AmbroseBierce

Think it was Part 1, would have alerted you guys, but didn't know until a friend called to tell me (after it started).

A few things featured were:

1. Lincoln Treater

2. Phenix Dairy (showed delivery trucks)

3. Pilgrim Temple (constructed for fraternal order)

4. Prince's on 4500 Main

5. Shamrock Hotel

I was very intrigued by the story of the Pilgrim Temple. Built by Alfred Finn. Must have sat in one of the wards. Had an auditorium for meetings, held 600-800 people, had physician & attorney offices, a labor union, the NAACP, they held Debutante Balls there, even Duke Ellington & Cab Calloway played there.

Does anyone know what happened to this bldg. & where it was located, exactly?

222 West Dallas. It's a parking lot now (what else is new?). It would have been on the left as you drive down West Dallas heading into downtown, just after you cross over I-45.

Does anybody remember that gigantic white Greek revival house with the doric columns on Fannin Street, I want to say near McGowen (now "mid town")? It was across the street from the MHMRA building. For years it was a cleaners, then it was demolished...in the late '90s I think. In the same block was an old one-story brick building that was occasionally used as a haunted house...It's been an empty lot ever since.

I remember Marvin Bailey. Nice guy.

The Bailey's shop on Yale was simply a feast for the Houston history buff. I spent many pleasant hours there. Bought a few prints, but they were very expensive.

I remember the Prince's on Cullen and Main very well. The one on Cullen closed around '90. Like Vertigo58, I still have one of the menus hanging up in my kitchen.

The one on Main held on a little longer but it seems like it was history by '95 or so. Now it's a stopping point for the Rail.

I took a photo of the great sign on the Cullen location (a giant hamburger). I need to dig that out.

Anybody else ever frequent that old grocery store that was one block south of the old court house....maybe Fannin @ Capitol? For many years it was the *only* grocery store downtown. I went there quite a few times (this was '80s-mid-'90s), but now I can't remember the name. The building is still there but it's no longer a grocery.

Lust, gluttony, greed and the rest of the seven deadly sins gathered in the 6th century will have to get used to a modern companion. A Vatican official has articulated seven new categories of sin "due to the phenomenon of globalization."

1. "Bioethical" violations such as birth control

2. "Morally dubious" experiments such as stem cell research

3. Drug abuse

4. Polluting the environment

5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor

6. Excessive wealth

7. Creating poverty

8. Giving credence to anything the Pope says about anything.

I posted this on the other Washington Ave Page:

As for the "Daily Grind"....http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/03/02/story10.html

1. Detroit, Michigan.

2. Miami, Florida.

3. Baltimore, Maryland.

4. Memphis, Tennessee.

5. Dallas, Texas.

6. New York City.

7. Fort Worth, Texas.

8. Houston, Texas.

9. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

10. Los Angeles, California.

There must be a typo.

I can't find Katy, Texas on the list.

10. DOS AMIGOS (5720) My personal favorite, Mrs. Cantu is always super friendly, and the nachos are the best.

Been there for at least 20 years now.

Best salsa in town, also.

I just wish they had beer on the menu.

If God were alive today, he'd be an atheist.

-Kurt Vonnegut.