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Thank you. It looks like an apartment complex. I don't recall one being there 40 years ago. I remember us living in a small white house. Next door to us was another house that had one apartment on ground level and another one upstairs. Maybe those houses have been demolished. But I appreciate your efforts. Chet Cuccia

Wow! You're both good and fast! I had barely posted that topic. You knew exactly where that was. One day I hope to drive over there and take a picture of it (if it's still there) to show to my parents. Thanks again. Chet Cuccia

From 1962 to 1964 I lived in a small white house located at # 8 West Court Drive. It was on the corner of that street and Galveston Road, just south of where Park Place Boulevard dead ends into Galveston Road. Sims Bayou is nearby. Has anyone out there been in that area recently? As I said, I haven't been there in over 40 years (I live in Orange, Texas, which is 100 east of Houston). I was wondering if the house that I lived in back then is still there. Chet Cuccia

Thanks. You knew exactly where and what I was talking about. I live in Orange, Texas, which is 100 miles east of Houston. There is only one Monterey House in this area, and it's in Beaumont. Chet Cuccia

Thanks. I thought that I remembered that park. I remember the big words "PEPPERMINT PARK" painted on top of the roof. Chet Cuccia

Hey, I can remember the Prudential Building back in the early 1960s. I can remember riding around at night and seeing the neon "rock" logo at the top of the building. What's the name of the street that it's on? Chet Cuccia

Are you saying that it's called Meyerland Plaza and not Gulfgate Mall as I heard? Chet Cuccia

Here's something else that I remember. On Telephone Road a little way's south of the Santa Rosa Theatre, there was a mexican restaurant called "Monterey House." I also remember that a driving range was next to it and across the street was a Henke & Pillot (now called Kroger) supermarket. Are any of these places still there? I looked up in the Houston phone book and I found "Monterey House Tex-Mex Restaurants." I wonder if Monterey House changed their name to that. Chet Cuccia

When we went to Gulfgate Shopping Center back in the early 1960s, I remember going down some stairs to an underground bowling alley. I also remember my mother buying groceries in a Weingarten's store which was located at the end on the center next to Woodridge (I think that was the name of that side street). I can also remember going into a Newberry's store which was at the end of the center where a pedestrian bridge that traversed IH-610 from a movie theatre was. Does anyone out there have any updated information on Gulfgate, such as if any of those old store from 40 years ago are still there or not? Chet Cuccia

When I lived in Houston (1962-64), my parents did a lot of their shopping at what was then called Gulfgate Shopping Center (now Gulfgate Mall). I remember us going to an amusement park next to it. I think the name of it was either "Playland Park" or "Peppermint Park." Does anyone out there know what I'm referring to? Chet Cuccia

I lived in Houston from 1962 to 1964. My mother told me that she took me to the Santa Rosa to see a movie called "The Music Man." I have many fond memories of the Santa Rosa. Chet Cuccia