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    It's about time. This was the plan back in the early 1970's when GISD acquired the land. Several community leaders have been opposed to this site as a stadium because it is not central to the district. In other words, it would be inconvenient for students and families without private transporatation to attend games. Now the big question...will the district tear down Public School Stadium after the new facility is complete?
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    Overpriced!
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    Night Game was on cable a few years ago. I thought it interesting to see a couple of scenes from the old J.R. McConnell development on East Beach that was never completed. One of my contacts in the building trade at the time said that the amount of lumber used on this particular development actually put a temporary shortage in the market. It all ended up in a landfill somewhere. Just as well, hurricane Ike would have made a real mess of it anyway. Just like it did the Balinese Room. The premise of the movie was that anytime a certain Astro's pitcher was on the mound, someone in Galveston got murdered. Weird plot!
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    Saab, what a weird brand. I've only known three people in my whole life that have owned a Saab. One was a cooky professor in college, another was a gay boyfriend of my sister. His vehicle was always in the shop, and he called it his "Sob" story. The other was a preppy new hire out of A&M. He drove in with a Saab convertible and parked that "girl car" out amongst our Suburbans, Tahoes and F150's. It looked ridiculous. Nobody in construction can drive something like that and be taken seriously.
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    I remember going to The Fair to pay for my girlfriend's prom dress and that was in 1971, so I'd guess the mall was built around 1969 or '70.
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    Everyone remembers the old Galvez Mall, an eyesore for years that occupied the prime corner at 61st Street and Broadway. Most people however, do not remember Galveston's first shopping mall, Port Holiday Mall. This mall was located at the corner of 4th St (renamed Holiday Drive after the mall opened) and Water Street (now Harborside Dr.)The mall had two levels, and was anchored by The Fair, a department store similar in size to Palais Royale. The other tenants were Walgreen's, Kroger (with no direct entrance into the mall itself) El Chico, Hills Liquor, Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan, and your other typical mall tenants, such as TSO, Hallmark, a jewelry store, record store and others that I do not remember. The upper level was mostly private physicians and professional offices, however there were a couple of retail shops near the top of the stairs. A sunken fountain with benches anchored the atrium middle. There was also a hotel (Holiday Inn) and a restaurant on the west end of the parking lot. This mall had marginal success and then quickly faded, especially when Galvez Mall opened. The building is now owned by UTMB but is still intact. I'd like to see the inside today, just to see how much of the mall still remains.
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    I had one of these, a 1992 Premiere. It was a comfortable car. The V6 had eccellent acceleration and handled really well. It was fun to drive. The only problem was the electronics. Since it had a Renault engine, shared with Volvo I was told, the home town mechanics could not figure out why I kept going through alternators. Eventually it left my wife and family stranded out on Highway 77 south of Victoria. I had to have her towed to Victoria and nobody there could figure it out either. I had to get rid of her. The car I mean.
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    What is the Ford sedan that James Bond drives while in the Bahamas in the movie Casino Royale? I liked it.
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    Actually the term for governor was a two year term, just like State representantives. The term was extended to four years in the late 1970's. I think Bill Clements was the first governor to serve a four year term under the new rule.
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    I've noticed that the building name sign is no longer up. I'm thinking they took it down because it is such a pretentious looking building that will house only administrative support people. Kinda flashy!
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    Wow, I was on the shuttle bus today and happened to look to my right as we were pulling away from the intersection and that's just what I saw, a big ole' pile of bricks.
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    Just to clarify things, the Hobby Center replaced the Sam Houston Coliseum and the Music Hall, not Jones Hall. The photo and clip was just a play on an image.
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    I seem to remember Cathy Whitmire promising grade separations at both the Westheimer and Richmond railroad crossings. Of course she only promised this until she got elected.
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    I remember years ago, we got a call from a building manager (in the Galleria area). He stated that a sewer line must be broken and that we should come take a look around and fix it. Tenants were complaining, he said. We assumed it to be a plumbing vent that someone had apparently forgot to cap, so up into the building we went. We traced the smell to an asian consulate's office (I won't tell you the country). The stench was so bad that my apprentice almost hurled. It appeared that the consulate was harboring some family and the members were cooking up dinner at night and heating it up again for breakfast. When the building air handlers kicked on each morning it would take the smell to all floors. What these people were cooking was eye watering to say the least.
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    It was in the late 60's............possibly as late as 1969. I remember the first McDonalds franchise that wew saw open was on Ella Blvd. near Waltrip High School. It seemed weird because the national marketing made it sound like they were everywhere. We in Houston had to wait though.
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    That probably explains why Greenbriar was just a black top road with no curbs and gutters along this route up until just a few years ago.
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    Wow, this may belong is the Historic Houston thread. For those that remember, this facility when new, was the magnificent replacement for the Memorial Baptist Hospital that was downtown. Look for Memorial Hermann to dump other former Memorial facilities in the future.
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    And they also put up a directional sign with Holcome misspelled. Classy!
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    Who are you calling old?
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    "TEXAS" yes, and thank you for the correction Spec. I got my railroad "T"'s confused between MK&T and AT&SF which has no freeway named after it.
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    The Katy Freeway is not named after the town of Katy. It is named after the railroad that it paralleled, the "Katy" railroad. "Katy is a familar, or shortened name for MK&T (Missouri, Kansas and Topeka). So people in Katy do call the Katy Freeway, the Katy Freeway!
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    The location of this building was a last minute decision. All along the TMH master plan called for the TWU property to be developed first as a new patient wing and then the old Main building would be razed. A research building would have then been built on the former Main building site. However, with the nasty divorce from Baylor, TMH needed a recruitment tool fast, so the research building was shoe horned in front of Main building on the iconic 1949 entrance driveway. The live oaks and circular drive that gave the campus an established look now just looks like "me too".
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    All of the entrances are above 48.5', except for the loading dock which will have a flood gate. 48.5' is the elevation that all institutions in the Texas Medical Center are protecting themselves to since the 2001 flood.
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    In Galveston, businesses on 1-45 have Broadway addresses and the street signs on the feeder say Broadway also. I assume then that the Gulf Freeway designation starts at the causeway heading north. It's called the Gulf Freeway every were else in the county.
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    The Globe store in Galveston was on Broadway at 48th St. It is now a Community Social Services Center. Woolco was also in Galveston, as an anchor store at the former Galvez Mall. The mall was torn down and a Home Depot and Target occupy this site now. KMart had a very profitable store in Galveston on Stewart Rd. at 69th St. The building now houses a Ross and a Marshall's department store. KMart had specialty licensee departments also. The shoe departments were operated by Melville, which owned Tom McCann shoe stores. Holly Stores operated the ready to wear departments and became KMart Apparel. Others like Shiller Millinery operated the ladies accessories departments, and an outfit out of Royal Oak Michigan operated the sporting goods departments. Automotive departments, (not all stores had them), were operated by Uniroyal. Everything else was operated by Kresge.
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