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On 9/14/2009 at 7:16 AM, nm5k said:
I went to all those places. Also don't forget "Ernies" on Chimney Rock.. Was in the center across Gasmer from Westbury H.S.
I remember that was the summer of 1975 when they were open, and I lived across the street in the Madison Apt's.
That was a wild summer.. :/ I remember we pretty much partied non stop the whole summer. I remember one night this
guy from Atlanta Ga. came by, I guess with someone else we knew. He had been hitchhiking across the country and was
passing through Houston on his way to CA. I remember we all spent the night inhaling adult beverages and by daylight
he had talked me into going with him. At 8 AM, I was on the road to CA. We left out on 90a, and hit 36 to I-10..
The first night I ended up out near Junction TX. The next night I was in Tucson AZ.. Two days later I was in Barstow CA..
We made pretty good time for hitchhiking.. :/ We also ran into some girl from N.C. and she traveled with us most
the rest of the way.
We toured around CA. for a while, camped in Yosemite for a week. Yosemite was a non stop party in the mid 70's.
Kind of like Memorial Park on a Sunday Afternoon except much bigger trees.
I even ran into other people from Houston when I was there.
I remember being in the bay area for a few days. Stayed in Berkeley. Went to the U.S.C there to check out the
seismic recorder in the hallway.. :/ Noted that all the taxicabs and most of the houses were painted psychedelic
colors. Stayed at one house for about three days, until one day we were sitting around and one of the guys
that lived there asked me if he could massage my feet
I decided Berkeley was not my type of place and promptly
hit the road again that very night. Went across Nevada and Utah on I-80, which was like traveling on the moon.
Camped on the Bonneville Salt Flats one night. Into CO. and Steamboat Springs. etc, back down I-25 into N.M. and
down to El Paso. Back to Houston on I-10.. I remember I left El Paso at 6 AM, and got a ride in an old
Willys Jeep.. It must have held about 8 gallons of gas because we had to stop several times. Also, I think it's
top speed must have been about 52 mph.. I didn't get back to Houston until 1:30 AM where they dropped me off
at the McKee Street bridge. I was gone a total of two weeks. Went back to the pad at Madison Apt's, and partied
for a few more days. Then 4th of July, 1975... We went to the hill at Westbury Square to watch the fireworks
show. During the show, a fire developed at the Madison Apt's.. We could see it from the hill.
Betcha can't guess who's apartment it was.. :/ yep, it was ours.. This guy we knew fell asleep in the
arm chair that was in my bedroom with a cigarette, and caught the chair on fire. Almost burned that
whole section of townhouses down..
I forgot where I went after that.. Yep, the summer of 75.. Not for the timid or faint of heart..
BTW, I think the first place I really got into foosball was at the Sir Pizza next to 7-11 on Burdine
and Chimney rock.
The strip mall across from Westbury HS (now the USPS Westbury facility which replaced the Belrose station) - I recalled this location as a child back in 1978 where a Pit Stop Barbecue was located in the strip mall - I recalled the checkered flag since the BBQ restaurant was located not far from the former Meyer Speedway located @ Hillcroft/US90A west of JK Butler Stadium (also the HISD transportation facility)
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On 7/28/2015 at 5:23 PM, Subdude said:
I think that originally Main Street didn't extend beyond Braes Bayou, and that Old Main Street Loop Road was the route southwest.
A section of Old Main Street Loop still exist (where Stella Link terminates) - the rest was abandoned since the 1980s (part of the route was paved over by the Central Houston Nissan dealership but the stub outs still remain; another chunk north of the South Loop faded out since the 1960s when the Astrodome was built and a small section NE of Reliant Center is still there)
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On 4/30/2008 at 6:08 PM, Gurgis said:
I remember Gooney Golf. It was actually on Chimney Rock, between Willowbend and S. Post Oak. To the right of it (from the parking lot) was Meyer Branch Library (which is probably still there). To the left of it was a restaurant. I want to say it was called Kings. I remember getting hamburgers and onion rings there.
All I can remember of the miniature golf park was a tall Pteronasaurus (sic) Rex (whose arm would raise and lower an obstacle on the course), and a Humpty Dumpty figure on a wall. Must have closed in the 70's.
The Goony Golf location (address unknown) was located where the Havoline Express Lube and the Car Wash is now located adjacent 2 the present day Kroger Meyer Park - most of the Kroger location as of 2017 once housed MacRobert (later AJFoyt and Texstar) Chevrolet including a derelict strip mall where the Taco Cabana is now located (since Hurricane Harvey the Kroger Meyer Park ceased 24 hr operations where the Voss/San Felipe, West Gray, and Buffalo Speedway/Westpark location retained the 24hr service)
Edit: May 22, 1980
4995 West Bellfort, here's some advertisements and a photo.
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On 8/21/2007 at 10:08 PM, Disastro said:
I don't remember squat about this Globe store. I just remember there being a LOT of car dealerships (Including Bill McDavid with the animated neon rocket on the sign) along 45 near Gulfgate...that, and there was a drive-in hamburger joint called The Ritz...which is no longer there...and further down near Griggs, the Frito's plant...Heh! I remember getting lost in that one too when I was a kid. I also remember going to Princess Hamburgers also on Shepherd...60's...
A variant of the McDavid rocket still exists in Irving, TX off TX183 east of the PGBT Turnpike (east of Esters Rd) - facility is now the David McDavid Auto Group
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On 7/15/2005 at 10:57 AM, gnu said:
Familiar with Globe but not that location. We had one by us, when i was growing up. I think it was owned by Walgreens...it was their answer for Woolco and Kmart.
the Home Depot in Gulfgate used 2 be the location of Bill McDavid Oldsmobile - where the Whataburger and Wells Fargo is located as of 2017 would have been the Globe location
I decided Berkeley was not my type of place and promptly
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The Kimberly u r referring to is now the present Harris County District Attorney since elected in 2016