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    There were several of these private pools back in the 50's and 60's. I remember being invited to swim parties at the one on Chimney Rock at Westheimer (Briarcroft), Sage Road Country Club between Westheimer and San Felipe, and another one on Voss Rd. just north of Woodway, (can't remember the name of that one).
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    Also construction on Interstate 37 was help up until the fair was over and it now covers the western portion of the fair site. I'm still looking for pirtures BTW. I have several boxes to go. I know we had some because I remember seeing them. Hint to all of you with elderly parents: Get them to go through all their crap with you before they die. I'm having difficulty wondering what is worth saving and what is just crap. My brother and sister could care less.
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    Get a load of the size of that dog. I would hate to be the poor soul who takes him on walks and has to poopie scoop behind him. I'll bet Conchita wasn't counting on that when she took the housekeeping job.
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    The shopping center he is refering to was probably across Main St. from Medical Towers. There was a drug store, chinese restaurant (The Cathay House), uniform stores and other shops. "Millers Hamburgers" was in this center too before it moved into Scurlock Tower.
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    The property is in our ETJ (Santa Fe) and we will be annexing them this year.
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    Maybe y'all scared him.
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    Thank You Jan and Dan.
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    The Fiesta was at Blalock.
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    Oh I agree, UTMB needs more paying patients, and it needs to recruit them from the mainland. There are very few paying patients left on the island, that's why the Sisters of Charity openned St. John's and eventually closed St. Mary's. The Victory Lake's folks probably will not step foot in this place though. These people fought hard against the WalMart store that was built at their doorstep. Maybe a name change or some type of upscale logo would help, although I doubt it. "These people won't drive a Ford because it's a Ford." Simple as that!
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    When the present library openned the first time around, back in 1976 (I think), there was a serious problem with birds flying into the glass windows and dropping dead onto the plaza below. They said it was pretty unnerving to be sitting there inside the glassed area reading a book only to see a bird flying toward you and then.....splat! Apparently the original building design allowed the birds to see through to the other side of the plaza, tricking them into thinking it was a clear flight path. It apparently took some time before any attempt was made to correct the problem. Patrons had to endure the bird encounters for awhile.
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    I think I've stated this once before on another thread, but in my old neighborhood, Westheimer Gardens, Richmond Ave. was originally the present Fairdale. The present Richmond Ave was Portsmith, Beverly Hill was Norfolk, Fountain View was Ulrich, and Chimney Rock was Avenue D. These changes occured over time from the late '50s to the early 60's. All of this is probably of little interest to current day folks.
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    That place was "mini-skirt central" in 1970 and just a virtual fantasyland for us 15 year old boys. We would hang out on the lower level and continuosly gaze up at the world on display above us. Oh Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!
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    How does belonging to a union all of sudden label you as being "far left" and somehow unpatriotic? I just logged on the "US Chamber of Commerce" website, a business union, and it is calling on all it's members to support a "Free Trade Initiative" in Washinton DC. Does this mean that all businessmen who support free trade are "far right" and more patriotic? Now back to Key Elementary. There are several remediation companies in town that can fix any mold problems that exist in this building without tearing it down. And most of them employee non union labor. Excuse me, that means they pay "free trade wages".
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    Question: I have family (grand parents, great grand parents, aunts and uncles) buried in Forest Park Cemetery on the south side of Lawndale. I've been told that I have some great aunts and uncles buried in the section north of Lawndale also. Looking at old maps of the Forest Hill subdivision, it appears that the golf course straddles the bayou, leaving me to believe that this part of Forest Park Cemetery was originally park of the Houston Country Club. Can someone clarify this for me? And, when did it become developed as a cemetery?
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    Here's what I've figured out so far. St.Thomas , Jesuit, and St. Agnes, are heavely supported by alumni. Also, these and the other catholic high schools are operated independent of the diocese. When the Carmelite priests quit supporting the school and the diocese took over operation, it was probably apparent at that time, that the alumni were not supporting the efforts as much as needed.
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    Some Chronicle article blog respondents suggested that the new co-cathrdral was built with voluntary donations. Thess donations were not all that voluntary. The diocese solicits every year through it's DSF campaign. If the campaign does not collect the amount it anticipated, then the diocese bill's the individual parishes to make up the difference it thought it should have received. So if you sent money and specifically asked that it be used only for inner city schools, you were fooled. All of us catholics paid for this downtown edifice whether we wanted to or not. Sure the diocese has some well healed philanthropists that pay for certain high profile items, but the building itself was built off the backs of the parishes.
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    Wow, this is ashamed. I know that enrollment has been low for the past several years, but I always thought the diocese would keep this school open. They are always touting the importance of inner city schools in their Diocesen Services Fund campaign that they push on us every year. I guess the bishop (excuse me, cardinal!), did not want to be blind sided with parents and alumni like what happened in Galveston with O'Connell High School a few of years ago. The dioscese eventually gave the O'Connell alumni the school to run and forgave about $1 million in debt it owed. Mt. Carmel, St. Puis X, and Marian were all three openned in 1955 as a challenge from then Bishop Nold to provide co-educational high school opportunities to suburban Houston. The Carmelite priests openned Mt Carmel in southeast Houston, The Incarnate Word Sisters openned Marian in Bellaire and The Dominican's openned St. Puis on North Sheperd.
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    Musicman, I'm confused about your answer to sabasushi's question. The current Penny's store is not original to Meyerland Plaza. It was built in the 70's. It is however, older than the current Meyerland Plaza buildings, so maybe you're half right.
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    White's were similar to Western Auto's. These stores were independent and operated as "agencies". This business practice was an early version of a franchise. "Gibson's" was another one of these.
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    Woolco had the best locations out of all those early discount stores in Houston.
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    Falstaff was brewed in Galveston up until the mid 80's. Falstaff was the #3 beer sold in the U.S. at one time. The last Falstaff beer was sold here in 2005, brewed by somebody else under license, I was told. I went to Spec's on a friday to get my usual case and couldn't find my 'staff (Falstaff). The clerk said some guy from Pasadena bought the last cases they had and that was the last they would get. I cried, and hoped that somebody would ressurrect the brand somehow, but it never happened. I found one last cold one behind the mayonaise jar in my refrigerator a few weeks later. I kept it as long as I dared but finally drank it, toasting my dad, grandad, uncles, cousins and whoever else was raised on the 'staff. I friend of mine took me through the old brewery a couple of years ago. It was gloomy, dark, nasty and vandalized, but you could still get that feeling of a vibrant active brewery, smells and all.
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    Photo #6 next to the Commons is the JJ lot, site of new Texas Children's Research Institute.
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    How did this thread get hijacked by Prudential Bldg gossip? Back to the 40 story Medistar project....I heard that one of the conditions that the City of Houston might put on this developer is to open up Travis Street through to Holcombe. The owner of the Burger King on Holcombe has been sitting on this gold mine for just such an event. I think he has been asking a gazillion dollars, or something like that. Southgate residents are watching this thing closely too.
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    Camp Mannison was at the corner of FM 518 & FM 528 also.
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    I learned that the City of Houston is proposing to move the street barricades on Southhampton at Travis to the west side of Travis and making the other two streets entering the neighborhood from Travis one way exits.
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