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Hey guys, how about the Borden's plant that was near 59 in the area of Texas Ave./Harrisburg, Preston St. area? Does anyone have pictures of it? Or knows of it?
Sam found this last night but facebook was acting up. its where Inn at the ballpark is now.
http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/14780-bordens-east-of-downtown/
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My mom works at the county jail and has said that the roof of the Pedan building along with some side of the building has begun. Demolition of the entire building will be donge by jan 15.
The commissioners court voted to approve an agreement among the Harris County Public Infrastructure Department, the Texas Historical Commission and the United States Department of Energy for demolition of the Peden/Iron Mountain Warehouse Building at 700 San Jacinto Street.
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so has the missing siding been replaced yet?
no
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If i recall i believe there used to be a Texas Historical Plaque located on Commerce between Travis and Milam on the Northern part of the street. Basically in the area by the new entrance with a canoe structure. It was removed when they remade the street and in parking spots. There is a tree next to where the plaque was located. It stated that 2 people were killed when they hit an artillery shell from a sunken ship in the area. The bodies were removed but the ship is still buried there. The ship was heading back/from Galveston. I have posted the question about the plaque about 8 months back. This was only a block away from the current crypt.
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If i recall i believe there used to be a Texas Historical Plaque located on Commerce between Travis and Milam on the Northern part of the street. Basically in the area by the new entrance with a canoe structure. It was removed when they remade the street and in parking spots. There is a tree next to where the plaque was located. It stated that 2 people were killed when they hit an artillery shell from a sunken ship in the area. The bodies were removed but the ship is still buried there. The ship was heading back/from Galveston. I have posted the question about the plaque about 8 months back. This was only a block away from the current crypt.
Yes, that would be it. It's right above the text "Louisiana" in the 'franklin.jpg'. Very interesting.. -
Here ya go! (taken today, 9/21/07)
We must have been there the same time taking pictures Friday. Im in the white Astro van and had just taken some and was moving to the 2nd block. Ill post mine here later. I took video as well and you can hear all the construction going around
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The windows appeared to be regular size. They may end up not being windows, but they sure appeared as windows to me.
It's just odd that the windows were oriented the way they are. Looking at the picture, you see that the windows weren't facing the street.
From the book Houston A chronicle of the Bayou City page113 it has a picture of the dining are of the Brazos Hotel. it doesnt state the year but is quoted...."With music provided by a small chamber group on the balcony, the group dining in the outsied dining area at the brazos Hotel ws capable of dealing with the extremes of the Houston summer. "
The picture looks more like a courtyard .
Im going to see if i can take a look after work Friday and maybe take a closer look or ask around. ill post my pics here for all to see.
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New info today:
is this tower going by josephines or will it be incorporated in the pavilions
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On the "Downtowner" map that block had the Scottish Rite Cathedral and some used car lots.
Thank you Subdude.
Looks like all 3 surface lots have been just about that for the last 67 years, many used car lots. I want to know what they did out from the corner filling station on Dallas and Caroline. Ill post my pics later. Im curious though as to how this Freds Hotel looked like on Main an Fannin in 1940. I need to dig through old pics.
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Tearing up the middle lot now:
i went there Saturday afternoon to take some pics of the area. i took several looking east from Main. I then went to the lot that was already torn up. I took several there and i only have one question. What used to be there? I mean there were old steal beams deep in the ground, that had to have been for an early building, warehouse, etc. does anyone know about this. I will post all my pics when i upload them for everyone to see.
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There is recent topic of Busch Gardens out here somewhere. Maybe moderator could merge?
Many people responded with clear information. It had some neat rides we could see them from the freeway. Very colorful too.
a coworker i asked said she remembers it arount that time frame. she stated that adults would take their kids there and than take a tour of the brewery and have a free glass of beer. Her dad took them there a few times for the beer after going to bush gardens. She state it was right next to the brewery and was actually part of the park.
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I hope there are more plans for the bayou east of San Jacinto, I noticed the city just completed a bayou or trail to sidewalk connection at the end of Austin @ Commerce. With Discovery Green going up I hope that influences the decision to follow the BB master plan!
i pass by but always forget to check.... have they put back up the Historical Marker . i think it was for the civil war ship that sank and later some kids were killed due to an active bomb that blew up. if not how can we go about putting up the historical marker back up. for that who took it????
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I know I've seen these tall "yellow" looking trees with different colored spikes at the top placed around Houston. There use to be a couple at the intersection of 610 W and I-10 before they started doing construction. There's one or two on the east bound side of I-10 just west of downtown. Has anyone else seen these?<<'The G-Team'
I remember seeing the one at 610. I just thought it was some kind of public art although you really had to be looking for it to see it.
They are public art, i forgot who the artist was but they are on I10 there is some close to the intersection of I10 and I45 on both sides. It was in the Houston Chronicle a few years back. He had more in diffrent areas of town.
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That was the Cow Parade - it was a nationwide thing, not just limited to Houston. There was an article in the Chronicle earlier this week about the Rodeo installing six-foot-tall, brightly-painted fiberglass cowboy boots all over town to promote the 75th anniversary of the event this year.
