feeling nostalgic

[Glenn Holland]

kmol





paragon cable
diamond shamrock
alamodome

[CosmicCowboy]

Alamodome?

[Glenn Holland]

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/smith_240_spurs.jpg

[Glenn Holland]

http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/1492/1514214305081937016S600x600Q85.jpg

[Glenn Holland]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gPNuqMWJigU/TLuCunBYkFI/AAAAAAAAATI/4xGCH3U63Do/s1600/J.JPG

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Man. KMOL and Lori Tucker :wow I had a big crush on her as a kid
Handy Andy
Handy Dan
Joske's and the Winter Wonderland downstairs
Hemisfair Arena
Whopper Burger. Orange freeze mmmm
Etc

[RandomGuy]

http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/1492/1514214305081937016S600x600Q85.jpg

Highland mall, mid 80's by the cars.

(edit)

Nov 1986, by the backwards date that seems to be written in the area above the building in the picture. Duh.

(1982? (can't tell if the last digit is a 2 or a 6))

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Stop n Go

[Glenn Holland]

highland mall, mid 80's by the cars.
windsor park mall

[RandomGuy]

windsor park mall

Alrighty then.

True testimony to American monoculture. :lol

[RandomGuy]

It's like there's always something there to remind me... about the 80's

[Glenn Holland]

Once a thriving mall, windor park would become home to shit that katrina blew in and now is home to rackspace.

[NASpurs]

area code 512


KI4qgsK7AVg

[koriwhat]

7/11
kroger's
hemisphere

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I can't believe there's no 7-11 down there.

[JudynTX]

Winn's
TG & Y
La Semana Alegre' :(
Jelly shoes
Metal lunchboxes

[Glenn Holland]

http://1on1parenting.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/albertsons.jpg

[JudynTX]

Winn's
TG & Y
La Semana Alegre' :(
Jelly shoes
Welcome Back Kottter lunchbox

[Glenn Holland]

http://www.myballard.com/images/hollywood_video.jpg

[Glenn Holland]

BARNACLE BILLS
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3489/4083533163_6ff00436e8.jpg

[SpursWoman]

This is obviously not the Windsor Park Mall one, but it was all I could find in hurry.



http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BPdwCWy3-18/SdUAOef8e5I/AAAAAAAABnM/z58sQcjL4yM/s400/Aladdins_Castle.jpg

[Glenn Holland]

http://www.blastfromthepasttv.com/snick.jpg

[Glenn Holland]

This is obviously not the Windsor Park Mall one, but it was all I could find in hurry.



http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BPdwCWy3-18/SdUAOef8e5I/AAAAAAAABnM/z58sQcjL4yM/s400/Aladdins_Castle.jpg
fuck me. that was the shit.

[Glenn Holland]

i remember having to go to chick fila in the food court at windsor park mall because that was before they had free standing restaruants.

[Leetonidas]

Bexar Apple County Fair

[Glenn Holland]

Son, that shit was called pear apple, not bexar apple.

[Dark Gable]

Once a thriving mall, windor park would become home to shit that katrina blew in and now is home to rackspace.

Oh STFU! Plenty of crap has been blown across the seas to these shores.

[Glenn Holland]

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs646.snc3/27543_121099901259288_6975_n.jpg

[Stringer_Bell]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bRrhyfW294/TCjERj4iGPI/AAAAAAAAFK4/tlDZmst-tfI/s400/downtown.jpg

http://starlite-studio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mission4colorstarlite.jpg

[Trill Clinton]

http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/1492/1514214305081937016S600x600Q85.jpg

I miss Windsor:depressed

[Blake]

Alamodome?

I loled

[CubanMustGo]

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/jh1882/theatres/Mcc.jpg

^ The old General Cinema theaters at McCreless Mall, ca. 1975

Jim's Frontier on Goliad ... the original before Hasslocher fled the southside

I-37 stopping at St. Mary's (completed just in time for me to drive from home to Trinity each weekday)

Piggly Wiggly

[Blake]

Bexar Apple County Fair

I loled at that one too

[Blake]

fox theater
central park mall
photon
field trips to butter krust

[CosmicCowboy]

Frost
Joskes
Wolf and Marx
Lone Star Ice Houses
Texas Liquor and Guns
Ferdy's
Little Green Valley
The Original Luby's
Toy Box

[coyotes_geek]

fox theater
central park mall
photon
field trips to butter krust

:lol

Many a weekend night wasted at planet photon in my youth.

