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We got Storer Cable at our house in 1981 had it until 1985. This was the box we had. Still remember what it felt like to use it and turn that dial on the right to fine tune the channel. Storer must have served southeast Houston because we had it in Overbrook. I have family from my mom and dad's side on a small block of houses on Super Street in 2nd Ward and they all had Storer Cable. I can still remember my aunt yelling at my cousin for sliding that dial too fast across the box, I got it trouble for that too.
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On December 13, 2004 at 8:11 PM, MidtownCoog said:
I call BS on the VH1 starting in Houston.
Show me in print.
You are getting it confused with that old station on Ch 43(?) that played the four same videos day after day. A local station from downtown.
Duran Duran, Dire Straights, Tina Turner...
ok, three videos.
Channel 5
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On December 2, 2004 at 4:50 PM, Heights2Bastrop said:
Yes, VH1 originated in Houston. I knew about it, but I weasn't into it or MTV back then, so I don't know all that much about how it got started. I do know that it was 1985 when they were in Allied Bank.
no actually it wasn't VH1, it was a local low power video channel that went under the calls K05HU with the moniker "TV5" then later "Hit Video USA". VH1 had already signed on in early '85, K05HU went on air in July. Hit Video attempted to go national on cable but it never panned out as they hoped.
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On August 5, 2005 at 2:22 PM, gnu said:
The Credit Union on Edgebrook was a Taco Bueno. i think the company was dallas-based. it may have been a del taco too later but it was built as Taco Bueno.
Maybe Alfie's fish and chips?..i remember eating at one on Broadway in galveston.
Their logo was the canadian mountie from the cartoons.
What about H Salt fish and chips? They are still around in California. I know their were a few here in the early 70's.
And the little places..about the same size as an old box shaped jack in the box but were made to look like windmills with cedar shake siding. can't remember the name seems like it started with a W.
The old Del Taco on Edgebrook is now Marcos Seafood & Oyster Bar, the facade has been altered some, mostly the upper portion of the building
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On June 8, 2008 at 7:27 AM, brucesw said:
I don't remember that at all and I can't think of anything along there that would have been a building it was in, but I don't think W. Bellfort went all the way through to 59 back then and I seldom got over there on Fondren. I do remember the Champs, later an Antone's at the next cross street (now a Subway?).
Later in the decade and into the early 80s there was a Texas Tumbleweed further north on Fondren, at the southern end of that big strip center at Fondren and S. Braeswood - that would be close to a mile north of W. Bellfort.
I remember that one on Fondren because I used to pass by it on the way to my girlfriends house off of Gessner. They used to go there a lot, her dad hung out there quite a bit too.
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Another post here had it listed at 917 Edgebrook
Not sure if this is the original building with altered facade but here it it
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could be looking at the wrong building but I know it was around there, it sat abandoned for quite a few years
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On May 21, 2015 at 4:46 PM, IronTiger said:
I think the guy obsessed the television station numbers may have one.
The only ones I'm pretty sure of (or at least, have heard):
Shipley's Donuts at US 59 and Richmond
...uh, that's about it
S Braeswood & Hillcroft (became a Shipleys)
Edgebrook near Theta (closed for a long time, now a Mexican restaurant)
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On May 21, 2015 at 4:17 PM, SpaceGhost said:
So with the closing of our only Del Taco location this week, and the apparent abandonment of ambitious plan of opening 40 stores in the Houston area, I got to thinking about the original locations that Del Taco had in Houston. I believe they closed in 1984? I'm not 100% sure on the date though. I know that Goode Co. Taqueria at Kirby and Westpark started life as a Del Taco but am unsure of any other locations, does anyone have a listing?
They were still around in 86. Had a friend in high school that worked there. Didn't know which location though
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On April 23, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Purpledevil said:
The donut shop, I'm almost certain, was a Mrs. Baker's. Interesting story, from an old radio nerd, our Contemporary Hit Radio 104 KRBE facility wouldn't exist today had it not been for Edith Baker and her donut shops. She indeed only served glazed and jelly filled for the most of its existence. My mother worked at her location on Canal many, many years ago.
Was not aware of that Purple, wow!
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On March 10, 2016 at 4:27 PM, samagon said:
I was too young to pay attention 27 years ago when my grandmother still lived on dismuke and truett, and didn't decide to move to this part of town until 8 years ago.
welcome to the forum.