I assume these will be similar to the 2004 MLB All-Star game boots that were placed in downtown
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What a small world it is. The Pan American was a showcase for the local near Northside area. I have older relatives that either played in orchestras and or bands there during the late 1940's and 50 and some in the 60' thru 70's. The PA as it was called rivaled the Stardust Ballroom over on Fulton my much older cousins ran that place for a long time until they finally called it quits.
My mom says that the P.A. as it was known was once a very prominent and high class place back when. People really dressed up to go there. I have some photos of my big sister on the outside circa 1962. I also have many photos of The Stardust Ballroom on inside. That was a much bigger place and became a more focal point as the PA was going downhill by the 1970's. They finally had to demolish both of them because of deglect and disrepair. The only reminder left is the Poppa Burger joint across the street and it will soon disappear as the rail enters. My aunt ran that place for over 20 years. Most is just a memory now. Glad you brought this up!
I just had that in mind about the old Pan American ballroom. i rember it and was going to look for pictures. Can you post some from PA and Stardust. I forgot how it looked, but last i remember was early 90's when i was 12-17. they nocked it down and is currently parking for Casa de Amigos clinic. Poppa Burger will be missed im going to take pictures of it but hopefully they can stay affloat with the addition of the Northline rail extenstion. Ill take some pictures of the area this weekend to share, along with the other old buildings on N. Main-45
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Where is this site located?
This would make a cool backdrop for some portrait or band shots.
i believe that is in hardy yards
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Yes, I believe that is City Hall.
When they tore down the Coliseum, they had an auction of everything inside, so I went down to check it out, and ended up bidding $50 for all the signage (seat locations, etc), and left right after I bid. I had never been to an auction like this, so I assumed I would get outbid, but when I stopped in later on in the day, I had won, and they had a list of people that missed out on Coliseum memorabilia, and wanted to buy some of the signs! There were tv sportscasters, Chronicle writers, all kinds of people that ended up buying them. Some were not original, but I did keep one that had been up since it was built, though.
I also spent many a Friday night at the Coliseum, guests of Paul Boesch, at Houston Wrestling-man, that was fun!
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Friday Nights at the Coliseum. I lived in First Ward and my dad would take us there every friday to see the matches.
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Now you just made me remember some other five-and-dime stores: Ben Franklin, TG&Y, Perry's. Do any of you remember some or all three of those, too?
there was a TG&Y on the corner of Main and Praire. If i remember that was the last occupant before it was resurrected as a club. currently Suede. The old fallout signs were at each corner.
Yes, I see your point. Some things are best as fond memories. They say that you can't go back and live in the past. But I like to sit and talk about yesteryear. A set of jacks, the ball, rubber band, and board paddle, and other things you'd get in the five-and-dime stores. Yes, sitting at the soda fountain and hearing someone's cell phone ring would be quite disturbing.i believe Kresge was a forerunner to Kmart
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You could actually see the perimeter walls of the River Oaks theatre!
im working on a houston then and now from my own pictures and some from online and the Texas room. how much was that software. ill have to check the video from home .
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Not to split hairs, but...
The Texas Ave. Majestic on the "Chronicle Block" was actually the second Majestic Theatre in Houston. It opened on February 21, 1910.
The first Majestic Theatre was in converted retail space at 1306 Congress Ave. It began operation about 1905.
The third and final Majestic opened in January, 1923. Designed by John Eberson, it is widely believed to have been the first of his "atmospheric" theatre designs.
Bill Bremer
The "Chronicle Block" is that in refrence to when Jesse Jones owned the Houston Chronicle and built around and over the theater.
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Grants in the foreground
Zayre
One of the first-generation Zayre stores was this one in a Bangor, Maine shopping plaza, seen close-up underneath. Next to it is a shot of a similar store missing its "E", courtesy of Shaun Qualdieri (thanks). Pictured at bottom is a later-built Zayre in Dubuque, Iowa.
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W. T. Grant
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This article is about W. T. Grant stores, for the namesake founder, see William Thomas Grant
W. T. Grant was the name of a chain of United States-based mass-merchandise stores founded by William Thomas Grant. The stores were generally of the dime store format located in downtowns.
In 1906 the first "W. T. Grant Co. 25 Cent Store" opened in Lynn, Massachusetts. Modest profit, coupled with a fast turnover of inventory, caused the stores to grow to almost $100 million a year in sales by 1936, the same year that William Thomas Grant started the W. T. Grant Foundation. By the time Mr. Grant died in 1972, at age 96, his nationwide empire of W. T. Grant Stores had grown to almost 1,200.
Grant's stores were slower than the Kresge stores to adapt to the growth of the suburb and the change in shopping habits that this entailed. The attempt to correct this was belated; by the late 1960s there were some "Grant City" stores, but unlike Kresge's Kmart they were not of uniform sizes or layouts, meaning that a shopper in one did not immediately feel "at home" in another. The chain's demise in 1975 was in part due to a failure to adapt to changing times but was probably considerably accelerated by management's refusal until it was too late to eliminate the shareholder dividend; even after the company began to lose money, funds were borrowed to pay the quarterly dividend until this became impossible. A last-gasp tactic to stay in business involved requiring each Grant's clerk and cashier unfailingly to offer a Grant's credit card application to customers in order to boost sales in the stores.
Grant's store-branded electronic and other goods were "Bradford" after the county where William Thomas Grant was born in Pennsylvania.
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