What do you remember?

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by chlfan

Anyone remember Griff's Hamburgers on 21st or Oertle's on Memorial? How about Gulf Mart at 21st and Sheridan where the old Handy Dan was? Gulf Mart had a little grill in the back, we ate there from time to time.

Oertle's was across from the Mahoo (sp) mansion which someone brought up earlier- it was a haunted house for a few years at Halloween.

I traveled to Albuquerque NM not too long ago and was pleasantly surprised to see a Griff's- had to stop and eat.

What about Sevco? the music / electronics store in the bottom of Southroads mall, down the hall from Looboyle's- I think it was owned by a middle-easterner who did their commercials- he was kinda creepy.

Ahhh... memories.

You bet, I remember well Griff's Burger Bar on 21st, just west of Sheridan, at the "hilltop."  Hamburgers 18 cents, cheeseburgers 23 cents.  The little A-frame building that used to house Griff's is still there.  Gulf Mart, Shopper's Fair, Phelps/Stocktons/Consumers IGA grocery store, all the old businesses around 21st & Sheridan.  Boot's Drive-In, Shotgun Sams at 19th & Sheridan, Burger Chef, etc...

Griff's Burger Bar was a chain across the SW US. Some of them still survive today with their A-frame buildings.  I think there are still some in TX or NM.

[patric]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

Here are some other links...

http://www.tulsatvmemories.com/

What year was it that Channel 2 news ambushed tipsy drivers outside a Christmas party at Southern Hills -- and it ended up being the FOP?  
Someone's bound to have saved video of that somewhere -- it's right up there with Creager giving the camera the bird during Mannix.

[Sardonicus Rex]

I've just got to reply, for a couple of reasons:
1) This thread is too cool to be buried for lack of response over the last few weeks ... and
2) I'm curious if anybody here remembers what I do ... and, for this post, at least, it's all about ME ... []

Does anybody remember when northeast Tulsa seemed to be the way the city was destined to grow? I know my parents did when they bought their house just south of Admiral and east of Mingo in 1959.

I didn't come along for a few years, but can remember in the mid-70s through early-80s when there was a vital shopping center at Admiral and Mingo (where the flea market is now). There was a RedBud market, TG&Y AND an OTASCO, all in the same complex -- a veritable trinity of commerce back in the day.

Not only that, a half-mile away (or less), Woolco was an anchor tenant for another extensive commercial development which now looks like a set for a remake of "Omega Man." It had the Woolco (later Wal-Mart), Famous Footwear, Chuck-E-Cheese, Anthony's (which relocated from the aforementioned location with the RedBud) and another supermarket (Crosstown Discount).

Just down the street, at the corner of Admiral and Garnett, there was yet another actual strip center with tenants like Safeway. Across the alley to the south was the Village Cinema, where they used to show the Thursday Morning Movies, which you could go to for a quarter with a coupon clipped out of the World and/or Tribune.

I used to play baseball in the fields surrounding the Village Cinema, which are now an industrial park.

Good times.

[southof30a]

quote:Originally posted by Porky

quote:Originally posted by Chicken Little

Two words:

Der Wienerschnitzel.   []

Yep, went good after being at The Stables down the street. []

[billintulsa]

quote:Originally posted by Sardonicus Rex

I've just got to reply, for a couple of reasons:
1) This thread is too cool to be buried for lack of response over the last few weeks ... and
2) I'm curious if anybody here remembers what I do ... and, for this post, at least, it's all about ME ... []

Does anybody remember when northeast Tulsa seemed to be the way the city was destined to grow? I know my parents did when they bought their house just south of Admiral and east of Mingo in 1959.

I didn't come along for a few years, but can remember in the mid-70s through early-80s when there was a vital shopping center at Admiral and Mingo (where the flea market is now). There was a RedBud market, TG&Y AND an OTASCO, all in the same complex -- a veritable trinity of commerce back in the day.

Not only that, a half-mile away (or less), Woolco was an anchor tenant for another extensive commercial development which now looks like a set for a remake of "Omega Man." It had the Woolco (later Wal-Mart), Famous Footwear, Chuck-E-Cheese, Anthony's (which relocated from the aforementioned location with the RedBud) and another supermarket (Crosstown Discount).

Just down the street, at the corner of Admiral and Garnett, there was yet another actual strip center with tenants like Safeway. Across the alley to the south was the Village Cinema, where they used to show the Thursday Morning Movies, which you could go to for a quarter with a coupon clipped out of the World and/or Tribune.

I used to play baseball in the fields surrounding the Village Cinema, which are now an industrial park.

Good times.

I remember that.  When I was a kid, I loved it when my dad would go around the traffic circle!!!!   But wasn't that WalMart you spoke of one of the first Super Kmarts?

[billintulsa]

Here's another thing that popped into my mind.

Part of my childhood was spent living in the neighborhood near 11th and Peoria (way before the hookers took over).

During the summers I would go to Tracy Park and spend the entire day.  On the way home, I would stop at Brinlee's Groceries and read all the latest Archie Comics until Mr. Brinlee would chase me out.  (I never did understand that.  Weren't thoe comic books there for me to read?  At 7 years old, that's what I thought.)

Early in the mornings, I would take a stroll about 3 blocks north, and smell the aromas coming out of Taylor's Good Pies!

On my way back home, I would press my nose against the windows of Brewster's Toy Store and whimper groans of "I wish I had that!"

