57Tbird

Well... I went there 1947-1950 when it was known as Lanier Jr. High. I have a "Purple Pup" newspaper from that era. Do they still have it?

I think she got married in 1974 and is still married to the same man and still living in Houston. I would venture to speculate that she doesn't look quite the same almost 40 years later, but I don't know her personally so I can't state that as fact

What was/is her last name?

Another one... with some history.

Sanguinet, Staats, Hedrick and Gottlieb, architects, designed the Medical Arts Building. Located at 1215 Walker, the sixteen-story building was completed in 1926. Featuring a Gothic style, it was topped with vertical piers. Of assistance to the medical profession besides office space, it housed the Houston Academy of Medicine Library previously located in several small reading rooms at different sites. In 1949, the library merged with the Baylor Medical College Library retaining its original name, the Houston Academy of Medicine Library. Now one of the finest medical libraries, it became housed in the medical center in 1954.

I remember very well going to the opening. The Goodyear Blimp and the Navy's Blue Angels were there, in addition to some stunt-flying aircraft. It was hot as blazes that day, and we all came home with nice sunburns. I took several reels of Super8mm movies. I need to have them converted to DVD and then figure out how to make them into an internet compatible format.

The 4 Bill Williams: S. Main @ Holcombe, OST @ MacGregor, just north of Richmond on 59, and .......?

Actually, the S. Main Bill Williams was on the NE corner of S. Main and Dryden... just south of the University Blvd intersection with S. Main. Ernie Coker's Ye Olde College Inn was Bill Williams' neighbor on the north side of Bill's place. Bill also had a coffee shop downtown on Milam or Travis and several blocks south of Foley's.

It is 5735.. west of Landsdowne... (on the old east/west runway)

I guess my long-term memory is not as good as I thought. Good luck with the house! If you would like, I can PM you the name of an old neighbor of mine just a couple of blocks from there, who can give you a lot of the history of the neighborhood. He moved there just before I did in 1961 and is still there. He is a retired plumber, so he might be able to offer you any advice you might want in that phase of your remodeling. I visited with him and his wife about a year ago and drove around the area. It sure looked like it was going downhill. Maybe you can give it a boost.

I'm a new member to this forum but have been reading it for a couple years. I kept seeing this little house in on Fontenelle (in Westbury South) on HAR and on Houston Mod in the Robert Searcy listings.

Fontenelle was right around the corner from where I lived in 1961-68. It was only a few blocks long and ran from Ashcroft to Atwell. I think I remember the houses on that street were only on the north side. I sure don't remember that one. Is it east or west of Landsdowne? Address?

For Croberts... Your infatuation must have lived on Green Craig.

I wanna say Holcombe at Main. Near the old Oilers practice field (unless I'm thinking of something else).

Close. It was just south of Holcombe and next to Fannin as shown here in the middle of this 1958 picture. No Oilers, no practice field, at that time. I think that's the Fannin State Bank just to the north of it on Holcombe. Prudential Building on the right side.

Having a dad for a city councilman for 30 years, .........

Frank

I'm betting that would be Frank M-------, former major league ballplayer and brother of Gus (both catchers, I think). I remember them from my youth, when St. Louis had an AL and an NL team.

you tube link

devonhart... I just had some home movies converted to DVD, as you must have for this. I would like to add text and music to mine. What software did you use?

I have a lot of film I shot of my kids in the snow in Feb, 1973. I have a lot more film I want to have converted. Who did you use for the conversion, or did you do it yourself?

57Tbird,

Was your Aunt, and relatives Greek ? Or Italian ?

Just curious, your aunt looks a little Greek.

My grandparents had english/scottish names and were from Tennessee, where my mother was born. My aunt was several years younger than my mother, so she may have been born after they moved to Houston. No Greek or Italian in the recent bloodline that I know of.

You may be thinking of the Arabia Shrine Circus, which was held annually in the Coliseum for many years. My own kids grew up going to see it every year.

It went way back... as I grew up going to it in the 40's. The highlights for me were the lion taming act with Clyde Beatty (sp?) and the man being shot out of the cannon as the finale. It was very hard for me to keep up with all the action going on in the three rings.

My mom used to skate there back in the late '30s. One of her good friends there was Josephine Cottle. Mom dated her brother for a time.

Josephine Cottle was a 1940 grad of San Jacinto High. Did your mom meet her brother through her friendship with Josephine or vice versa. Did her brother also go to San Jac? I used to tag along with my sisters, who went to San Jac, when they went to Polar Wave in the early 40's. Main thing I remember is that it was really cold in there. I think San Jac even had a hockey team that practiced and played there.

I was looking at the fantastic pictures of those old homes in the link posted by marmer. I was hoping to find one of my grandparents' houses, either on Main or on Elgin. I didn't find either, but there was one of a magnificent house at 3112 Main, which must have been on the NW corner of Main and Elgin, right across the street from my grandparents' house at 3111 Main. I have posted the only picture I could find that shows some of their house. My aunt is the "flapper" on the left. This photo was taken in 1925. My grandfather had a business that made molded concrete pots such as those shown in the picture. I never saw this house, since it was torn down a few years later. A Magnolia gas station replaced it. They moved to a house which was directly behind it, on Elgin. That is where I lived as a very young boy from 1941-1946. I remember the gas station very well and the big homes that were still in the area, some of which were in the process of going downhill. There were three within a block or so that had become room-and-board houses. One at the NE corner of Main and Rosalie even had a small trailer park with about 4-5 trailers occupying the space behind it and over to Fannin. There was a big house on the other side of us on Fannin and Elgin that had a big porch around the front and side and two huge magnolia trees in the front yard. The houses are gone, but I still have some wonderful memories from that time and place.

