captnstarstripe Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hey all you Bellaire kids were the rich kids in my opinion!I lived in Sharpstown in the 1960s. My grandparents lived in Bellaire and I always thought Bellaire looked so mmuch nicer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Ran across this on the book of faces; too cool. Â 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEM Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 KOOL it is................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Can anyone guess the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 1943? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I might have to try to replicate the perspective of that shot if I get a chance, though as a hack with his phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 What is that the young guy is holding ? a scooter ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 What is that the young guy is holding ? a scooter ? A trombone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Upon closer inspection, he was a little farther up Prairie than I was... Â 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlydays Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Interesting that there was a Texaco station right there, down town..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Interesting that there was a Texaco station right there, down town..... I remember a few gasoline filling stations downtown even into the 1960's. I can't remember exact locations but I'm certain there was one near where the Pierce Elevated is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 According to the 1940 "Downtowner" map, the partially obscured sign in the background was Herod Brothers. On the left next to that was a hotel.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) I would have pegged the church building across Prairie as being old enough to have been there at that time. Edited April 22, 2015 by Nate99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 It didn't used to fill the whole block. Â If you look at the historical aerial views from Google Earth, there was a small structure there and a parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 There was a small parking garage on what is now the back part of the Christ Church property well into the '80s (if not '90s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I am a bit surprised that it seems there is so much haze..... It appears to me that there is a lot of air pollution. The Houston MSA had how many people at this time? Million? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I am a bit surprised that it seems there is so much haze..... It appears to me that there is a lot of air pollution. The Houston MSA had how many people at this time? Million? There was no EPA in the 1940s, that explains the haze and pollution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) As you point out JLW, even in 1943 the Houston SMSA had about a million people, most of them driving cars and pickup trucks. Every motor vehicle on the streets and roads was burning leaded gasoline or diesel fuel and spewing hydrocarbons into the air, but almost nobody cared. Remember it was also the middle of WWII, and the freight and military materiel coming through the Port of Houston was enormous. That meant thousands of diesel freight trucks coming and going from the Port 24 hours a day seven days a week. Thousands more tanker trucks coming and going from the refineries and chemical plants just made it worse. It's a wonder the smog wasn't even worse than we see in this photo. I'm guessing it probably WAS worse, but not on the day the photo was taken. Edited April 24, 2015 by FilioScotia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Elliott Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Does anyone remember the Costellos ladies apparel store located between the Metropolitan and Loews theaters? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2Ag93 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Hello all -  I realize there is VERY little to go on here, but wondering if anyone can help me figure out where exactly this is downtown. It was July 1962 when the Manned Spacecraft Center moved to Houston. There was a parade downtown to celebrate. My grandmother likely took the photo, as I found it in a box of her pictures. My dad had moved to Houston with NASA (but they didn't know him yet). It would be fun to know the exact block they were standing to watch the parade and take this photo, but would need to be able to identify the building across the street (pretty plain looking):  5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2Ag93 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Well... no sooner than I posted that did it dawn on me the "F" in the photo must be Foleys! LOL... Pretty sue that's it looking at old photos... leaving up anyway in case this is a fun memory to share about the NASA parade... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy chachere Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Anyone have pics of the Old Farmers Market downtown? My Dad had place there in mid-50's. The Water Melon Flats (big concrete lot) backed up to Buffalo Bayou, heard stories of finding dead winos that drowned there. You can still see them (at least my last trip about 5 years ago) on 45 N to the right just before you cross over the Bayou It occupied a large area, what is now known as Market Square. It closed in 59 and most moved over to the Harris County Farmers Mkt 2520 Airline or the Market off Wayside Dr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandelay101 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Curious. The southern pacific steam engine 982 played a big part in Houston History in 1957 transporting it thru the city from downtown to Hermann Park. Was there ever a mutual painted or a reference anywhere downtown to the great 982 commentating that journey ? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Here is an article from the July 9, 2005 Houston Chronicle: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Historic-locomotive-rolling-out-of-Hermann-Park-1491046.php 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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