Wow. I lived on Truett back in 73-75 (first house on the SE corner with the garage apartment behind it, I was really little but remember it). Attended J.P. Henderson for my first half of Kindergarten before moving to the Mykawa/Belfort area. I remember walking to the corner store on Bonsrell with my mom. On the way there would always be this old man sitting in his yard under a tree on Lawson, every time we went by he would tell me,"Hi boy!", never forgot him and anytime I pass through I look there. I'm sure he's long since passed (they've added a driveway in front of the house there where he used to sit). Also remember one night there was an accident on the corner of Truett and Dismuke. Car lost control and rolled into our back yard, knocked down our fence and right into the side of our garage. I remember all the commotion, the police and ambulance lights (as i could see through the kitchen window), but my parents wouldn't let me look outside, I guess in case there was anyone dead out there. I did get a quick peek and saw the car in the garage.
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On March 6, 2016 at 10:05 AM, terra002 said:
I never in a million years would have thought to go to sears for a tie though. Thought it was just tools and appliances.
They used to be so much more. Used to do our Christmas, back to school and various other shopping at the old Harrisburg location, well there and Globe on Woodridge, but that's for another thread. Such great times
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http://www.houstondeco.org/1930s/sears.html
I stand corrected... Rice University now owns the land. link/ web site was year 2014.
Cite 67 has a nice article on the building, as well. Says the original structure was built with a granite exterior, backed with concrete on the bottom floor, stucco exterior for the second floor.
Yes it was. There was another one almost identical to this one on Harrisburg between Wayside and Marcario Garcia. Used to go shopping there for school clothes with my parents a lot in the 70s and early 80s. I still remember that place and remember that design, including the red neon Sears sign. It was closed by 1983 and demolished not long after. Interestingly the strip center thats there now still has a long piece of the old granite at its base behind the building on the Wayside/Capital side of the building. I always thought that was cool that they did that. You can see for yourself here:
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wait a minute....
That Sears in Midtown is still OPEN ?!?
I thought it had been closed for years!
Surprise to me too because I thought I heard years ago it was closing. I thought it was. Wow how does it stay open. It can't possibly be the same old Sears it was say 20 years ago, with every floor and different departments still open, is it?
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Thats great news! Finally something gets done with the old Holiday Inn/Days Inn/Heaven on Earth building.
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Actually the Railhead turned into Club 6400 and has been about 10 clubs since.
The Boston Tea Party was on Westheimer I think where Molinas now sits.
Is Michealangelos closed. I ate there a couple of years ago?
Since Railhead the building at 6400 Richmond at Unity became
Fizz (1984-1986)
Hippo (1986-1988)
6400 (1988-1/8/1989) burned down
New building (1991)
Back Alley
Fitzgeralds West
Texas Live
Peter's Wildlife
6400 Sports Bar
T-Town 2000
Club Bar Rio
Stereo Live
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Wow... just.. wow. The place looks amazing
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I've known about the Chase and Wells Fargo sky lobbies for a good while. I first saw the Chase (then Texas Commerce Bank Building) Sky Lobby back in 1983 during a field trip in the 8th grade. Then first saw the Wells Fargo (Think it was the Allied Bank Building then) lobby in 1987 during the grand opening weekend of the George R Brown Convention center. My cousins and I were wondering downtown and went looking for the Hit Video USA studios in the Allied Bank Building. We found it and somehow stumbled on the sky lobby. I've been there a few times since. For awhile I was curious to see what other buildings had a sky lobby as well. The old Tenneco building looks like it may have had an open air deck at one time that circled the entire top floor. Anyone know if that's what it was?
Hey KyleJack I had the exact same experience as your friend once not long after 9/11. My kids and I tried to get up there but they wouldn't let us and also told us it wasn't open to the public. It has since been reopened.
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Well there it is. Confirms my suspicions. Thanks everyone!
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Wow didn't expect such an immediate response. Thanks for the info guys
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What is the back story on this stretch of road west of us59/I-69 near Humble? The large median makes me think it's the right of way for a freeway. Google searches turn up nothing. The Texas Freeway website has nothing. Aerial views from Google Earth of WCP resemble other locations around town that were cleared for future highways but never came to be. (225/Harrisburg Freeway, Red Bluff/Fairmont Parkway, 122 Bay City Freeway) . Anyone know?
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I wasn't aware that the JP Morgan Chase name was dropped. When did this happen?
That's exactly what I came here to find out. Saw this posted on my FB news feed. Article above fails to mention it as originally the Texas Commerce Bank Building
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Did I miss something? When did they start gutting the Savoy
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History of cable and satellite tv in Houston
in Houston and the Media
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Channel 1 was either a Reserved For Future Use graphic (but never was used) or static. John Lander used to say they were on TV channel 1 during the morning show (Wave to everyone watching) but they weren't.