this was so cool,i was born on feb 6th 1970 we lived on the good ole north side of houston haha and we had a beach house in jamaica beach galveston and every weekend we went there and during the summers,so i saw all of these signs,wow GREAT VIDEO FOR ME,
Thank you . Brought back so many memories growing up in 70's and heading down to Galveston for the weekend. Dots Coffee Shop still looks the same and so many company brands that are gone now.
Dot’s looks the same but the food isn’t what it used to be…and neither are the prices! Brisket House next door (aka Pappas BBQ) looks about the same inside and out.
@lemonhead162 for a while there was a Fingers furniture store in Beaumont Texas heard of that town????!!..it’s 84.9 miles from Houston….I hope you will reply to this
Thanks for posting this! I haven't lived in Houston for a long time now, and when I do go, I hardly recognize it. This was a nice trip down memory lane. I worked for three summers at AstroWorld and it still breaks my heart to see the signs and know what happened to it.
We lived in Arlington square apartments when we first moved to Houston. My mom was a single parent paying $65.00 per month in rent while working for Kips big boy as a waitress
Hello there, I used to live in Houston,Texas We move too Dallas , tx I have family in Houston. We do go for the holidays. Christmas and Thanksgiving. I miss Houston. That's my home town.. I remember going too the beach Galveston. Clearlake. Watching channels 13 news.
Gulf gate mall , seen Star wars there the line to see it went over the freeway walkway , lived by Strawberry park apartments And off Red Bluff Road ended up living in La Porte Texas. What memories.
This is an excellent video! Wish there was more. I moved away for a few years but have spent most of my life in the same home we moved into in ‘77- right off Gulf Freeway and Griggs Rd. It looked just like this even into the early-1980’s! ❤️
What’ a great video! So many things that we miss. Love all the Galveston stuff. I still have a banner hanging in my house from Sea Arama. Thanks for the nostalgic memories !
@redfox2683 I hope you will reply to this in Beaumont Texas which is 84.9 miles from Houston there was a Shakey’s Pizza on College Street where College Street runs into I-10 and a Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour in Parkdale Mall
Talk about going back in time I remember Alot of theses old signs I was so sad the day they took down the Coca-Cola sign at 45 and telephone road my grandmother lived on des jardines about three blocks from the sign 😢 Thank You for making the video love it also had a lot of fun at gulfgate Mall add Alameda Mall growing up 😊
I remember as a kid running all over the "bargain basement". Thinking back idk why we as a family went there several times a year cause I know damn well we wasn't getting furniture like that. Also, I still would like to know what happened to all the sports memorabilia in the sports museum. I still tell people that was home to the Houston Buffs before fingers was ever thought about.
Fingers was built on the site of the old Houston Buffs baseball stadium. They had a little museum in there and every year 4-5 major league players would come in and sign autographs.
A time before everything turned into chain restaurants or strip shopping malls with chain stores. Individuality, that is what I miss. I especially remember the Brook Mays organ store and of course the Astroworld signs (was a kid in the early 70s) I forgot about Burger Chef. We probably stopped there on our way back from spending the day at Galveston. McDonalds were few and far between back then. Good memories, although 45 south turned into a rough drive once Houston started to expand
8:04 Could flights from Galveston to Houston (IAH) still be feasible today? Granted Texas International pulled out of Scholes Field a couple of years after this was shot, but another airline (Metro) took over the route.
Those days are no more. Gulf Frwy is not the same. I miss all those well known stores, auto dealers, when Gulfgate was popular, and when Almeda Mall grew. Oh and Gulfway drive in. 😢
It's times like these that I wish that I had a time travel device. However, I was born in 1976. I saw a few of these signs when I was little going to my great grandmother's house. In the early to mid 1980s there was a Bingo sign seen at the end of the street. I wish I remembered the street name.
@@fredrickbaker7686 i have found that it was at one time the location of the Alpha Fireworks Factory. Thank you for your response, my curiosity was based on archived aerial photos
I remember going to the Big Bonus redemption center with my mom. I don't remember what we got but we got the BB stamps at Weingarten's Grocery stores. The only place I remember segregated bathrooms and water fountains.
The Dot has never moved away, has never gone out of business and all the big brick and mortar stores ran away, The Dot Coffee Shop is still booming ❤❤❤❤
Lived by Hobby airport on Radio Road for 55 years now living in Montana. I must have drove up and down I-45 over a million times Growing up in living the majority of my life in Houston never could get used to the humidity & the mosquitoes though.. .