This is a cropped, reduced in size portion from a larger photo previously posted in other threads. North is toward the bottom. I think it shows the area you refer to. That's Cliffwood running north-south just to the left (east) of Waterhole Bayou, which runs into Bray's Bayou at the bottom. W. Bellfort is at the top right and dead-ended at Post Oak at the time this picture was taken about 1960.

I saw Jaws there (Shamrock) when it first came out, whenever that was.

I don't know if the two theater complex in Meyerland Plaza was the first in Houston, but I saw Dr. No and From Russia with Love when they both played there at the same time in the mid-60's.

I was wrong. I just asked my dad and he said that he didn't take pictures. I guess that's why I never saw them.

He said that the plane crashed just on the other side of Braes Bayou. He and the neighbor were approaching from the south and as they reached the bayou to cross over, the plane exploded. It's a good thing they hadn't crossed it yet. It would have been somewhere between Chimney Rock and Hillcroft.

Here is a 1960 aerial photo posted on another thread by nm5k, quite awhile ago, that shows parts of Meyerland, Westbury, and Marilyn Estates. http://rootmedia.net/images/westbury60.jpg You're looking south in this picture. In the bottom right corner is the future crossing of Chimney Rock over Brays Bayou, where only a drainage ditch was at that time. Hillcroft is off the photo here, but, from your description of the location, the crash must have been just to the right, off the picture, in that area. Marilyn Estates is just across the bayou to the south from here. I have a good friend who lives on Valkeith in Marilyn Estates. His house had not been built when this picture was taken.

According to HCAD the Beaconsfield was completed in 1911, shortly after Carter's Folly. At 7 stories it probably was taller than any other residence at that time, so, a high-rise?

Neils Esperson was a resident of the Beaconsfield when he died in December, 1922.

Photo (undated) of the Beaconsfield with accompanying description.

The Beaconsfield Apartments at 1700 Main Street is the city's oldest apartment building still in use. When it was first built in 1910, it was said to be the "Beacon that attracts many prominent tenants to plush, elegant decor". It was one of the city's first 'sky-scrapers.' One of their most prominent tenants was Wm. B. Chew, president of several major businesses including the South Texas National Bank. Others were Isaac Myer, Northside Homesteads president; Cleveland Sewall, Wm. A. Vinson, and Robert E. Goree, all attorneys; Lorenzo Boykin, Chicago Land & Coal vice president; and John Flynn, Houston Belt & Terminal, vice president. In the early years, young artists, poets, dancers and singers had social gatherings in the basement level on Sunday afternoons. In 1977, the old landmark was restored when it was converted into a condominium.

Chevy used to own a house back in there in the 70's and early 80's. There was a John Belushi Lane also, but after he died of a drug overdose, the HOA decided that it was the perfect opportunity to yank it without anyone noticing because they didn't want to be associated with that kind of behavior. It's called Del Monte Dr. now.

TJ... Don't know if you're implying that the street was named after Chevy, but I knew some kids that lived on Chevy Chase back in the 50's. So it was there well before Cornelius Chase became a comedian/actor. Del Monte was also in the neighborhood back then.

did the source say whether the work had been publicly displayed?

No

Packard's Steam Laundry/Scholibo and Henry Brahear Buildings - Prarie St.

This looks like the same building that appears down the street, to the right, on Prairie, in the horse and buggy photo of your previous post of the old Stegeman building.

F.W. Stegeman Building - 502 Main - 1879

Interesting to compare with this 1939 photo from the Bailey collection.

My grandpa saved them. I wonder if Suniland on 2817 Main is still around. It was a Furniture store.

Ouch!

Don't know if it's still around, but I still have a sofa, love seat, and table lamps I bought at Suniland. It was on Tuam, between Main and Fannin, if I remember correctly. Evidently, it had the Main St. address.

sevfiv said:

the trailblazer (tested at arrowhead park):

http://houston.arch-ive.org/mr002.jpg

http://houston.arch-ive.org/mr003.jpg

Here's another view and description of the monorail at Arrowhead Park

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/57Tbird/HoustonMonorail-1956.jpg

1956- Skyway Monorail

Monorail, Incorporated, built a short test track of their suspended system at Arrowhead Park in Houston, Texas. Each bogie was powered by a 310-horsepower Packard automobile engine. The driver was seated high above the passenger carriage on one of the two bogies. After eight months of testing, the track was dismantled and rebuilt at the Texas State fairgrounds where it ran for many years. Its promoters claimed it could reach speeds of 160 km/hr, but no Skyway transit installations were ever built.

July 28 1969 The Houston Post

Looks like you saved your moon-landing newspapers like I did. Sure is interesting to go back and look at the articles and ads from that era.