Ashikaga Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I also remember on the side of Gulfgate that Weingarten's was on, was a street, I think that the name of it was Woodridge/Woodbridge. I remember us going to a department store on that street called Globe. I thought that I heard that a Home Depot is now in that spot. Does anyone out there know anything about this?Chet Cuccia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 On the side street of Gulfgate (I think that the name of it was either Woodridge/Woodbridge) was a department store that we went to. The name of it was Globe. I heard that a Home Depot is now in that spot. Does anyone out there know anything about this?Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 See duplicate post here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 There was also a Globe down near Belfort. I think the one near Gulfgate was next to Frizell's Pontiac AMC.This is hurting my head. Must recall childhood memories.But I am good at that. I remember my days as a zygote fondly. It was fun. Or was that Sage? I get Sage and Globe confused, but from what I remember, they made Wal-Mart look fancy ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 On the side street of Gulfgate (I think that the name of it was either Woodridge/Woodbridge) was a department store that we went to. The name of it was Globe. I heard that a Home Depot is now in that spot. Does anyone out there know anything about this?Chet Cuccia<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Familiar with Globe but not that location. We had one by us, when i was growing up. I think it was owned by Walgreens...it was their answer for Woolco and Kmart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Or was that Sage? I get Sage and Globe confused, but from what I remember, they made Wal-Mart look fancy ;-) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I never went into a Sage, but I do remember they had ads on the paper bookcovers we had in school. They were like miniature billboards with short goofy phrases on them...can't think of one off hand. Maybe i can dig in my parents attic and find and rat chewed copy of one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 paper bookcovers with ads!wonder if the still do thatI like making ones from grocery bags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 There was also a Globe down near Belfort. I think the one near Gulfgate was next to Frizell's Pontiac AMC.This is hurting my head. Must recall childhood memories.But I am good at that. I remember my days as a zygote fondly. It was fun. Or was that Sage? I get Sage and Globe confused, but from what I remember, they made Wal-Mart look fancy ;-)<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I went to Globe between 1962-64. I remember us going into the pet department and my parents bought a solid white cat. I'm now 47.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I like making ones from grocery bags.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yeah! More room to draw rock band logos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Tbird Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 There was also a Globe down near Belfort. I think the one near Gulfgate was next to Frizell's Pontiac AMC.This is hurting my head. Must recall childhood memories.But I am good at that. I remember my days as a zygote fondly. It was fun. Or was that Sage? I get Sage and Globe confused, but from what I remember, they made Wal-Mart look fancy ;-)<{POST_SNAPBACK}>There was a Globe on the northeast corner of Bellaire and Hillcroft. It was right across Hillcroft from the Sharpstown drive-in theater. Sage was on the southeast corner of Beechnut and Post Oak (now 610) right across from Meyerland. What occupies those locations now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 The southeast corner of Beechnut and Post Oak Road (now 610) is occupied by a shopping center anchored by Lowe's and Hobby Lobby. There's an IHOP, a bank, a K&G men's store... that kind of thing. Before Lowe's there was a Builder's Square.EDIT: While we're on this topic, anybody remember Gibson's Discount Center? I have a dim recollection of this chain from my early childhood.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes, I remember Gibson's. I didn't know that there were any of those stores over in Houston. I live in Orange, Texas (100 miles east of Houston). The stores have all bit the dust. There used to be one here in Orange, one in Beaumont, one in Vidor, and one in Port Arthur.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I don't know if they were in Houston proper or not. I spent my earliest years in Galveston County. I remember one in Dickinson and seem to recall others in the area.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I know there were Gibson's in Seabrook and Baytown. And throughout East Texas. We frequented the one in Longview when we lived there. A couple of years ago, My wife and I were thinking about buying a lakefront house on Toledo Bend and ended up looking at, what we were told, was the former Gibson's Corporate Retreat. Very nice location. It was on a peninsula that jutted out into the lake.They had subdivided it and were selling off the different cabins and such. The "houses" were all small rundown 60's a-frames. Nice lot but we wanted a decent house too. Unfortunately, we never followed through on the lakehouse idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 There was a Globe on the northeast corner of Bellaire and Hillcroft.I worked at that Globe in '71. Talk about some low paying tightwads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolitx Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 I never went into a Sage, but I do remember they had ads on the paper bookcovers we had in school. They were like miniature billboards with short goofy phrases on them...can't think of one off hand. Maybe i can dig in my parents attic and find and rat chewed copy of one <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Here's one of the slogans I remember from Sage billboards: Rudolph shops at Sage, red knows (nose) You know those billboards are one of the things I remember specifically from childhood that first got my interest in going into the advertising field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 There was also a Globe down near Belfort. I think the one near Gulfgate was next to Frizell's Pontiac AMC.This is hurting my head. Must recall childhood memories.But I am good at that. I remember my days as a zygote fondly. It was fun. Or was that Sage? I get Sage and Globe confused, but from what I remember, they made Wal-Mart look fancy ;-)<{POST_SNAPBACK}>You prodded my memory. Yes, I now remember a Pontiac car dealership either near or next door to that Globe Department Store. I heard that Globe has been long gone and that there is now a Home Depot store on the spot on ground that Globe once occupied.