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    I was reading the newspaper The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan dated May 26, 1971 and came across a full-page advertisement for Arnold Palmer Putting Course located at 7315 Bissonnet Street, one block west of Fondren. Did anyone ever go here? Someone on HAIF mentioned: There used to be a Putt Putt at the corner of Fondren at Beechnut just southeast of HBU. Is this the putt putt course they are speaking of by any chance? Not exactly the precise location but it's close enough. The Grand Opening was May 26, 1971:
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    I was reading the newspaper The Texas Jewish Herald dated October 9, 1930 and came across a business advertisement for Houston Riding Academy located at 6503 Almeda Road. Houston Riding Academy Gaited Horses for Rent by the Hour Gaited Saddle Horses For Sale Horses Boarded by The Month Expert Instructions for Beginners Hadley 7757 6503 Almeda Road C.D. Erwin
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    I was reading the newspaper The Texas Jewish Herald dated June 12, 1930 and came across a business advertisement for Palace Riding Stables located at 5708 Almeda Road. Palace Riding Stables. P.B. Borden, Owner. Riding and Training Stables. Horses Rented by the Hour. 5708 Almeda Road - Lehigh 9303.
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    TMC3 looking awesome!! One Discovery Way: Helix Park: Collaborative Building: Dynamic Street: Two Discovery Way: Mixed-Use Garage:
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    Levit Green Boulevard: Retaining wall:
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    This week's construction update:
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    Construction update:
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    The green screen in the rear surface lot has been removed.
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    What's going on with the light poles? There are a total of 3 down and uprooted. One looks like a vehicle accident, but the others were taken down by the city? I believe this is the cause of the light outage a long Buffalo Speedway and Willowbend? Can someone please fix these poles?
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    A trash trailer is next to the front door. This is a great sign for the building 1 remodel!
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    Looking good!!
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    I was reading the magazine The Cattleman dated September 1950 and came across a full-page business ad for Joe D. Hughes Race Horses and Brahman Cattle located at 7224 Old Main Street Road. Looks like the present-day location is that of Scrubs & Beyond At 7205 Fannin Street. Across from the Lanesborough Apartments. These winners are representative of 20 horses that I have for sale. They are all top performers on the track, where they combine the getaway speed of their Quarter Horse blood with the stamina of their Thoroughbred ancestors. Come by the stables and see these outstanding horses at 7224 Old Main Street Road and see them run at near-by Arrowhead Park Track on any Sunday afternoon.
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    I was reading the newspaper The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan dated August 10, 1966 and came across an awesome classified regarding Party Hay Rides. Party Hay Rides- Horses stabled, bought, sold, commercial moving. Loma Linda Stables, off 1400 Block South Post Oak. PA 9-9347. A classified ad dated June 30, 1971 featured, what looks like, the owner of the stables. Jo Hargrove. Riding Lessons, $40 per week, or $5 per lesson. 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Loma Linda Stables. Did anyone ever ride here? Or know about the place? I wonder if anyone knows Jo Hargrove? Looks like this was located on South Post Oak Road at Loma Linda Street, close to West Orem Drive. The motel Post Oak Inn is located on the corner of SPOR and LL, with an address of 14702 South Post Oak Road. Might have been around there.
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    I was reading the newspaper The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan dated September 14, 1966 and came across a business advertisement for Adventureland Pre-School located at 10420 Mullins Drive. Phone numbers: PA 3-2836 and PR 4-4053. Did anyone attend this pre school? 1966 wasn't too long ago, I wonder if some fellow HAIF members went here. Any stories or memories about this place? Was Adventureland apart of Medical Center Charter School, St. Nicholas School, or St. George's and St. Patrick's Episcopal School by any chance? I wonder if Adventureland was their earliest school, or if it was a completely separate school?