[Blake]

Aunt Julie's restaurant on Nakoma that's now an Adult Video Megaplexxx

[CubanMustGo]

http://www.scottlewisonline.com/images/68_cougar_white_plain_w_ac_1.jpg

first car (tho this isn't it)

Malibu Gran Prix
Pan American Speedway

[Blake]

:lol

Many a weekend night wasted at planet photon in my youth.

yeah. I would come out thinking I kicked ass and my score always ended up sucking the ass instead.

[SpursWoman]

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/jh1882/theatres/Mcc.jpg

^ The old General Cinema theaters at McCreless Mall, ca. 1975

Jim's Frontier on Goliad ... the original before Hasslocher fled the southside

I-37 stopping at St. Mary's (completed just in time for me to drive from home to Trinity each weekday)

Piggly Wiggly


Is that the one where you'd watch one movie then when it was over, everyone would just walk down this long hall to watch the movie in the other theater? Because that's where my mom taught my brother and I about sneaking into movies. I can't remember which mall it was in, though.

[JudynTX]

:lol @ SW!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/ladyspur/PoFolks.jpg
You remember this place? :D

[SpursWoman]

Don't laugh at me ... it was all my mom's doing. :lol


Town Twin drive-in, that was replaced by some water park that was across the highway from where Splashtown is now.

I miss drive-ins. If I ever win the lottery I'm building one. :cooldevil

[JudynTX]

Don't laugh at me ... it was all my mom's doing. :lol


Town Twin drive-in, that was replaced by some water park that was across the highway from where Splashtown is now.

I don't remember that place.


I miss drive-ins. If I ever win the lottery I'm building one. :cooldevil

San Pedro & Mission. :toast

Suffocated in the trunk many times. :lol

[The Reckoning]

DAIRY TREAT

mr. gatti's pizza

skate world

mission valley

shroeder hall

Siesta's

:cry

[ploto]

Town Twin drive-in, that was replaced by some water park that was across the highway from where Splashtown is now.

I miss drive-ins. If I ever win the lottery I'm building one.

Bandera Drive-In @ "the new loop 13" (aka Loop 410)

http://www.captainchicken.org/sadrivein/Bandera/29May1946SALight2_small.jpg

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Anyone remember that place on tha west side, Lake Trout? Was popular until the gang violence drove it outta business.

[CubanMustGo]

Is that the one where you'd watch one movie then when it was over, everyone would just walk down this long hall to watch the movie in the other theater? Because that's where my mom taught my brother and I about sneaking into movies. I can't remember which mall it was in, though.

Yep. Bathrooms were between the two theaters connected by the hallway that ran behind the front entry where the concession stand was.

[Blake]

:lol @ SW!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/ladyspur/PoFolks.jpg
You remember this place? :D

yup.

$5.99 lunch specials in the 80s? PoFolks seems(ed) rather pricey, contradictory, imo

I thought the mason jar gimmick was neat.

[Blake]

mr. gatti's pizza


Gattiland barely shut down a few years ago.

Fargo's Pizza ftw.

[SourCandy]

http://ii.alatest.com/product/600x400/e/b/GPX-Inc-GPX-CDP3104CK-Portable-CD-Player-Car-Kit-with-60-Second-Anti-Skip-Prot-0.jpg
:lol

[Stringer_Bell]

http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mPUCixgVTdfFQ4hgXWQcbDA/140.jpg

[SpursWoman]

Gattiland barely shut down a few years ago.


There's still one on Pat Booker.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

:lol @ SW!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/ladyspur/PoFolks.jpg
You remember this place? :D

Ha. Yes. I do. I liked all the hick-speak they had on their menus and such. Bellywashers :lol

[CosmicCowboy]

Driving to the coast down 281 because 37 wasn't there. Had to go to Southwest Military and then turn south and go cross country...speed traps in every little fucking town. Smoking dope and stoned out of our fucking minds and telling each other "be cool" "be cool' as we drove by the mounties...

