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    And it's okay, so long as you make the sign of the cross before you go inside the bar.
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    Oh that can't be totally accurate because there is a privately owned bridge across this same freeway right down the street at Gulfgate!
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    Can the editor unlock the title so the topic starter can correct the spelling. Cemetery is spelt with all "e"s.
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    Interesting how they leave a small openning along Betner for tiny view of Dunn Tower. Dunn Tower was supposed to be TMH's premier addition, and it's look to the future. The building was designed to have ten additional floors added when expansion was needed. Interesting how that vision has been discarded for this massive look of glass wall. How is it that KPF is the architect, but WHR is listed as the architect of record? Is this some sort of joint venture? Anyone remember the old Institute of Religion building that occupied part of the site, and the bell tower that rang out music at certain times of the day? (Especially at Christmas). The bell tower basement is still there, because the remaining fountain's pumps are located inside. Parts of an old interlocking tunnel system remain underground also. These tunnels once connected, TWU, Methodist (Fondren/Brown), Insitute of Religion, Favrot Tower and an older dormitory where Garage 7 sits. The connections were all sealed off after Tropical Storm Allison.
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    Are they finally going to remove the statue of that swindler Stanford from the rose garden?
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    Reagan, Milby and Lamar were approved in a single bond election. Reagan and Milby were built as carbon copies, while Lamar, being situated at the foot of River Oaks Blvd, was designed to appear more upscale. I've heard the current bond election radio commercial spots stating that some of the HISD buildings "date back to the depression". For god's sake we can't educate our children in buildings that old!
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    Thanks Fringe, you actually cleared things up. I had a conversation with a guy at work that swears he went to the same Led Zepplin concert that I did, but he claims it was at the Coliseum. My older brother says we are both wrong, because he saw Led Zepplin play at the Music Hall. So we are all right, even though our memories are smoke filled.
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    I was at that concert too. There was a lot of pot at those shows. I think my earliest concert was Led Zepplin at Hofienz Pavilion, 1969. I remember buying tickets at Brook Mays on the Southwest Freeway.
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    I just keep thinking about "El Mercado del Sol". Sorry to be a pessimist.
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    Just how old are you sev?
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    I agree, RobN is probably remembering the Simms estate. We used to go there in groups during High School and just snoop around. It was dangerous I'm sure, but we didn't know that then. I think it caught fire a few times and finally burnt to the ground sometime in 1970 or 71. If you enter the Fiesta parking lot off of Wayside and notice the palm trees in the landscaping traffic island, they are orginal to the Simms estate.
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    The parking garage, like many built during that era, has (or had) an employee lift. This single person device is an open air shaft between floors that has a step for the parking attendant to step onto as it takes them to an upper or lower floor. Think of it as a giant rubber band stretched from bottom floor to top that runs continuosly. Stepping on and off at each floor required little effort, but I'm sure became a safety nightmare as OSHA and lawsuit happy lawyers came along.
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    It wasn't that long ago that the Moody family literally gave the building away. There have been several attempts by interested parties to remodel this structure. I hope this one sticks. The Moody family, which means American National Insurance Co., had held the entire block for years, as a site for potential expansion. Lately the company has been moving employees off the island to it's corporate site at South Shore Harbour in League City. So maybe, if the Medical Arts Building does take off, they could develop the rest of the block with something other than a surface parking lot.
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    Seawall Blvd. in Galveston was realigned sometime in the late 1950's when Ft. Crockett was abandoned. There is a section of the old roadway still visible just north of the present boulevard, between Academy and the San Luis hotel. Apparently the original road veried around some seawall gun implacements.
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    Does anybody remember the golf course that used to be on the VA property? It was on southern end and along Almeda Road if I remember right. I guess you had to be a veteran to use it?
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    To answer woolies question, no you can't edit your topic. I did the same thing awhile back starting a topic, mispelling a word but it seems that once you post it, that's it. I played on a league with a group of employees a few years back at Herman Park. The course marshall was very unfriendly. He was always dogging us for playing too slow, even though we always let others play through. I'm not a very good golfer, but if you have to be Lee Trevino to keep the marshall off your ass than forget it. Note: Do any of you remember when the exit off of 288 read Hermann Park spelt with two "n"s?
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    I am married into a Hispanic family, and both of my children consider themselves hispanic, however none of the extended family members, from the valley to San Antonio, Austin or Victoria watch soccer. (football, baseball, or golf is the prefered family spectator sport). I doubt that any of them could even tell you the name of the Houston soccer team, so I don't think you can pin the future of soccer attendance on a growing hispanic attendance.
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    I wish them luck, I really do, however I have the uneasy feeling that this venture will go the same way as the Sam Houston Race Track or the Gulf Greyhound Park. There will be great openning attendance and then a slow and agonizing spiral downward. I forsee a discussion on this place in 10 to 12 years about how to revitalize it. There just isn't enough pizzaz to sustain long term interest, unless of course the team is really outstanding! I do wish them luck however. There was a lot of effort put forth in this project.
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    Awesome, I love knowing things like this.
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    GM designers were shocked when they first saw the 57 Chrysler products. They rushed back to their studios and scrapped their 1959 designs, but their all new 1958 designs were already too far along to change. That is why there is such a stark difference between the 1958 and 1959 GM models, leaving the 1958 models as one year wonders!
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    Globe was in other cities. There was one in Brownsville on Amigoland Blvd.
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    I was listening to an Astros game this week and the team was wearing their original Colt 45 uniforms, in celebration of 50 years as a franchise. A caller was talking to the broadcaster who was intervieing Bob Aspermonte at that moment, and the caller mentioned that "he had been a fan since the Colts first game at Buff Stadium". I was shocked that neither the broadcaster nor Bob Aspermonte corrected him. Maybe they were just being repsectful or did the Colt's ever play a game at Buff (Busch) stadium? Can someone clarify this? I was under the impression that all Colt 45 home games were played at Colt Stadium on North Stadium Drive.
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    Walgreens owned Globe Woolworths owned Woolco SS Kresge owned KMart Dayton Hudson owned Target I could go on?
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    This area has been a no man's land for as long as I can remember. Even when the Holiday Inn was still in business, nobody knew how to get there from the freeway. This is a good use for this property.
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    One of the earlier owner's of Cabo's lived in Texas City. I remember a lawsuit he filed against the Texas City school district because his daughter did not get selected for cheeleader. He claimed racisim, which may or may not have been true. That was about the time that Cabo's was openning the location next to the old Tower Theater. The restaraunt did not stay open very long at that location. Oh Well!, my 2 cents.
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