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Utah Carl said:
SE corner was ABC Racket Store. What a racket that was, was our kid-joke. I went in there one time alone in the winter and had my hands in my pockets. The guy said, "That's right, keep your hands in your pockets." As a working kid, I probably had more cash in my pocket than he did in his cash register. I boycotted the store. It "mysteriously" burned to the ground soon thereafter.

I think Zales was on the NE corner. The original State entrance was near-by on 21st.

I've got all of these addresses from the 1947 City Directory. I'll post the list as soon as can get the job done.
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Bill Cherry was a RE Developer back when I was working down there. He was converting some of the old historic buildings into condo's or apartments.
 
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Did any of you guys ever run into an older short and skinny black dude they called "Catnip" downtown? His given name was Herman "something". He used to do odd-jobs for me and could make almost anything happen if you needed it. LOL
 
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Haute Pursuit said:
Bill Cherry was a RE Developer back when I was working down there. He was converting some of the old historic buildings into condo's or apartments.
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That might have been Shelton/Cherry.

They also may have had Sea Arama, but I could be mistaken. It may be inaccurate, but Sea Arama may have also been included in a bankruptcy. It probably had nothing to do with Mr. Shelton or Cherry. They seemed like stand-up guys and supposedly had many local investors. The old Sea Arama site may be owned by a local.
 
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Utah Carl said:
That might have been Shelton/Cherry.

They also may have had Sea Arama, but I could be mistaken. It may be inaccurate, but Sea Arama may have also been included in a bankruptcy. It probably had nothing to do with Mr. Shelton or Cherry. They seemed like stand-up guys and supposedly had many local investors. The old Sea Arama site may be owned by a local.
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Sea Arama almost went into bankruptcy in the early 90's. I don't know if it ever did. There was one guy who had a controlling interest in it but I cannot remember his name, it wasn't a Shelton or Cherry though at that time. I worked for about a year with a marine biologist from the east coast to try to get a red snapper hatchery going out there along with Texas A&M during that time. We never could get the grant money to make it happen though.
 
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Utah Carl said:
That might have been Shelton/Cherry.

They also may have had Sea Arama, but I could be mistaken. It may be inaccurate, but Sea Arama may have also been included in a bankruptcy. It probably had nothing to do with Mr. Shelton or Cherry. They seemed like stand-up guys and supposedly had many local investors. The old Sea Arama site may be owned by a local.
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One of the buildings that Cherry developed was the old warehouse on the corner of 22nd or 23rd and Port Industrial and I think he had a hand in a couple of buildings on Postoffice.
 
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Haute Pursuit said:
Sea Arama almost went into bankruptcy in the early 90's. I don't know if it ever did. There was one guy who had a controlling interest in it but I cannot remember his name, it wasn't a Shelton or Cherry though at that time. I worked for about a year with a marine biologist from the east coast to try to get a red snapper hatchery going out there along with Texas A&M during that time. We never could get the grant money to make it happen though.
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Sea Arama closed in the 1980's and was bankrupt. Ralph McPheeters was the GM. Many people were "unsecured creditors". He was hired by Moody Gardens ("Hope Arena" which the Moodys closed). They allegedly fired him and he worked for a hotel around Clear Lake until a stroke took him down. My best friend.
 
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Utah Carl said:
Sea Arama closed in the 1980's and was bankrupt. Ralph McPheeters was the GM. Many people are "unsecured creditors" count me in,. He was hired by Moody Gardens ("Hope Arena" which the Moodys closed). They allegedly fired him and he worked for a hotel around Clear Lake until a stroke took him down. My best friend.
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That isn't the guy who I worked with in the early 90's. This guy was the Chairman of a Board that controlled the property at that time and he was a Galvestonian... just can't remember his name. The facility was closed and dilapidated at that time though so I don't doubt it was bankrupt previously.

The guy who was helping me with A&M was Dr. Skip Porter who was the president of HARC (Houston Advanced Research Center), one of George Mitchell's brainchilds for The Woodlands.
 
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Haute Pursuit said:
That isn't the guy who I worked with in the early 90's. This guy was the Chairman of a Board that controlled the property at that time and he was a Galvestonian... just can't remember his name. The facility was closed and dilapidated at that time though so I don't doubt it was bankrupt previously.

the guy who was helping me with A&M was Dr. Skip Porter who was the president of HARC (Houston Advanced Research Center), one of George Mitchell's brainchilds for The Woodlands.
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Doug McLeod (Moody)? Fertitta (Fertitta)?
 
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Utah Carl said:
Doug McLeod?
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Nope, wasn't Doug but I believe Doug was on the board. This was an older gentleman than Doug. It was my understanding that there was some sort of power struggle and this guy ended up with control of the board/park. Definately not Fertitta... before he started making waves down there.
 
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Nope, wasn't Don either... I may have posted this story previously on this thread, I don't want to go back and look...

I was driving down Seawall one morning and it was pretty windy and I saw Don Schattel chasing his toupe down the sidewalk in front of the Parks Board building. One of the funniest things I have ever witnessed.
 
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Haute Pursuit said:
Nope, wasn't Don either... I may have posted this story previously on this thread, I don't want to go back and look...

I was driving down Seawall one morning and it was pretty windy and I saw Don Schattel chasing his toupe down the sidewalk in front of the Parks Board building. One of the funniest things I have ever witnessed.
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I came "this close" to ragging down that rag. The lady I was with grabbed me by the back of my coat. A present or former city council man seemingly told Mr. Shcattel, "Steady!"

Those were the good old days...
 
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Utah Carl said:
Dellanera? What a wonderful human being.
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It was Dellanera... could not remember his name for the life of me. Here is an article I found while trying to remember his name. It was Cherry and Shelton who were foreclosed on. Mr. Dellanera got control of it after them. The park closed for good around 1990 if I remember right and we were working with him to find another suitable use for it.

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1986_420857/sea-arama-closes-in-galveston.html
 
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