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I just re-read post #1, it was the pool at the Gateway location, the person mentions the Crystal & a dome at the bottom.

http://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=lock+dam+%2B+brazos&t=fulltext&fq=dc_type%3Aimage_photo I've never heard of that Brazos dam system before today, when I ran across these pictures. Wow. Who knew...

So which one was called the Crystal Pool?

Interesting, in an earlier post, the pool at Gateway is called the Crystal pool. Wait a minute, is that right? I just re-read the earlier posts, which one was the Crystal? I'm confused...

I was noticing that the shape of the Gateway pool (I call it harp-shaped) was similar in shape to the Shamrock pool. I was trying to visually decide which one was bigger, was just looking at theold aerials, but read that blue92 said Gateway was much bigger. Must have been gigantic, since I know Shamrock's had ski boats in it. BTW, I did believe you, blue92, but measured to see difference, just how much bigger, roughly (from aerial map ruler) Gateway was approximately 217' l by 141' (at widest point), Shamrock pool 154' l by 94' w. Unique shapes. Has anyone mentioned how deep both pools were? Know that Shamrock's had to be pretty deep, it had those diving towers.

That house sits in the neighborhood called South Houston Gardens, source: Harris County block books. The ownership history : currently Bently Nevada Ltd Partnership, located in NV. (I remember that name, now.) The previous owner was (yr. 1984) Sam Schafer. Source: HCAD. Was hoping to see when it was built, no luck, with bldg. gone. it was built before year - 1944, interesting to look on GoogleEarth to see how the property changed through the yrs, especially the trees. One old block book map shows Moers Rd. going up the rt. side of the property, it didn't.

Too bad, was a nice one.

There was a large, old, 2 story, rectangle house that sat on a nice treed lot, at @ 8533 Almeda-Genoa, north side of road. GoogleEarth stills shows the house, but when you zoom in, no house, or bldgs. Does anyone know if it is still standing, what happened to it? Always thought it was so nice. The property was actually turned into a business in later years. The lot still looks really nice, huge trees. Heard a tale of a family tragedy associated with it, a suicide.

The Diamonback was around in the very early eighties, Dan Pastorini frequented the club a time or two. There was an ice house I grew up with, at Southmore & Allen Genoa Rd. , on the borderline of the cities of Houston & Pasadena. It had some sign painted across it, above the garage doors. want to say it was yellow, sat beside the 7-11. Was there for many yrs, probably still there.

Yeah...that was it, Winchester. It was just a big, plain hall. I preferred the nicely decorated ones, a little later, for instance, Kenny Stabler's Diamondback Saloon...(I-45 South). There was one on the NW side, too.

Those names sound very familiar to me, think some of them played at a hall on Bissonnet, Bellaire area, in the early to mid '80's. I recall "Beer Bust" night & a live band, when "happy hour" was in full swing. Some years later, I preferred "The Rose", nice club. I don't recall that hospital. From the aerials, looks like it was designed in the sixties, has atriums. Wish there was a picture of it, somewhere.

Speaking of Telge Rd. (Post #1), it's interesting how Huffmeister curves onto Telge at the Tin Hall location (it becomes Tin Hall Rd.) w/ a Cypress Gun Club Rd. running perpendicular, off of it.. At the intersection of Telge & Tin Hall Rd. the road name changes back to Huffmeister. All of the changes happen on the same straight piece of road. Hmmm...must have been an important place, Huffmeister bows to it, if only for a short spanse. Does the gun club road lead to the old location of Tin Hall. My parents knew of it, said it had been there for a very long time.

Yeah, 902 Frostwood Dr. Pro 1 (Memorial Herman, Memorial City) The bldg. exterior looks like a 1970's creation to me, but the inside atriums remind me of the 1960's. The Memorial City atriums remind me of the style of the Southeast Memorial Hospital, located on Bellfort, that utilized them in the overall design. They had much smaller atriums at SEM. I don't think you could enter them. I could be wrong, I was very small. I walked out on the bridges at MC, neat. They probably had drainage upkeep problems with the fountains.

Here's what one of the two courtyards looks like. Thought it was cool. I don't really like the red paint, though.

Cool 1960's remnants of a fountain (blue tile) in the atrium of the professional bldg. I love those round stair steps. http://i278.photobuc...os/DSCN0757.jpg There is a walkway bridge in the middle of the courtyard, where you can walk across on two levels, 1st and 2nd stories. There are two courtyards in this bldg. Hope they don't get lost with remodeling, that is happening next door in the hospital, connected to this bldg. Was so surprised to see this hidden gem.

