Subdude Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Jimmie Menutis Lounge and Club 3236 Telephone at Wayside Demolished "Houston's newest and finest ballroom". Looks like they attracted some big names. Turner Motel 3250 Telephone Demolished Christensen Hotel Courts 3500 Telephone Extant "Free Radio in Every Unit" Las Vegas Inn 3706 Telephone Demolished DuBose Tel-Wink Grill 4318 Telephone Extant Old Hickory Stick 4521 Telephone Demolished Cool cars in the lot. "We Like It" Trailer Park 4535 Telephone No longer there. Notice where someone circled their trailer. Sembera's Furniture 4661 Telephone Extant Skylane Inn ("Home of the Orbit Room") 6747 Telephone Demolished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 man, subdude! you really have an impressive postcard collection!!i have postcard envy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Excellent!I love the drive on Telephone from UH to Alvin. You can make some great time.Sembera's Furniture is Good Will, right?And Tel-Wink has not changed one bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Excellent!And Tel-Wink has not changed one bit!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>except the parking lot looks a lot more "civilized" in the postcard.its pretty rough now with all the pot holes and big trucks...and I don't think the tree is still there, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 awesome - do you happen to know of or have any pictures of the santa rosa theater on telephone by park place (long)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I like your Ranger Motel sign, sevfiv.I was sad to see them tear that place down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 10, 2005 Author Share Posted August 10, 2005 Sevfiv just told me that in a PM. I think in honor of the Ranger I'll post the old motels on OST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Old motels on OST (Alt 90).What funny is Alt 90 in New Orleans has some of the same old school motels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 thanks coog i tried to get to the ranger before the sign was taken away but i was too late (i wanted the blue lettering). i couldn't climb the sign - it was scary, and i sometimes have vertigo-like issues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 10, 2005 Author Share Posted August 10, 2005 awesome - do you happen to know of or have any pictures of the santa rosa theater on telephone by park place (long)?In another thread Ashikaga mentioned he had a picture of the Santa Rosa. I would like to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps324 Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Sembera's apparently furnished a lot of the parade of homes houses on that side of town. I have come across it a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Wasn't the Four Palms Club on Telephone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thWardBoy Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Nice! I have a car lot on 4025 Telephone Road. Very familiar with this road. Very Interesting. Had no idea that Telephone Rd. had so many nice places. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 that's your lot by griggs rd? heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 In another thread Ashikaga mentioned he had a picture of the Santa Rosa. I would like to see it.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>A few months ago a person on a different forum took a picture of the Santa Rosa and posted it. I'm looking at my printout right now. This is what is at the top of it:http://64.4.22.250/cgi-bin/getmsg/DSCN0090...rmbox=F116873...I have the photo in the folder of my e-mail account. If you can tell me a way that I can forward it to this forum for everyone to see it, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 11, 2005 Author Share Posted August 11, 2005 Detach the picture from the email and save it on your hard drive. Then if you send it to me as an attachment to a PM I can upload it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 11, 2005 Author Share Posted August 11, 2005 Lyrics to "Telephone Road" by Steve Earle.Telephone Road(Steve Earle)My brother Jimmy, my other brother JackWent off down to Houston and they never come backMama wasn't gonna let her baby go yetBut there ain't nobody hirin' back in LafeyetteI'm workin' all week for the Texaco checkSun beatin' down on the back of my neckTried to save my money but Jimmy says noSays he's got a little honey on Telephone RoadChorus:Come on come on come on let's goThis ain't LouisiannaYour Mama won't knowCome on come on come on let's goEverybody's rockin' out on Telephone RoadTelephone Road is ten miles longFifty car lots and a hundred honky-tonksJukebox blastin' and the beer bottles ringJimmy banging on a pinball machineChorusMama never told me about nothin' like thisI guess Houston's 'bout a big as a city can getSometimes I get lonesome for LafeyetteSomeday I'm goin' home but I ain't ready yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Detach the picture from the email and save it on your hard drive. Then if you send it to me as an attachment to a PM I can upload it.