Ashikaga Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Now I remember something else from 1963, when I was five years old. I remember my mother taking me to a YMCA on Interstate 610 near Gulfgate Shopping Center/Mall for swimming lessons. I remember that the building was at least five stories high. It that place still there?Chet Cuccia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Still there. Although I think it's more one of those "room for rent" YMCAs. But still, a YMCA nontheless.Where do you live now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 Still there. Although I think it's more one of those "room for rent" YMCAs. But still, a YMCA nontheless.Where do you live now?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I live in Orange, Texas, which is 100 miles east of Houston. Thanks for the info.Chet Cuccia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Still there...I believe it's the Cossaboom YMCA. I did some swimming there in the mid-80's as a kid. My dad worked right around the corner on Broadway there. When I was a kid it looked like a cool place to live...you got your own room and everything! My standards have come up a bit since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 It's also still has the workout facilities. One of the directors came to our civic club meeting promoting it as a health club alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 19, 2005 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 It's also still has the workout facilities. One of the directors came to our civic club meeting promoting it as a health club alternative.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>If it has rooms for men, then it is one of the few YMCAs still around that has them.Chet Cuccia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 Still there. Although I think it's more one of those "room for rent" YMCAs. But still, a YMCA nontheless.Where do you live now?It's hard to find anymore YMCAs that have rooms for rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 It's hard to find anymore YMCAs that have rooms for rent.The one in Downtown has rooms for rent. While at UHD this classmate was staying there. Picked him up from there to go to class. According to him it was pretty run down. I think he said it was $100.00 a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I just joined the Y. You may not have noticed, but there has been a huge shift in focus at the Y in Houston over the past number of years. There are now more Y's than Bally's, and most of them are either new or fully renovated with the latest workout equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 If it has rooms for men, then it is one of the few YMCAs still around that has them.Chet CucciaSo it is still a Cess Pool for erotic activity? Kind of like the "Houston Club" or whatever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 So it is still a Cess Pool for erotic activity? Kind of like the "Houston Club" or whatever?What is the "Houston Club"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Chet i used to work around this area, I now work near 610 and kirby. You can see the YMCA in the picture i took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Chet i used to work around this area, I now work near 610 and kirby. You can see the YMCA in the picture i took. Yes, the part that can be seen does look like the one that I remember back from the early 1960s. I remember that it was on Interstate 610 just down from then-Gulfgate Shopping City. It has withstood the test of time. When did you take that photo? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Yes, the part that can be seen does look like the one that I remember back from the early 1960s. I remember that it was on Interstate 610 just down from then-Gulfgate Shopping City. It has withstood the test of time. When did you take that photo? Thanks.about two years ago, It looks the same, 'cept the gas station changed name to Valero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 What is the "Houston Club"?That "gym" thats somewhere west of Downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy76 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I too used to go here as a kid. I remember sleep overs at the Ymca. watching movies in the gym in sleeping bags. I remember swimming lessons they had an indoor and outdoor pool. I must have been in daycare there as I remember an arts and crafts time, I might have even played soccer or something I was pretty young. I'll have to ask my mother if she put me in daycare there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 I too used to go here as a kid. I remember sleep overs at the Ymca. watching movies in the gym in sleeping bags. I remember swimming lessons they had an indoor and outdoor pool. I must have been in daycare there as I remember an arts and crafts time, I might have even played soccer or something I was pretty young. I'll have to ask my mother if she put me in daycare there.I lived in Houston from 1962-64. It was sometime during those years that I went to that YMCA on Interstate 610 for swimming lessons. I'm now 48. I don't know if you also went there during that time or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Time to resurrect another old topic! Has any one discussed the old YMCA downtown? It has been there for eons it seems. My mom said she used to take my big sister for swimming classes there a very long time ago. So it was way before my time. Miracle it hasnt been imploded and maybe thats not a bad idea. They could build a state of the art new YMCA. I am all for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 If it has rooms for men, then it is one of the few YMCAs still around that has them.Chet CucciaDid you go to Milby? Your name sounds familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Did you go to Milby? Your name sounds familiar.No, I found out that I would have attended Milby had I stayed in Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yak23flora Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I went there for summer programs around '74 thru '76. It was called East End back then. I remember getting lost on our YMCA trip to Astroworld, and just hanging around the building doing nothing. I used to go upstairs someplace there and shoot pool, and remeber some shady looking types playing pool in there. I also shot BB gun tournaments there in the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I went there for summer programs around '74 thru '76. It was called East End back then. I remember getting lost on our YMCA trip to Astroworld, and just hanging around the building doing nothing. I used to go upstairs someplace there and shoot pool, and remeber some shady looking types playing pool in there. I also shot BB gun tournaments there in the yard. Since we are on the subject of YMCA, etc. I wanted to ask a few questions. My family went to free swimming lessons at several schools thoughout Houston. This practice may not exist any more? I mean the FREE part. Around 1968 we took summer classes where I got my "Beginner's" badge. Next summer 69 got the "Intermediate Swimmer" badge. 70 got "Advanced Swimmer then finally "Lifeguard" badge. Not bad for a 10 year old I guess. The Lifeguard lessons and tests were the most grueling. Stephen F Austin High School offered classes at the pool underneath the huge gym. This was our summer hangout. Another big community attraction and was next to the East End Ball park on Dumble. The city must have had a deal going to give free to the public then. Has that ended? All I can say was that our teacher Ms Hawburger was one tough lady and she made sure we all learned the right way! It was like boot camp, no joke! I can still hear her shouting "breath! breath! as you swam you had to make sure you kept the rhythm going as you did the "crawl" or "butterfly stroke". Funny thing is even after all these years any time I dive off a diving board or jump in a pool, all those memories come back. The sounds and the whole swimming pool atmosphere/experience are as if I'm still in 1969-71ish. Kind of cool actually. Going to Glenbrook Pool was the highlight of the summer. It featured one of Houston's 1st Professional Olympic sized diving platforms. The equivalent of jumping off a 2nd story building. No kidding! It is still there too. Memories... Sounds silly but our swim teacher was determined we learn right. Sure would like to express my thanks to that woman one day. Forever grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 about two years ago, It looks the same, 'cept the gas station changed name to Valero. I found this photo dated May 1964. It was a swimming class that I was in at that YMCA. On the back in faded ink is stamped (I think): "Work of Art Studio, 5701 Edgemoor, Houston 36, Texas, MOhawk 5-4793." Maybe someone has a phone book from back then to check and see if this number is right. I wonder if that place is still in operation after over 40 years ago? Who knows? Maybe someone out there knows one or more of these guys in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 I found this photo dated May 1964. It was a swimming class that I was in at that YMCA. On the back in faded ink is stamped (I think): "Work of Art Studio, 5701 Edgemoor, Houston 36, Texas, MOhawk 5-4793." Maybe someone has a phone book from back then to check and see if this number is right. I wonder if that place is still in operation after over 40 years ago? Who knows? Maybe someone out there knows one or more of these guys in the photo. Great photos! It's too bad the kids names were not written on the back somewhere. I was only lucky that we could recall the name of our swim teacher, Mrs Haburger, taught swimmig lessons at Stephen F Austin Sr High during summers and had a partner named Marilyn around 1969-72. As far as the studio, that's my dilemma. This weekend I found many good old photos with the studio names printed on edges. You will be real lucky to find in existance and especially if they "archived" the pics. I understand most would toss out if public didnt buy them. Don't let that slow you down in finding. Search for old negatives, I did and was stunned to find the old Galveston pics from 1956. Negatives are 100% better. The pics look as if taken last week. Luckily were in color too! One of my best finds was... well, I'll surprise later in other topic. Oh well, it is Houston history! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Not to necropost, but this was the only thread I could find referring to this specific YMCA... https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Deal-of-the-week-Cossaboom-Family-YMCA-to-get-12994522.php Quote Deal of the week: Cossaboom Family YMCA to get new use as gym and self-storage project By Katherine Feser June 14, 2018 Friendswood attorney Jerome Karam has purchased the shuttered 1950s-era Cossaboom Family YMCA on the South Loop for his next project. Karam, who is behind redevelopments such as Texas City’s Mall of the Mainland and Galveston’s Falstaff brewery, plans to repurpose the property into a five-story gym and a separate 45,000-square-foot self-storage facility. The gym, Maxx Fitness, will contain up to 38,000 square feet with a focus on cardio equipment. Opening is targeted by November, Karim said. The YMCA cited future flood risks as a reason for selling the facility, which has flooded multiple times and was damaged in Hurricane Harvey. The building is at 7903 South Loop East near Interstate 45 Craig Guidry of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Anderson Properties represented Karam, who purchased the building through JMK5. Mark Nicholas of JLL represented the YMCA in the sale. The price was not disclosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Edwards Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 This facility was seriously damaged in Hurricane Harvey and is stripped to the bone now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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