I can still smell the pies.  Mmmmmmmmmm.

[Sardonicus Rex]

quote:Originally posted by billintulsa

quote:Originally posted by Sardonicus Rex

I've just got to reply, for a couple of reasons:
1) This thread is too cool to be buried for lack of response over the last few weeks ... and
2) I'm curious if anybody here remembers what I do ... and, for this post, at least, it's all about ME ... []

Does anybody remember when northeast Tulsa seemed to be the way the city was destined to grow? I know my parents did when they bought their house just south of Admiral and east of Mingo in 1959.

I didn't come along for a few years, but can remember in the mid-70s through early-80s when there was a vital shopping center at Admiral and Mingo (where the flea market is now). There was a RedBud market, TG&Y AND an OTASCO, all in the same complex -- a veritable trinity of commerce back in the day.

Not only that, a half-mile away (or less), Woolco was an anchor tenant for another extensive commercial development which now looks like a set for a remake of "Omega Man." It had the Woolco (later Wal-Mart), Famous Footwear, Chuck-E-Cheese, Anthony's (which relocated from the aforementioned location with the RedBud) and another supermarket (Crosstown Discount).

Just down the street, at the corner of Admiral and Garnett, there was yet another actual strip center with tenants like Safeway. Across the alley to the south was the Village Cinema, where they used to show the Thursday Morning Movies, which you could go to for a quarter with a coupon clipped out of the World and/or Tribune.

I used to play baseball in the fields surrounding the Village Cinema, which are now an industrial park.

Good times.

I remember that.  When I was a kid, I loved it when my dad would go around the traffic circle!!!!   But wasn't that WalMart you spoke of one of the first Super Kmarts?

I don't think so, but I could be wrong. I seem to remember that once Woolco closed, it became a Wal-Mart. It might well have been a Kmart in-between, but the only one I can remember while growing up in that part of town is still there, over on 21st Street between Garnett and where Mingo would be if it went all the way through.

Actually, now that you bring it up, I can remember when 169 ended at 21st and we thought it was the height of urban advancement when they extended it all the way to 51st ...[^]

[billintulsa]

quote:I don't think so, but I could be wrong. I seem to remember that once Woolco closed, it became a Wal-Mart. It might well have been a Kmart in-between, but the only one I can remember while growing up in that part of town is still there, over on 21st Street between Garnett and where Mingo would be if it went all the way through.

Actually, now that you bring it up, I can remember when 169 ended at 21st and we thought it was the height of urban advancement when they extended it all the way to 51st ...[^]

Well . . . whatever the names was, at least we can agree that the traffic circle was once a thriving part of town.  Remember when KTFX was about a mile west of there at Admiral and Memorial?

[Sardonicus Rex]

quote:Originally posted by billintulsa

quote:I don't think so, but I could be wrong. I seem to remember that once Woolco closed, it became a Wal-Mart. It might well have been a Kmart in-between, but the only one I can remember while growing up in that part of town is still there, over on 21st Street between Garnett and where Mingo would be if it went all the way through.

Actually, now that you bring it up, I can remember when 169 ended at 21st and we thought it was the height of urban advancement when they extended it all the way to 51st ...[^]

Well . . . whatever the names was, at least we can agree that the traffic circle was once a thriving part of town.  Remember when KTFX was about a mile west of there at Admiral and Memorial?

Yep. And I even remember when the hillside to the immediate east of that tract was originally developed as a water slide. My mom was a big John Erling fan and took me there to inaugurate it with him. Remember THAT?

[billintulsa]

quote:Originally posted by Sardonicus Rex

quote:Originally posted by billintulsa

quote:I don't think so, but I could be wrong. I seem to remember that once Woolco closed, it became a Wal-Mart. It might well have been a Kmart in-between, but the only one I can remember while growing up in that part of town is still there, over on 21st Street between Garnett and where Mingo would be if it went all the way through.

Actually, now that you bring it up, I can remember when 169 ended at 21st and we thought it was the height of urban advancement when they extended it all the way to 51st ...[^]

Well . . . whatever the names was, at least we can agree that the traffic circle was once a thriving part of town.  Remember when KTFX was about a mile west of there at Admiral and Memorial?

Yep. And I even remember when the hillside to the immediate east of that tract was originally developed as a water slide. My mom was a big John Erling fan and took me there to inaugurate it with him. Remember THAT?

I forgot about that waterslide!!!!!  (I think they moved it into that strip club!)

[T Badd]

quote:Originally posted by billintulsa
I forgot about that waterslide!!!!!  (I think they moved it into that strip club!)

That hill was eventually turned into a mini-golf course, which is now abandoned.

Here's some pics:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/losttulsa/sets/713729/

[owassoguy]

I remember when 71st street was just a two-lane road. []

[billintulsa]

quote:Originally posted by owassoguy

I remember when 71st street was just a two-lane road. []

. . . and not a multi-laned parking lot.

[T Badd]

quote:Originally posted by owassoguy

I remember when 71st street was just a two-lane road. []

Yep, during High School (I graduated from Union in '83), 71st and Mingo was just a 4-way stop with both streets only two lanes.  Hwy-169 stopped at  around I-44, and not only didn't go all the way around the South side of town, but didn't even reach as far South as the BA Expressway.

[NellieBly]

Does anyone remember the water slide at 61st and Peoria??