Gone But Not Forgotten in San Antonio! - Part I (West: donated, dinner)

[SATEX38]

I used to work for Handy Andy when i was in High School ( the store was on Pecan valley dr. (#27) one of the things i remember was when the union came and and we got a .50 rase but our hours where cut from 32 to like 18 after that it was all down hill
the store is still open but it is a LA Festa .... this store now is like a big 7-11
it has 2 HEB's with in a mile to a mile and 1/2 around it ( with the New HEB Plus going up at the old McCreless Mall

[SATEX38]

saw on TV where the Mission Drive in will be coming Down
( i need to get by and get some pictures of it before that happens)
the city bought it for 3 million plus ( your taxes at work )

and they are going to build a National park services
Hispanic association of collages and a public library

found most of this info in the SA Current..

one more thing gone from the past ....
guess we have to move on

[OzzyRules]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

Then it is probably not the building Primo mentioned earlier which became the Hungry Horse Cafe. That had a school bus or something sticking out of it. But it was on Evers and Wurzbach. I want to say I vaguely remember something on Fredricksburg inside the loop, but I could very well be mistaken.

Wait a minute, was this place a restaurant?

I sort of remember that place on Evers now.

But now the place I'm thinking of may have been in a public park somewhere, possibly not even in San Antonio. Sorry to sent you on a wild goose chase.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by Primo

Anyone have any photos of the Sky Ride next to Sunken Gardens? What year did that close? What year was it taken down?

I haven't been to Sunken Gardens or the Zoo in years. Do they still have those bubble looking vending machines that make you a plastic mold of the animals? Those were cool.

I don't think you can get into the gardens now, but they still have those machines that make the plastic mold of the animals. I took my nieces there last year. We are taking them again this year for holloween, so I plan on getting one of those animals again.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by Primo

I might be wrong, but on Frederickburg...at the present day "Babes Hamburgers"......wasn't that a Wendy's that was some sort of train car too....similar to the one on Bandera?

Right near there during the 80's, was a car stereo shop "Mobile Hi Fi"...it was built in a dounut shop...was that a Wenchels or Dunkin?

I don't remember a train there. I remember that place being a Swensen's Ice Cream for the longest time in the 80's. And that Mobile Hi Fi was definitely a Wenchel's donaut shop. We used to go eat at the Bonanza, in whose parking lot it resides, a lot when I was a kid. Funny thing is, back around 5 years ago, myself and a bunch of coworkers from work at that time (you know the place, Primo & Munerider, the dreaded h****hole we all escaped from) went to have lunch at Bonanza before it closed. We all had fond memories of that place from our childhoods. It actually really sucked. I don't think it got any worse, our tastes as adults had just gotten better or more experienced.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by OzzyRules

I sort of remember that place on Evers now.

But now the place I'm thinking of may have been in a public park somewhere, possibly not even in San Antonio. Sorry to sent you on a wild goose chase.

Things is, I can actually vaguely remember another place with a train in it. I just can't pin the memory down. I wanted to say Magic Time Machine at first but that is not it. And from what I remember, it was a red caboose.

[GWhopper]

Ozzyrules, could the train have been in Playland Park? I found a website that lists the rides out there and one of them is called the Ghost Train.

I also found these pictures of the park and the Rocket roller coaster:

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by OzzyRules

I sort of remember that place on Evers now.

But now the place I'm thinking of may have been in a public park somewhere, possibly not even in San Antonio. Sorry to sent you on a wild goose chase.

OzzyRules, can this be it? Apparently this is somewhere in or near SA between Lackland and Elmendorf and/or Floresville. It looks like it is in the middle of an old field that may have once been a park or maybe a play ground.

[OzzyRules]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

OzzyRules, can this be it? Apparently this is somewhere in or near SA between Lackland and Elmendorf and/or Floresville. It looks like it is in the middle of an old field that may have once been a park or maybe a play ground.

Who knows? It's very possible. Thanks for posting that.

[GWhopper]

In looking for pictures of the Brackenridge Sky ride, I stumbled upon these two little treasures.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I now present you actual pictures of the original interior of North Star Mall!!!