sootycat

Does anyone know what became of the movie theater that was once in Baybrook mall? I think there was a restaurant close to the theater, away from the food court. What became of that? Thanks for any info.

Southmore Hospital was located on a street named Southmore. The hospital closed in 1999, it was sold to HCA who bought it and immediately closed it (they didn't want the competition). Pasadena General Hospital was located on Pasadena Blvd. I believe that street was once named Tatar. Pasadena General was renamed once or twice. I don't know if it has closed or not.  Red Bluff Hospital was located near the intersection of Red Bluff and Pasadena Blvd. I don't remember when it closed. 

It looks exactly the same. Thank you, harementire for the info.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, native_Houstonian for solving the mystery for me. I found it to be an unusual item, and my own Google search yielded nothing. 

Can anybody identify this medal? I'm guessing it is Catholic, but what kind of medal is it?

I seem to remember an apartment complex on Edgebrook called Arlington Square and it having a nightclub in the complex.

If memory serves me correctly, there was a Chi Chi's on 45 South in front of Baybrook mall. An Olive Garden later occupied the building when Chi Chi's closed. The Olive Garden is now on the opposite side of the street.

Were there residential houses directly in front of MD Anderson hospital during the 70's? I remember a parking lot being in front of the hospital and the area I'm curious about would have been directly across the street from the parking lot.

I couldn't open the links you included,however, there was an upscale, ladies clothing boutique in Pasadena called Ella Pryor. It may have been called Ella Pryor Fashions, but it was always just referred to as Ella Pryor. An interesting side note, I always see an older, fashionably dressed woman at my job. I asked her if she was from Pasadena. She said yes, so I asked if she had ever shopped at Ella Pryor. She said, "Yes, all the time!"

It closed in the 80's I think. It was in a strip center on Richey Street.

Thanks. I understand it now. It takes me back to the Pasadena of my youth.

Yeah the photographer was standing Southeast-ish in what's now the middle of Mi Tienda's parking lot. The white building all the way to the right was Montgomery Wards and still stands today. The street between Wards and the parking lot is Shaver St. The buildings to the left of Wards and everything underneath the sign are all gone. The building all the way to the left of the picture (with the steepled roof) is still there. The one to the right of it was torn down early 2008 but can still be seen on historical imagery for streetview. Those buildings are on Spencer Hwy.

I forgot all about that red sign that said Pasadena Plaza. I wonder where it went to. Probably a trash heap. Anyway, I'm having trouble orienting myself to that picture. Are the cars parked on the Plaza parking lot which would now be the Mi Tienda parking lot?

Speaking of Pasadena Plaza, here is a picture I made there in the late 70's to early 80's. We had met there for a parade that morning. The white Eldorado in the foreground was my car. Note the Montgomery Wards store across the street to the far right of the picture.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh167/Chelle_L_C/Pasadena%20Plaza%20Shaver%20at%20Spencer%20hwy..jpg

Pasadena Plaza.....

I know!! Takes me back.

Mi Tienda has never been a Randall's. That has been the only grocery store to occupy that building. It sits on or near the location of the old Pasadena Plaza shopping mall, which was torn down.

The former Globe store in Pasadena was not torn down. It was converted to a FedMart. I believe there was also another FedMart in Pasadena located at Spencer and Preston. That building still stands and is or was a gym. I used to buy groceries and gas at the FedMart on Southmore. That was in the 80's.

So is the picture of the road with the cow on it heading east or west? No matter the direction, I'm amazed at how rural it was.

Do you know what year it was torimask?

I lived in that Gulfton Apt. cluster in the late 70's. It was such a big deal to live there! It was the "happening" part of town.

Back in 1989 I came with a friend to their house in a somewhat new subdivision. We came down 45 south and I remember seeing the Dixie Farm Road exit sign when heading towards the subdivision. I wasn't driving so I didn't pay that much attention. I can't for life of me remember where that subdivision was. I like comparing the then and now. I guess I'll never know.

Was the Dixie Farm road exit on 45 South ever rerouted?

While we're on the topic, does anyone know if La Porte ever had a newspaper? My high school's (Aldine) first football game was against La Porte in October 1936. I have the Post's story on it, but it was only a two paragraph story and as Aldine was predictably shut out in its first ever appearance, nothing is said about my team. It's all about La Porte.

Yes, La Porte had a newspaper at one time. It was called The Bayshore Sun, and it was discontinued in 2010.

Perhaps the Pasadena Public Library.

Here is a link to the article in the Pasadena Citizen.

http://m.yourhoustonnews.com/pasadena/news/city-sells-el-capitan-theater-for-million/article_c5735a84-d1d3-5fbd-ba82-a04f2fa218d5.html?mode=jqm

I grew up in Pasadena and remember it being called "El Capitan". I guess old habits die hard. My family was bilingual ( Spanish) and even when speaking English they referred to it as "El Capitan" theater, when translated would be the Capitan theater. As I stated in an earlier post, I'm sorry that I referred to it by the wrong name. I saw an article in the Pasadena Citizen newspaper that said the city had sold the El Capitan (newspaper's wording, not mine), so the future of the theater is not known at this time.