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    Believe I found it on Google Earth. Next to the COH fire station 21, 10515 South Main St. 1978.
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    From MCGHRC: A 1952 aerial view of Brays Bayou. The home on the left belonged to Oscar Holcombe, and the home on the right belonged to George Meyer. Look at all those trees!! I talked with someone in the Meyer family. They said George's home was demolished to make way for bayou improvements. Maybe additional street improvements as well? There is a bridge there now, the Richard Wainerdi bridge.
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    From MCGHRC: A 1952 aerial view of Brays Bayou. The home on the left belonged to Oscar Holcombe, and the home on the right belonged to George Meyer. Look at all those trees!!
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    I noticed in the recent real estate transaction Dhanani Private Equity Group buys 50-acres from the Fluor Corporation there were parcels of land owned by the University of Texas System/Board of Regents. I wonder what could go here in the future? Maybe a small UTHealth Sugar Land Campus? Or they could sell the land to a developer to create a mixed-use development. I see Brookfield Properties owns the corner parcel. I would imagine the two would combine the parcels into one big plat.
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    I drove by the other day and thought to myself what could go here instead of a laundry facility? This is located on South Main bordering Stella Link and Willowbend. The property has an interesting parcel shape. Maybe a midrise condominium if the area ever gets denser. I know there are many industrial business parks just a few miles away on Highway 288. Maybe Ace will eventually move out towards a dedicated business park? Ace takes good care of their property. The street signage flower beds are always kept up, and just recently trees were trimmed. Although, that could have been a city thing.
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    I wonder what will happen with this property. Looks like that section of Midtown could change quickly! How about a 3-block mixed-use development? Like the original Caydon plan.
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    Looks like in 1907 Henry F. MacGregor owned this 95-acre parcel.
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    HOUSTON — Triten Real Estate Partners, a Houston-based commercial developer focusing on industrial service facilities and industrial outdoor storage, acquired three industrial facilities in Houston. Two assets are in the North Houston submarket at 3004 Aldine Bender Road and 3434 Greens Road. The third is in the Northeast Houston submarket at 15005 Crosby Freeway. https://realtynewsreport.com/rnr-real-estate-briefs-hou-aus-dal-more-20/ Loopnet listing for 3004 Aldine Bender Road: https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/3004-Aldine-Bender-Rd-Houston-TX/21899097/
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    This 1974 aerial is really something else. I count 4, maybe 5 building under construction. A lot has been demolished as well. You can click the image url to zoom-in closer to get full resolution. Definitely an eye catcher!! https://i.imgur.com/8WxmB66.jpg
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    I discovered an old downtown amusement park, or hall, called Dreamland. This advertisement is dated April 14, 1914: Dreamland. First of the dancing competition for a grand prize of $50. July 12, 1919: Benefit at Dreamland. A big benefit entertainment for the Boys' Truant Home will be held at the Dreamland Hall, Milam and Prairie, Wednesday night, July 16 - Adv..
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    From the newspaper The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan dated August 16, 1967. I really like the store's name. It reminds me of all those amusement parks back in the day. Anything with "land" in the name makes me thing of Ferris wheels and games. Carnation Icecreamland "Meet me tonight in Icecreamland" "For old-fashioned flavor that swings" A swingin' sale Buy one of anything And get the second free Treat your girl to a Banana Split or a Sundae! Go Man! (Buy one and get the second one FREE) Fri., Sat., Sun. August 18, 19 20 Carnation Icereamland * 9123 Long Point Road * 826 Edgebrook * 10533 South Post Oak Carnation Icecreamland 10533 S. Post Oak Summer Vacation Special Get pineapple Sunday for 1cent With hot fudge Sunday at regular price June 14-June 20 We Serve Real Ice Cream
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    Is anyone able to confirm the address? I can only find that it was located on Milam Street through internet articles. I haven't seen anything in old newspapers or city directories that confirms the supposed Milam Street address. Any help? I did find an awesome drawing of the building though. Amazing!! Real history here.
