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Jim Jamail And Sons Food Market At 3114 Kirby Dr.
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The Bobby Doyle Three played there regularly in the early 60s. Kenny Rogers was Doyle's bassist and vocalist. Doyle later settled in Austin and Kenny went on to much bigger things.
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Brittain's was in a separate center on the Westbury Square property. There was a Weingarten's in that center, along with Mading Drugs, TG&Y, a barber shop and a couple of others.
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AMI Westbury Hospital At 5556 Gasmer Dr.
Dave W replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Historic Houston
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There was a name change. Joseph Danburg changed the name of the stores to Danburg's, probably about 1950 or slightly afterwards. Globe Discount City was started as the discount arm of Danburg's. Globe's Wikipedia entry says that United Mercantile Inc. was formed in 1960 to operate Danburg's and the yet to be built Globe stores. No idea if Mr. Danburg still had an ownership interest at that point.
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Sizzler Restaurant At 5616 Bellaire Blvd.
Dave W replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Historic Houston
Sizzler is still around, mostly in the western states. Never ate at that one. They were about the same quality as Bonanza and Ponderosa. Inexpensive and inferior to the good steak houses. -
Uncle Van's Pancake House On South Main St.
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Their blueberry pancakes were excellent. Now I'm hungry. -
Goodman Foods Market At 9224 Buffalo Spdwy.
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That was in the same large L-shaped center where the Dome Shadows night club was located. West side of Buffalo Speedway, adjoining the southern end of Braes Terrace subdivision. -
Allbrittons Cafeterias At 3835 Bellaire Blvd.
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No, it was in the long strip center on the south side of Bellaire Blvd. between Braes Blvd. and Stella Link. That center is actually inside the Southside Place city limits. -
Hodell & Company Southern Oaks Field Office On Buffalo Spdwy.
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At some point it became Hodell-Byrd Realtors when Mr. Hodell's daughter took over the company and later merged with Heritage Texas Properties. -
Contemporary Arts Museum At 6945 Old Main Street Rd.
Dave W replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Historic Houston
This 1935 map shows Main St Boulevard ending at Holcombe, while this 1942 map shows the current alignment. And if Wikipedia is correct, 1942 is also the year US 90A was designated. So an educated guess would be by 1942 at the latest. Why? I suppose it was to link up to the US highway. -
Contemporary Arts Museum At 6945 Old Main Street Rd.
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Holcombe was its northernmost point, at least in my lifetime. It didn't exist north of Holcombe. Sorry I wasn't clear about that. And Fannin didn't exist south of Holcombe. -
Contemporary Arts Museum At 6945 Old Main Street Rd.
Dave W replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Historic Houston
Nothing unusual about it. Fannin ended at Holcombe. Old Main Street Road ended at Holcombe just east of where Fannin ended. As the area south of Holcombe developed in the 1950s, the two were connected, it was logical to have a single name. -
Monarch Bowling Alley At 6030 Scott St.
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I bowled there a few times, it was just another one of many bowling alleys opened in the early 60s. Hairy navel contest... did the winner put that on his resume? -
J.M.H. Supermarket No. 3 At 6204 College St.
Dave W replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Historic Houston
My parents shopped at that store in the late 40s, when we lived on Milton, and we shopped there in the early 70s when we lived in the neighborhood. Huffington had sold his interest in the store long before the 70s but IIRC his ranch was still supplying the beef. -
Rettig’s Restaurant At 7205 Hillcroft Ave.
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We used to go to the one on Holcombe for ice cream. IIRC it wasn't a drive in, it was an ice cream parlor with food.- 2 replies
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Dobbs House Restaurant At 5214 Bellaire Blvd.
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Dobbs House was a national chain. Martin Luther King was once denied service at an Atlanta Dobbs House. Never ate there either. I don't specifically remember the one on Bellaire, but I do remember one on South Main, roughly across the road from the Chief Motel, and one on N. Braeswood at Stella Link. They had a lot of locations around town. -
El Patio Mexican Restaurant No. 2 At 4118 WIllowbend Blvd.
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Yes, we ate there. It was in a strip center on the north side of Willowbend, east of the railroad tracks. The food was good, at least we thought so at the time. -
Westheimer Undertaking Company At 1217 Prairie St.
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Westheimer Undertakers was started and owned by Sidney Westheimer, one of M.L.'s nephews. Westheimer Transfer was started and owned by Sigmund Westheimer, another nephew. -
Meyer Bros. Department Store At 5002 Bellaire Blvd.
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White House was a department store which was bought out by Meyer Bros.- 1 reply
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Dugan's Drug Store No. 2 At 5018 Bellaire Blvd.
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Yes, they merged. Mading's was the much bigger chain. Then Mading-Dugan was bought by a conglomerate, which later sold out to Eckerd. -
It was in a strip center. For a couple of years in the 70s, I bought car insurance from the Allstate agent on premises. In addition to the appliances, there was a catalog order desk that seemed to do a good business.
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Gateway Roller Rink At 8370 South Main St.
Dave W replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Historic Houston
I stand corrected. As you know from the Gateway Pool thread, Les Oldfield was the original owner and the pool certainly wasn't indoor back then. The Phill Hansel Swimming Academy on Richton was originally owned by Ralph Flanagan, who was an Olympic Silver Medalist in the 1930s. and his wife Ruth. They had to sell it because of health issues.- 4 replies
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Office Building At 3642 University Blvd.
Dave W replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Other Houston Neighborhoods
Yes, this was J.M. Huffington's store, which became JMH after he partnered with Vic Stanek and a couple of other partners to build more stores, including the one on Rice @ Edloe. Then when Huffington wanted to sell out and retire in the 1950s, Vic and partners bought him out, but they had to sell three of the stores to finance the deal, including this one. That left the one on Rice @ Edloe and another on Milton @ College.