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I can't do what you say because I don't own a computer. I use the ones down at the Public Libraries, which is where I'm at now. If you can give me any e-mail address, I can forward it to that address. The e-mail address of the person who took and posted the picture is:"vstream02@earthlink.net." Maybe if you e-mailed him he would forward it to you.I've reached my allotted computer time limit here at the library in Port Neches. I won't be back on until 1:00 p.m. when the library in Bridge City opens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Sevfiv just told me that in a PM.  I think in honor of the Ranger I'll post the old motels on OST. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you can find one of the Alamo Motel on OST at Calhoun (across from the Whataburger), that would be excellent. The Alamo is still there today, and still looks good from the outside. As a UH alum, I sometimes wonder if that wouldn't be a good place for UH student housing. I know there's an old motel in Alpine (also on US 90/OST, by the way, just a few hundred miles down) that a lot of Sul Ross students live in. The Bienvenido, I think it's called. I think it still has motel rooms, but a number of people just rent them by the semester. UH did turn an old motel across the Gulf Freeway (next to Fingers?) into graduate student housing, so it can be done. The photos of the place look very nice. I love OST. In fact, I usually take OST to get to Gulfgate, rather than the South Loop. It's a much more interesting drive, and only takes a few minutes longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 I found This Article on the Four Palms. It was a famous "Pressure Cooker" bar on or near Telephone Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Jimmie Menutis Lounge and Club3236 Telephone at Wayside Demolished "Houston's newest and finest ballroom". Looks like they attracted some big names. Turner Motel 3250 Telephone Demolished Christensen Hotel Courts 3500 Telephone Extant "Free Radio in Every Unit" Las Vegas Inn 3706 Telephone Demolished DuBose Tel-Wink Grill 4318 Telephone Extant Old Hickory Stick 4521 Telephone Demolished Cool cars in the lot. "We Like It" Trailer Park 4535 Telephone No longer there. Notice where someone circled their trailer. Sembera's Furniture 4661 Telephone Extant Skylane Inn ("Home of the Orbit Room") 6747 Telephone Demolished <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just looked at a street map of Houston. Telephone Road is indeed a major thoroughfare. It traverses and bisects almost all of the city north/south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Subdude, here's another one for ya:Telephone RoadRodney CrowellRain came down in sheets of thunderLightning bolts split pine trees down to the rootsIn the shadow of the AstrodomeWith a hurricane coming on strongWe used to hit the streets and go swimming in our birthday suitsSkiing in a bar ditch behind a MopedThirteen stitches on the corner of a sardine canWe were dirt poor Houston kidsOur whole family living on the skidsBut we always had a nickel for the coming of the ice cream manMosquito truck blowing up DDTBarefoot heathens running wild and freeAir raid buzzer at a noon day screamLiving in a dream on Telephone RoadI used to love them cherry cokesdown at the Prince's Drive-InThe cheeseburgers taste so good I about come untiedThere's a China Tree I rememberI used to climb in and out of my windowThe night I left was on the day before my grandma diedSawdust spread out on a dance hall floorjukebox ripping at an all out roarBarmaid smiling at a 10-cent tipliving is a trip on Telephone RoadMagnolia garden bandstand on the very front rowJohnny Cash, Carl Perkins and The Killer putting on a showSix years old and just barely off my daddy's kneewhen those rockabilly rebels sent the devil running through meDrive-in movie in the trunk of my carOne-eyed sailor in an icehouse barSpit Shine Charlie and ol' Peg Leg Billdressed up fit to kill on Telephone RoadBarbecue and beer on iceA salty watermelon sliceat the Little Taste of Paradise on Telephone Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Wow. Those songs are classic and hilarious. I am going to have to dig the real tunes up now. Now I know part of the reason we have our current reputation and it sure shows how much we've changed. I was just talking today to a 47 year old woman who grew up on Maxie St. over near Wash. & Durham. Old Texas rednecks were still everywhere. Northside too. Houston's gone "big city" in the past 40 years. Those times and people are largely gone. Those songs need to be radically updated; Steve Earle's song, updated We all came to Houston, the family Salazar. Straight from the river to the trunk of a car Abuelita stayed home but the rest of us are gone, Cause we can't make money back in Michoacan We all found work building Perry Homes Digging ditches in the sun puts an ache in my bones I saved and bought some tools so I could help with the roof but when the Migra came I left them cause I have no proof ................. Just having some fun, no bad feelings intended and I hope I haven't offended anyone. There could be a humorous song made about any group of people. These photos and songs really give us perspective on how radically things can change in 40 years. The area's changing