This is the Houston of my childhood. I remember walking with my parents downtown around Christmas time. It was magical. At night the sidewalks glittered like diamonds (I guess it was the sand in the concrete) and the ladies' high heeled shoes tap, tap, tapped. And the store windows were beautiful! I miss those days.
@jefferyrightmire9520
5 ай бұрын
Right there with you.
@zurrillo1
11 жыл бұрын
I Was Born In Houston Texas On August 23,1960 ...Houston Has Changed a Lot since Then...Here We Are In 2012 Going On To 2013 It's A Mega City Today ...Freeways Are Jammed With Traffic...But Downtown And Mid-Town Are Wonderful Comeback Areas Of Houston...I Grew Up On Allen Parkway Village From 1964 To 1967..I Went To Dial Elementary School Along With Henrietta.
@jefferyrightmire9520
5 ай бұрын
I was born in 56' in the Heights Hospital. My dad was smart and had us out there by 64'. Spent every weekend and any vacation time near Friday Tx on their country place, then grew up after 64 We moved altogether in 64-65 to Crockett and finished school. Everything has changed-- even Crockett-, now we are way out in the woods-
@lanabanana4403
10 жыл бұрын
How cool! My husband and I had dinner at Gaido's on our first date in 1969. Houston had plenty to offer for night life back then. Thanks for the glimpse back to the beginning of a very dynamic decade.
@mrutrough
12 жыл бұрын
I sure miss all the neon lighting from back in that era..
@marcusvaughn7019
4 жыл бұрын
Born in 1963 in Houston, we lived off of Hiriam Clark at the end of South Main. I remember all of these places. My Mom worked at the "Gay Dot" at Westbury Square and my Dad hung out at the "Chez Lounge" off of S. Main. Learned to swim at Gateway. Favorite Chinese food was "Lee's Den" the absolute best ever. We moved from Houston in 1975, but it will always be my hometown.
@youngmindedman
9 жыл бұрын
I remember this very well; because I worked at Pig Stand drive-in on white oak drive as night manager.
@Nivasi
11 жыл бұрын
in 1960 I was 2 yrs old .. born in Memorial Hospital downtown, this clip made me smile. I miss HOME.. even saw where you slipped in Cokin's ? the only cafe in town that had the mini juke boxes on the tables.. My mother ran Stubby's on Chenevert.. Where you could find any TV or radio personality at any given time... When 'air conditioning was chill water' yes those were hard times, yet MUCH simpler.. Thank you for this big ol' Valentine's Grin!
@eduardosalas2640
3 жыл бұрын
For the guy that loved Someburger, it’s still around. White and Studewood. And one in Baytown. Both are great!
@MsteeRose
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this beautiful Houston. I remember well of the Red Lion I use to love seeing it, even now when I pass by where it used to be I take a glance over and remember the cars being in the parking lot. Thank you.
@ValentinoDagher
5 жыл бұрын
Where was this? I know there is a Red Lion on Shepard
@marksnexus
7 жыл бұрын
Wow! I was born in Houston . Only recognize a couple as a child that were still open when I was a kid. Gaidos, and Toddle House. Old school Houston. Thanks for sharing!
@johnnyramonlongoria58
9 жыл бұрын
Just ran into this video and I remember many of these landmarks, many of which no longer exist but memories are forever. I was just a kid but I remember.
@rockymajic2002
8 жыл бұрын
Very cool! I had a few flashbacks watching this.
@jondstewart
7 жыл бұрын
This was about the time that life in Houston was becoming bearable throughout the year and not just the months of November through February unless you had poor circulation in your body and loved hot weather. Homes and small businesses started getting air conditioning. Imagine life in Houston or most of Texas itself before then!
@cavitycreep
2 жыл бұрын
Gtfoh! We had attic fans to keep us cool
@debbieweicht3139
Жыл бұрын
@@cavitycreep my folks had a window ac in their bedroom. The other was in the den where they spent their evenings. At 8, my bedtime, I would sneak in and holding up my pillow, cool it to sleep. Just sharing… Southwest Houston, 1957-1975
@Mistydazzle
Жыл бұрын
My dad moved to Houston in the late 1940’s. He always said that Houston would not have grown into the giant city it became, without the advent of air conditioning.
@jondstewart
Жыл бұрын
@@debbieweicht3139 I know what you mean. As a little kid, I hated going to my grandparents home in the summer in south Texas near Corpus Christi, but didn’t realize it was the heat and why I loved their bedroom the most. It was the only air conditioned room in the house with a nice cold window unit.
