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I'm so sad!! I grew up in Pasadena. So many memories. So many people that think this is a good thing. :( I realize it was going to be a costly repair job to say the least but this is just devastating.
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I live right around the corner. It's open and already has 9 reviews on Yelp with 5 star rating.
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And now it's burnt out from a fire last week! HUM!
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Yes I went here as a kid. Saw "Stand By Me"
Kips was in the building that Frank's Grill is in now, directly in front of it.
Great times...
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$1 doesn't sound exhorbitant. I mean, the park is certainly better than 2 apple pies at McDonald's.
Now if it was $5 or $10 that might be cause for concern.
I agree. It is $1 per person though...not per vehicle...so it keeps
out lots of riff raff that were coming in by the van load to smoke dope and skip rope...
ya know what I mean...
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I was more pissed that I drove all the way down the main entrance road, only to
find it closed off.
I guess they dom't have enough money for a sign on Battleground road
directing visitors to the side entrance.
I noticed the $1 seemed to keep out the riff raff so I will be prepared next time...
I may even get a parking spot on a Sunday for a picnic...and trucks won't be parked
in the grass, which I thought was rude.
My .02
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We used to have friends in Pasadena and would go over there from Baytown to visit and shop some. The old white working class Pasadena is long gone, Nesdel Club, Johnny Lees, I'm Proud to Be a KIKKer, Panchos, Mickey McCarty, Taco Bueno, Ice Houses, the Banditos MC, David Allen Coe, Mr. Dellhoussie gone!
Don't forget the beer joints on Preston and Shaver...many are still there.
Remember Ramblin Rose, She's Not Here Ice House, He's Not Here Ice House,
Daily Double, etc..
I think Micheal J's is still going strong...lol.
Deana
(from Pasadena)
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More info on "El Crisol"
http://hti.math.uh.edu/curriculum/units/20...10/02.03.10.php
This one mentions Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, El Crisol and El Segundo barrios too
http://www.tamu.edu/upress/BOOKS/2001/samp...guel%20chap.pdf
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This should take you to the 60's and beyond.
Can't beat Bailey Studios archives:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00451/cah-00451.html
Click on - "Click on Images"
VERY COOL.
I am checking it out...
like stepping back in time it is...
Thanks!
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No HOA fee! Let the party begin!
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I would assume (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that many, if not most, residential home builders don't have an architectural background and would have little appreciation for something like this. How many times have you seen on this forum or others a comment like "who cares -- it's just another old building"? Most people in general don't appreciate modern architecture. A co-worker of mine was talking about the home after she read the article and said "Who would want a home with Formica?" I mean, to reduce the significance of this house to "yucky Formica" is ridiculous, but prevalent. (Next time I'll tell her that I just installed new Formica in my kitchen!)
I do! Think of the swank parties you could throw!
Word to ya motha! 100% agree.
Swank parties is just the beginning, my dogs/cats would LOVE a 15' couch in a round living room
and so would I!
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I read up on Frenchtown in the recent past. I found that area very interesting as well.
Maybe it was a middle school...but it WAS quite a potatoe
Dr. Suess books everywhere sounds like a great time.
My aunt who is almost old enough to be your mother, graduated
in 1963 (Well she could be old enough these days....geez).
Anyway...when she tells me stories, I think of how wonderful it must
have been, growing up in that time period.
She said it was wonderful, it was a great time to grow up and
stop at the different drive-ins to buy a coke and see your friends.
I want to go back to the 60s.... I was born in the 70s....
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He wrote:
...Why don't one of the readers make the owner a big offer for the house?
I can assure you that the use of "Why don't"
is CLEARLY a red flag that he PROBABLY IS a local homebuilder!
Why don't you move into your girlfriends house?
Why don't you use "Why doesn't?"
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For some of the best Mexican Food around....
When I moved to Tomball I would still make trips in...JUST for this place...but I am back on the East side now!
El Jardin
7849 Harrisburg Blvd
http://www.b4-u-eat.com/houston/restaurant...ews/rsv0370.asp
http://www.sallys-place.com/food/dining_di...ica/houston.htm
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This interesting tidbit just appeared among the Chron's on-line comments. I assume it refers to what Granit told a neighbor: That he bought the house because his girlfriend lives across the street, and that he planned to live there himself.
"Granit bought the house next to ours and said exactly the same thing to the old man who lived there. He must have a lot of girlfriends..."
I saw that comment too...VERY interesting.
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My father told me that during the depression (1930's) the area south of Liberty near Wallisvile was a huge Hooverville migrant camp.
That is very interesting and worth checking into!
Thanks for the info.
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Ironic as it sounds, our old street was called Easy Street (anything but) and it just got sidewalks about 1 year ago. So it took the city just 65 plus years to install. Not bad huh? This area was left to fend for itself decades ago, thats why most families fled.
PS, Kashmere Gardens was one of the 1st schools in Houston and in the nation to utilize the Head Start Program circa 1965.
Easy St...that IS ironic. I used to be the Business Manager at a local Culinary school and one of my friends was a recruiter...
She said that when she went to Kashmere HS to recruit, she felt like Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds because of the fence
around the front of the school??...not sure because I have never been there.
It was funny to hear her tell the story, but of course the decline of the area is not funny....
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If you drive down 610 East Frwy from Downtown and exit Lockwood make a left and head about 3 miles to Englewood Freight Yards. Cross overpass and your in Englewood. The lots were very inexpensive in the 1940's especially after WWII. This little neighborhod is very close to Kashmere Gardens. Not to confuse with Denver Harbor (south of Freight Yards).
Englewood consisted of huge undeveloped lots as in 1946 photo below. This specific area in photo is densely populated now. As vets returned from the war they quickly built new homes and started families in this working class part of the city. The railroad was just next door along with numerous trucking and distribution plants further down Liberty and Wallisville Road's. As the city boomed and new development headed west, these parts of Houston were basically forgotten. Would surprise me if any long time Houstonian's remember it. A travel back in time indeed. Check out the newly planted Magnolia tree!
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x107/ro...-27-2007-09.jpg
Awww, that's a great pic. As someone who loves our local history, I will be checking
out Englewood real soon (it is on my way home from work)!
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Lisa Gray has a very nice article on this subject is today's Chron: "Abandoned house, abandoned hope in Meyerland"
It mentions the forum.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headli...es/5298831.html
It is sad...I feel bad for Mr. Cohen and the family.
And the house....what a gem.
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I need to scan one of my old Kindergarten report cards. This building is on the report card.
DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!
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I was at the Macy's next door last weekend and noticed the graffiti at the top of thebuilding's exterior. That mad me sad . I like how you can still see the outline of the old letters that wereon the building for many moons...I recall a certain group of deliquents that were persuaded by an unidentified teenage girlto put soap in the fountain there...while they videotaped the act....HA! Good times, Good times.
Pasadena Texan! What a great idea! The city needs to take an active rolein the preservation of this great architectural beauty!
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Interesting house. The school info is very helpful as well. Why shun a helpful bit of info that is relevant?
If you don't like a posting, you could start your own forum and make rules that no one can post anything other than
architecture. In all seriousness, could it ruin our architectural discussions that much?
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Subdude, you rock!
1st Pasadena State Bank At 1001 East Southmore Ave.
in Houston Mod
Posted · Edited by EatSleepMOD
It was imploded today actually. Does anyone know what is going in it's place? Factual information....there are rumors of all kinds of things.