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Steak n Shake was probably the worst hamburger I ever had. Not only was the meat tasteless, all you got was the meat patty and bun. Anything else you wanted you had to pay extra.

I used to love the CFS at Dirty

I love machines, and when we passed this scrap yard the other day I was in Hog Heaven! It was quite an operation from loading the scrap on one end, and having the material chopped and sorted at the other.

If you find yourself in the Washington Ave, Studemont area, take a quick trip down Center between Studemont and Sawyer and check out this operation.

This used to be a Rettig's Ice Cream store. It is located at Studewood and 13th in the Heights. The rounded windows are what makes the building distinctive to Rettig's. However, the window trim on all Rettig

Well, I suppose that is not it. The address on that building is 225 W Gray.

Thanks, SpaceAge.

BTW, our first A/C was two Frederich window units, and I think we got them from Teaff in the mid 50s.

Naturally, there was a Someburger at Studewood and 11th, and that one may still be there. There was another on 19th in

This is one of my favorite houses in the Heights. It used to be a corner grocery store way back when, and then it was used as an office. Now it appears to have become an attractive residence. It is on W 16th and (I believe) Ashland.

I passed that intersection today, and Crash is right - there are two places going up on that corner. I meant to turn around and get some pictures, but we got distracted and didn't go back.

With Fitzgerald's just across the street, thay could well become "another" 6th Street!

Can you imagine the electricity bill to run that thing???

I saw this building today on the SW corner of Gray and Gillette. I don’t exactly recognize it as such, but I think this used to be a Mexican restaurant called Old Mexico back in the 50s. Coming from the Heights, we would pass a long line of row houses along Gray, and Old Mexico would be just beyond them. The houses are gone, so I don’t have that reference anymore.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/olphart/Around%20Town/NOTOldMexico.jpg

Anybody recognize this place?

Picture the trim a different color.

Now you have me wondering. If Robert Tilton was still in Dallas, would that make them more Liberal or more Conservative? Or would it just make them more ashamed?

Old Man Snyder was quite a character

Overgeneralization? Or would it be a case of overgenitalization?

I tend to believe that guys drive huge vehicles to compensate for certain shortcomings.

Uh, anybody know where I can get my Isetta repaired?

I was just about to do a search for a 12-step program for Forum Withdrawal Syndrome!

I found This Article on the Four Palms. It was a famous "Pressure Cooker" bar on or near Telephone Road.

I got 4 out of 10 on the first try, and 2 out of 10 on the second.

Some people just don't learn, do we?

The trailer park in the photo above was on the west side of Beall at 15th. It is not actually in Heights Annex, but just west of it about a half mile.

The project on 13th and Prince used to be an iron works facility, but the eastern side of that area had been a trailer park.

There seems to be a good deal of construction happening in Heights Annex. Below is just one of those developments. What makes this one special, however, is that this is the location of the house Dan Rather grew up in.

One of the workers at the site confirmed that as the location of the Rather house. He added that the house had been moved, but he did not know where.

HeightsGuy, it is hard to get a good sense of how large an area that trailer park took up, and just how much buildable area is there. This photo may give some idea, but then there is more area than what shows in the photo. Not only that, there is another large block of empty space just across the street from this lot.

The last time I was there was in high school, and we stopped in for a Coke, and I got an order of fries. They were curly fries, and they were very greasy, and they were very good!

What a great photo, Subdude. Once again you have come through with the goods!

Changing the (ahem) subject here, Warner Cable used to send me literature in Spanish only. This was when I lived in Timbergrove.

You realize I was only being sarcastic earlier? Dont you

Wasn't the Four Palms Club on Telephone?