N. Craig

Welcome N. Craig, and of course we are interested in your stories and pics. I take it these apts. were located across from the Windsor Theater. So many are disappearing.

I don't live in Houston any longer and when I come back its almost shocking at the amount of change in that area.

Ill try and dig up a few newspaper photo's about the Windsor Plaza opening. Along with some everyday things that might be with it. It was quite the shindig with black London cabs and everyone wearing bowler hats to put a little "Windsor" into the scene. I am 40 now so I do remember a few places that stick out back from the 70's like Dance City with the funky lights, The Spanish Galleon Restaurant with sign that was incredibly huge and on the inside of 610 (he had both sides as it was built before the freeway) the Safari Club with the cool drinking glasses you could take home.

I found this on a site with a little clip on opening of the Windsor Theatre. Another classy gem in its heyday.

http://cinerama.topcities.com/ctwindsor.htm

Thanks!

N. Craig

Luling City Market is tops in my book. Old school Central Tx served on butcher paper. No liquid smoke meat treatments.

i came across this advertisement during a scanning session of mine - the Royal Windsor Apartments

they were in the area where the Chik-fil-a (?) is near the corner of Richmond and the loop. i can't recall when the shopping center was built, either, but HCAD shows Weingarten taking ownership in 1996.

the block book for this area just says "a replat of Windsor Plaza Apartments" - does anyone know anything more about them?

the scan didn't turn out so well, but check out the pointy spikes!

Hi All, just saw this and while I'm not an architect my family does have Houston history in the Windsor Plaza area. My grandfather J.P. Boone built the Windsor Plaza apartments I think in the late 50's. I can go find out more details if needed He passed in 1991 and his wife in 1998 so I will have to rely on my aunts/uncles to get more information regarding. I think I have some flyers somewhere or pictures will ask some of the uncles/aunts to see what else they might have. He purchased the Windsor Plaza in about 1958 and owned it until about 1990. He also built the first few apartments and houses in Afton Oaks and Merwin Terrace apts starting from just after WWII.

If anyone has any interest in getting pics etc, let me know and Ill try and source some up to scan & post.