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Shamrock 6 Cinemas Theater At 7017 South Main St.
Montrose Patriot replied to devonhart's topic in Historic Houston
ps - the James Dean screenshot is from his final film Giant (1956) where he is seen as Jett Rink (loosely based on the late Glenn McCarthy) - the hotel seen in the film was based on the Shamrock where Edna Ferber met the real Glenn McCarthy which resulted in the film being made. -
Shamrock 6 Cinemas Theater At 7017 South Main St.
Montrose Patriot replied to devonhart's topic in Historic Houston
I do recall the Shamrock 6 (formerly the Shamrock 4) where I used 2 view the following films since childhood: The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker Airplane! The Empire Strikes Back Flash Gordon (1980 version) -
"Who will cry for the little boy, lost and all alone?Who will cry for the little boy, abandoned without his own?Who will cry for the little boy? He cried himself to sleep.Who will cry for the little boy? He never had for keeps.Who will cry for the little boy? He walked the burning sand.Who will cry for the little boy? The boy inside the man.Who will cry for the little boy? Who knows well hurt and pain.Who will cry for the little boy? He died and died again.Who will cry for the little boy? A g...
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usually used as the following - a soccer ball, stuffed in a Hefty bag and tossed out of a moving vehicle, emerging out of a mailbox, spat upon, used in a Blofeld-esque depiction (where one is usually unseen), the recipient of being sprayed with cat repellant, rubbing the UPS delivery driver, tossed in Galveston Bay, eatin leftover Tilapia, pickin fights with the pitbull, a thin line of love and hate (esp 4 therapy sessions - in the ER or those diagnosed with ailurophilia (in the case of yours...
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McCarthy Center At The Shamrock Hotel
Montrose Patriot replied to IronTiger's topic in Houston Neverbuilt
The proposed McCarthy Center served as an influence 4 Gerald Hines - this became the genesis of The Galleria...- 10 replies
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During the past 72 hrs my block has became another Third Ward where a few evenings back 5 HPD squads pulled up 2 a parked Chrysler 300 where I pulled the video camera filming live footage. last nite, after landscaping the front yard, the pad next 2 my kitchen window had 2 HPD squads which pulled up where a possible domestic violence call went out (first the EMS showed up and 2 squads - the cop vehicles showed up when I was servicing my art rig). The 'hood I was raised in which was once middle...
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Historic Houston Car Dealers And Repair Shops
Montrose Patriot replied to Subdude's topic in Historic Houston
I used 2 recall watching a scene from the 1970 film Brewster McCloud where a billboard for MacRobert Chevrolet (later AJ Foyt, now the present-day Kroger Meyer Park) was advertised; some in the Montrose used 2 come across the following dealerships: Auto Sports Ltd (later Dominion Jaguar) Kirby/West Alabama (where the former Borders bookstore is now located) Mahan Volkswagen (now Momentum Audi) Kirby/Richmond Jimmie Green Chevrolet (now the Randalls off Westheimer/S Shepherd) River Oaks Lincoln-Mercury (now Whole Foods Market Kirby/West Alabama) DeMontrond (later Hub) Buick (currently a strip mall Westheimer/Kirby - current DeMontrond Buick located off 45/Rankin) Mossy (later Ray Hewitt, Rice Menger) Oldsmobile - Main/McGowen (later USA Body and Paint late 80s - 90s, now Stewart (formerly Don Massey) Cadillac; Mossy dealership moved 2 the Katy Freeway/Kirkwood in 1979 adjacent 2 the present day Mac Haik (formerly Tom Peacock) Chevrolet, now Mossy Nissan across from Westside Lexus) Bland-Curran Cadillac (Bagby/West Gray/Webster - now Post Lofts since 1997) Bill McDavid Oldsmobile (Gulf Freeway north of Gulfgate - later became a furniture store but site redeveloped into a Home Depot) The only inner loop dealerships still in business without name changes - Tommie Vaughn Ford and Knapp Chevrolet
