FilioScotia Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 (edited) Walk into Sears on main, Larry's Art's, Peek inside of El Capitan in Pasadena near the door. You'll "smell it." It just smells old that's all Just an FYI here. I notice a lot of people here on the HAIF refer to that art deco movie house in Pasadena as "El Capitan". That's not quite correct. It was never called that. It was just the "Capitan". They never used the Spanish article "El" in front of the name. I speak with a little authority on this because I grew up in Pasadena, and I even lived three blocks from the theater on Pomeroy Street. I had an intimate familiarity with that place. Memorieees...pressed between the pages da da daaa... Check any photograph of it. Here's a couple. http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasTheaters/...tan-Theatre.htm Edited October 28, 2006 by FilioScotia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Just an FYI here. I notice a lot of people here on the HAIF refer to that art deco movie house in Pasadena as "El Capitan". That's not quite correct. It was never called that. It was just the "Capitan". They never used the Spanish article "El" in front of the name. I speak with a little authority on this because I grew up in Pasadena, and I even lived three blocks from the theater on Pomeroy Street. I had an intimate familiarity with that place. Memoreeeeees.Check any photograph of it. Here's a couple. http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasTheaters/...tan-Theatre.htm It makes more sense for me (being hispanic) to say "El." The name is spanish "El" just naturally takes it's spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 It makes more sense for me (being hispanic) to say "El." The name is spanish "El" just naturally takes it's spot I agree, but a lot of people here are saying "THE EL Capitan". Which is repetitive, needless and unnecessarily redundant. Just the same, the theater's name on its signage and in common usage was "Capitan". Not "El Capitan". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I agree, but a lot of people here are saying "THE EL Capitan". Which is repetitive, needless and unnecessarily redundant. Just the same, the theater's name on its signage and in common usage was "Capitan". Not "El Capitan".Plus, they're two different theaters. The El Capitan is in Hollywood and is owned by Disney:El Capitan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Plus, they're two different theaters. The El Capitan is in Hollywood and is owned by Disney:El Capitan Wow... It's come to this? We know what theatre were refering to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Wow... It's come to this? We know what theatre were refering to. Wasn't intending to suggest anyone didn't know which theater was being discussed, just posted the link for anyone who may not have been aware of the Pasadena Capitan's more famous Hollywood namesake. Sorry if that wasn't clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Wasn't intending to suggest anyone didn't know which theater was being discussed, just posted the link for anyone who may not have been aware of the Pasadena Capitan's more famous Hollywood namesake. Sorry if that wasn't clear. Ah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enviromain Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I agree, but a lot of people here are saying "THE EL Capitan".Shhhhhh..................Just testing you to see if you knew what that meant............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyDude Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I agree, but a lot of people here are saying "THE EL Capitan". Which is repetitive, needless and unnecessarily redundant. Just the same, the theater's name on its signage and in common usage was "Capitan". Not "El Capitan".Why do you always stir up trouble? If you haven't noticed, Houston has a lot of Spanish heritage. There are ways to express your opinion without insulting others. Be nice, for goodness sake FilioScotia! This is an educational and productive forum for nice people. Without courtesy to others this cannot work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Why do you always stir up trouble? If you haven't noticed, Houston has a lot of Spanish heritage. There are ways to express your opinion without insulting others. Be nice, for goodness sake FilioScotia! This is an educational and productive forum for nice people. Without courtesy to others this cannot work!Please explain how my posting was insulting? Or discourteous? Or stirring up trouble? The theater in Pasadena was called the "Capitan". Not "El Capitan". It's a small difference to be sure, but it's still different, and that's not an opinion. It's a fact. Look at the sign on the theater. In stating the facts, I made a verbal joke about redundancy, and it's clear that you didn't get it. You seem to be the one who's looking for something to be insulted about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 (edited) I was looking through my Monday July 28 1969 Houston Post paper and read this. A Salute To Our Three Astronauts from WeingartensYour heroic and historic action has earned you the admiration of all the civilized world WELCOME HOME - WELL