Here's hoping these stir up some fond memories, even if somewhat off topic: Joske's, Palais Royal, & Nieman-Marcus, before there was a "Galleria Area" [and their competitor with the advertising jingle, "By Golly .. Go to Leopold Price & Rolle!"] Alabama Theater complex - Walgreen's Drugs, A&P, Suzanne's Cafeteria, Wackers (or maybe TG&Y), & Western Auto, in addition to the Theater ... the "Valet" (?) dry cleaners just across the street, with the signage of an English butler holding up a freshly-pressed men's suit .... and the Preston Villa apartments just down the street, with the prominent signage of the 1950ish young lady diving head-first and feet-up into the pool ... Eagle supermarkets Houston Jewelry & Distributing Jetton's cafeteria, when Greenway Plaza was going up Plaid trading stamps, and the redemption center in University Village .. (used to get Top Value stamps at "Enco" stations, up through about 1973 I think) Madding-Dugan drustores .. Became Rexall, then Eckerd ...when Bland Cadillac used to be Bland-Willis, off 610 I think And for some really old memories: Shoppers' Special downtown buses with the white flags on top Kayo gasoline - the really cheap stuff! Conoco gasoline, with about 8 different grades, according to the selector lever on the pump "Buy your Chevrolet from Persia .. Mike Persia Chevrolet!" The downtown Weingarten's, between the Chronicle building and the hippie dive known as "The Cellar", that used to always have a hearse parked out front Dobbs House and Toddle House short-order eateries