My aunt used to tell me about the Cinema theater that was across Gulf Gate Center . She saw Star Wars I think when she came back from UT Austin to visit her family . Interesting pics
this was so cool,i was born on feb 6th 1970 we lived on the good ole north side of houston haha and we had a beach house in jamaica beach galveston and every weekend we went there and during the summers,so i saw all of these signs,wow GREAT VIDEO FOR ME,
I used to go Gulfgate Mall back then. Watch this video bring back alots of memories. Time fly 😢
Thank you . Brought back so many memories growing up in 70's and heading down to Galveston for the weekend. Dots Coffee Shop still looks the same and so many company brands that are gone now.
Dot’s looks the same but the food isn’t what it used to be…and neither are the prices! Brisket House next door (aka Pappas BBQ) looks about the same inside and out.
I worked there for a good 2 weeks... needless to say I wasn't cut out for it 😂
I was born in 72. I remember some of it... Dots most of all.
Grew up in League City myself. 71 till mid 80s
Really would like to see a video in the 70s of the North Freeway from 610 to Greenspoint.
I love these images of the highway signs of the Houston area of Texas in 1970! This is part of our history and of Texas history as well.
Just turned 65. Memories of trips to Galveston in the 70's. Great video 😃
We lived off the Gulf freeway in 1977 Villa Monterrey Apts
My mother worked at Vogue Shoes in downtown Houston her senior year of high school! I remember a lot of those signs, especially Fingers Furniture!!
@lemonhead162 for a while there was a Fingers furniture store in Beaumont Texas heard of that town????!!..it’s 84.9 miles from Houston….I hope you will reply to this
Thanks for posting this! I haven't lived in Houston for a long time now, and when I do go, I hardly recognize it. This was a nice trip down memory lane. I worked for three summers at AstroWorld and it still breaks my heart to see the signs and know what happened to it.
We lived in Arlington square apartments when we first moved to Houston. My mom was a single parent paying $65.00 per month in rent while working for Kips big boy as a waitress
your mom and the people like her inspired us all
Kips Big Boy, memories
Hello there,
I used to live in Houston,Texas
We move too Dallas , tx
I have family in Houston.
We do go for the holidays.
Christmas and Thanksgiving.
I miss Houston.
That's my home town..
I remember going too the beach Galveston. Clearlake.
Watching channels 13 news.
What a nostalgia rush, thank you Tori
Gulf gate mall , seen Star wars there the line to see it went over the freeway walkway
, lived by Strawberry park apartments
And off Red Bluff Road ended up living in La Porte Texas. What memories.
I live in Laporte 😮
😂 it took me a minute to figure out why Tori Mask sounded so familiar: you always have those excellent pictures on the Facebook Almeda Mall page! 👍🏼
Thanks for isolating the screenshots so we can actually view and appreciate all the retro signs.
Wow, does this bring back memories. Having grown up in Clear Lake in the 70s, was so cool to see the old signs that I remember
Yes. Sea-rama! I remember that place.
And Dot Coffee Shop. 👍🏻
I bought a motorcycle (Kawasaki 100 ) at the cycle shop on 1:39. Liked the gas prices at 2:40! Thanks for posting. A lot of memories.
This is an excellent video! Wish there was more. I moved away for a few years but have spent most of my life in the same home we moved into in ‘77- right off Gulf Freeway and Griggs Rd. It looked just like this even into the early-1980’s! ❤️
I loved foleys when it had the flower logo
Brought back lot of memories, finger was the furniture store. Gulfgate mall, worked downtown Foleys now macys
Thanks for the memories! So many I hadn’t even thought about for years! These days, I can sure appreciate Jay Marks “Less Overhead” billboard more😂
What’ a great video! So many things that we miss. Love all the Galveston stuff. I still have a banner hanging in my house from Sea Arama. Thanks for the nostalgic memories !
Wow and the memories come flooding back ya almost got me! Dang near brought a tear! Sure do miss that Houston
Texas Commerce Bank, Foley's , Weingarten's, so many places gone forever! Thank you for the memories! 😊
I was born in Houston in 69 , I remember a lot of these places ,in 76 we moved to Casper Wyoming
Nice
Thanks! That was a nice drive down memory lane.
Thanks for the memories.
Astroworld, Sea arama marine world, Winegardens, Shakey's pizza. I want to go back, these days suck.
I miss Shakey's. There was this one just south of Almeda Mall, one on Griggs and one on Spencer in Pasadena.
@redfox2683 I hope you will reply to this in Beaumont Texas which is 84.9 miles from Houston there was a Shakey’s Pizza on College Street where College Street runs into I-10 and a Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour in Parkdale Mall
Memories! Thanks. Nice work.
