The Drake

What does this even mean?

My thoughts were like "Wow, I don't think children change much. They're curious from the start!" and I wonder "Gee, I wonder if this neighborhood was the same"

Like I said, one thought led to another and that's how it went. There's no "deeper" meaning.

I took Materials and Construction Management at A&M. Thanks for refreshing my memory haha!

I was wondering this the other day. On my way from work I noticed a lady and her son waiting on the bus and thought "Damn, were kids really like this?" This was in no way related to race but it one thought led to another and...

Yeah.

Did you actually witness it, or just see the aftermath?

Loud banging noise and screaming. Gunshots but at the time I didn't know about guns.

The shooting may have happened in 94 or 95. I don't know what other details I should give.

It was in the early 90s that it happened. Lots of cops, a body on the ground, covered in blood.  Happened in some park named Tuffy park? 

I'm not very sure about it though. I wasn't knowledgeable about the concept of death at the time. I didn't even know how to talk. Anybody got news on this?

So in essence, only a few people were killed? Right?

The topic title had me thinking the whole school was imploded like the Oklahoma City situation. Strange how time repeats itself. Who would think 50 plus years later it would still be happening but with guns.

This is eerie as heck...

Oh, a shopping center.

I still miss that forest area in the back. Used to go hunting for hares.

What about the newly built park? What was there before?

By the way do you remember a car blowing up in the forest area where sky view apartments are? Happened in the late 90s

There used to be a shoe store (red looking building) but I forgot the name.

Weiners is now a building supply store.

Drake, you mentioned the Exxon. When I was a little girl, there used to be a Jack in the Box there and we'd walk to it sometimes. Those shops next to it used to have a U-Totem convienence store and a Baskin and Robbins Ice Cream : ) The U-Totems are no longer in business as far as I know, but they were a bit like 7-11's. It was similar to what's there now, but it was nicer. That Jack in the Box was torn down sometime in the mid 80's and the lot stayed vacant until the Exxon arrived some years ago.

Did you know that they are going to build a Harris County library in that vacant lot on the corner of Griggs and MLK? I heard about it on the radio. I've only been to one county library and it was the one past the east beltway.

Yeah, where Maxie Hair salon used to be?

What used to be there anyway? And why is that business opposite of Exxon so unsuccessful. Last time i checked, it's being turned into a car electronics installation place.

Did you get to check out the link provided in post #2 here on this thread?

There's 2-3 pages devoted to old memories of Palm Center.

Give it a look, but keep in mind that the posts were made over 5 years ago so some places have no doubt changed since that time.

Yes I did.

I don't think much has changed since then, aside from the new park being built and the constable area being fenced.

Hehe, I still live here. I only have photos of me and a few of my backyard from the 70's and 80's. I used to go to the Young Branch library when I was a kid. It was on Beekman. It's now in the Palm Center business complex, which used to be a pretty nice shopping center. : )

...and yes, I'm almost 20 years older than you, the Royal Palms apartments have always been bad lol. I asked my mom is she remembered anything about that Mexican restaurant and she said that it was called Loma Linda. Even I don't remember it.

Did you know that Kings Flea Market used to be a store called Montgomery Wards? Yep, it's true. : ) What do you think of the new light rail over here?

I love Young Branch. I used to go there every day for 4 years to read beginner books to learn to read! Most of the librarians know me and I think that's like the best feeling, when you walk into a businnes and the owners/employees welcome you with your name!

Yes, I read about the old Montgomery Ward. I wish I knew what the WHOLE neighborhood looked like and what businesses were there at the time. Before the Exxon was built on MLK and Browncroft, there was, again and empty lot with a visible foundation.

Now about the rail line. I'll have to wait and see how things work out. The park that was built 3-4 years ago on Beekman is very close to the rails, maybe the city will enclose the park.

There was a Jack in the Box?!

Man. Does anyone know the median income before white flight?

Oh, I was thinking of that Target by Sharpstown. Last time I went there was 12 years ago.

A Grocery Store "Price buster" or something. There was a 50 off store on the side of the building.

Oh gosh the memories

I kinda remember that store... Are the stores still around?

Other than Auchan's of course. I know the one in Southwest Houston used to be a Target or something, but the one in SE Loop 610?

On the corner of MLK and Griggs, there's a big 2 story (maybe 3) building that is called King's Best Market. At the Palms Center (Palm Center now), there's a Tax Office, a Constable office (Precint 7), and a community college/courses. Recently a YMCA has been built opposite of the King's Best Market.

How do you know the owner is a drug dealer?

Yeah, I've always wondered what this neighborhood looked like back in the day.

When i moved here in 1995 (i was about 3 years old) ,there used to be a library that stood about 30-40 feet, a parking lot with a visible foundation and a lot of trees where Concord/Sky View apartments are now. There are apartments called "Royal Palm" and I was wondering, where they always this bad? There's an old sign near there that says "Mexican Restaurant" with a red arrow. Looks cool.

Thanks so much. I'm trying to dig up information about the ongoings in this neighborhood, historically of course.