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  1. Hurricane Ike has claimed another victim: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/07/island_bowl_galveston.php Where's the nearest bowling alley now, I wonder?
  2. wow!! I found this ancient roller skating rink in the newspaper Galveston Tribune dated April 24, 1906. Here's the business advertisement. Very cool! Opening Beach Roller Skating Rink Tremont Street and Canal Thursday Night, April 26, at 7 o'clock Ours is the largest and best built Skating Rink in Texas-- no a post in the building—everything new. Our Rink was built and designed for skating alone. Hard wood maple floor and corps of expert instructors. 3 Sessions Daily 9:30 to 12 A.M. 2:30 to 5 P.M. 7:30 to 10 P.M. Neumon's Brass Band Plays at Afternoon and Night Sessions. Prize Skating Contest on Opening Night Everything First-Class
  3. I was browsing the newspaper The Houston Post dated June 29, 1907 and came across an advertainment for Chutues Park Galveston, Tex...on Seawall Boulevard. Now open for the summer with all new and pleasing attractions. The greatest amusement resort on the Southern coast. You'll find these in the park- the famous Katzenjammer Castle: One continuous scream of laughter. The Palace of Wonders. Presenting the latest hand-colored imported animated reproduction's of the beautiful Fairy tales. The Parisian Illusions Theater. In which the world's famous SunGard's present the latest European sensation, "Aga, or the Floating Princes." The Fun Factory. Sixty laughs in one minute- don't miss it. The Famous Mystic Chutes. As 1100-foot science boat ride through underground tunnel and science regions. You pass through the Black Canyon and Royal Gorge of the Rocky Mountains, Fairyland, etc. A $15,000 attraction. The Caragraph of Tours of the World. The finest ever presented in the South- 500-mile ride for a dime. Armand's Novel Battle of the World and the City of Yesterday. This is the attraction that created such a big sen action at St. Louis World's Fair, where the admission was 50c. Now you see it for 10c. See it. You'll like it; everybody does. Hooligan's Crazy House. WHAT IS WHAT? Do you see what? Well, just guess awhile and guess again. The Great Delta Baseball Game. The only one in the South The Arctic Refreshment Parlor. The finest ice cream and soda resort in Texas for children, ladies, and gentlemen. Another ad from July 2, 1908: Some Attractions at Chutes Park: Happyland. Chutes Park on the Beach Vaudeville, Pictures, Songs, Music, Refreshments. Open All Day. Herrle, Brick, & Hubbard The G.T. Theater. The popular Play House Moving pictures, Vaudeville, Illustrated songs. Prof. Leo Beers, Musical Director All for Five Cents, includes a Glass of Cold Spring Water For the Best Ice Cream and Soda Water on the beach go to. Jamison's Parlors Next to Snug Harbor Hotel. We use Willis & Sullivan's Cream
  4. I noticed in an old newspaper there was automobile racing at the Cotton Carnival back in the 1910s. I just had to research further! There was a single mention on HAIF dating back 16 years ago. Figured I could create a new thread for awareness and information. From the newspaper The Houston Post. dated July 31, 1910. Big Event This Week At Cotton Carnival Galveston, Texas Sunday- Pain's Fireworks. Monday- Life Saving Exhibition. Tuesday- Life Saving Exhibition Wednesday- Automobile Races. Red Men's Day Thursday Houston Day Automobile Races Pain's Gorgeous Fireworks! Friday- Beaumont Day Automobile Races Saturday- Shriner Day Four Band Concerts in Carnival Grounds Every Day $1.00 from Houston on all Railroads Wednesday, August 3rd, Thursday, August 4th and Friday, August 5th. The Cotton Palace — located at Avenue Q and 27th Street — was built as an addition to the 1902 Galveston Auditorium and was designed to house the Cotton Carnival’s exhibition hall https://www.rosenberg-library-museum.org/treasures/galvestons-cotton-carnival From 1909 to 1914 the Galveston Cotton Carnival featured a wildly popular auto race, on a track which ran 2.5 miles down Galveston beach, enabling a 5 mile circuit race, or if repeated, a longer race. The races were held a low tide, after a team of horses dragged railroad rails broadside down the beach, to smooth the racecourse and clear out debris accumulated from depositions of flotsam at high tide. (say one more sentence, what were winning models and speeds). In 1915, the beach was abandoned in favor of a specially designed half mile oval dirt track. https://www.torqqe.com/about/about-midkiff-warehouse/
  5. I was reading the newspaper The Houston Post. dated June 5, 1924 and came across this unknown park. Thought I would share with HAIF. Looking online, I see Bayshore Park is still active. I wonder if what involvement Jimmie Joy had. Is this even the same park? https://www.galvestoncountytx.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/65/573 Dancing Every Night Jimmie Joys Bay Shore Park Commencing Saturday, June 7. Dancing starts every night at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. Admission Gentlemen 99cent Ladies Free
  6. Architect - https://www.cobalt-engineering.com
  7. https://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?parkID=456&projectID=95793 https://texashighways.com/culture/history/remembering-migration-of-freed-slaves-emancipation-trail/ "In 2019, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, both of Texas, introduced the Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act, which started a Park Service feasibility study of the proposed trail and its historical significance. The study’s findings, expected by the end of 2023, will be shared with Congress, which could then designate it a national historic trail. That would allow for a management plan and marking historical sites as permitted by private landowners."