DONEThey offer a 11 x 14 free color picture July 28, 29, 30 only. at all Weingartens stores Edited November 13, 2006 by Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enviromain Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I was looking through my Monday July 28 1969 Houston Post paper and read this. A Salute To Our Three Astronauts from WeingartensYour heroic and historic action has earned you the admiration of all the civilized world WELCOME HOME - WELL DONEThey offer a 11 x 14 free color picture July 28, 29, 30 only. at all Weingartens storesI remember that! Wow! In fact, if my memory serves me right, Weingartens provided color pictures for many space adventures following the first. I had 2 or 3 of those pictures at one time. The catch was that you could only obtain the pictures in the papers at Weingartens. Does anyone still have any of those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 (edited) Wednesday. July 30 1969Weingarten's Store Robbed of $35,000Two gunmen robbed the Weingarten's grocery at 9420 Cullen Tuesday morning and took an estimated $35,000. It was the second robbery of the store within 11 days, police said. BTW enviromain theres a 6 5/8 X 4 5/8 Astronuat picture that other Post paper. Edited November 19, 2006 by Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Wednesday. July 30 1969Weingarten's Store Robbed of $35,000Two gunmen robbed the Weingarten's grocery at 9420 Cullen Tuesday morning and took an estimated $35,000. It was the second robbery of the store within 11 days, police said. BTW enviromain theres a 6 5/8 X 4 5/8 Astronuat picture that other Post paper.This is amazing!When I 1st saw your message I thought it was referencing a robbery I was actually in approximately 1967-68? However; it was in Denver Harbor off Lyons Avenue. I was only about 7 yrs old went with my mom so she could would buy groceries. We were walking through (not sure why I recall produce section) listening to the manager announce daily specials as they did then, when all of a sudden we heard a man's muffled voice sounded like he was pleading/whimpering on the intercom. Everyone froze in the aisles looking around. Apparently, the manager was being threatened with a gun and maybe beaten "live". There was alot of commotion, other ladies near us gathering some crying, then after a while several men were walking around telling everyone that it was all over. We didnt know what until we were walking out and there police everywhere and it seemed as if though at least 1 was being placed in the back of a cop car. It must have locked in my mind because as a kid we would see this stuff on TV but shocked to see it live. That was one of the last events that convinced us to move out of the area! It went downhill ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 (edited) 9420 Cullen is a Fiesta Mart now according to HCAD. Edited January 9, 2007 by Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 My mom worked at the Weingarten's deli in Deer Park for a short time when I was a kid. I don't really remember what the store looked like (I was four), but eventually it became a Gerland's, and now it's a Food Town. There was one in La Porte, too. It became a Safeway, then a short-lived Apple Tree. Now it's one of the last (or might be THE last) "Food Fair" stores that still has the Gerland's name on it.Speaking of Able Drugs, there was one in Deer Park/La Porte infront of San Jacinto College, and another one in Pasadena on Spencer Hwy (between Burke & Strawberry). That one (the one in Pasadena), I remember also had a soda fountain well into either the late 1980's or early 1990's (I don't remember which). The one is Deer Park is a nail shop, while the one in Pasadena is now a Ci-Ci's Pizza.Oh, and I know what you mean about Larry's Arts. That place gives me the creeps. They too used to have soda fountain. They made good milk shakes... not as good as Able.I remember Weingarten's "store brand" products were "Food Club." Now, Wal-Mart has "Great Value", H.E.B. Pantry has "Hill County Fare", etc. They're probably all the same thing with their label on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 in 1955:general offices:600 lockwood drpersonnel offices:808 prairie avstores:808 prairie av1601 taft av5100 harrisburg blvd2001 yale1420 richmond av1802 polk av3600 n main3114 smith1118 broadway1100 quitman2512 university blvd4800 washington av1102 telephone rd6002 lyons4100 almeda4000 bissonnet10901 market8826 jensen dr4431 griggs rdsouth shaver and southmore, pasadenabakery and food plant:534 lockwood drpoultry and sea food dept:4711 navigation blvdhome centers:4800 washington av1102 telephone rd808 Prairie is now the Houston Chronicle printing building. The Weingartens building was torn down in the early 60's to make room for this expansion. Then The Chronicle connnected all the buildings facing Texas Ave and remodeled them creating the "one building" look it now has. Some where stuck in the middle of these buildings was a movie theatre. The upper office floors meander around the top of this building mostly unnoticed by the current employees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 This building is simply to die for. I presume, in the grand Houston tradition, that it has