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Aunt Julie's restaurant on Nakoma that's now an Adult Video Megaplexxx

Oh damn. Aunt Julies. That was some good eats. I remember their chicken fried steak.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Fargo's Pizza ftw.
Are they the one's with the Roman Orgy Pizza?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

What about GW Jr's?

[JudynTX]

Godfathers Pizza on San Pedro & Rector. :(

[Phillip]

http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/win31.jpg

http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/desktop/firstrun/win31-1-1.png

http://randomdreamerstudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/blue-pepsi.jpg

[Blake]

Oh damn. Aunt Julies. That was some good eats. I remember their chicken fried steak.

that was what I always got. :tu

every now and then we did the breakfast buffet on weekends too.

something happened when they opened up new ones on I-10/Wurzbach and Bandera/410. Seems like they raised their prices to compensate, lost business and could never recover.

[Blake]

Are they the one's with the Roman Orgy Pizza?

don't think so...

it's where we would always go after soccer games as a kid because they had video games and a movie room where they showed the old school stuff like Little Rascals, 3 Stooges, Mighty Mouse cartoons, etc.

[Blake]

What about GW Jr's?

foot long hot dogs :tu

[Viva Las Espuelas]

something happened when they opened up new ones on I-10/Wurzbach and Bandera/410. Seems like they raised their prices to compensate, lost business and could never recover.
Huh. Didn't know that. The one on bandera is the one I went to. I remember they weren't there that long and it's been so man things since then

[Viva Las Espuelas]

foot long hot dogs :tu

Yep. I liked their logo.

[mrsmaalox]

That Po' Folks chain is still around in the south. I went to one when I lived in Georgia--just awful.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Yeah. They're not too keen with "on the side" :D

[Blake]

Huh. Didn't know that. The one on bandera is the one I went to. I remember they weren't there that long and it's been so man things since then

yeah, I remember when they built it. Among other things, I recall it being a Black Eyed Pea, Clear Springs Cafe and now Henry's.

Seems like around the time Aunt Julies closed that one was when they put in one of the first dollar cinemas right behind it.

[lebomb]

Olgas
Orange Julius
Z cavarichi
Top Siders
Penny Loafers
Puffin Billys .......... $1.99 railrider special.


NightClubs:

Daddys
The Hippa drome
Avalon
Zapp
Broadstreet
Illusions

.............................DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN !!!!

[NASpurs]

Pistol Pete's Pizza... that was some good shit.

[JudynTX]

NightClubs:

Daddys
The Hippa drome
Avalon
Zapp
Broadstreet
Illusions

.............................DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN !!!!

:tu I remember all those. Do you remember Doc Holliday's on Fred. Rd?

[cornbread]

I'm not ready!!!!

http://www.wearefun.com/images/products/Nacho.gif

[RandomGuy]

Don't laugh at me ... it was all my mom's doing. :lol


Town Twin drive-in, that was replaced by some water park that was across the highway from where Splashtown is now.

I miss drive-ins. If I ever win the lottery I'm building one. :cooldevil


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128013825

and

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89813618


In this era of video iPods and minivan DVD players, a renaissance in the drive-in movie business seems unlikely. But in the past decade, nearly 100 drive-in movie theaters have opened or re-opened.

One example of this trend: the Solano Drive-In Movie Theater in Concord, Calif.

At 7 p.m., even before the manager opens the box office, there's already a line of cars waiting to get in. It's a bargain at $6.75 for an adult. Children under 11 are free.

Now that the sound of the movie comes through the car radio, there aren't any speakers on poles to negotiate, and moviegoers can park their cars anywhere. In front, by the big screen, a group of neighborhood families have parked their cars in a row so their kids can watch the night's movies together. One of the moms in the group, Linda Ziegler, says she found out about the Solano last year.

"It's a fun thing to do," she says. "You'll see a lot of people come out with chairs and blankets and sleeping bags and whatnot."