  8. Noticed a new flying field! You don't see that everyday so I wanted to share with HAIF. Found in the newspaper Galveston Tribune dated February 2, 1912. Aviation Meet! At Aviation Park Denver Resurvey, Galveston Friday, Saturday, and Sunday February 2, 3, and 4 At 3:30 p.m. each day Hamilton Will Fly! Mr. Chas. K. Hamilton, the flyer of world renown especially engaged by the National School of Aviation, will give an exhibition each day at the meet of his famous spirals and dips, the most startling spectacle ever seen in the air. There will also be an exhibition each day foreign and American aeroplanes. Different program each day. Admission, 50 cents / See the Bird Men Fly. All children under 16 years admitted free Friday afternoon only.
  9. An ex Enron lawyer bought this building and others in Galveston.
  10. Demolition and rebuilding the Hometown Bank in Galveston. HUGE upgrade based on how the current bank looks! For perspective, this is what it currently looks like 🤐
  11. Google Maps address location is off slightly since it's going to be a pier in to the Gulf. Architect - https://www.hntb.com
  12. The current stadium sits on 27th and Ave M. Link
  13. There isn't much to talk about yet, but there is a proposal to be released Thursday which will detail a plan to build a passenger train line from Houston to Galveston. Source What are your thoughts?
  14. Many articles have shown the high amounts of fecal and other bacteria at Texas beaches. People also say that the poo comes form runoff from the many rivers that empty into the Texas Gulf. So the question I am asking is what can we do about the poop filled runoff? We can't just put filters across all the rivers the empty into the gulf!
  15. Hi all, Here is a web site that has pictures of the old Sea-Arama Marineworld Park At 91st St. & Seawall Blvd. It has lots of pictures: www.seaarama.zoomshare.com/ check it out!
  16. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2023/03/31/448063/new-and-improved-galveston-island-state-park-expects-summer-spike-in-visitors/ "The 2,000-acre park that stretches across the island fully reopened last June after a three-year, $24 million redevelopment project on the beach side facing the Gulf of Mexico, using $10.6 million from a restoration fund set up after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Galveston Island State Park was "completely devastated" two years before that by Hurricane Ike, according to assistant park superintendent Kyle O'Haver, who said the nature center and several other buildings flooded while some campsite and beachfront areas were lost. Much of the 48-year-old park has been restored, and some of its new storm-resilient features were explained to the public Friday during a grand reopening celebration. Among them are elevated grounds for campsites, the park headquarters building and some of the day-use areas, which aim to make them more resilient to flooding. O'Haver also said many of the new structures throughout the park are rated to withstand higher wind speeds than before and also are more securely anchored, and the electrical stations for campers are more resistant to water and salt."
  17. https://www.galvnews.com/business/buzz/new-grocer-rings-up-opening-date-luxury-island-development-reveals-new-name-details/article_cf431211-5d50-595a-856c-ee1f506bcfb7.html "Mid-rise low-down: Developers are divulging more details about the five-story, 300-unit multifamily luxury development rising on 6 acres next to the Galveston Yacht Basin, 714 N. Holiday Drive. First, developers confirm the official name of the apartment complex is The Cove at GYB. When announcing the project in September 2021, developers tentatively were calling it The Dunstan. The development is a partnership with Houston-based The Brownstone Group, with partners Rocky Sullivan and Greg Pappas. Second, developers want to ensure neighbors understand the project is what’s known as a traditional asset and unlike other nearby multifamily projects, won’t include an affordable housing component, Christy Miner, asset manager for The Brownstone Group, told Biz Buzz this week."
  18. ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ has added a photo to the pool: © Curt Littlejohn / ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ / aviationcolors Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr
  19. this seems like a really interesting project! https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2020/08/11/379574/this-proposal-would-help-protect-the-houston-area-from-hurricanes-and-create-a-10000-acre-public-park/
  20. I was browsing the newspaper The Union Review dated May 7, 1920 and came across a social dance article that had the dance at Joyland Park, 22nd and Boulevard, Galveston. Attention! May Fest Social Dance Do you know that the Woman’s International Union Label League No. 142 is giving a dance at Joyland Park, 22nd and Boulevard, Friday, May 7, Gents 50c – Ladies 25c. Music by Schelewa’s Orchestra sure, I’ll be there. Will you? Arrangement Committee – Mrs. T.J. Moore, chairman; Mrs. Saliba, Mrs. Flake, Mrs. Boening, Mrs. Thomas. The Union Review dated Friday, May 13, 1921: Joyland Park “The Center of The Beach Activities” Offers For Your Diversion and Pastime, the--- “Garden of Tokio” Dance On a Floor Par Excellence to the Latest “Hits” Rendered by Schelewa’s Superb Orchestra. For A Real Joy Ride The “Dodge ‘Em and Derby Can’t Be Beat. Don’t Miss a Booth, Each One Has Something To Interest You. Joyland Park “Where Every Minute is a “Joy Minute”. The Daily Tribune dated February 21, 1927: North Alert To Texas Gulf Coast Beach Development Is Depended On Advertising Fund. The Texas gulf coast is in on the eve of a great development era, J.E. Stratford, manager of Joyland Park and the Garden of Tokio, declared last night. He returned from a several week’s visit to Northern and Eastern points.
  21. Anyone remember Electric park in galveston? Any info on it? i heard they had a good wooden coaster.
  22. https://www.gilramirezproperties.com/index.php
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