again and the song is going to need updating soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Wow. Those songs are classic and hilarious. I am going to have to dig the real tunes up now. Now I know part of the reason we have our current reputation and it sure shows how much we've changed.I was just talking today to a 47 year old woman who grew up on Maxie St. over near Wash. & Durham. Old Texas rednecks were still everywhere. Northside too. Houston's gone "big city" in the past 40 years. Those times and people are largely gone. Those songs need to be radically updated; Steve Earle's song, updated We all came to Houston, the family Salazar. Straight from the river to the trunk of a car Abuelita stayed home but the rest of us are gone, Cause we can't make money back in Michoacan We all found work building Perry Homes Digging ditches in the sun puts an ache in my bones I saved and bought some tools so I could help with the roof but when the Migra came I left them cause I have no proof ................. Just having some fun, no bad feelings intended and I hope I haven't offended anyone. There could be a humorous song made about any group of people. These photos and songs really give us perspective on how radically things can change in 40 years. The area's changing again and the song is going to need updating soon. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow, you really know how to make someone feel. I'm a 47-year-old man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 Subdude, here's another one for ya:Telephone Road Rodney Crowell Rain came down in sheets of thunder Lightning bolts split pine trees down to the roots In the shadow of the Astrodome With a hurricane coming on strong We used to hit the streets and go swimming in our birthday suits Skiing in a bar ditch behind a Moped Thirteen stitches on the corner of a sardine can We were dirt poor Houston kids Our whole family living on the skids But we always had a nickel for the coming of the ice cream man Mosquito truck blowing up DDT Barefoot heathens running wild and free Air raid buzzer at a noon day scream Living in a dream on Telephone Road I used to love them cherry cokes down at the Prince's Drive-In The cheeseburgers taste so good I about come untied There's a China Tree I remember I used to climb in and out of my window The night I left was on the day before my grandma died Sawdust spread out on a dance hall floor jukebox ripping at an all out roar Barmaid smiling at a 10-cent tip living is a trip on Telephone Road Magnolia garden bandstand on the very front row Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and The Killer putting on a show Six years old and just barely off my daddy's knee when those rockabilly rebels sent the devil running through me Drive-in movie in the trunk of my car One-eyed sailor in an icehouse bar Spit Shine Charlie and ol' Peg Leg Bill dressed up fit to kill on Telephone Road Barbecue and beer on ice A salty watermelon slice at the Little Taste of Paradise on Telephone Road Thanks! I wasn't around then, but is so cool in a way that Houston, and especially Telephone Road, used to have such a rough, funky, down-in-the-dirt image. Maybe a little bit dangerous. Maybe we come off as a little bland as compared to back in the day. Our image then seems like it was a lot more larger than life than it is now. I also get that impression from the Fuermann books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Jimmie Menutis Lounge and Club3236 Telephone at Wayside Demolished "Houston's newest and finest ballroom". Looks like they attracted some big names. Turner Motel 3250 Telephone Demolished Christensen Hotel Courts 3500 Telephone Extant "Free Radio in Every Unit" Las Vegas Inn 3706 Telephone Demolished DuBose Tel-Wink Grill 4318 Telephone Extant Old Hickory Stick 4521 Telephone Demolished Cool cars in the lot. "We Like It" Trailer Park 4535 Telephone No longer there. Notice where someone circled their trailer. Sembera's Furniture 4661 Telephone Extant Skylane Inn ("Home of the Orbit Room") 6747 Telephone Demolished <{POST_SNAPBACK}> To me, this topic and category has been the best one. I look at those photos from a historical perspective. For example, the motels with people around the swimming pool that have been demolished. It would be interesting today to go to one of those and stand there and look. One would try to envision what once happened many years ago on that spot of ground. You would see everyone on a hot summer day cooling off in the pool, and all of the kids shouting, "Mommy, watch me!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 the blue top at 4351 telephone: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnd Susan Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 the blue top at 4351 telephone: It somehow looks different with the communications tower in the background. Thanks for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 It somehow looks different with the communications tower in the background. Thanks for posting them.Is this motel extant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Is this motel extant?yes - i was just there to take the pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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