Gone but not forgotten in San Antonio! (Austin, Laredo: Hispanic, African-American)

[Willsatx]

I think WPM by 1990 was in a big decline, very sad from the glory days of the late 70's and 80's.

[dakotajonmac]

My schools:
Callin' all Fightin' Dragons
Southwest Elementary
Southwest Jr. High (before "middle" schools)
Southwest High School Class of '77
"Green & White Forever"

[satx56]

Sea Island just expanded in last 3or4 years. Now there's one at I-35 and SE Military DR. I think the one on Rector is still open. Still great seafood! Yes they did own the Manhatton Cafe across from the Majestic Theater.
When I was a kid we would see a movie at the Majestic then cross the street to the Manhatton. We always went up to the balcony . My dad always got stuffed crab. Those were the days!

[Willsatx]

I used to think the woolworth at McCreless was huge, i loved the old general cinema movies. Also the gold mine arcade.

[satx56]

Anbody want to talk old San antonio. Like past 50 years?

[Willsatx]

i think there was a fourm that was like sa before 1960?

[satx56]

I used to think the woolworth at McCreless was huge, i loved the old general cinema movies. Also the gold mine arcade.
Was Woolworths the one that had a monkey and tropical fish and such?

[scythempress]

Mr. Dunderbach's was the first to have the original Haribos Gummi Bears. Those riots lasted about 5 days. The girl that got her arms wrapped around the flag pole and her ribs broken lived on Nash Blvd on my block. I remember Mr. Price, the black principal and Mr. Mayhan, the head pricipal, being surrounded in the street, and I dont remember seeing one SAPD car.

[Primo]

Originally Posted by Dwangle

I remember when windsor park mall opened..I was working a Monarch paper co. just down the road in the business park. They built the Coors dist. right across the street next to Fleming foods. Ed Mac Man from the Jonny Carson show was there for the grand opening. I know it seems funny now but there were so many malls that one more didn't seem any big deal

I remember WPM opening was a big deal. It was the first completely brand new mall. NSM was always considered a Frankenstein mall...that was a bunch of different parts bubble gummed and bailing wired together. I remember walking around WPM for the first time and thinking this is so much more fancier than NSM! I remember lots of brown tones and wood. They also had this new place to eat called "Chick-fil-a", but I wast still always loyal to my favorite: Arbys.
I remember seeing a movie there a very long time ago...called Ameri-thon....It took place in the near future and John ritter was president and America was bankrupt and the country had completely run out of gas.

[Texan in Virginia]

Originally Posted by Primo

I remember seeing a movie there a very long time ago...called Ameri-thon....It took place in the near future and John ritter was president and America was bankrupt and the country had completely run out of gas.

I couldn't remember the movie so I googled it. Amerithon came out in 1979 when I was the Mom of 2 toddlers so I rarely had the energy for movies! This was when we bought gas on odd-even days in California (and I assume the rest of the nation). Reading the headlines of the Washington Post this morning sure reminded me of news 30 years ago.

Lori