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    Was this related to the Westheimer family? I see 200 acres on Westheimer and only have to assume it was their family land. From the newspaper The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan dated February 14, 1973. Westheimer Stables Abis Rent-A-Horse Horse Shows & Rodeo Arena Riding Instructions 200 Acres of Riding Ara Cook-Outs Horses For Sale Rent or Boarded Hay Rides Horse Back Riding 497-2293 / 497-1630 10 Minutes Out - 13331 Westheimer Rd.
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    Anyone know about this grocery store market Brand's Super Market located at 3249 Dixie Drive? This would have been in the 1940s. Near where present-day Levit Green is! It's across highway 288. November 21, 1946: Our New Store . . . will open its doors in the near future . . . Watch for the announcement! Brandt's Super Market Sonny Brandt, Owner. 3249 Dixie Drive "When you think of food remember Brandts"
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    The street navigational sign for Favrot Tower Apartments is still up! This is located a long Bertner Avenue. I wanted to take a picture to capture the memories before it was removed. I heard it's hard, via permitting, to remove signs so it should stay there for a while longer. Maybe it will be removed in 5 years. In the picture it reads: < St. Lukes < Texas Heart Institute > McGovern Commons > Favrot Tower Apartments
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    JLL for sale sign:
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    Picture:
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    June 16, 1927. Was this the same family that ran Jim Jamail And Sons Food Market At 3114 Kirby? Maybe their decedents because wasn't there a 50 year gap between the stores? This was the original Jamails then! Spring Vegetables Every Day in the Year J. Jamail & Bro. with the A.B.C. Store 2802 Main Street No Matter Where It Grows We Have It Phone Hadley 1597. After doing some more research, they had 4 stores in total: 1905 - Houston City Market 1927 - 2802 Main 1946 - Shepherd 1967 - Kirby Nageeb “Jim” Jamail, the founding father of the store, began selling produce to the carriage trade from the stalls of Houston’s old City Market in 1905, a time when Houston City Hall was on the second floor of the market. He made his reputation selling the freshest, choicest produce at fair, if not inexpensive, prices. Before World War I, he had expanded his business to include leasing produce stands in the new chain stores. Then, in 1946, when his three sons Joe, Albert, and Harry came home from the war they opened a store on Montrose, which offered a little friendly competition to some of their relatives, the Jamail Brothers Food Market on Shepherd. By 1959, their own growth and that of Houston (Southwest Freeway was plotted to run right through their doors) forced them to move. They then built the Kirby Drive building, which they enlarged in 1967, and are in the process of enlarging again. Bellaire resident Joe Jamail, 93, has vivid memories of the Jamail family grocery business:
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    Joe Jamail shows off the produce section at the family's store at 3114 Kirby, which operated from 1959 to 1988.
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    Someone earlier in this thread mentioned the only remnants left of the Domain Privee was the concrete entrance curbs. I stopped by the other week to take photos.
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    I was reading the newspaper The Houston Post dated June 27, 1917 and found this advertisement for Jake Freedman Watermelons At 900 and 902 Commerce St. Jake Freedman is Headquarters for Watermelons. In car lots or less. Hotels, Cafes, and Watermelon Gardens our Specialty. Cold Storage in connection. Phone Preston 1453. or call 900 and 902 Commerce St.
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    From The Houston Post dated February 3, 1926: $50,000 Loss in Kenedy Fire. The dry goods store of Jake Freeman located on Main street, was destroyed by a fire Saturday night. The conflagration being the most disastrous to occur here since the destruction of the Breeden-Runge Co. warehouse six or eight years ago. The brick building, the property of Ira Hinton of Oakville was completely gutted by the fire. Mr. Freedman had only recently competed taking invoice and he computes his loss at between $42,000 and $45,000. The building, which had a front of 60 feet on Main street, was conservatively valued at $12,000 with only $4,000 in insurance carried by Mr. Hinton. Mr. Freedman had insurance to the amount of $35,000. Only the bare walls of the building are left standing, Kenedy Advance.
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    What's the story with this theater exactly? It was sold and later became Jerry Lewis Twin Cinema? Anyone ever go here? What about a date when the theater was active under that name?
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    I was browsing the newspaper Rice Thresher dated November 28, 1951 and found an advertisement for Buck Harris's Touchdown Club located at 5209 Kirby Drive. Anyone know about this place?
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    Apparently this is the Harris Gully in 1917. Kind of looks scary!
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