The Solano opened in 1964. Three years ago, it was shut down; the worn-out concession stand had become seedy, the parking lot potholed. Linda Alley, who was working the box office the night it closed, says she cried.

"I didn't want to see this drive-in close," she says. "Nobody wanted to see it close. Everybody around here loves this place."

People wrote letters pleading for the Solano to be reopened. The theater's owners made an about-face and spent thousands of dollars revamping the place. They patched the potholes, painted the screens and upgraded the food. Now the Solano is open 365 days a year, rain or shine.

It's a typical move for a drive-in looking to stay in business, says Jan Krawitz, a professor of film at Stanford University. She says sprucing them up and multi-tasking the land are key steps towards the success of 21st century drive-ins.

Multi-tasking? Yes indeed: On Sunday morning, the popcorn from the night before has been cleaned up, and the Solano Public Market and Swap Meet is open for business. Five thousand people have paid $1.25 to walk around and buy anything and everything from kitchen bowls to car tires.

And on April 24, the Solano Drive-In Movie Theater will celebrate the 75th anniversary of drive-ins in America with a free double feature — The Wizard of Oz and Rebel without a Cause.

Show time is 8 o'clock.

[Nathan Explosion]

I took a picture of an old drive in on Frio City Road that has since been turned into what looks like a car junk lot. You can see how the lot surrounds the screen (the screen is still there) so all the cars can see.

Also, does anyone remember Turtle Creek Country Club? I live on an apartment complex that would border the former golf course, and when looking at satellite maps, you can still make out some of the holes. Hell, driving around, you can tell where the fairways were by the way the trees are planted, all in a line with large space in between them.

[Nathan Explosion]

Oh and remember this?

http://www.capitolcity.ca/images/buildings/bonanza.jpg

The one of Callaghan and Ingram was the one I always went too.

[Nathan Explosion]

http://www.insidearenas.com/past/hemisfair2600.jpg

http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/sanantonio/HemisFair.jpg

[Big P]

What about GW Jr's?

Guacamole burger ftw!

[Big P]

Oh and Sizzler....steak and all you can eat shrimp for $6.99!

[admiralsnackbar]

Rock Island
Blanco Tavern
Showcase
Wacky's Cantina
Maggie's (San Antonio's original mega fern bar)
and especially Liberty Lunch

Catfish Charlie's on West (where Hungry Horse is)
Not having to drive East Jesus the other side of town to get a Gatti's buffet
Jim's 410/Blanco before it went chic
Sound Warehouse
Civilization ending at or before 1604

[jimo2305]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/lossefana/TV/wildcrazykid.jpg

http://images.tvrage.com/shows/7/6955.gif

[cornbread]

Rock Island
Blanco Tavern
Showcase
Wacky's Cantina
Maggie's (San Antonio's original mega fern bar)
and especially Liberty Lunch

Catfish Charlie's on West (where Hungry Horse is)
Not having to drive East Jesus the other side of town to get a Gatti's buffet
Jim's 410/Blanco before it went chic
Sound Warehouse
Civilization ending at or before 1604

Great list. I forgot about Showcase. Add to that Sneakers.

[admiralsnackbar]

Great list. I forgot about Showcase. Add to that Sneakers.

Sneakers!

And what was the name of the club thereabouts that was housed in what looked like an old IHOP? Sons of Hercules, Gingbreadmen, Bouffant Jellyfish-level bands used to play there. Anyone remember?

[redskinfan]

Los Padrinos, First Mate, fishin pier...

[redskinfan]

Pizza Inn, Mega Foods, Sav-U

[Blake]

Carl Jrs.

oh wait.

[cornbread]

Sneakers!

And what was the name of the club thereabouts that was housed in what looked like an old IHOP? Sons of Hercules, Gingbreadmen, Bouffant Jellyfish-level bands used to play there. Anyone remember?

I don't remember the name of the club but some of the bands from those days and scene that stick out in my head are True Infidels, Mumble Skinny, Cinder Leaf (I think they still may actually still be around) and Py's Grove.

