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Actually they were at the Music Hall in 69 and at Hofheinz in 70. Then at the Coliseum in 71. Saw all three. Totally awesome.

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.

......saw Savoy Brown with Uriah Heep in 1972 at the Music Hall

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.

I just keep thinking about "El Mercado del Sol". Sorry to be a pessimist.

In 1976 it was Lancers Club

Just how old are you sev?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

And to add on to what RedScare said, there is also a sizable Hispanic population here, such as myself, that absolutely loves football (soccer). That population is growing year after year so to say that this could all fall apart once they move into the new place, I highly highly highhhhhly doubt it.

Go to the Kentucky Derby if you want to watch horse racing.. Houston's the last place you think of for such a sport.

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.

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.

In the 50s my cousin married his daughter, and the reception was at the house. I was a bored little kid, Ted Kennedy made me a peanut butter sandwich...

Awesome, I love knowing things like this.

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!

Globe was owned by Walgreens? Wow...I thought it was just a small local chain (though Globe never left Houston)

Globe was in other cities. There was one in Brownsville on Amigoland Blvd.

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.

Walgreens owned Globe

Woolworths owned Woolco

SS Kresge owned KMart

Dayton Hudson owned Target

I could go on?

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.

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.

Is it still there? Someone told me they thought it burned down and there now is some Condos there. Sorry misspelled museum in the title.

I hate that we can't correct a misspelling in the title once we've posted. I did that last year and have been embarressed ever since.

Our editor and father web administrator needs to fix that.

Landry's will probably use the site (including the adjoining Sea Horse site) for remote or overflow parking for Pleasure Pier patrons. It's too far to walk, but a shuttle service would work if needed.

LOL. That's where I saw the Exorcist also. And Kubrick's 2001 and many others I'm sure. But those two stand out.

I saw the Exorcist there in 1973 too. I don't know what scared me more, the movie or my date? She kept grabbing my leg through the whole movie.

Where was the dog? (just curious)

Has anyone told him to pull his pants up?

Makes me wonder how many fantastic photos are sitting in boxes and drawers of people with no techno skills to share them with the world.

That would be me...........no techno skills.

This spot would be where the current O'Quinn Towers is now.

^The long "squares" just south of Bissonnet?

Yes, that long ugly thing. Not quite sure of the year it was built.........1977 or so, I'm guessing. I'm sure it was a dissapointment when Prudential employees had to move there. The newness probably wore off quick.