@jondstewart
Жыл бұрын
@@Mistydazzle my mom had many stories growing up in Katy on Bartlett St. near the high school. She and her brother would fight over the fan at night and around 1959 they got a window A/C and she wanted to sleep in the living room. They only ran it at night to save on the light bill.
@jacole439
7 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a nice thing to be able to view all the iconic places on film that I knew growing up in Houston.
@bryandesjardins6073
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video and for the music. I just got turned on to the music Dave Brubeck -- perfect music for the video! My first memory was as a 2- or 3-year old pudgy kid watching a Houston TV commercial for Heart's (sp?) Restaurant.
@summermen
9 жыл бұрын
Marvelous. God, Valian's had really good food.
@johntexas8417
5 жыл бұрын
Born in Houston October 24, 1960. Lived at that time 5312 Pease St. Father worked at Schlumberger on 45
@kmars21
4 ай бұрын
my folks lived at 4705 Pease when i was born in 58
@MondoConnie
9 жыл бұрын
This video is incredibly well shot. Impressive.
@devroshart
13 жыл бұрын
Your welcome, this might be my favorite that I've put together.
@cookinaunt
5 жыл бұрын
Wow remember most of these. Some with great memories growing up.
@rockmartinez6482
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Houston in the 60s and this is a great memory about a special time for me.
@jenniferharris7633
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, memories. I wasn't there in 1960, but in 1969 alot of those places were still here.
@jayhuskey2280
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this! One of the coolest vintage videos of Houston I've seen! Love it!
@jwswhidbey1
10 жыл бұрын
truly as I remember it... Thanks
@crimsonwolf9099
2 жыл бұрын
Leo's Mexican Restaurant!!! Ate there a zillion times and loved it.
@JC_wonderland
3 жыл бұрын
Whoa!! Some burger and Oceans 11 at the Alabama theater, wow only if I had a time machine that’s amazing
@brianlohse7672
4 жыл бұрын
Love the music.
@MikeAGarza
28 күн бұрын
Houston Oilers AFL Champions two times 1960🏆 and 1961 🏆
@tragic3134
8 жыл бұрын
awesome video, I appreciate you uploading this! always wanted to know the place where I'm from on how it was in the 60's!
@Randy97402
8 жыл бұрын
That's also Galveston. (Gaido's) Thanks so much for posting. I've been trying to remember College Inn Pizza for years, but didn't see a pic til just now. (roughly Chimney Rock and Westheimer Road)
@devroshart
8 жыл бұрын
The Gaido's in the film was on South Main near where the Astrodome is now.
@johnjohnson6969
4 жыл бұрын
I remember most of this,cool to be alive then
@bullymaguire1
3 жыл бұрын
Too bad I was born 2006 in Houston, i’d like to experience something like that.
@RonJackson
13 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Please keep going!!!
@px4man
13 жыл бұрын
Love it-Been there. Thanks, PX4MAN
@sunnybogden
12 жыл бұрын
that was really cool, thanks for sharing
@jonshecket3010
2 жыл бұрын
The best thing about being alive in this era that nobody realized would ever change is the ability to go to another city and find completely different restaurants. Nowadays everybody just goes to Applebees.
@williamrowlett740
2 жыл бұрын
Yuck. I hate Applebee's because my ex-wife used to love it. I went there at Christmas 3 days ago and it's gotten worse. Dennys or Waffle House would have been better.
@crimsonwolf9099
2 жыл бұрын
@@williamrowlett740 HOUSE OF PIES! 24/7 and great.
@josephrollins4505
6 жыл бұрын
I love the take five sound track, very classic and original.❤️
The Poly-Asian!! And Ding How! I'd love to see more *anything* you have on these restaurants of Albert Gee's. Great version of Take Five, BTW.
@JEMCO2008
13 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the post. From Earl,
@GroovyteenofFlowerpower
6 жыл бұрын
I live in Houston 😊😄👢
@jefferyrightmire9520
6 жыл бұрын
Loved Someburgers
@adamcantu6920
3 жыл бұрын
Somebuger best Burger,French,Fries, Onions Ring and Malted. I miss it there was one at Wayside and Avenue P. Always go there it was a small shack. Love them 60's.
@ChargerBullet
Жыл бұрын
When did that one close?
@mercygrrl
8 жыл бұрын
And Battlesteins Dept Store @ 03:21 mark! Fantastic version of Take 5 accompanying the images.
@arthurlopez2182
6 жыл бұрын
Back in the days
@cherylbean521
2 жыл бұрын
All gone now
@83devildog
3 жыл бұрын
Wish i was alive then
@hebneh
8 жыл бұрын
An absolute wealth of neon, as were most American cities then.
