mblaise Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I just spent several days photographing some of the abandoned sections of streets and roads in the Houston and Harris County area. If anyone is interested in this sort of thing, I can make a web site and try to tell the history of the abandoned parts or maybe someone can provide the information. Thanks. Marty Blaise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapturematt Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sounds like a cool history project. I am sure you have photos of some of the Riverside streets. There are several that are not being used since 288 was built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sounds interesting to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telwink Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sounds interesting to me.Sounds interesting to me as well. Post em~! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Yes - would be nice to see those.Do you have web space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwphillips2 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I'm very interested. Are you looking for a place to link the pictures as well as storage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md2hog Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Always interested in your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Absolutely. I think there is already a similar site. It came up in the discussion about Old Main Street Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I think that site referenced in the Old Main Street thread belongs to the original poster, if this "mblaise" is the same as "Marty Blaise" of "The Blaise Page". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I love old abandoned buildings, ghost towns, and pre-revival warehouse districts. I think that would be a cool project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I love to see beaten areas too! Please make the site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roym Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) Oh wait I just realised who started this thread.....lol.You mean a redesign of your pages into a new site, plus maybe some info from HAIF?The Blaise Pagge Edited January 13, 2008 by roym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mblaise Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 I'll be making the web pages as soon as I get a chance. I have about 100 photos of abandoned roads and streets, taken in Houston and Harris County. Stand by for awhile so I can get things set up and I will post the link when ready. Some of the abandoned streets I took pictures of included North Houston-Rosslyn, FM 529, Mangum and Rosslyn. Hope to have things online soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mblaise Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 The link is http://waltrip.890m.com/roads/roads.html - I'm still working on some of the pages, but I have several posted. More photos coming soon. If anyone has information on other abandoned roads in Houston, please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
considering Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 The link is http://waltrip.890m.com/roads/roads.html - I'm still working on some of the pages, but I have several posted. More photos coming soon. If anyone has information on other abandoned roads in Houston, please let me know.You ought to check out La Porte and Morgan's Point in east Harris County. When those cities were platted, they set aside places for street grids, some of which were built, others which weren't, and still others that seemed to have been built (or at least graded) and then left alone.The best way to scout for these is to use the City of La Porte's GIS system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mblaise Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Site is online - http://waltrip.890m.com/roads/roads.htmlI'll be making the web pages as soon as I get a chance. I have about 100 photos of abandoned roads and streets, taken in Houston and Harris County. Stand by for awhile so I can get things set up and I will post the link when ready. Some of the abandoned streets I took pictures of included North Houston-Rosslyn, FM 529, Mangum and Rosslyn. Hope to have things online soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Merged threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesman Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Site is online - http://waltrip.890m.com/roads/roads.htmlInteresting information.On the Mangum Road item. It was there after the R/R tracks were built as a small dirt road, and went over the tracks at a slight angle. When the road was blacktoped it still was at the same angle. When the city raised the R/R tracks on that R/R line, all the crossings were modified and Mangum Road was modified to zig-zag across the tracks at more of a 90 degree angle to the tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanrebel Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Very interested - thanks for doing this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesman Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Are you going to put more of these on the website????These are very interesting!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Very cool. I wonder how these would look in black and white? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Blaise Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I have been compiling my photos of abandoned streets in Houston as well as many photos of abandoned highways and bridges. I built a website where you can see the photos and learn a little bit of the history. It has taken quite a while to put this together. I hope you enjoy it. In some cases, I used Google Earth and other sources for aerials that help show the history of the areas. It's not a fancy website, just one that tells many stories. So, here is the link:http://abandonedroads.zxq.netThank you.Marty BlaiseHouston, TexasAugust 2012 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks for sharing this and putting it all together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEM Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Very nice....Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 One thing - the Old Main St. loop road link points to Northline and Ora to Opelousas.Oh, and here are some Ora photos from last year here on HAIF:http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/25321-old-arena-on-hempstead-near-dacoma/page__hl__road#entry390376 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) I saw that you didn't want to take photos near the airport on the Telephone write-up, but feel free to, because photography from public right of ways is totally legal. Also, I see you have Hutcheson/Ball listed as a future project. That's a cool area. At Hutcheson and Freund there is a cement monument for a cement company that was there back in the 1920s: Edited August 22, 2012 by kylejack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Re: Telephone Rd. - I may have some photos stashed somewhere of Old Telephone (at Braniff) - if not, I'd be happy to snap a few for you since I'm near.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I can think of another one, but haven't been by there in quite some time. It's Old Chocolate Bayou Rd., east of Cullen and north of South BW8. However, it may be redeveloped these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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