AllendaleEstates

Thanks for the information. "Club Gulfgate" could have well been the space that I was trying to get information on. Like I said, I don't believe that this particular area in question had anything to do with the bowling alley. There was some distance from the bowling alley to where our tenant space was located (more near where they set up the kid's train inside the mall).

Isuredid, The motel on South Congress is called the Austin Motel. Here's a link: http://www.austinmotel.com

I'm wondering if anyone knows about an underground bar that was located at Gulfgate Mall? I worked at the mall around 1989/90 and when we took out the trash for the day we would unlock a door within our tenant space, walk down two levels of stairs, unlock another door and come out in a long hallway that lead to a dock where the trash was picked up. Off this hallway were several rooms which held old storage racks and mannequins for other stores. There was one door down there that had signage indicating that it was a bar. Maybe it was at some point, but I can't remember ever seeing patrons down there. As if the old mannaquins weren't creepy enough, on our trip down we were faced with cobwebs, one or two lights flickering and a terrible sewage stench. My employer (The Limited) made us walk in pairs to take the trash out. The Limited's location was near the center of the mall. I don't think that this supposed bar would have anything to do with the bowling alley. Does anyone have any knowledge of this bar or these creepy areas beneath the mall?

This is my first post although I've been lurking for years.... I'm somewhat late on this topic, but do remember the mansion in question. It seems to me that the mansion was demolished to make way for the Sims Bayou South WW Treatment Facility probably around 1980 or shortly thereafter. I have searched, but can't seem to find the date of the construction of the WW Treatment facility. I seem to remember the mansion being white and having large columns across the front. I remember a swimming pool also.