@bryandesjardins6073
11 жыл бұрын
...to the music of Dave Brubeck -- that is!
@rockzhard2009
4 жыл бұрын
i was born at night in Houston in 1960.
@youngmindedman
9 жыл бұрын
I met my wife at McDonalds drive-in on South main.
@wallypez
12 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@stevenpilling5318
2 жыл бұрын
Sonny Look's, Alfred's and Old San Francisco!
@elli003
7 жыл бұрын
Loved the pizza a Valian's and everything at Bertha's. What was the seafood restaurant that had a huge crab over the entrance ?
@devroshart
7 жыл бұрын
elli003 Gaido's was restaurant. The crab was moved to Galveston's Gaido's.
@michaelthannisch7310
10 жыл бұрын
Can someone help me. There is a restaurant sandwiched in between the Red Lion and Y Olde College Inn. If I remember right it was called the Polynesian Gardens. It was on South Main. I was very young when I went there with my parents. Can anyone confirm the name, or tell me the correct name if I am incorrect? Please.
@ReverendGuyWallis
6 жыл бұрын
What song is this? I know it but I can't think of what it is
@devroshart
6 жыл бұрын
A cover version of “Take 5”
@ReverendGuyWallis
6 жыл бұрын
devroshart awesome thanks! Love your videos
@ReverendGuyWallis
6 жыл бұрын
devroshart btw I subscribed, sub back if u want to. And keep it up with the cool old videos :-)
@JohnSmith-kz8yo
8 жыл бұрын
HA..Ocean's 11 was playing at the Alabama. I wonder if the Houston Carousel club was in any way affiliated with the infamous one in Dallas?
@jacole439
7 жыл бұрын
I don't think it was, I have been looking up info on the history of the hotel (my mom was a switchboard operator there in the early 70's) I have seen no mention of a "chain" hotel in Dallas.
@williamrowlett740
2 жыл бұрын
Not likely. Jack Ruby ran the Dallas Carousel burlesque nightclub until he murdered Lee Oswald. Even before then, he wasn't worth a flip at running businesses or nightclubs. Plus, Ruby had hardly no ties to H-Town.
@thegoat4849
7 жыл бұрын
Carousel motel is now more famous because of the infamous lawsuit that took place
@aadamjsmith82
3 жыл бұрын
And other nefarious activities
@DigitalRaider1
5 жыл бұрын
Not much has changed since then except for hand held devices
@gilramirez5069
7 жыл бұрын
hello I'm looking the old Monterey Mexican restaurant. it's the Christmas one. could someone please help me find it.
@mjt2231
5 жыл бұрын
Gil Ramirez oh my god, i miss that place. we used to eat there every saturday.
@dwaynethomas7205
10 жыл бұрын
IS THIS VIDEO AVAILABLE ON DVD FROM U of H ???
@devroshart
10 жыл бұрын
Sorry no. The original documentary is on their website, from which I used to make this video with their permission.
@dwaynethomas7205
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks !
@MsteeRose
8 жыл бұрын
Awwww sad. oh well
@djmohglojojo
5 жыл бұрын
Gotta be Montrose 😁😁😁
@ericcartmansstrengthandpow5960
Жыл бұрын
Now a cesspool.
@fidenciapalacios9432
Күн бұрын
Any.one.remembers.princess
@melindastrange
10 жыл бұрын
Ha.. I was 5 years old the summer of '60.
@devroshart
10 жыл бұрын
So was I, turned 6 at the end of that year.
@adamcantu6920
3 жыл бұрын
Wild bill Go back to La Salle County, IL
@WAL_DC-6B
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Troy Grove, IL.
@leeannr3809
5 ай бұрын
😂Oceans eleven at the Alabama?
@59nerevar
6 жыл бұрын
Classic Houston. It's just another bland city now.
@joemartin1253
5 жыл бұрын
robert burgess I don't think so!
@mjt2231
5 жыл бұрын
Houston's not all that bad.
@londonfalling9661
5 жыл бұрын
Robert if you don’t live here or from here, fuck off 🤣
@joemartin1253
5 жыл бұрын
Back then it was a just solid concrete a million billboards not very attractive at least now you have plenty of vegetation which makes it look nicer.
@hanc37
4 жыл бұрын
Houston is an overpopulated shithole.
@abelmontalvo4052
2 жыл бұрын
Must have been a good time in 1960 in Houston Ted Cruz wasn't around.
@gilramirez5069
7 жыл бұрын
hello I'm looking the old Monterey Mexican restaurant. it's the Christmas one. could someone please help me find it.
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