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    Can we discuss this small road that forms a loop from Buffalo Speedway to Holmes Road? The road is sandwiched in between the University of Texas controlled 307-acres and the Texas Medical Center controlled 500-acres. When travelling on Holmes Road, the loop road is a short cut to Buffalo Speedway. The loop makes a lot of sense and saves time when driving. All of the land in the immediate area is vacant. Since the Buffalo Speedway Connector is road that is off the beaten path, in the middle of inhabited land, the area is a prime spot for illegal dumping. The illegal dumping is mostly large items such as tires, contractor supplies, and lawn clipping bags. The illegal dumping is so bad the city setup 2 cameras to try and catch the dumpers. Since then, the dumping has gotten better but it is still a problem. It is still unclear if the TMC 500-acre land grab contains this parcel. 6 months ago I noticed some civil work within the Buffalo Speedway Connector land. I assume the construction activity was in preparation of the closing sale of the 500-acres. I think the 500-acres is everything south of Holmes Road on Buffalo Speedway to Airport Blvd. Which, if that's the case, the land is covered under their purchase. My question is, I wonder if TMC has the power to clean this place up. Could the TMC prevent illegal dumping? What would work is if the TMC developed the land in and around the Buffalo Speedway Connector and had grounds-maintenance on a daily basis. I know in some Hines buildings, the Hines Property Management team has a cleaning crew that spans the entire day. Someone is cleaning from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Then the overnight cleaning crew comes in and cleans the individual offices and suites. The TMC Medical Campus is always very clean with great landscaping and flowery medians. I'd hope to see the same here, when the TMC BioPort development gains traction and occupancy. Not much is known about this loop road. I wanted to create a thread for more visibility and information for people. Google Maps lists the road as "Buffalo Speedway" and omits the "Connector" part.
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    I always drive by this Chinese church located off South Main near West Bellfort. Anyone know anything about it? Website: https://en.hcchome.org/
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    I've been seeing a few posts around the internet regarding a golf driving range in the Meyer Park Shopping Center. Before the Walmart store moved in, there was a large hill on the parcel where the golf driving range was located. Anyone have any memories of this place? I tried searching around Google without luck finding information. I just found a Texas Monthly magazine dated December 1990 and it came with an article about a golf business called Meyer Park Golf center located at 9600 Meyer Forest Drive, Loop 610 and South Post Oak Road. I assume this was the place? Google Maps places 9600 Meyer Forest Drive at the corner of MFD and Meyer Park Blvd near the small lakes/ponds Not exactly the precise location of the current Walmart, but maybe it was platted differently 30-years ago. Looks like Saul Sellinger was the owner/partner of the Meyer Park Golf Center that was in business between the years 1989-1998. Fairway to Heaven A strike of a genius inspired Meyer Park Golf Center in Houston. Putting greens and lights for night playing are par for the course at most driving ranges, but this swanky practice facility’s five greens, elevated tee boxes, sand traps, and water hazards help you improve on a good swing. Open daily 8:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. $4.75 for a bucket of 75 balls; $5.50 for 100. 9600 Meyer Forest, Loop 610 and S. Post Oak (713-728-4941).
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    I came across this school advertisement in the newspaper The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan dated August 13, 1969. How did this school differ from the other school with a very similar name? The schools had two different addresses. I wonder if this address, the school on Old Main Loop, was the expansion? I believe I read somewhere they Town & Country School had expanded at one point. Maybe one building was on Craighead Drive, the other building on Old Main Street Loop Road? Town and Country Private School - 11620 Old Main Loop - 2 Blocks off South Main at Stella Link - MO 6-4249. Serving Southwest Houston for over 12 years. Director: Mrs. Barbara Bobo Cline. 3-1/2 Acre Campus. Here's the other ad that came 8 years earlier (September 13, 1961) showing the address of 11524 Craighead Drive. Mrs. N.R. Bobo, Owner (slight difference from the name Barbara Bobo-Cline. Maybe she got a divorce and thus, moved locations?)
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    Medical Center Charter School (MCCS) was established in 1996 by the Texas State of Board of Education. It was closed in 2015, from my research. MCCS became St. Nicholas School. The Baytown Sun dated August 6, 1996 says the MCCS was located on North Braeswood (7200 Main plot). Maybe their second location on Mullins came at a later date? I'm confused on the St. Nicholas School. They have moved around a few times and also changed business names. The school was founded as St. George's and St. Patrick's Episcopal School which was at 10420 Mullins Drive as well. So maybe the name changes were St. George's and St. Patrick's Episcopal School > Medical Center Charter School > St. Nicholas School. Too bad the COVID-19 pandemic took out their new 25-acre South Main campus. That seemed like someplace where they could grew for the next 50 years. Can anyone decipher their official logo? What's up with the British flag and the royal bishops symbol? I wonder why the castles? What does the bird symbol on the lower right mean?
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    I was reading the newspaper The Bellaire Texan dated February 3, 1955 and came across a business advertisement for Tidelands Exploration Co. located at 2626 Westheimer Road in River Oaks. I assume this office building came before the Avalon shopping center on the corner of Westheimer and Kirby? Or, the office was housed inside the retail center.