Talk about going back in time I remember Alot of theses old signs I was so sad the day they took down the Coca-Cola sign at 45 and telephone road my grandmother lived on des jardines about three blocks from the sign 😢 Thank You for making the video love it also had a lot of fun at gulfgate Mall add Alameda Mall growing up 😊
I wish I was born in the 50’s or the 60’s. Nice video, by the way.
Fingers Furniture was an exciting place to explore as a child
I remember as a kid running all over the "bargain basement". Thinking back idk why we as a family went there several times a year cause I know damn well we wasn't getting furniture like that. Also, I still would like to know what happened to all the sports memorabilia in the sports museum. I still tell people that was home to the Houston Buffs before fingers was ever thought about.
Fingers was built on the site of the old Houston Buffs baseball stadium. They had a little museum in there and every year 4-5 major league players would come in and sign autographs.
A time before everything turned into chain restaurants or strip shopping malls with chain stores. Individuality, that is what I miss. I especially remember the Brook Mays organ store and of course the Astroworld signs (was a kid in the early 70s) I forgot about Burger Chef. We probably stopped there on our way back from spending the day at Galveston. McDonalds were few and far between back then. Good memories, although 45 south turned into a rough drive once Houston started to expand
it's hard living while seeing all the changes. it's not the home that i know anymore, i am forever lost.
8:04 Could flights from Galveston to Houston (IAH) still be feasible today? Granted Texas International pulled out of Scholes Field a couple of years after this was shot, but another airline (Metro) took over the route.
What a load of memories. Thanks for the trip. I was really excited to see the old mcdavid dealership sign and the huge coca cola sign off telephone.
Those days are no more. Gulf Frwy is not the same. I miss all those well known stores, auto dealers, when Gulfgate was popular, and when Almeda Mall grew. Oh and Gulfway drive in. 😢
As a southeast sider I remember most of these. Good stuff!
It's times like these that I wish that I had a time travel device. However, I was born in 1976. I saw a few of these signs when I was little going to my great grandmother's house. In the early to mid 1980s there was a Bingo sign seen at the end of the street. I wish I remembered the street name.
The First Hutchings-Sealy clock sign was up when the bank became NCNB Texas. Wonder if it's still there as BofA, or did some hurricane destroy it?
Does anyone know what use to be on the southbound side south of Fuqua? Before the current strip center/tackle store/ car dealerships
In 1970 there was practically nothing south of Almeda Mall. Not sure when the Gulf Freeway was actually completed, but it wasn't long before this.
@@fredrickbaker7686 i have found that it was at one time the location of the Alpha Fireworks Factory. Thank you for your response, my curiosity was based on archived aerial photos
Cow pasture
I remember going to the Big Bonus redemption center with my mom. I don't remember what we got but we got the BB stamps at Weingarten's Grocery stores. The only place I remember segregated bathrooms and water fountains.
The Dot has never moved away, has never gone out of business and all the big brick and mortar stores ran away, The Dot Coffee Shop is still booming ❤❤❤❤
Lived by Hobby airport on Radio Road for 55 years now living in Montana.
I must have drove up and down I-45 over a million times Growing up in living the majority of my life in Houston never could get used to the humidity & the mosquitoes though.. .
My aunt used to tell me about the Cinema theater that was across Gulf Gate Center . She saw Star Wars I think when she came back from UT Austin to visit her family . Interesting pics
I went there many time, used to be at the mall then cross the pedestrian bridge over 610 and hit the movies. My childhood was was early to mid 90s.
Those new home and gas prices are about ten times less than today.
How about the Polar Bear at Slade Travel across from Fingers in the Glass Building at night?
miss the 90's houston hate this new houston
There is good and bad. I mainly hate how much traffic there is now, like everywhere.
Houston was so great in the 90's!
Que bonita la ciudad de Houston Texas soy mexicano pero como quiero a Estados Unidos de Norteamérica vivo en México pero mi se quedo allá 😭😭😭
my grandmother was controller of fingers for 16 years.
Awesome video, this is 1970? Or 70s?
This was in 1970
@@torimask awesome video, tho those were some awfull times in Houston around that time...( mass murders )
No spiked ball across from gulfgate mall😢
Shiva's Headband. awesome!
That was the good old days
I was born in 87 so I didn’t get to see this stuff. And I live in Pasadena
Montery House 😊 oh the memorys of those refried beans.
Maaaaaaaaaaaaarvin Zindler... Eeeeeeeeeeeeye Witness News!
Glen Slade’s. 😊
28 cents for regular gas.
Full Service too.