Oops...I have to correct myself, on the Magnolia Park map, Belgium St. is German St. in parentheses. Ave. E. is a different street. I agree, they're not very easy to work with, have to magnify to 100%, then move the box around. Oh well, better than nothing.

http://digital.lib.uh.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/p15195coll35 along with the great Foley's display that Sevfiv pointed out (thanks for that), UH also has updated their map collection. It's great... so far, I have found on map 5, the exact location of Luna Park, etc. and on map 10, Magnolia Park annd Central Park locations, with a street listed as Belgium, never heard of that before, I think it may have been renamed Ave. E. (where my great-grandmother's house was). I know German St. became Canal. Interesting.

I remember the one that sat on Telephone, east side of road, close to an old 1950's style burger place. Part of of Almeda-Genoa ran to the west of the super slide. (By the way, I saw some Astroworld Ferris Wheel baskets on that road, they were sitting in a yard, was years ago). I remember it becoming a scrap/ junk yard, with the slide slowly deteriorating around it. Sorry, I don;t have any pictures. I was kinda scared of it, it was sooo big.

I'm sad...saw it from the freeway. But it lasted in it's original state longer than most bldgs. here. Hopefully, the owner realized those signs & letters are worth something, and saved or sold them, instead of trashing them.

The Park Place pharmacy doesn't look like that photo, anymore. From the freeway, I could see that the letters have been removed, and it has a For Lease sign in one top corner. Has anyone else noticed that? And what did they do with those letters?

http://books.google....epage&q&f=false here's an article on the first kiddie park, called "Kiddieland", sounds like it was located inside Gulfgate Shopping Center, in the courtyard, open area; sounds like it was the precurser to Peppermint Park which was not connected to, but across the bridge, and a little bit southeast from the actual shopping center. Maybe this explains why so many people who went to Gulfgate when it first opened, called it by that name, not Peppermint Park, which came later. The article talks about adding portable rides later, at other malls. I remember the only time I was in Northline Mall, as a kid in the 1960's, I saw the West entrance with lines on both sides of the walkway filled with coin operated horses, etc. Maybe someone can recall where these rides sat, exactly, in the Gulfgate courtyard. I am fascinated with how the original Gulgate was created, with the dirt, hills, rerouting of the water, and all. And the Carrousel wasn't always an hourly motel. Too bad it was linked to shady characters & fell into decay. It was a nice design. Maybe that's one reason Peppermint Park relocated to the Southwest Frwy, following suburbian expansion. It sat so close to the motor hotel.

and 1970 I hate to see that old house decay. regarding the other road...have you referenced these, for early road names? see the Addicks 1955, 1970 map, from the parent list from the Perry-Cast...link...below. I like these, you can see where the actual towns were located, before being swallowed up by Houston development. http://www.lib.utexa...aps/topo/texas/ see all Addicks maps, may look under Clodine, as well, or other town names, for specific roads & their early names. I use these sources, as well as Historic aerials, GoogeEarth, all open at the same time, to compare. The "compare" years feature on HistAerials is priceless. I vaguely remember a town and road within the (south of I-10) dam area, on one of those old maps I've directed you to.

Yes, the historicaerials compare function is quite handy, I use it often. The info. you share is interesting. Do you have any info. on the small one story Victorian trimmed house that sits near Jersey Village, right on the railroad? Sits on the south side of the rail, maybe near Jones Rd. I'm curious about it, thought it might have something to do with a train stop in earlier years, maybe a rail station, mail drop for a small town. It is always associated with a Halloween spook house in the month of October. I can't see why it would sit so close to the railway, without having such a purpose. The is also an old animal pen sitting close to the house. The condition is not so good, looks like it's used for hay storage.

http://www.lib.utexa...eights-1915.jpg ...a question for cemeterywolf or others, in this map, does the cross within the triangle shape near the Olivewood Cemetery signify a church? It would have sat very close to the bayou, n/e of the cemetery grounds. There have been stories of churches that were mistakenly associated with the cemetery, only because they owned plots within the burial grounds. Maybe the cemetery is linked to the church in the map, could have been moved or destroyed, due to it's proximity to the bayou, and/ or flood water. I haven't had any luck identifying which one it was. http://mycity.housto...oodCemetery.pdf

...if that's the case, too bad if it went into foreclosure, hope it's not neglected too much. The roof design is very unique, not the usual flat roof mod, has three rounded tops. Hope it stays standing.