shipfitter

I am currently searching for the following items:

Additional UtoteM pix

Houston Union Terminal (Union Station)

This station was located where the new ball park was built. This was the main station for Houston until Amtrak began service. What I am looking for is any pictures in regards to this building, both in it's prime and also in it's neglected state prior to redevelopment. This is NOT the current Amtrak (Amshack) station that is currently used.

Post em up!

Adios

Shipfitter

Life is really short if you think about it, and sometimes the smallest of memories are sweet. I would walk over to UtoteM with my grandfather. He is long since gone, but the memory remains.

I went to a Padres baseball game tonight in San Diego, and remember going to games as a child and watching the Astros on TV with my grandfather. We would walk to the UtoteM, pick up some goodies, then watch the games. It was really cool to see fathers passing down the tradition of watching baseball, even though the CrackerJacks are now 5.75 per box.

Latez

Shipfitter

I did some more searchin on UtoteM and found that the Zippo Lighter Company did a special edition lighter for UtoteM and you can find that at http://www.grannysjewelrybox.com/gp278r.htm however that item I guess has been sold per that website. Note the spelling of the business is as above from my current searching.

I did find this picture on the web.

Credit for picture: http://tulsatvmemories.com/outside2.html

Shipfitter

I am originally from Houston with most of my family still in Rosenberg. There was a U-Totem at the corner of Avenue H and Georgiana Street. There was a couple of them in town but this I know for sure in that my grandparents lived in a house nearby. I remember going over to the store when I was young to get gum, candy or soda. They did not have gas for sale and the store was the size of a regular 7-11. In the 80s the store closed and some private business opened.

The design of the outside included yellow and black square tiles in a diamond position. The counter was on the right hand side of the double metal and glass doors. The cashier was at customer level and not on a raised platform, as were 7-11's beginning in the 70s through 90s. They had a metal sign that was a totempole at first, and later a simple metal pole with the company sigh above. The store was also clearly marked with the font of the company directly above the two doors of entry.

Thats all for now.

Shipfitter