lunchbox Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Does anyone know what this was? It looks like the world's biggest golf tee to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabasushi Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 (edited) Does anyone know what this was? It looks like the world's biggest golf tee to me.No idea exactly what it is, but since it looked like it might be related to religion, I poked around and found thisplace named Chong Hua Sheng Mu Holy Palace at 3695 Overture Dr. I don't know if that's the right one, since Google Maps shows it a bit more to the north on Overture Dr., but I"d say that's the most likely match, due to the "palace-y" apperance of the front facade. Edited April 14, 2008 by sabasushi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Yes, that is correct. Here's a little more info.http://wikimapia.org/4093350/Chong_Hua_Sheng_MU_Holy_Palace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakester Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I saw a poster of it once at a "Chinese vegetarian buffet" on Westheimer, so it is some kind of Eastern religious temple. I use to live in Mission Bend (down the street) until like 1998 and I always wondered what the heck that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMax Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I'm putting this in the historic section becauase though this building is still standing...there's no activity there....and as far as I know, hasn't for years. In high school we used to drive by this thing to figure out what it is.It's near the Alief area....it's off Dairy Ashford south of Westheimer, but before you get to Elsik/Hastings cross-street (name of that street is escaping me). Anyone know what I'm talking about?? Any history on it if you do??Here's a link to a picture I found by googling: http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x277/ma.../GoldGlobe2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I had only seen it from a distance and assumed it was a mosque for some reason???? Absolutely clueless as to what it really was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I'm putting this in the historic section becauase though this building is still standing...there's no activity there....and as far as I know, hasn't for years. In high school we used to drive by this thing to figure out what it is.It's near the Alief area....it's off Dairy Ashford south of Westheimer, but before you get to Elsik/Hastings cross-street (name of that street is escaping me). Anyone know what I'm talking about?? Any history on it if you do??Here's a link to a picture I found by googling: http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x277/ma.../GoldGlobe2.jpgDefinitely an interesting story there - Swamplot had a good write-up on it earlier this year: Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMax Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Definitely an interesting story there - Swamplot had a good write-up on it earlier this year: LinkWow! Thanks so much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) There's another thing somewhat like this north of I-10 around...Kirkwood? Dairy Ashford? I forget which street exactly but north of I-10 a bit and west of the Beltway.Edit: Ah okay, really different but still anyone know what this dome thing is? Edited December 30, 2008 by kylejack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 There's another thing somewhat like this north of I-10 around...Kirkwood? Dairy Ashford? I forget which street exactly but north of I-10 a bit and west of the Beltway.Edit: Ah okay, really different but still anyone know what this dome thing is?http://www.newlifechurch.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhinoVP Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I'm putting this in the historic section becauase though this building is still standing...there's no activity there....and as far as I know, hasn't for years. In high school we used to drive by this thing to figure out what it is. It's near the Alief area....it's off Dairy Ashford south of Westheimer, but before you get to Elsik/Hastings cross-street (name of that street is escaping me). Anyone know what I'm talking about?? Any history on it if you do?? Here's a link to a picture I found by googling: http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x277/ma.../GoldGlobe2.jpg I had to go pull the vending machine out of this place, some time after it closed. (would have been year 2000"ish") The place was infested with rat's, and not much to look at inside. I had to get the rats out of the machine before I could load it on the truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 That building looks like something Spock would live in. Very Bladerunner-like Maybe replicants live in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 It's very Epcotish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretsquirrel Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the church that has geodesic domes on the roof that is located in Alief. I know it has been vacant for some years now. Any info would be greatly appreciated ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the church that has geodesic domes on the roof that is located in Alief. I know it has been vacant for some years now. Any info would be greatly appreciated ! See this thread: HAIF thread and this Swamplot article: Swamplot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretsquirrel Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 See this thread:HAIF threadand this Swamplot article:SwamplotAwesome !!!! Thanks , the swampalot site even has the drawing of what that land surrounding it was intended for !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 You're welcome. Looks like it lost one of it's little gold spheres, maybe to Hurricane Ike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Otto Mation) Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 elnina999 has added a photo to the pool: And then there was… this thing, this sprawling empty complex, this five-story square building topped by a 40-foot golden geodesic dome, flanked by two smaller domes. Two exterior staircases flanked these orbs – the overall effect was something like a sawed-off Mayan temple of the sun. The building is the Chong Hua Sheng Mu Holy Palace, built by members of the Wu-Wei Tien Tao Association, a Chinese universalist religious organization.More here: swamplot.com/most-unknown-ashford-point-palace-of-the-gol... Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Otto Mation) Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 elnina999 has added a photo to the pool: And then there was… this thing, this sprawling empty complex, this five-story square building topped by a 40-foot golden geodesic dome, flanked by two smaller domes. Two exterior staircases flanked these orbs – the overall effect was something like a sawed-off Mayan temple of the sun. The building is the Chong Hua Sheng Mu Holy Palace, built by members of the Wu-Wei Tien Tao Association, a Chinese universalist religious organization.More here: swamplot.com/most-unknown-ashford-point-palace-of-the-gol... Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Otto Mation) Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 elnina999 has added a photo to the pool: And then there was… this thing, this sprawling empty complex, this five-story square building topped by a 40-foot golden geodesic dome, flanked by two smaller domes. Two exterior staircases flanked these orbs – the overall effect was something like a sawed-off Mayan temple of the sun. The building is the Chong Hua Sheng Mu Holy Palace, built by members of the Wu-Wei Tien Tao Association, a Chinese universalist religious organization.More here: swamplot.com/most-unknown-ashford-point-palace-of-the-gol... Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Otto Mation) Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ has added a photo to the pool: © Curt Littlejohn / ✈ concord⁹⁷⁷ / aviationcolors✈ More Aviation Photos, grouped by Aircraft Type✈✈ More Aviation Photos, grouped by Airport Location★★ More Non-Aviation Photos, grouped by City Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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