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    David, would you happen to know the exact neighborhood name? HAR lists the oldest built neighborhood to be Bylane, 7 properties - 1953. That name wasn't in the Harris County block books. I'd like to know, as well.
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    That's an interesting article about the house facing Brays Bayou. I stumbed on that pond in the culdesac many years ago, when it wasn't in the best of shape. I took pics of it. Nice to know the history. Seems like there was new construction going on at the time. I remenber one beautiful (I think it was Spanish Style)house sitting at an odd angle on the western side of the pond.
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    I have some pictures of the front steps, incline at the Gulfgate Theater's drop off area. Loved the slope it had. Will try to post once this school semester is over, in about a week.
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    I love that bldg. on Wash. Ave. with the black tiles, that really needs to be preserved. What was originally next to it, looks like another store connected.
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    Elder St. & Dart St. (Very sloping land) Houses across the street..notice the roses blooming. Sad picture... history being lost. This photo was taken a while back. Doubt the houses are still there. The b/w Sanborn Insurance Maps in the previous posts are provided by the Houston Public Library archives - online. Anyone can look the Houston areas up, online, all you need is a current library card no.
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    I can't take credit for the second photo, FilioScotia...that was Dagnabbit's link. It was an interesting bldg. BTW, marmer what's a proscenium? I couuld look it up, but asking you is much more interesting. Sounds like a Greek or Roman word.
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    I think it was a remodel, the 1910 picture has the same type floor seat boxes as the 1928 one does. Although, I agree, much had changed by the later years. You know Houston, always wanting to upstage itself. haha.
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    Exactyl! There are so many good ones, now. I bought the one titled Houston 1860-1900 by Ann Dunphy Becker. In taking a class on Industrial America. Hopefully I will be able to use it for my research paper on Houston.
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    I think what the seller means by "Texas City" a city in Texas...sometimes the seller doesn't know that much about the item, they're just trying to describe it to the best of their ability. We, on the other hand, know more about Houston & it's smaller neighbor, Texas City. Or the caption could have been printed as Texas "City Auditorium". BTW, I saw that new, small book about Texas City today at Barnes & Nobles.
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    The bldg to the right, top says: Harris County Library in B Probation Offices 1st School Board Offices 2nd It's a very old bldg, sitting on a hill or slope. Notice the bldg. directly behind the Main Jeff Davis Hospital says: Board of Public Welfare.
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    Do you guys see the bldg. in the top rt. corner of post # 119...I have pictures of it...it's cool. Witnessed the little houses across the street slowly vacate. Very sad. The bldg. I speak of, was seen in a Sanborn map listed as some city records type of bldg. Can't recall exactly what it said. Will look it up, again.
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    Thanks for sharing, Retama...I've seen many old Houston building photos...but never this one. It's a nice shot.
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    Welcome to HAIF, px4man...you'll find that the more you use the features, the better you get at zeroing in on your specific subject. That search feature doesn't always work that well for me, keep your search word short...just saying If you guys ever run across anything on the Glenbrook airfield during one of the WWs, please, let me know. It was a soft field, had tents set up. I need to get a hold of the dogpatch books...I've seen a few.
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    http://web.me.com/greg1950/Greg_Johnson/Old_Depot_Images.html This RR enthusiast has a great collection of local railway stations, some of which I have never seen before, just read about.
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    Supposedly, there was once a landing field around Old Galveston Rd. and Meadowbrook, Glenbrook Country Club. They had tents set up, too. Circa 1920's or before, military, I believe it said. I just ran across the story on the Park Place Facebook site, older posts. I had heard of a Park Place landing field before, but had never found any other mention of it or map reference 'til just now. Must have been soft field. http://www.archives....groups/018.html reference no. 18.9.1...date of PP location, 1918-19...just lists the name and date.
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    Welcome to HAIF, Wallingford! and thanks for the personal stories. Wish I could have walked through those gems. I just wrote to the Houston Country Club Place Association, yesterday, to ask why the archives aren't available. Was referred to a second source. I asked if they were making a handbook, I would love to get ahold of those papers again. The historian get great work, not only on the neighborhood, but the whole surrounding area. I'll let everyone know if or when I hear something. I had no idea that Simms Estate was there, I grew up in the 1960's, passed the location many times.Dinner Bell was a frequently visited restaurant, even when I was grown. No one in my family ever mentioned it (4 generations- East End) or the huge house that still stands, in Forest Hill subdivision, on Pasadena St.
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    Recent view of the estate property (GoogleEarth) & huge palms at one of the entrance roads.
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    "Are you sure this was not at Telephone and Wheeler instead of Telephone and Winkler? I know about the house at Telephone and Wheeler with the circular drive and Palm trees. It is next to the Houston Parks and Recreation building" ...isuredid's post, a while ago. post #8, above. isuredid was right about the location, Telephone and Wheeler, here's an aerial shot. I'm wondering if that wasn't Mr. MacGregors estate. Does anyone know? His wife donated the land nearby for a park.Griggs Rd. is in the top left corner, above the estate. This is very close to Riverside Terrace. Says at the time of MacGregor's death, he was thinking of developing the area, believe it was in the 1920's he died. It's ironic that a trailer park community sits next to the property now, the palm trees are huge, beautiful. The estate had two roads leading to the actual mansion, you can follow them in the aerial shot to the house, sits to the right. You can still see the foundations of the house on GoogleEarth, there is a business that sits behind the location of the actual mansion.
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    http://www.thescenem...05_02-p20b.html ... a few links about the West mansion. ...the views out the windows of the property are beautiful, and those staircases take my breath away. ...had to put on earphones to hear the voices on the youtube tour. http://lonestar.texas.net/~mdmclean/J_M_WEST_BIO.html ...towards the bottom, describes the mansion materials, why he sold the property, oil on it.
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    My new favorite is Russo's NY Pizza Kitchen, super-thin crust.
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    My dad loved to canoe, the Trinity is where he explored the most. I love to eat seafood, don't desire to be a meal, or even a snack. I like Hill Country water, cold & clear. Tasted a wild pig before, was slow cooked all night, by a friend in Rosharon who actually hunted them. Boy, was that good.
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    Cool picture of the slide, groovy side panels, reminds me of the Laugh-In show. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-for-sale-giant-slide-at-state-fairgrounds-20110622,0,5315982.story Here's a short article of the inventor of the giant slide. says there were 42 of them, at one time.
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    LOL...Alligators, crocodiles and sharks...three things I try to avoid. Oh, and water mocassins.
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    Thanks, that second link says the dams were not used, and that navigation to Waco was not ever achieved. The Brazos was inconsistent, too high or too low, always uncontrollable. I've never thought about steam paddle wheelers too much, but they obviously played a huge role in business & military activities, getting crops to market or troops across the river. Personally, I stay away from the Brazos, too many alligators. When I was young, my family would take trips to a place on the lake (that looks more like a river) in Austin, would stay in cabins, down in the canyon, was beautiful. They had a replica (I guess) of a steamboat, paddlewheeler. I took a ride on it one time. It was taken out at night, alot, they had parties on it. Guess none have survived, being wooden in this environment.
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