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I saw it when the power was still out at my place. I liked it. Better than "The Ladykillers" in my opinion.

This sounds quite a bit like “Houston, Remember When”. I wonder if it is excerpts from that series or totally new material?

New material.

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Just stepped outside in the Airline/I-45 area. Stiff wind, a little traffic on Airline, and I don't hear any traffic on I-45.

I wrote about the Jensen/Lyons intersection in a blog post last year. The photo is from 1956

http://blogs.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/20...en_now_4_1.html

If I could make the whole thing freely available online (photos included) I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Many of you may know this already but there are 19th century Houston newspapers available online (for a fee).

Anyone have any memories of the mall during better times?

Sure do! That was my mall growing up in the '80s.

I remember:

Aladdin's Castle arcade

Babbages, then Electronics Boutique (before the days of EB Games)

Kay Bee toys

Chick-fil-A (though I don't remember it being two stories)

Wyatt's Cafeteria

and finally, General Cinema. I must have seen dozens of films at that theater over the years.

I remember a sculpture that showed some kids on a swing or something like that. I haven't been there in more than 10 years, so I don't know if it's still there.

Now that I think about, I think I spent more time on the Foley's side of the mall than the Joske's/Dillard's/Sears side

3. Grand finally (as we grew older) was seeing The Rolling Stones Concert in 1981. Was it the Start me up Tour? I know they were with ZZ Top & The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Seems like all the party animals in town went! Still have on 8mm film (and my concert jersey).

I wrote about this a few months back. That was the tour to support "Tattoo You."

They played for two nights at the Dome in Oct of that year. One person was fatally stabbed on the first night.

I remember hearing about this on the last day of kindergarten or first grade. Definitely 1983. I went to Carmichael Elem. in Aldine district.

Recordings of the Houston show are available at most major CD stores.

I believe that is some sort of Homeless Center or a poor man's YMCA.

If I'm reading that right, I think it's some sort of nonprofit agency. I drove back there once to get a better look at the post office and for curiousity's sake.

Maybe when he is done with the material he'll give it to a library, etc...

That's his plan. It will probably go to the HMRC.

That would be West End Park.

Here's one photo.

In Trevia Wooster Beverly's book "At Rest: A Historical Directory of Harris County, Texas, Cemeteries," she says the cemetery is believed to be "under a building at Shepherd and Buffalo Bayou, supposedly now the Hillside Apartments condominiums." This information is unverifable, though, according to the book.

There was one at Cullen and I-45.

Your right gonzo, but wasn't that clearing the site of the Bear Creek Methodist church before it was moved over to hwy 6 and Park Row? I think that a marker is there stating that, but having not seen it with my own two eys's can't say for sure.

I was told by the Army Corps of Engineers that they did the clearing. I've seen pictures of Blue Light from the 1970s and it looked somewhat wooded back then.

Maybe I missed it in the earlier posts, but did the Corps know the origins of the markings? They seemed pretty helpful when I dealt with them so I'm sure they would be more than happy to answer that.

I know for sure that's not Blue Light. Using the link a few posts above, go NNE across Patterson and you'll see a label for Bear Creek Park next to a clearing among the trees. At the southern edge of that clearing is the cemetery.

I know the Army Corps of Engineers will clear trees that show signs of some type of infestation or something. I know that's why those trees have been cleared near the cemetery. I don't think that was done in the disputed area because I don't see any path indicating heavy equipment went through there.

I have a feeling someone may have covered this in an earlier post!

Eisenhower, Aldine ISD

Since editor has brought up Galveston businesses, there's a cafe at the corner of 8th and Post Office, I think, just off UTMB, called Schutte's Corner, with a sign over the door which says 'since 1885.'

It's been a couple of decades since I've been there -- and it's probably closed now -- but wasn't there a soda fountain in Galveston that had the distinction of being the oldest soda fountain in the state?

Someone is selling a late '50s (?) Cadillac sedan in a car lot off Center Street. Asking price is $14,500.

I have some pre-1900 copies of the Houston Chronicle, and will check them later for familliar names.

The Chronicle started in 1901. Though if you have the first issue of the newspaper that would be quite the collectable!

I'm pretty sure some law firms here could be listed among Houston's oldest businesses.

It seems the image of a cat featured prominently in station's image back then.

I like your Bayou City History Blog, I especially enjoyed the pic of the crowd outside the music hall in 1952 where the Fed Bldg. now stands. Very Cool !

Thanks! I have some pretty cool photos going up in the next couple of weeks, so it should be interesting.

I remember when this was a school holiday in the 70s and early 80s. .

Somebody should tell the Houston Chronicle. What a sorry excuse for a newspaper.

Though it's no substitute for having something in print, I did put up a brief blog post marking the day.

It isn't exactly "Sim City 5" but this upcoming 2009 game called Cities XL is definitely what I would call Sim City 5. Just look at these pics:

Wow. That looks interesting.