sevfiv Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Here is the alamo plaza on Old Spanish Trail...please add postcards, etc if you have 'em.. The grounds were actually in nice condition...the landscaping was surprising. There are still people living there (they are all efficiency apartments now I believe). And thanks to gnu for the information about it being for sale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 almost forgot - the side street had a marking post next to the sidewalk - first i thought it was one of the vertical street posts...so did it get shoved in next to the sidewalk, or was it originally placed there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 you got an early start this morning, sevfiv! Great pics. I wonder if they still take Carte Blanche! (BTW...does that card still exist??) I bet that street marker fell down...just probably a long time ago. My Mom worked the PBX (Ooooh PBX...there's a word you don't hear much anymore ) at the Alamo Plaza hotel in Beaumont in the 50's. That one is extant too, at least it was about 8 years ago. I guess it was the same chain or at least all the buildings were very similar to this one. Wasn't/Isn't there one on Washington Ave too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Could you tell if there was another street name on the right side of that post, I'll bet ya it use to stand straight up, you ought to try and dig it out for yourself, just act like you work for the city, what a find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 You'd be surprised what you can get away with simply by saying you're with the local "preservation society". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 I'm tellin ya, shovel and a pry bar is all it's gonna take, and a couple of strong friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 I'm tellin ya, shovel and a pry bar is all it's gonna take, and a couple of strong friends. and then you can "plant" it in your living room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 I just had a crazy picture in my head of a large terracotta pot filled with sand, with the street post sticking out of it, sitting in the middle of my living room When the place goes though, I wouldn't mind snatching up a few of the philodendrons and palms from out front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I just had a crazy picture in my head of a large terracotta pot filled with sand, with the street post sticking out of it, sitting in the middle of my living room Now that's a discussion piece! I can hear your guests now (for some reason i hear a wisconsin/minnesota accent)...oh my. that is interesting. Honey, didn't we used to have a blythe tree in our backyard? Sevfiv, (as if your guest would call you that! ) is this made out of petrified blythe wood? I know...Lame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 you got an early start this morning, sevfiv!Great pics. I wonder if they still take Carte Blanche! (BTW...does that card still exist??) I bet that street marker fell down...just probably a long time ago. My Mom worked the PBX (Ooooh PBX...there's a word you don't hear much anymore ) at the Alamo Plaza hotel in Beaumont in the 50's. That one is extant too, at least it was about 8 years ago. I guess it was the same chain or at least all the buildings were very similar to this one. Wasn't/Isn't there one on Washington Ave too? There was also an Alamo Plaza Motel in Baton Rouge, LA on Florida Blvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usonia Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 There was also an Alamo Plaza Motel in Baton Rouge, LA on Florida Blvd.The Alamo Plaza Motel in Baton Rouge is still there, got some pics of it a while back. Same sort of clientele. Folks trying to hit you up for cigarettes, etc. But the place is in pretty good shape.Houston I've noticed has a lot of cool old motels. There's the Admiral across from Spanish Flowers on Main, with garages on the ground floor and the rooms above. It's intact and well maintained. Well worth a look when you're in the neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Houston I've noticed has a lot of cool old motels. There's the Admiral across from Spanish Flowers on Main, with garages on the ground floor and the rooms above. It's intact and well maintained. Well worth a look when you're in the neighborhood.You're right, the Admiral is almost unchanged. That neighborhood has a good bit of decent old architecture. Some nice art deco buildings have survived. New development around there has been slow, so there hasn't been the same pressure to demolish things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 when the place goes though... FYI, its not going anywhere. It'll be serving a niche market in its existing form. Sorry, folks, but I can't reveal my source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 FYI, its not going anywhere. It'll be serving a niche market in its existing form. Sorry, folks, but I can't reveal my source. A whorehouse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 A whorehouse?Close.Well, not really, but taken with humor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 14, 2006 Author Share Posted July 14, 2006 yeah, when i took those pictures, the wee alamos were occupied.i drove past it on monday and they still looked...occupied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 the wee alamos were occupied.Aye, a bonnie wee alamo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Aye, a bonnie wee alamo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Alamo Plaza must be a chain. There's been one here in Beaumont at 1930 College Street for many years. It looks like the one in this picture. Naturally it's run down. I'm surprised that it's still open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 FYI, its not going anywhere. It'll be serving a niche market in its existing form. Sorry, folks, but I can't reveal my source. Speeding by the Alamo Plaza the last couple of days, I've caught glimpses of a Public Notice sign in front of the Motel. Something about it being a proposed multifamily residential facility. I assume the motel is being transformed into an apartment complex? I think that's very cool...especially if we could get some UH/TSU students in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Something about it being a proposed multifamily residential facility. I assume the motel is being transformed into an apartment complex?I think that's very cool...especially if we could get some UH/TSU students in there. the units don't look large enough...sounds like it may be torn down then and some new units built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 True story about this hotel. My Mom's cousin was married to a missionary. They came in to town and brought their daughter. They stayed at the Alamo Court Hotel. My cousin's daughter was 5 years younger than me, and at least 50 pounds heavier. We were swimming and, without warning (or provocation), she jumped on my back. Right at that moment, I stepped off into the deep end. She was having fun, because I was jumping up and down, trying to throw her off like a horse - then it got bad. I couldn't breathe. So I took both hands and ran my nails down her legs. THAT WORKED! She was mad - but I was alive. Last time I ever went there!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 True story about this hotel. My Mom's cousin was married to a missionary. They came in to town and brought their daughter. They stayed at the Alamo Court Hotel. My cousin's daughter was 5 years younger than me, and at least 50 pounds heavier. We were swimming and, without warning (or provocation), she jumped on my back. Right at that moment, I stepped off into the deep end. She was having fun, because I was jumping up and down, trying to throw her off like a horse - then it got bad. I couldn't breathe. So I took both hands and ran my nails down her legs. THAT WORKED! She was mad - but I was alive. Last time I ever went there!!!!I understand what you mean. It takes only one bad experience to happen at a place to make you not want to go back to (or to even see) it ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isuredid Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfinley Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 I can't read the sign. So, what does this mean? It's going to be torn down, or rehabed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 I can't read the sign. So, what does this mean? It's going to be torn down, or rehabed?dozed most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isuredid Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I can't read the sign. So, what does this mean? It's going to be torn down, or rehabed? What it says is that Andalusia Homes LP has made application to build a 102 unit apartment complex on that site to be called the Andalusia Apartments. Looks like another Houston landmark will so be just a memory (and a photograph) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I'll be sorry to see this one go. It was one of the few remaining old motels on OST, and definitely the one with the most character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey2 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 The site will be a mix of apartments with a shopping strip in front. There is also for sale a Large piece of property occupied by a stand along ATM buiding , directly across the corner from the Alamo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 The Alamo Plaza Motel in Baton Rouge is still there, got some pics of it a while back. Same sort of clientele. Folks trying to hit you up for cigarettes, etc. But the place is in pretty good shape.Houston I've noticed has a lot of cool old motels. There's the Admiral across from Spanish Flowers on Main, with garages on the ground floor and the rooms above. It's intact and well maintained. Well worth a look when you're in the neighborhood.There is also an Alamo Plaza still intact in Atlanta. http://www.atlantatimemachine.com/commerci...stewart2370.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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