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Post by miles on Sept 18, 2018 13:38:56 GMT -6
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Post by alaniz956 on Sept 19, 2018 8:40:08 GMT -6
Can agree it is a huge loss for Brownsville. Kind of interesting too, the Miller hotel was located on 13th and E. Elizabeth St, the building that was built over its lot had collapsed in 1989 due to rain water collecting up on the roof. The new building that sits there now is one of those tiendas de ropa.
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Post by Minion on Jan 3, 2019 8:46:28 GMT -6
Edge of Levee near 13th Street. ( i love old stuff like this). 1865 Louis de Planque photo of steamboats near levee in Brownsville, Texas. The original un-enhanced sepia photograph can be viewed from the source at Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Central University Libraries - De Golyer Library digitized photographic collections or by clicking on thumbnail for a smaller version of the original. Louis de Planque took some of the earliest photos of Brownsville, Texas known to exist.   The only identifiable steamboat is the "Enterprise" on the right. The one on the left looks similar to the famous steamboat "Bessie" of which we have several photos to compare it with below. For local residents wanting to know "where was this at?" you must remember that the Rio Grande once reached up to Levee St which explains how street got its name. The course of the river changed over the years. If one wanted to pinpoint location they might conclude that area where water is, is now a parking lot and houses behind boats would be on 12th St where Ross Store is today (also space where Missouri Pacific railroad Depot once stood).  |
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Post by miles on Jan 4, 2019 9:15:05 GMT -6
Edge of Levee near 13th Street. ( i love old stuff like this). 1865 Louis de Planque photo of steamboats near levee in Brownsville, Texas. The original un-enhanced sepia photograph can be viewed from the source at Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Central University Libraries - De Golyer Library digitized photographic collections or by clicking on thumbnail for a smaller version of the original. Louis de Planque took some of the earliest photos of Brownsville, Texas known to exist. The only identifiable steamboat is the "Enterprise" on the right. The one on the left looks similar to the famous steamboat "Bessie" of which we have several photos to compare it with below. For local residents wanting to know "where was this at?" you must remember that the Rio Grande once reached up to Levee St which explains how street got its name. The course of the river changed over the years. If one wanted to pinpoint location they might conclude that area where water is, is now a parking lot and houses behind boats would be on 12th St where Ross Store is today (also space where Missouri Pacific railroad Depot once stood). Those are cool pics! Brownsville had a big head start on the rest of the RGV. Lots of cool older buildings there that they should take advantage of. |
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Post by miles on Sept 19, 2021 16:15:29 GMT -6
BWAHAHAHA!!  |
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Post by vyzee on Sept 19, 2021 21:47:56 GMT -6
THEY PAID THE GUY (who's not even from here) $10K FOR THIS BASIC SH*T  They should not have even done this on the Capitol if they're still trying to redevelop and reopen it after all these years.  They should've found some other decrepit building in the downtown area to do this on. |
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Post by Granola on Sept 20, 2021 7:46:43 GMT -6
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Post by Granola on Sept 20, 2021 7:47:11 GMT -6
THEY PAID THE GUY (who's not even from here) $10K FOR THIS BASIC SH*T They should not have even done this on the Capitol if they're still trying to redevelop and reopen it after all these years. They should've found some other decrepit building in the downtown area to do this on. Why is it called the Capitol? |
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Post by btx on Sept 20, 2021 16:16:48 GMT -6
Damn...That's bad  |
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Post by miles on Sept 21, 2021 10:29:59 GMT -6
Damn...That's bad kind of looks all 80s like VVM logo lol  |
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They should've found some other decrepit building in the downtown area to do this on.
