960's. Also, the original San Jacinto Inn on the Ship Channel.
  6. I remember this site as Roy Hofheinz home before he moved into the Astrodome, or that suite on top of the Astroworld Hotel. Whoever told me that might have been wrong, but I definitely heard it from someone, 30-40 years ago.
  7. Many place names along the RR tracks on old maps were not actually town names or stations, but rather names of water stops for the old steam engines. The trains would stop very briefly, just to take on water. I'd bet Stella was just a water stop, rather than a small town or community.
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