been torn down. Where was it? This looks very much like the building which is still standing on the southwest corner of Washington and Durham (4800 Washington location?). It may have been a standard Weingartens store design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) This looks very much like the building which is still standing on the southwest corner of Washington and Durham (4800 Washington location?). It may have been a standard Weingartens store design. The endangereddeco site you posted the other day lists it as store no. 14 (1100 quitman location) as i proposed earlier in the thread (post 15) but you are correct...it does look similar to the washington/durham bldg. http://www.endangereddeco.org/1930s/weingarten.html Edited May 25, 2007 by gnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 This must be the former Weingarten on Telephone Road/Baird street right? Near East End? Sure looks like it. What has to be one of the worse remuddles ever. Sorry but thats IMO and I'm sure all of my old neighbors AGREE that remember how cool it was then. It finally closed around 1980? Remained vacant for years. The store was so convenient and they still have not replaced one here since. Walked through them doors thousands of times it was another focal point of the neighborhood. There was even a basement on far right under flags for employees quite rare for Houston I thought. The huge parking lot is still directly behind this bldg. Untouched to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 in 1955:general offices:600 lockwood drpersonnel offices:808 prairie avstores:808 prairie av1601 taft av5100 harrisburg blvd2001 yale1420 richmond av1802 polk av3600 n main3114 smith1118 broadway1100 quitman2512 university blvd4800 washington av1102 telephone rd6002 lyons4100 almeda4000 bissonnet10901 market8826 jensen dr4431 griggs rdsouth shaver and southmore, pasadenabakery and food plant:534 lockwood drpoultry and sea food dept:4711 navigation blvdhome centers:4800 washington av1102 telephone rdI remember the first time I went to Astroworld back in 1969, there was a replica of the first Weingarten's store. I think the sign on it said that it opened in 1901. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 My grandfather used to drive 18 wheelers for Weingarten's. He drove them until he was 69 years old, so that was around the 1981-1982 timeframe. Before that, he did some other work for Weingartens. My uncles worked in the stores too, I know for sure one worked at the Almeda Rd. location where the post office now sits, and my grandfather and other uncles at the N. Main location that's now an auto parts store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yak23flora Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I found a Weingarten's token while metal detecting at Ellington Field a few years ago, which reminded me there was a Weingarten's at Edgebrook and I-45 that became a Minimax, and now I don't recall what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I found a Weingarten's token while metal detecting at Ellington Field a few years ago, which reminded me there was a Weingarten's at Edgebrook and I-45 that became a Minimax, and now I don't recall what it is.i believe it was where the Fiesta is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey2 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 The Weingarten name seems to be entangled with a lot of scandal in recent years.They own the company that wants to tear down River Oaks And Alabama Theaters.Son in law who help developer Greenway Plaza went to prison for bank fraud, Grand daughter went to jail for Enron fraud. Nothing like greed among the super rich! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 The Weingarten name seems to be entangled with a lot of scandal in recent years.They own the company that wants to tear down River Oaks And Alabama Theaters.Son in law who help developer Greenway Plaza went to prison for bank fraud, Grand daughter went to jail for Enron fraud. Nothing like greed among the super rich!Don't you remember "Social Darwinism" in history class? Or that movie where the guy said: "Greed is Good"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 This building is simply to die for. I presume, in the grand Houston tradition, that it has been torn down. Where was it? I remember the speakers in Weingarten's would always play the same song. I'm thinking it was called "Desafinado." Maybe I'm wrong. Someone out there might know the name of that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 I remember the speakers in Weingarten's would always play the same song. I'm thinking it was called "Desafinado."you must be talkin early to mid 60's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Name that tune: Desafinado...1962...Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd Percy Faith popularized Delicado a tad earlier around the same time. I just remember (sort of) the Weingarten on Telephone played basic elevator muzak. Loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 you must be talkin early to mid 60's?Yes, I think the song title was some kind of a Latin name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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