HoustonHillbilly Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Thanks so much for this. I grew up on Wigton directly across the street from JJHS. In the 7th grade at the time. Now this is a seriously wound up tight principal.... Along with a few of the coaches in PE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I left Johnston in 1970, so I'm sure most of the teachers and coaches were still there when this was filmed. I was thrilled when I came across it.Thanks so much for this. I grew up on Wigton directly across the street from JJHS. In the 7th grade at the time. Now this is a seriously wound up tight principal.... Along with a few of the coaches in PE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEM Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Any one remember a place called "The Tree Frog Lounge"????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever123 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Would love to see some pics posted of Houston in the early 70's/80's! Anyone have any pics of Cardi's, Struts, or Gabs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Del Rio Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Does anyone have any information or pictures of Sybil Leek's Cauldron which was originally at 1100(1102) Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006 (which then became Charlie's Coffee Shop, then Chances, and now, semi-ironically, another restaurant named Underbelly) then moved to approix 2537 University Blvd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Montrose, 1973. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Broken image... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEM Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 LSLCFGM & JWEP........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I was baffled, but the first would be Light Street Circus and Feel Good Machine. No clue on the second.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Right clicking on the image works. Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 On Montrose, what are these two motels, mentioned a story about Bill List and the boys that shot him? "Mostly, he floated between the Memorial Park Motel on Waugh and the Starlite Motel in the 200 block of Westheimer.Both places were known to the cops as $25-a-night flophouses where prostitutes and transients and down-and-outers stayed, where drugs were in good supply and up for sale." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I'm guessing the Memorial Park Motel was either what was originally the Town House on Waugh and Allen Parkway, or another one that was once known as the Coronodo that I believe was near Waugh on the north side of the bayou. I remember reading that the latter had an especially seedy reputation. From a topic on the Carrousel Motel: Mischer said Marcello, whom he described as a "short, squatty Italian" (Marcello's nickname is "The Little Man"), wanted to buy two Houston hotels from him. Mischer and his partner, Howard Terry, owned the Coronado Hotel and the Carrousel Hotel. The Coronado was located in a older neighborhood west of downtown and was noted for its poker games, gambling and prostitution, according to undercover Houston police officers. It was later burned down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Westheimer restaurant in the 1970s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Broken image... Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 This may be a little late in the 70's but where are all the Disco's? Particularly any Roller Disco's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 It mentions Slug's, a discotheque on the map. It looks like there was a bank where "Fashion Studio" is today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEM Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Hawthorne Street!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 This may be a little late in the 70's but where are all the Disco's? Particularly any Roller Disco's? The only one I know about it a place called the Roxy in Highland Village. It stayed open as a dance club into the 1980s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 The only one I know about it a place called the Roxy in Highland Village. It stayed open as a dance club into the 1980s.Was it beating a dead horse by then? (Xanadu) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Was it beating a dead horse by then? (Xanadu) A place where nobody dared to go, the love that we came to know / They call it Xanadu / And now, open your eyes and see, what we have made is real / We are in Xanadu --- When did the mainstream commercial establishments (Kroger, McDonald's, Burger King, etc.) open in Montrose? I know Kroger opened in the 1970s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Was it beating a dead horse by then? (Xanadu) I'm not getting the Xanadu reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I'm not getting the Xanadu reference. I thought that's what it was known by later (after Roxy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Michelangelo's was on Westheimer, what's the cross street? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Michelangelo's was on Westheimer, what's the cross street? On the south side of Westheimer, at either Taft or Whitney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I think that Michelangelo's may be "Sacred Heart Studio" today IF it was on Taft. There's a concrete pad there that looks like it may have been a patio at one point (link). I must say, I am kinda disappointed with this thread, in the fact that the title infers much more than what's actually here. There's no general pictures of Houston in the 1970s, just ads for Montrose-area shops (the "Rat Hole" head shop was in Rice Village) and music ads. Maybe I just want to see more actual picture-pictures. Who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucesw Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 (edited) The diagram (circular) above of lower Westheimer is misleading. It does not show all the streets that cross or intersect Westheimer. The Round Table, a gay bar (m) and Prufrock's (n), which I understood were co-owned, were not next door to each other, they weren't even in the same block and neither was right on the corner. Whitney was the cross street and both bars were one house removed from the intersection. Michaeangelo's was (and still is) east of Taft; I haven't been down that way in quite some time but I think it's right were Mason intersects but does not cross Westheimer. The Yelp listing has a map that is a little better although it doesn't clearly show Mason coming all the way down to Westheimer and it also has some pictures. Edit to correct: the Yelp listing has one pic of the building, all the rest are of the food. Edited November 5, 2013 by brucesw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubba Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Hey everybody, Scrubba here . Yes, contrary to rumors , I'm still alive . I used to own Art Forms design up on North Freeway and I'd like to know of anyone who may still be in the Cement Swamp and have memories and pictures of the silliness we all participated in ? I'm digging out photos to scan as I post this . I promise to keep it P G ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artistpro Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Are you looking for rare photos of hippie vans? I had a customized '66 G-10 Chevy van back in the seventies....stand up...geodesic roof...livable. I'd have to send the photo to you e-mail. Hollar if you wanna see+ post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michelle C Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 The lady on the right does not look happy about wearing the hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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