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How about O-Villa, O-Partments, or O-Joy? Some other possible names are Planet-O, O-Diddley, O-Factor, O-Henry, O-Men, and O-Kay!

I was just wondering and i have good old pics of these but does anyone know the locations of the original Foley Bros Dry Goods later Foley Bros department store then Foleys'

I know they used to be at 506 main in the Slainte bar by Praire. They were also at a building which is no longer there by the building occupied by Live Sports Cafe. I was told they were also at the building occupied by Twelve Spot bar. I know for a fact the first 2 are correct but does anyone know of the others espcially when it was called Foley Bros Dry Goods. thanks and ill post old Foley Bros picture from Main and Preston-Praire

"Another Spire project is in the same block of Main as the McCrory Building. 509 Main St. is a Romanesque Revival building that was once home to the Foley Bros. Dry Goods Co. "

This statement was found at http://www.ghpa.org/awards/2003/spire.html

What about the Hotel Icon? Wasn't it built in the early 1900's?

Painted Churches Tour

http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTo...hurchesTour.htm

Part 5

Nice pics! What kind of camera?

There also used to be a number that you could dial that would ring you back when you hung up...kind of a line test. It was fun to dial it and then walk away and let someone else answer a dead line.

I remember that phone test line. We did that too! We would set it up for my mom to answer. There used to be a "robot line" too. You could call it and it would produce some really unique noises to that time during the 1970's. 455-5555 or something like that. Maybe it was one of the first fax lines or something.

Don's has been closed for several years...

I could not believe it when I moved back to Houston (1999) that Don's Records was gone. They could find anything from anywhere and this was before the Internet! Kudos to Don's!!!!

Excellent photography!

The only magician supply stores I can recall were the one in the Galleria...

I do remember the "magic store" in the Galleria. When I was a kid, we did not seem to go there unless we had visitor's in-town. So it said that we didn't do there very often, I thought it was perticularly odd that the same spooky magician man was always there!

He would lure us kids in the store and proceed to scare us away! Maybe it's because we had no money.....

or maybe he means the Jack format?

I thought it was the pioneer to the "Jack Format." It would have been in 2000 or 2001 and I seem to remember the DJ's stating that our nation's radio stations and the national association of broadcasters were listening in on that radio station's format. I thought it was the first radio station to break the already-established formats.

It had been an established radio station (country, I think) prior to being converted to this new format.

Anyone remember?

Does anyone have any pictures of the fountains in the Houston area?

Also, I can't remember the name of a fountain that I remember being built. It's in the Sharptown area in the middle of the street. This street served a short cut between streets. A business park surrounds it. The name may have changed now, but wondering about the original name.

Thanks.

Monkey Wards and more at Sharpstown Mall. Westwood Mall. Gemco department store on the corner of Beachnut and Fondren. Sacco Bros. Grocery store, Homer's home center, and Henry's Barbeque on Bissonnet and Hillcroft. Globe Department store on Bellaire Blvd. and Hillcroft. Westbury Square.......

I have a feeling that building is gone now. Looks like it's right out of Mayberry!

I did manage to locate this link and if you look at the date, it's 1910. http://www.terrystexasrangers.org/newsclip...n/1910_248.html

And this is really interesting:

http://www.terrystexasrangers.org/newsclip...n/1902_208.html

BoingBoing has an article about tiki stuff! Pretty cool!

I like that boingboing website. Thanks.

During 2000-2001, Houston had a station that played any type of music. Country, Rock, Pop, etc. Is that station still around?

The term "Indian Mounds" refers to burial grounds. Ask any anthropologist.

Okay I did ask my brother (anthropologist). He said burial mounds (not grounds) are commonly called "indian mounds" if Native Americans were linked to them.

"Indian mounds" do not always contain human remains, but can consist of disposed items (trash) and/or sometimes caches of pottery, tools and other items to return to at a later date.

He should know, he researches archeological mound sites in Arizona.

Frost Town was clearly a low income area with shotgun houses and unpaved streets, and it probably didn't have running water, storm sewers or sanitary sewers either.

In the 1930's and 1940's, Schrimpf Alley was known as a wild and lawless slum area connected to vice, gambling, and prostitution. By the 1950's, it was considered the worst slum in the city.

I know Burbank Elementary is over there. But not sure of anything beyond that.

Could it be this Musicman?

The following is copied from http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online...s/PP/rkp21.html and not my own writings:

Ten months later Capt. Sidney Burbank, with companies A, B, and F, First Infantry Regiment, arrived at Captain Veatch's campsite on the Rio Grande. Burbank had orders to establish a new post but he bypassed Veatch's location and continued upriver two miles to a more elevated plain, where, on March 27, 1849, his soldiers pitched their tents. He reported his location as "Camp near Eagle Pass, R

What was Houston like in the 1900s? 

Yeah, I'm taking it back, way back!

What type of information does HAIF have regarding Houston in the 1900's?

I grew up in Houston and my mother always pushed me to incorporate theatre into my brain. I am so glad she did, due to my increasing acknowledgement of "The Arts." I saw South Pacific at the Alley Theatre during the 1970's. In addition, I have watched live performances of "Annie Get Your Gun," Oklahoma," and more. I love the art of theatre.

So, did anyone discover the mystery of Toro Street?

That was an old rumor, They plan a "gaylord" type convention center and hotel in there. I still miss Astroworld...

check this thread out.

http://www.sixflagshouston.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1712

Interesting to know, but sad. Thanks for the excellent link! I should have found that one. ;-)

Does anyone recall what the name of the "tiki" restaraunt was that was on the corner of Hillcroft and Bellaire? I was there during the late 60's, maybe early 70's and had some great oriental food. Anyone know?

I'm sure you have heard about the ideas of converting the Astrodome into a outer-space type park. Does anyone know something about that?

Actually Cocobolo Rosewood comes in various shades, the darker range you are referring to is common of Southern Costa Rica. You can get lighter more marbled variations from Peru and Northern Brazil. The Blackening is controled through the soil content in which it is native to.

I this wood soft or hard wood?