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    Their ages were listed, and they were all too young to have been your mother, Sparky. I should have noticed that before asking.
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    Nope! It was the one where Blackie Lothringer went over the wall between turn 1 and turn 2. He landed in the area between the concession stand and south stands near the west entrance gate. Here is a Chronicle report on the accident. Front page and other page. Sparky, Was your mom one of the ladies named, at the concession stand, in the Chronicle article?
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    I went to Sutton, Fannin, Poe El, Lanier, Lamar '53. My wife went to MacGregor, Johnston, and San Jac '55.
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    I had forgotten about the Pla-Mor arcade downtown until you mentioned it. It was on Dallas, between Main and Fannin, across from where Sakowitz would eventually be built. I went there many times as a youngster in the mid-40's. As I remember, it was open-air, on the ground floor of some type of structure that may have been a parking garage. Where did you go to school while living at Playland? You and I are the same age. I am the "gentleman" you mentioned in your first post who was buying a Coke when that horrible accident occurred at Playland in 1959.
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    OK... I'm going to put in my $.02 worth here. I think I remember the End of Main from the late 40's-early 50's being where Sonny Look's would eventually be located. I believe that would be at the NW corner of S. Main and the present Loop 610. I'm not positive, but reasonably sure. It was certainly not at the end of Main then, but probably was when it was originally constructed.
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    Nope! Sivil's was further out S. Main. Sivil's became Stuart's. See this previous post
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    What: Book Signing of Cinema Houston by David Welling Where: Sloane Gallery 2616 Fondren When: 5PM - 8PM Info: 713-782-5011 Book Website: http://www.cinemahouston.info/index.htm
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    It was 4.9 miles according to this.
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    I think #13 is a little too far to the west to be Union Station, if you count the blocks from Fannin. Union Station is on Crawford. The Church of the Annunciation, also on Crawford, is directly south across Texas from Union Station, so US would be partially hidden by the church... if that's the church. OTOH, #15 may be too far to the east to be on Crawford. It looks like there is a steeple there, so that's why I thought it might be the COTA. Also, Union Station is only four stories high, and #13 looks more than that. Opinions, please? A maps.live.com link won't work here. If you use IE, go to the maps.live.com site and Birds-Eye View the area to the South of Minute-Maid Park. You can see the location relation between the old Union Station and Church of the Annunciation. Re #21... Earlydays said he and his wife remembered that structure as a very elegant 1920
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    I thought I would take a stab at adding names that I know and some I think I know. With the original poster's (Earlydays) permission, and with his help on some of the names, I am putting it up again with names at the bottom of the photo. I guess I am limited to the file size that's shown here, because the one I uploaded was about 1 MB. and you could zoom in for more detail than the final zoom allowance here shows. The numbers on the photo are small because I didn't want them to override the picture. Hope you can read them OK. Please help out with names that have question marks and with any other buildings you might know that aren't numbered. I will add them.
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    I'm here, but with no positive answer. Main thing I remember is the flickering, neon campfire at night. I thought the Indians' features were outlined with neon lighting too, but that wouldn't have been practical with a 3-dimensional figure like yours. In the back of my mind, I was thinking a flat, plywood version, but I really can't be sure. Subdude's postcard didn't show the Indians on top. Must not have been there then. I'm lookin' and askin' around. Your Indian is in pretty good condition, if he's been sitting outside for some 50 years.
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    Most kids couldn't afford the skates that were used on the wood floors of the roller rinks, so they were rented as were ice skates at the ice skating rinks. The roller skates had four wide hard rubber or urethane wheels on them. I find ads in my wife's and my old high school and college yearbooks. Lots of advertising in the back of those. That's where I found the Kelley's ad I posted earlier.
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    I don't think Kelley's was in that area.
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    This info is almost a couple of years old, but try Gil Dudek at gill.judy@sbcglobal.net for a Playland & Meyer Speedway DVD with action from the 1950's and 60's.
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    Try this place.. Sloane Gallery on Fondren. I've been there. He has a great collection of old photos.
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    I just talked to Bill. He didn't remember the year, but said Billy Wade sold it to him when he (Wade) left for NASCAR. I don't know exactly when that was, but I think it was the early 60's.
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    I'd say you're pretty close. Budman? Mark? I can ask Bill next time I see him.
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    Melinda, I have sent you a PM with the info I think you're looking for. I didn't want to post too much personal info on the forum.
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    Subdude, As Earlydays mentioned, that building at the bottom (where Fannin Bank would be later) is the Hi-Hat dance hall. In my picture, Pier 21 is the building just south of and right next to the bayou on the east side of Fannin, or Old Main Street Road as it was referrred to then. It's kind of hard to see, but it's at the end of where that big parking area is.
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    Would be nice to have something for landmark identification like with this 1958 photo of the Medical Center area. The drawing was done on a drafting table. No computer-aided drafting back then.
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    I think you're pretty close. The Hermann Professional Building and the new Hermann Hospital Building are under construction in the picture. Here's what I found looking at Hermann Hospital history... 1947- Ground is broken for new main hospital building (later named the Robertson Pavilion) and for Hermann Professional Building, the first high-rise office building outside of downtown. 1949- Professional Building opens.Opening ceremonies take place for the hospital's new main building, reportedly the first major hospital in the nation to be air-conditioned. What a fantastic picture! You can also see the merry-go-round, which is all that remains of the little kiddie-ride park across the street from Bill Williams' Restaurant. That is where the Tidelands Motor-Inn would eventually be built.
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    I started to post this yesterday. Since you brought it up... That must be a really swingin' place! Next.
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    Waaay back.... in the late 40's, early 50's, I played at one near downtown, on Fannin, near a Prince's Drive-In that was close to Gray. I think there were two courses there. Another was on Almeda just across from the riding stables at Hermann Park. Still another on W. Alabama, a couple of blocks east of Shepherd, that was across the street from what is now referred to as the Alabama Ice House. Edit: A 1967 Houston/Bellaire map lists the Golf Course near the Veterans Hospital off Old Spanish Trail . and Almeda Road.
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    The Royal Coach Inn?
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