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The Hong Kong Chef in Bellaire has been at its present location for at least forty years. The Post Oak Ranch on S. Post Oak has been there at least thirty years. Even though this is outside of Houston, Larrys Mexican Restaurant on Hwy 90 in Richmond has been a place Houstonians have been going to for over forty years. Edit: November 9, 1977 Post Oak Ranch Barbecue at 11201 South Post Oak Road.

There are some very interesting posts on this thread. At one time Detroit was an extremely vibrant city. The architecture of the City of Detroit was rivaled only by that of New York City. I believe that Detroit's problems are many fold including a lack of sustainable industry. Detroit and Houston, as pointed out by others, have similarities. One thing that really hurt Detroit was the riot in 1967 in which over thirty people were killed. Houston was much more fortunate in that leaders of the black and white communities got together and managed to keep the same thing from happening here. It is my hope that Detroit will rebound but, unlike some other posters, I believe that it will take more than just one group to acheive this. Detroit needs a mix of sustainable industries and technical and service sector jobs. Detroit also needs massive toxic waste cleanup and much lower taxes. Just my two cents.

Hi. I just want to say that this thread is great. We moved to Sharpstown in 1966. I went to Sutton, Long and SHS. Do any of you remember that huge Olde English style hotel called the Royal Coach Inn? It was just north of Sharpstown mall on 59. That place was huge. I remember going to a Star Trek convention there and meeting James Doohan "Scotty" there. Also on the east side of 59 where Pappas Bar-B-Q is used to be Steak And Ale with the inside done in the Olde English style. And yes I worked for the target on 59 as a teenager and as a child I remember the conveyer belt where they would deliver your groceries on the west side of the store. Does any one remember the Purple Cow on the east side of Bayland Park on Hillcroft? And speaking of Bayland Park I remember that one of the Bad News Bears movies was filmed on the Sharpstown Little League field M-2. Those were good times. As a teenager I also worked at Der Weinersnitczel (sp) on Hillcroft at Bissonett and I remember Doug Johnson ( the weatherman at channel 2) and his family stopping for hot dogs after church on Sundays.

Hi. I was at Jane Long from 76-79. I was in the band and I played the clarinet. Jack Lalane was a great band director. He took us from the worst band in the city to winning all 1's at the city UIL contest in a two year period. Mr. Lalane was a former professional musician with the NBC orchestra. And I remember that one year we cut a record. My father probably still has it. I also remember doing alot of push ups. Enviromain I probably knew you and I am sure as a member of the flute section that you never had to do push ups. Do you remember those little practice rooms that were at the back of the band room? We had alot of cute girls in the band which made it hard for us boys to concentrate hence all the push ups. Ah youth. Long was a tough school I remember having to do bear crawls around the track during gym for Coaches Golden and Castoria. By the way Coach Holly taught Drivers Ed at Coaches Driving School in Bellaire where I learned to drive. Long was a very strict school. I remember what a shock it was to go to Sharpstown High School which had few if any enforced rules and was pretty much a party school. Life was good.