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    I was reading the newspaper The Houston Post dated December 1, 1923 and came across an advertisement for W.C. Munn Company "The Fastest Growing Department Store In Texas." Santa and Mr. Horwitz land at the Flying Field at West Alabama and Shepherd's Damn Road at 9:30 this morning. First, however. they will fly over the city several times before landing. Everybody is invited to the flying field to see him. On leaving the field Santa will use a "Lincoln" automobile to ride in the procession to Munn's store, where he is scheduled to arrive at 10 o'clock.
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    This race track had me confused for a month. Some of the historic race track books and databases list the wrong thing! Wouldn't be a first. I remember the misspelling of "Almedo Speedway" for Almeda Speedway. South Main Speedrome located on Eagle Avenue and South Main Street. I went to Google Earth and couldn't find a track there in Midtown by The Ion. I then, mistakenly, typed Main Street at Eagle Avenue and it took me to Pasadena, TX! South Main Speedrome - Houston - 1/5 mile dirt oval (4/07/46 - c. 7/10/47). (AKA South Main Track) / located at South Main & Eagle Ave. Another false, or mistaken, track listing: South Main Track - Houston / possibly Arrowhead Park Speedway. 1/2 mile dirt oval (c. 1929) (1937 - c. 5/25/41 (1946 - 147). The above would be the South Main Speedway located on Old Main Street Road, across from South Main Street. Circa 1929 is right. I have a map from 1930 that verifies it. Arrowhead Park Speedway is not close to the South Main Speedway as they suggested. The race track, if it's even called South Main Speedrome, is located closer to Shaver Street & at the end of Main Street. Also located on the feeder road of Highway 225 / Pasadena Freeway by the Shaver exit. Google Earth views from December 1944:
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    I was reading the newspaper The Bellaire Texan dated October 12, 1955 and found an article about Camp Cherokee that was located on the former site of a sanitary landfill. At the end of the article there was a few sentences that discussed a race track in Bellaire. I don't think they are speaking about the Houston Speedway (later named Bellaire Speedway.) They must be speaking about a race track within the City of Bellaire municipal limits. The dates are different. The Houston Speedway shut down in the 1930s. The article is dated in the 1950s. I thought I remembered hearing about a smaller race track in Bellaire in the 1940s/1950s. Does anyone recall this? I will see if I can find the other article giving a more precise location. Thought it was near the West Loop? I tried to look on Google Earth once and could not locate an oval track. Camp Cherokee Finally Opens. Rain and muddy roads all but postponed Camp Cherokee opening for the second time Saturday but the 100 braved the seven miles out to the sanitary fill site for the formal dedication of the acres of land turned over as a picnic ground for Bellaire families. All sporting events and demonstrations of the land fill method were cancelled. The afternoon became simply a big weiner roast (hot dogs furnished free by the Recreation Department) with miniature tracts awarded as gate prizes. Welcoming the visitors, William Byrd, chairman of the City Recreation Board, asked that Bellaire families consider the acreage as their picnic grounds and assured them the board will see that Camp Cherokee will be used for the benefit of Bellaire young. In his brief remarks, Mayor H.L. Hodell reveled that the land across the road from Camp Cherokee was now quoted at $2100 per acre compared with $685 per acre that the city paid last year. City manager Gary Summers announced that the one-fourth mile oval track is ready for midget car try-outs. Ready, that is, when the sun comes out and dries the mud.
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    I was reading the newspaper The Baytown Sun dated August 20, 1967 and came across an article about proposed Speedway Race Track at Bear Creek Park. I am not sure if this proposal actually went through. Anyone know anything about it? Harris Authorizes Speedway Study For Bear Creek. Houston - The Harris County Commissioner Court has authorized a study of a proposed $8.5 million speedway race track at Bear Creek park. The track, if approved, would be paid for with the revenue bonds issues by Harris County without cost to the taxpayers. Funds would come from the rental of the property to the Houston Motor Speedway Corp., which approached the council about the race track. The plans call for a 2.5-mile oval track similar to the one in Indianapolis and would be used for roaster and stock car racing. Harold Burrow, a former president of Tennessee Gas Transmission Co., who heads the group behind the race track proposal, said the group hopes to have construction started in early 1968 and hold the first race in 1969. Burrow said it would take about 350 acres of land for the facility. The Bear Creek Park is in West Harris County near the Addicks and Barker Dams on property the county is leasing from the federal government.
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    I was reading the newspaper South Belt Leader dated June 26, 1986 and came across an article about Go-Karts. Within the article it mentioned a race track called Triple C Raceway located in Alvin, TX. Anyone know about this? I wonder if there was anyone on HAIF who has raced here in the past? The local transplant adds the experience of racing 50-60 times at Alvin's Triple C Raceway gives him a "home court" advantage over out-of-town contestants.
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