matty1979 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I have an idea for an amazing book or tv program.So we could start a citywide campaign to ask people to submit their pictures,video,books,memorabilia and whatever they see fit to publish a book or create a local tv show dedicated to Houston and its history.It could have a title that like "The History of Houston: Everything you always wanted to know"Or "History of Houston in pictures"Rough draft of course but I have a few more ideas.This would be about all that we love about our city. Not just buildings or pictures from the chronicle but pics that were actually submitted by Houstonians.Give me some ideas or if I sound totally crazy then tell me why an idea like this wouldn't work.You guys are great! Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderroller Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I'm a native Houstonian. This city sucks. Too many books on this dump already. Bad idea. Funny thought, but....naaaaaa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 KUHT did something similar about 15 years ago. It was called "Houston Remember When"http://support.houstonpbs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=prd_HRWI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty1979 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 I'm a native Houstonian. This city sucks. Too many books on this dump already. Bad idea. Funny thought, but....naaaaaa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty1979 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 So why exactly in your opinion does this city "suck"? What part did you grow up or live in? Im not saying Houston is the greatest at timesyou but surely you had to have had some sort of positive experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 There are already quite a few books on this subject. I only actually knew about them thanks to this website. The first one is Houston: The Unknown City, 1836-1946 (http://www.amazon.com/Houston-Unknown-1836-1946-Lindsey-Humanities/dp/1603445234). Not the kind of book you look at so to see a bunch of old pictures, but very interesting and cool. If you are more interested in pictures, Houston Then & Now is a great book. Although it is already a bit dated (almost 10 years ago), it is still very interesting. (http://www.amazon.com/Houston-Then-Now/dp/1592231373). I would actually like to see an updated version, with about 2 or 3 times the amount of photos. Also, I wish they would include timeline photos of how it progressed over the decades versus just comparing 1940 & 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I started a small playlist on YouTube of Houston-related stuff: there was a video of the MKT paralleling I-10, a Foley's commercial, and an Auchan commercial. I didn't do a whole lot with it, though, but the idea was to make a "Houston history" thing of sorts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I started a small playlist on YouTube of Houston-related stuff: there was a video of the MKT paralleling I-10, a Foley's commercial, and an Auchan commercial. I didn't do a whole lot with it, though, but the idea was to make a "Houston history" thing of sorts. Could you link to this? I'd really like to see the MKT video. Also a problem with this would be licensing of people's content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Could you link to this? I'd really like to see the MKT video. Here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Wow thank you! It's hard to believe that's Park Ten! It looks like something you'd see West of Katy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 It's kind of weird to see how the perspective changes...the train's going the same speed, but it appears to be a lot slower when approaching the crossing. Glad you enjoyed it! I liked it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) History? Houston? Ha! What history? Houston tears it all down! Edited November 11, 2013 by iliketurtles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Wow thank you! It's hard to believe that's Park Ten! It looks like something you'd see West of Katy. I know I've been on this site too long when I try to place the period and location by the buildings that are there. And for some reason the fact that the signs that Stan Creech Properties used then and today look exactly the same jumped out at me. Wait. Maybe that's the sign of too much HAIF-ing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 History? Houston? Ha! What history? Houston tears it all down! It is true Houston has a habit of tearing down the physical manifestations of its history but it has much history none-the-less. For a city of its age I think Houston and the surrounding area has a tremendous history. As a small example consider the history attached to just this short list of people (in no particular order): Michael DeBakey, Will Clayton, JoAnne Herring, Roy Hofheinz, Bill Beverly, James Baker, Dick Dowling, Denton Cooley, Red Adair, Oveta Culp Hobby, Glen McCarthy, Howard R. Hughes, Jr., Jesse H. Jones, Ima Hogg, Leopold Stokowski, Gerald Hines, Percy Foreman . . . Every time I think of one name it gives rise to two or three others. You get the idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucesw Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Are you familiar with Houston Arts and Media?  Their HAM Slices of History air as fillers at the end of programs on Channel 8 and they've produced a number of longer documentaries. They used to have a 30 minute weekly program on Channel 55 (repeated during the week a couple of times) that was my favorite show on TV at the time. I wish some other broadcaster would give them a slot but the problem with TV production is it's very expensive and time-consuming on top of the researching and gathering of the content. Their current work tends to cover material that predates any of us posting on HAIF but the old series covered some much more recent history. There is also JR Gonzales Bayou City History blog in the Chron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Holy cow, IronTiger, those are your YouTube vids of the Katy geeps? Awesome man, absolutely awesome. We used to stick coins and rocks on that line at Waverly, just east of the yard. I was actually on the news back in the late 80's when the two trains went head on with each other at the curve between Heights and White Oak. Still remember the look on that old woman's face as she was looking at the covered hopper laying alongside her house. That was one incident in which everyone was very fortunate the trains on that line moved so slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 No, they aren't mine, they were one of the things on YouTube that I put on a playlist. I never got to see the MKT in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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