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Any photos?

I suppose that group trying to stop construction of a new WalMart in Austin is doing so because being anti-WalMart is the

For years, people have migrated to the lakes area west of the city to

Never been to London, nor have I ever had any desire to go there. Been to New York once in

That was then. This is now.

Anyone planning to see this movie? Anyone know the story, or the participants? I watched a documentary on the real story behind the movie, and I can

Sounds like it

That's what a couple of Bus Cops from the fine folks at METRO did to me back in May of '93.

I have always thought Timbergrove (east) was a real hidden gem. The prices have definitely gone up considerably, especially since I sold my home there 3 years ago, so I don

In Marguerite Johnston

You are thinking of Santa Anita.

The Red Goose I posted above was for sale at Warrenton a couple of years ago. I believe it was priced at around $300.

Carnation Milk was on Waugh just south of Allen Parkway. I worked there in '65-66 while at Reagan.

I have a Houston map from around 1962 which shows the location of the proposed airport. No roads existed within the boundaries of the location. The existing roads at the time were Greens on the south, Aldine-Westfield on the west, Lee Rd on the east, and Humble-Westfield (1960) on the north. The area is identified as

Speaking of Roderick, there used to be a family of aerialist s that lived on Roderick. They had their trapeze set up and would work on their act there. I only went past there a couple of times. We lived on 14th near Beall, so we often crossed Roderick, but rarely had occasion to drive past the place. If I recall, it was just north of 14th. I don

Rettig's was very recognizable because of the window style. That is why I immediately recognized this building as being a Rettig

I'll bet it was bigger than this one.

Uh, could that have been Red Goose Shoes?

Shepherd used to be called Lowell. B. A. Shepherd was the first banker in Texas. He opened a private banking operation in 1847. West of Shepherd Dr was Boyle, Victor and Nashua. Nashua is still as is, but Boyle became Laird, and Victor became Roderick, later a part of Durham. An old map shows Nashua going north to beyond 29th. It now stops at 16th. Durham north of 16th was not a road, so I suspect that portion was created by creating a new throughway. Nashua may have been torn up and returned to residential. This part I got from the aforementioned 1913 map of Houston, so it could be that the streets shown were planned at the time but not yet built. Anther Heights change was Railroad St, which is now Nicholson. My grandmother lived at Waverley and 14th, and I used to love to watch the trains when they still operated along that line.

Christie's on South Main had written on the west side of the building, "We serve Pizza Pie". We ate at Christie's often from the early 50s on, but I never had the pizza. In fact, I didn't even know what pizza was until much later.

It was Pol Parrot that had the X-Ray machine, and they sold Buster Brown Shoes there. As I recall, there was a location in the Heights, maybe near Kaplans, but not sure exactly where.

I was a DeMolay when I was in HS. I joined because many of my sister

A buck an ear! Arrrrgh! Happy Talk Like a Priate Day, Matey!

If I recall, Airwolf debuted in a two-hour movie following a big event, possibly a Super Bowl. I thought it was silly and stupid and never watch it again. I don't think I even finished watching the movie.

Here you go, RGV!