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Tbird Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Yes, I now remember a Pontiac car dealership either near or next door to that Globe Department Store. Chet Cuccia<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Frank Gillman Pontiac was across Bellaire from Globe. I purchased a Pontiac there in 1971. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 Frank Gillman Pontiac was across Bellaire from Globe. I purchased a Pontiac there in 1971.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Someone a few days ago posted a message that said the name of the Pontiac dealership near that Globe was called Frizzell. I just remember the Pontiac emblem/logo on the sign.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Tbird Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Someone a few days ago posted a message that said the name of the Pontiac dealership near that Globe was called Frizzell. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Sorry! I thought you were referring to the Globe in the Sharpstown area. I'll look closer at the posts next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Anybody remember Shopper's Fair? That was the very first discount store that I can remember here. There was one on Shepherd at Pinemont across from St. Pius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 Like I said, I'm remember all of this from over 40 years ago. Sometimes I don't think that there might have been another of the same store in another part of the city.Where about is Sharpstown?Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 19, 2005 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 Oh wow. Really?Here: http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/bus...ta/s/sharps.jpg<{POST_SNAPBACK}>It amazes me how you and the other guys on this forum come up with photos, maps, and other info so quickly!Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 It amazes me how you and the other guys on this forum come up with photos, maps, and other info so quickly!Maybe it's because there are lots of us computor nurdds on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 20, 2005 Author Share Posted July 20, 2005 Maybe it's because there are lots of us computor nurdds on here?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I lived on campus when I was in college. I lived on the third floor. One day a girl asked me if I lived on the "nurd" floor.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasHome Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Globe was north of Gulfgate on I-45 West side. It is now a huge Home Depot.Sage was on I-45 around the Hobby Airport exit on the East side. It is now some sort of trade school I think. At any rate that building is actuall still there.For the records, there was another Globe store in Pasadena. I think it was on Southmore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowspark Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 There was a Globe on the northeast corner of Bellaire and Hillcroft. It was right across Hillcroft from the Sharpstown drive-in theater. Sage was on the southeast corner of Beechnut and Post Oak (now 610) right across from Meyerland. What occupies those locations now?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Torchlight answered about what occupies the old Sage location now, but I don't think anyone answered what sits on the old Globe location at Bellaire & Hillcroft. It's now a Fiesta Grocery Store. And across the street where the old Sharpstown Drive in was is now a strip center which I can't recall what is in it now. It was a Safeway a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Globe was north of Gulfgate on I-45 West side. It is now a huge Home Depot.Sage was on I-45 around the Hobby Airport exit on the East side. It is now some sort of trade school I think. At any rate that building is actuall still there.For the records, there was another Globe store in Pasadena. I think it was on Southmore.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>the sage was near monroe on the east side of the freeway.i remember globe but i think it was where the lowe's is now. i also remember a Fedmart there as well during one incarnation. i think it opened after globe closed. can anyone jog my memory??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trophy Property Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I never went into a Sage, but I do remember they had ads on the paper bookcovers we had in school. They were like miniature billboards with short goofy phrases on them...can't think of one off hand. Maybe i can dig in my parents attic and find and rat chewed copy of one <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There was a Sage on Westhiemer and Stoney Brook. It is now a Guitar Center. I think it was a pharmacy, but I might be wrong. I remember the toy section well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowspark Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Just remembered Globe's motto:Everything under the Sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 There was a Sage on Westhiemer and Stoney Brook. It is now a Guitar Center. I think it was a pharmacy, but I might be wrong. I remember the toy section well.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>All that I can remember is going into the Globe Department Store on Woodridge, next to Gulfgate. We went into the pet department. My parents bought a solid white cat which they named "Purdy." Later we found out that it had a gastric disorder. It kept stinking up our house.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Did Houston have any Grant's? That was the local discount department store when I was a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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