[admiralsnackbar]

I don't remember the name of the club but some of the bands from those days and scene that stick out in my head are True Infidels, Mumble Skinny, Cinder Leaf (I think they still may actually still be around) and Py's Grove.

Oh man... I played my second gig opening for Mumble Skinny @ Wacky's. Awesome band. Their guitarist died not long ago -- 2004? Too bad, because he was really great before the drugs.

The Cinder Leaf guys broke up amicably last time I checked. Jason, the singer had a band called Za Pather that was just as good, but I haven't been to see a live show of anyone's in years, so who knows?

[Big P]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/lossefana/TV/wildcrazykid.jpg

http://images.tvrage.com/shows/7/6955.gif

How about..."You can't do that on Television"!

[cornbread]

Oh man... I played my second gig opening for Mumble Skinny @ Wacky's. Awesome band. Their guitarist died not long ago -- 2004? Too bad, because he was really great before the drugs.

The Cinder Leaf guys broke up amicably last time I checked. Jason, the singer had a band called Za Pather that was just as good, but I haven't been to see a live show of anyone's in years, so who knows?

Small world. I took guitar lessons from Skinny around '95 when I was 14 years old. He was an absolute monster on the guitar. He could play anything you put in front of him. Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Paul Gilbert, anything. It was sad though because you could tell his lifestyle was already taking its toll on him. Such a loss for the SA music community. But for those who saw him play the guitar when he was on his game, we'll never forget it.

[lebomb]

:tu I remember all those. Do you remember Doc Holliday's on Fred. Rd?

Yep............. :toast

Wasnt there a club called The Edge of Town? Oh yeah Country down under, Zig Zag, Burgundy Woods, and Graham Central Station ..............these go WAY back. :rollin

[JudynTX]

Yep............. :toast

Wasnt there a club called The Edge of Town? Oh yeah Country down under, Zig Zag, Burgundy Woods, and Graham Central Station ..............these go WAY back. :rollin

Aww man, I remember Graham Central Station, it was on Perrin Beitel right? :toast

I remember someone would pay to go in, get stamped, then come back out and stamp all our hands. :lmao Good times!!!!

[Blake]

Yep............. :toast

Wasnt there a club called The Edge of Town? Oh yeah Country down under, Zig Zag, Burgundy Woods, and Graham Central Station ..............these go WAY back. :rollin

Country Down Under was part of that Central Park Mall club thing, right? IIRC, Garth Brooks played there before he made it to superstar status.

Park Place/CDU/Pollyesters (names got changed a lot)

Isn't Graham still over there on Fred Rd?

[admiralsnackbar]

Joe "The Godfather" Anthony's weed-break around 4AM :lol

pPK_s9Ry6yo

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Oh man. The Godfather. How could I forget him. I have many casssettes of recorded songs with him speaking over into the tune. His show is the one that introduced me to Tony MacAlpine. A true San Antonio legend
7Y9GmyUoyTE:toast

[lebomb]

Aww man, I remember Graham Central Station, it was on Perrin Beitel right? :toast

I remember someone would pay to go in, get stamped, then come back out and stamp all our hands. :lmao Good times!!!!

Yes that is the place.......... my buddy used a friends ID to try and get in...........we were all underage I believe.........anyhow, the bouncers asked him to sign his name on a sheet of paper to see if it matched the ID cards signature. My dumbass friend prints his name out, instead of writing it in cursive. Needless to say, we didnt get in. :lol

[lebomb]

Country Down Under was part of that Central Park Mall club thing, right? IIRC, Garth Brooks played there before he made it to superstar status.

Park Place/CDU/Pollyesters (names got changed a lot)

Isn't Graham still over there on Fred Rd?
.

Country down under was next door to Broadstreet at Central Park Mall...........both places I used to regular. Graham is no longer there. I think someone got a cap busted in their ass and they shut it down. :depressed


AHHHHHH, how could I forget Iries on Fred rd. close to the medical center. They played Raggae music there and you could get red stripe beer maaaaahhn. They closed it down because several people got caps busted in their ass. :depressed :depressed

[Glenn Holland]

grahm is still open

[Spam]

I miss the days when I could get two tall boys for $1 at Diamond Shamrock.