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  1. gnu
    I think Hartz also had the Kentucky Fried Chicken "rights" in the 60's and early 70's
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    Interesting... from the street names (Tuskegee, Booker, Prairie-View, etc) it seems it might have been platted as an African-American community. block book page with liberty park:
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    great photos..thanks for the link i think the owner posted these photos several months ago on haif...there is a thread around here somewhere.
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    that IS crazy. is the new separate lot even big enough for another house??
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    i am not sure which house this was/is (link seems dead) - but if it backs up to sims bayou then the lot sqft numbers on the tax rolls are not the "useable" sq. footage. This is a result of the very large flood control easements that were put in when they re-did the bayou in the 90's (i believe the easement is on the HCAD maps with a dashed line) . They probably got tired of telling prospective buyers that you can't really use the back half of your property.
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    they showed all 4 segments of Volume 1. There are 3 other Volumes of HRW
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    Never went to the theater but I went to Warren's Hobbies. It was in the shopping center across the street (where Kroger is). Where was the Kip's Big Boy? Seems like it was on the corner near the theater.
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    The Flower Box
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    you mean Park Place Pharmacy..across the street (currently) from Kelley's (Langs/Weingarten) I believe there was an older version of Lang's that was closer to the circle, that was removed when they built the gulf freeway. George Harris was the longtime owner of Park Place Pharmacy
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    Make that WAS an EE prof at UH. He died last year. Hence (i guess) the sale of the house. RIP Dr. Hayre. RIP cool house! Got my real estate friend to look up the listing. This is quoted from the agent only remarks: "Foundation on present home built in '59 cracked and severly outdated." uh oh! it is "outdated," i guess the only choice is to bulldoze it and build a cathedral
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    Sorry to see they sustained so much Ike damage and that the congregation is struggling. Hopefully they find a way to save the original Park Place Baptist Church Building - before they moved across the freeway in the 50's. It's the red brick building next door to the main church - corner of Kingsley. It would be a shame to tear it down just for more parking (as shown in their plans). http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source...6744247576,,0,5 BTW, the current Methodist church building partially sits on the location of the old Park Place City Hall and Fire Station.
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    Luby's was an original tenant. Unfortunately they closed a few months ago.
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    i dont know if i posted it, but i remember looking at it
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    Yeah! We want Brunsville! It looks like Southland Terrace was replatted before construction. Check out the blockbooks online and it seems they red-lined the new plat right on the same page. BTW. I think this is the map poster that used to be on sale in the Texas Room of the Ideson Library for $20 Also, anybody who is familiar with the Sanborn maps will realize that this is the same map (or at least the same cartographer) that was used at the beginning of each section.
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    I think it was right at Sheldon and 90 across from the paper mill
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    but today it's actually the downtown spur...the part that goes over s. main and comes around by the GRB hasnt been built yet.
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    i lived there from 1999-2001 on the north side of the 13th floor. the noise from the street was pretty loud, especially from clubs late on friday night, but the air conditioner usually camouflaged it enough for me. i never had any problems unit to unit - it might be that i had quiet neighbors. however, i lived near the trash chute and i could hear when people opened the door to drop in their garbage. i didnt like sharing the washing machines and on the weekends I would have to go to different floors to try to find a free machine. all in all my experience was good. i would do it again if i could.
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    Here is a list from 1956: General Offices: 7800 Washington Stores: 5006 Bellaire 2420 Crawford 2900 Luell 6735 Richmond 813 E. Shaw (Pasadena) 2930 S. Shepherd 4965 South Park (MLK) 5305 Telephone 8213 Long Point
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    i believe Riverside Inn was right here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...&iwloc=addr On River road just north of 10 on the main river channel. There is a store and boat ramp still there or there was several years back. Could you be thinking about Tugboat Annies just north of 4-corners on 2100?
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    Magnolia Gardens is off of Garrett and Sheldon rd North of (old) hwy 90 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...055275&z=14 No memories other than when it was a place to go swimming at the river and seeing people swimming there when we skied by. (80's) I always heard it was a big deal with the Big Bands in 40's and 50's (similar to Sylvan Beach).
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    I imagine it still holds all the circuitry for all the phones in that part of town. (Central Office - Wayside Exchange) Most of it is automated now, so there wouldn't be a reason for a lot of people to go in and out of the building.
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    a little history from GHPA http://www.houstondeco.org/1930s/settegast.html thread on it: http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=4739
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    btw...found this in the google LIFE pics. It is a nice July 1952 picture overlooking the Shamrock Hotel pool. The Prudential Building is in the background with its large gibraltar logo. http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images/c?q=1...404d650f0_large
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    oops...i just realized my typo...i meant West DALLAS! duh! anyways.. after seeing this picture i think changed my mind to allen pkwy too
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    found these addresses out of an old phone book 1226 W. Gray Todd Decorationg street/houses. 3400 Montrose Southern Insurance co. House/insurance company
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