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✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ has added a photo to the pool: The photo is level. It is the steeple that is leaning to the right! © Curt Littlejohn / ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ / aviationcolors ✈ More Aviation Photos, grouped by Aircraft Type ✈✈ More Aviation Photos, grouped by Airport Location ★★ More Non-Aviation Photos, grouped by City Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

bill barfield has added a photo to the pool: Houston Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ has added a photo to the pool: © Curt Littlejohn / ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ / aviationcolors ✈ More Aviation Photos, grouped by Aircraft Type ✈✈ More Aviation Photos, grouped by Airport Location ★★ More Non-Aviation Photos, grouped by City Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

elnina999 has added a photo to the pool: Houston, TX Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

elnina999 has added a photo to the pool: Hermann Park is one of Houston's most-visited public parks. Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

J-a-x has added a photo to the pool: Main Street Square, Downtown Houston. Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

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maorlando God kept us 2012 leaning on Him 2013 has added a photo to the pool: Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

maorlando God kept us 2012 leaning on Him 2013 has added a photo to the pool: Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

maorlando God kept us 2012 leaning on Him 2013 has added a photo to the pool: Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

maorlando God kept us 2012 leaning on Him 2013 has added a photo to the pool: DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, TEXAS— This company was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1900 as Foley Brothers. It was originally acquired by Federated Department Stores, Inc. in 1947. Another piece of Houston history has been turned to rubble as the old Foley’s turned Macy’s building was imploded recently to make way for new development. And with it goes, a time many Houstonians fondly remember. When the old Foley’s building on Main Street opened in 1947, it was an instant hit. Opened in October of 1947, the new Foley's was built as a six-story building. The old Foley's was located at 407 Main Street was reopened as Joske's first store in Houston one year later. In 1957 the Foley's downtown store was expanded by four floors, making the total 9. “Oh my gosh, Christmas, the windows in the front on Main street … thousands would come just to see the windows,” said Kathy Knott, a former Foley’s employee. That was before malls and before Houston sprouted suburbs.“When the downtown store was founded, it was the first moving escalator in the city of Houston, and so everybody rushed downtown to get on the escalator,” she said..Knott said she found a career and a husband at Foley’s. She started as a member of Foley’s College Board while at U.T., selling clothes to other college students. It was the same job KHOU Sports Anchor Bob Allen (son of a dear precious friend of ours that has passed away but lives in our memory always) had in the summer 1969. “I got to work at the downtown store, advising kids on what people are wearing to go back to college— and it was a blast,” he said. It was the start of a love affair between a store and its city—an affair that soured when customers fell in love with malls. Most older Houston residents nostalgically recall weekend shopping expeditions when they headed to the downtown Foley's Department Store in pursuit of a special outfit or party dress. When younger made with our parents and when we were older we went on our own riding the bus to town. An adventure that was never dull and always wonderful!!! Christmastime was always the time for a trip town to visit with Santa that everyone looked forward to, and a time to check out all the fun Christmas window dressings, doing some window shopping which I dearly loved to do and usually became a day-long affair. Today the glory days are nothing but a memory, and the building on its last leg. The demolition was scheduled for 7:20 on a Sunday morning, September 22, 2013. Fannin and Milam were closed between McKinney and Polk, creating a blast zone of nine blocks. More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley%27s and departmentstoremuseum.blogspot.com/2010/05/foley-brothers... Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

elnina999 has added a photo to the pool: View of Discovery Green Park a public park in Downtown Houston, Texas The Kinder Lake is a 1-acre (4,000 m2) lake lined with native wetland plants. The Kinder Lake offers many attractions like kayaking, Model Boat Basin, ice skating ring. Family fun for every age. Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

elnina999 has added a photo to the pool: Houston is so freaking cool! On the way to Target I saw this: a giant presidential heads! Just drive on up, park and take a walk around. Free fun! Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

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✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ has added a photo to the pool: The water and lights were off (maybe due to repair work). © Curt Littlejohn / ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ / aviationcolors More Photos at Houston Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ has added a photo to the pool: © Curt Littlejohn / ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ / aviationcolors © Curt Littlejohn / ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ / aviationcolors More Photos at Houston Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ has added a photo to the pool: © Curt Littlejohn / ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ / aviationcolors Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr

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✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ has added a photo to the pool: © Curt Littlejohn / ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ / aviationcolors Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr