Houston, 1969
| May 25, 2010 | Filled under Blog, Photo Album |
From my friend Swapatorium’s flickr stream:
Yep, that is Dean’s Credit Clothing 41 years ago, when it was actually a clothing store and not a music venue. Also, in the background:
The Lomas & Nettleton Building originally housed offices, but was converted into a residential loft tower in 1999 and renamed the “Franklin Lofts”.
Although given the title of Houston’s first “skyscraper”, the structure is not actually a high-rise. As the Franklin Lofts is considered to be a low-rise building, the 10-story 711 Main, now known as “Capitol Lofts”, which was completed in 1908 and rises 10 floors, was actually the city’s first “high-rise” building to rise at least 10 floors.
Oh I love that photograph!
Love seeing that photo. I’ve looked everywhere for one of “Days.” I have the “A” and the “S” (my initials) from an earlier sign of the “Days Clothier” store in the photo. I also bought the “D” for a friend. Don’t know who has the “Y.” The letters are red and almost three feet tall and about a foot thick. They are supposed to be from the ‘twenties or ‘thirties according to the Houston antique dealer who sold them to me.