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  1. 57Tbird
    I was there in the late '40's. If I remember correctly, it was in the back of the school, on the third floor, above the gymnasium, which took up two floors. I have no idea if that had changed by 1960.
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    Here is one from a July 24, 1969 Houston Chronicle...
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    1910... according to my book, Houston, the Feast Years by George Fuermann
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    Anyone remember what bowling cost back in the early-mid 1950's? A friend of mine said $.35. I thought it was more like $.75.
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    I also went to Poe, Lanier, and Lamar (1953). I lived in Southampton near Rice U, I rode my bike on Shepherd to the Alabama for the Saturday morning kids' movies... usually a cartoon or two, a comedy, and a western (Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, etc.). After the show I would go to Chris' Coney Island on the SW corner of Shepherd and Alabama and have a couple of hot dogs @ 2/$.25, and then play the nickel pin ball machine there. Often went with my cousin who lived in the 2000 block of Sul Ross. This was the late '40's. Good times! Parents didn't worry about their children as much back then.
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    Found a couple dealer buildings and a sign.
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    I saw it there too. The line for tickets went all the way around the side to the parking lot. Did a lot of shopping at Harris' Men & Boys Wear across and up the the street.
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    The large store you mention between Times and Amherst could have been Rodney's. I'm an old timer who frequented that area in the mid-50's.
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    The old Stuart's Drive-in at O.S.T. and S. Main had those. I don't remember them at Prince's
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    This post I did in an old topic should answer your question.
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    My mistake. I was going by this old ad below for Playland Park. I know for sure it was on the west side of Main, so that's why I thought the 9205 address was on the east side. I guess the ad address is wrong. I should have looked at where that address is now.
  12. 57Tbird
    Must have been Gaido's. It was right across the street from Playland Park, which was at 9200 S Main.
  13. 57Tbird
    Was supposed to be odd.
  14. 57Tbird
    That's Playland Park.
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    Both of you are correct. I began looking for a Price's Restaurant on the internet and couldn't find anything. Maybe someone who has accress to a Houston phone book circa 1947 timeframe can find something. I did find an ad for a Price;s Restaurant in an old high school yearbook from 1953, located at Prairie and San Jacinto, so Price's did exist and most likely at the South Main location at one time. Looking at the HCAD map, I could find no 8300-8400 addresses that exist today. I did find this that shows the addresses for that area I had noted for the possible location, The 8301 must have been farther south as Filio noted. Price's must have been at 8301, since Lake Island was behind it at 8301-1/2. It would have to have been on the east side though, since even nos. were on the west and even nos. on the east side. Since the aerial picture was from 1953, a lot could change from 1947. It was most likely a flop
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    After more research on locations and verified addresses, I came up with these notations, which I have added to a 1953 Historic Aerial.
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    Filio... I agree that it was probably short-lived, but the Target is at 8510 Main, and this was at 8301, on the odd number side. Also, the ad is from July, 1947, and your link says Gateway was built in 1946.
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    I just came across the attached ad in an old 1947 paper. Looking at its location and description, I have no recollection of it at all, and I thought I was pretty well informed about all the recreation facilities in the South Main area in the '40's - 60's timeframe. Its address puts it right inside the intersection of South Main and OST. The ad says, ..."behind Price's Restaurant.", but I think it should have been Prince's Drive-In, which was near that location. Looking at blurry 1953 Historic Aerials and Google Earth views in that location show something that might have been it.
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    The Center Pavilion Hospital located at 1700 Holcombe Blvd. Here is the other side of that postcard picture. It was the Park Towers Apartments at one time. Here is the front and back of a Park Towers Apartments postcard.
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    JLWM.... I was looking farther out, and I really didn't notice what you saw that looked like an airfield until I visited Google Earth again and looked closer at a 1944 view from above. See attached. That's the intersection of OST and Almeda in the left-center. Sure looks like something was there. There is no reference to one in that location that I could find on the abandoned Texas airfields website.
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    I think you're right about the Sky Ranch airport, Filio. It's in the general direction stated in the original post, but looking at its location, I'm not sure it's visible in that photo above. I took the location given for the Sky Ranch airport and put the coordinates on Google Earth. What came up is in the 1953 attachment below. The VA is at the top between Holcombe and OST (ALT90) and next to Almeda (FM521). A yellow stick-pin is at the Sky Ranch coordinate location at the bottom.
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    You're probably right. The HCAD build date has been wrong before on several places that I know of.
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    Found this info on HCAD: 7661 Park Place.pdf Looks like the 7661 address is for three lots. No 7657 or 7659 there now on this map. Other info says this address is a strip shopping center, originally built in 1950 and remodeled in 2013
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    Off subject a little... The video is titled, Houston 1954 Cotton Bowl. Actually, it was the Dallas 1954 Cotton Bowl with Rice playing Alabama. It was notable for the instance where an Alabama player, Tommy Lewis, came off the bench/sideline and tackled Dicky Moegle, who was in the clear on a long run for a touchdown. Moegle was given the touchdown by the referee. I was watching that game on TV when it happened. The two players later made an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
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    I think this may be the one you're thinking about. I believe it was across the street from Rodney's on the west side.
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