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Nursing home? I know, I know, terrible!! Mental Hospital? Who would want to live in a place that means you are sick in the head? Oh, the shame! Who made up those terms? Those are just awful and downright mean. You're absolutely right. I wouldn't want to live at either of those places. Do you live in one of those?

Well 'orphanage' may not be a derogatory word, but to live in a place called by a word that means, "a place for a bunch of kids who's parents have died", isn't very hopeful at all... Now, concerning the word 'daughter', I wonder if that was what Pearl Jam was writing about? I never did understand that song...

I don't have the last Houston Post printed, but I've seen it for sale in at least one local area antique store. I think they wanted $20 for it.

The topic was meant to discuss the website and its contents and organization in general, not specific and detailed events from Houston's past...

It looks to me like there WAS a wall dividing the living room (or whatever that skinny space is) from the kitchen and it was removed to open the space up. It looks really awkward the way it's done. Why else would that beam and those posts be exposed like that? Perhaps the counter or some parts of the kitchen were faced a different direction after the wall was removed?

More pics courtesy of SpaceAge... Bali Hai Apartments Built 1962 Sage & Hidalgo?? Need the actual address.

Thanks for the reply. I was curious because I live in a neighborhood where the lots are mostly 1 acre in size. You have to build a REALLY big house there to make an impact and most would probably welcome homes like that in our neighborhood (Cypress Tx by the way). The building line is 50ft from the front, and 15ft on the sides. I can't remember what the back line is. We have to have 3/4 homeowner's approval to change our deed restrictions - but they are generally so lax anyways that it doesn't much matter... but yes I know what you mean about the work involved in changing them. We've been in one of those battles before. This matter just seems higher on the importance scale than many other issues that come up. I can't even remember what the DR were in theThe previous neighborhood I lived in - Parkglen in sw Houston. But those are really cheap tract homes from the early 70's. And I can't see anyone in the future deciding that these homes have character and historical value, hard as I try. No offense to current Parkglen home owners intended.

Btw, I've been wondering about something and no one has been able to answer yet... How are the builders able to build McMansions in these neighborhoods? Don't the deed restrictions have set back rules and other limitations on where the footprint of the house can be on the lot? If not, I'm wondering why many/most neighborhoods subject to this wouldn't get together and change their deed restrictions.

wow, $350k for that? that place needs a lot of work.... it could be a very cool place, though.

Here's one SpaceAge emailed me to post for him... thanks! South Pacific 9739 Katy Road Bunker Hill Center

I agree 100% - no 200%! It was the demographics that killed it. I attended Lee in 1980-1981. It was rather a rough place already. And it wasn't just the surrounding apartments near the flea market. Lee's boundaries extended all the way down to Bellaire Blvd. North of Bellaire & West of 59 (maybe east of 59 too?) were Lee HS. South of Bellaire was Sharpstown HS. Yes, it was Ron Stone Jr. that attended. I think he was a Senior when I was a freshman. My wife has a yrbook from that yr. Maybe I can dig up some pics.

The latest find... looks like it was really cool. Sorry about the glare on some of these. Totems Not Taboo Probably should have made these smaller since they are pics of relatively small items. Sorry about that...

Yeah, I guess that hill has memories for lot's of people. A friend of mine and I got busted by the principal, Mr. Martin, for running around on that hill and throwing our Patrol helmets up in the air! We got suspended from Patrols for two weeks. It didn't help any when the paved the bayou that ran between Osage and Tours in the late 70s... Unless I was riding my bike, I used to cut along the bayou on my way to Neff Elementary every day.

Yep, that was a "ringback" number... a test number. There was one I used to call - I think they were different based on the exchange. Don't remember it now... They did have test lines called loop lines that you could dial into and talk to one or several other people depending on the line. I wonder if that's what it was. There used to be a number in 713 that was just an oscillating tone - I always wondered if that was one side of a loop line. Can't remember the number anymore. Old loop numbers for Houston (thanks textfiles.com!): AREA CODE: 713 XXX-1499,XXX-1799;XXX= 442, 960, 666, 664, 780, 667, 668, 489, 455, 988, 524, 356, 351, 376, 447, 466, 342, 493, 492, 482, 441, 354, 339, 324, 484, 487, 526, 686, 555, 466, 481, 781, 771, 458, 681, 682, 471, 665, 997, 224, 341, 661, 976, 469, 462, 468, 759, 367, 977 (713) 486-1499/488-1799 = low high 356-1799/1899 = low high 491-1499/1799 = low high © 713-442-1499 713-442-1799 713-489-1499 713-489-1799 713-447-1499 713-447-1799 713-354-1499 713-354-1799 713-555-1499 713-555-1799 713-682-1499 713-976-1799 713-960-1499 713-960-1799 713-455-1499 713-455-1799 713-466-1499 713-466-1799 713-339-1499 713-339-1799 713-471-1499 713-471-1799 713-469-1499 713-469-1799 713-666-1499 713-666-1799 713-988-1499 713-988-1799 713-342-1499 713-342-1799 713-324-1499 713-324-1799 713-481-1499 713-481-1799 713-665-1499 713-665-1799 713-462-1499 713-462-1799 713-664-1499 713-664-1799 713-524-1499 713-524-1799 713-493-1499 713-493-1799 713-484-1499 713-484-1799 713-781-1499 713-997-1799 713-468-1499 713-468-1799 713-780-1499 713-780-1799 713-356-1499 713-356-1799 713-492-1499 713-492-1799 713-487-1499 713-487-1799 713-771-1499 713-771-1799 713-224-1499 713-759-1799 713-667-1499 713-667-1799 713-351-1499 713-351-1799 713-482-1499 713-482-1799 713-526-1499 713-526-1799 713-458-1499 713-458-1799 713-661-1499 713-661-1799 713-977-1499 713-977-1799 Hmm... apparently they still exist? 713 234-xxxx Houston, TX 281 234-xxxx 832 234-xxxx

I can't decide if that sounds like a dirt yard or a hotel.

Well mapquest brings up a star right at Grand and 288 but I don't know if that address really exists anymore - never noticed what's at that intersection... I wonder what it took to be "qualified" for membership.

El Fenix Mexican Restaurant Location: Galleria Mall Polynesian Style drinks from 1973

Youngblood's Chicken 6441 South Main This must have been in the neighborhood somewhere.... http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/661/youngbloodschicken1956xd8.jpg Edit:

Como Club 6219 Grand Blvd. Hawaii in Houston!

I wonder if that's where the dudes who sell reprints of these on ebay got them from....

Cool, where is that at?

Yep, it's pretty good - I wish it even more info and pictures than it does. That would be awesome.

No prob. I will keep my eyes open for one.

The only time I was in the Shamrock was in 1984 or 1985 for a company party. I'd never heard of Trader Vic's and didn't know there was one even there. So I never got to see it. Of course by the time the party was over I didn't know where anything was. Poly-Asian West 5138 Westheimer 1970 Menu