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The lack of value placed on these historical buildings here in my home town is disgraceful. We have suffered an irretrievable loss!

I worked at Hughes Tool from 1969 to 1972, my brother also worked there. Workers parked their cars and walked thru a tunnel to enter the plant.

Blacks were not allowed.

The Rice Hotel featured beautiful architecture, the rooms were kept "old style" (early 1940-50's furnishings) all the way up to the end in the later 1970's.

I Love H-Town history 🤟🏾🫶

had my high school commencement at the music hall

Well wish I was alive at that time that would have been one exciting time to be alive

I love this houston history!

So now that Fingers is long gone, what happened to all the Is memorabilia that was inside of it?

Torn down and replaced by a parking lot. So Houston…

I spent my childhood by that pool

His son from a previous marriage played uncle Gibbs on the Rifleman. Anyone doubt me. I’ll give you my number and show the photos.

He is my grandmother’s last husband. He changed his name to John Snider and hid out in Carbon Texas

All you see now are a bunch of townhomes .. and people from California

Lots of history!!!!

Raymond T. Ritchie held many meetings at the old city hall.

Lets go Astros!!!

Only in Houston would we demolish the best of our heritage like this.

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your disgusting fabricating against corporation owners, your thieves

arrest them for their racist photos and fabricating their positions in companies

the cops need to arrest people that are trying to steal hughes tool

german town tittle is illegal based on american laws

your all fired, you are black balled from all media in america, if my father was alive now you wouldn't be telling your goddamn lies

there wasn't blacks working in the oil industry back then in America

there are middle eastern and Germans people impersonating Mexicans in America

texas police need to arrest the people in this documentary

you are using you lies to steal from american families

people need to get arrested, quit misrepresenting america with your lies of racism, it is court cases againt all of you people in this documentary

people need to go into court for trying to steal the creation of oil drilling bits

I was just working in one of those buildings in Houston!!! It was Amazing to know the History 👍😎

You should visit the old Igloo manufacturing plant...

Wasn’t there a broadcast radio station inside of the building at one time?

Nice Surface research , however they were called Freeman for a reason !! People please do your own investigative research African-American is not the true Narrative and it doesn't explain the real reason for Migration to Texas!!

I remember going to see wrestling at the Coliseum with my dad when we had local wrestling with Paul Bosh with the likes of hacksaw Dugan junk yard dog roock and roll Express terry funk just to name a few had a blast actually got to meet some of them something you wouldn't get today ba k then i remember wrestler's would be out walking around with the fans before the matches would start

Das my great great grandfather

Shamrock inn bar is still open decorated with material from the shamrock

The cool breezes?! Houston doesn’t have cool breezes! Lol

Another thing I dislike about Houston! They tend to destroy all the beautiful old landmarks like this gem! Now they have multiple ugly trendy apt complexes! Yuck! (Bye I was born there, got out as quick as I could)

I remember seeing The Phantom of the Opera at the old music hall. It was one of the last performances there. The theater itself had a haunted feel that matched the atmosphere of the play. The building at that time still had so many old original things in it that still worked like the original phone booths with lights and fans that came on when the door closed. Such a shame to see a beautiful building go. Even though parts like the colosseum were in a state of disrepair.

Houston's was also settle by Germans, Greeks, Irish and Italians, as well

Loved that place, so sad it had to go

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The Houston city leaders were very smart to let pro wrestling happen at the Sam Houston Coluesum. If that venue could handle livestock, it could sure deal with Andre the Giant, King Kong Bundy, Kamala, and Dusty Rhodes.

Nothing last forever.

My Father, Lew Gordon, had the concessions at all of these venues, so they were all like second homes to me. I have such wonderful memories of all of them and the stars and performers that I met.

I can't even begin to imagine life in Houston before air conditioning.

Very cool!

My dad and I used to get haircuts on Saturdays at the Shamrock. They had a barber shop somewhere on the ground floor. The lobby of that thing was like being on the Queen Mary -- a landlocked oceanliner. It was amazing!

As a senior in high school I worked for Al’s Formal Wear. I got to help out with a fashion show at the Shamrock Hotel. I have wonderful memories of that day at the Shamrock.