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FAT SEXY said:

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Any folk know if there is a clear, concise boundary for what is considered the "Brazos Valley"??

Set parameters may be beneficial for this thread in the future.

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I've always considered it Brazos the seven county area around it:

Brazos
Grimes
Washington
Robertson
Leon
Burleson
Madison
Milam

The weather guys on the news include Lee and Houston, Walker, etc., but I don't subscribe to that notion.

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I can see Lee included as it is actually in the Brazos River drainage. But KBTX often refers to San Jacinto, Trinity, Polk and Anderson counties as the eastern side of the Brazos Valley. When in fact some of those counties are 2 additional rivers drainages east of Brazos. They even zoomed in on Woodville and Jasper a couple of days ago and said there were showers there on the eastern edge of the Brazos Valley.
For someone who gets ultra anal about 'feels like temps' and records, the chief sure takes geographical liberties.

That was quick

Slocum on a mobile said:

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One more for the "front for drugs" thread:

The Chinese fast food place that was also a minimart on Wellborn that became Twin City Mission's CS location before being torn down for luxury student housing.

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Me and my roommates used to eat there all of the time in the early 90s! We lived across the tracks in Treehouse Village. If I remember right, it was kind of Panda Express style where they have a few entrees out and you picked which ones you wanted? I can't remember if we actually ate there or grabbed it to go.

It was a nightclub during the late 70s disco craze.

Slocum on a mobile said:

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trouble said:

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Slocum on a mobile said:

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trouble said:

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I swear that building was just a front for running drugs

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"Tell me you're a local without telling me you're a local"

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I guess I count as one after all these years

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Other supposed "fronts for drugs" include:
The old Popeye's on Barron (Now Marcos Pizza)
The old buffet where Fargo's is now
Any others?

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Potato Shack at the corner of Texas and Rosemary.

Not abandoned completely but abandoned as a dairy. The Lilly Dairy property appears to be privately owned now. Anyone know? Is Lilly even in business anymore?

CN said:

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Slocum on a mobile said:

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One more for the "front for drugs" thread:

The Chinese fast food place that was also a minimart on Wellborn that became Twin City Mission's CS location before being torn down for luxury student housing.

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Me and my roommates used to eat there all of the time in the early 90s! We lived across the tracks in Treehouse Village. If I remember right, it was kind of Panda Express style where they have a few entrees out and you picked which ones you wanted? I can't remember if we actually ate there or grabbed it to go.

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I ate there in the early 90's. The windows on the front had bars on them so my friends would call me up to eat at the "Chinese Jail." Nice folks ran the place.

Great place to stop and take a leak behind it. Don't tell anyone.

toolshed said:

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Anyone know the history of this abandoned building west of Hearne on 485 at 1644. I assume an old general store of sorts that served the surrounding farming communities years ago. Wondering if there was an actual townsite there or just this building. I imagine there was more of a community closer to the river at one time and then it moved to be nearer to the railroad, similar to Boonville and downtown Bryan. But only a guess on my part.

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Was told that was at one time a small general store but also a bar.

There is also an old abandoned bar out in Mumford at the corner of Sandy Point and 50

BMo said:

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Not abandoned completely but abandoned as a dairy. The Lilly Dairy property appears to be privately owned now. Anyone know? Is Lilly even in business anymore?

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No one?

Those tan buildings looks exactly like the quadplexes I lived in, but over on spring loop behind the Hilton. I bet it's just the same developer and those saw some harder livin than the grad students who tended to frequent the ones I lived in. Back in 2014 my roommate and I paid a total of $525 a month for rent and they were making a fat profit compared to how little maintenance and updating they cared to do.

FAT SEXY said:

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Recently in Bryan, near Travis Field on W Carson St an old red brick building was tore down.. I've often wondered what its purpose was in the past. I never took any pictures of it, but I wish I had. This building being gone forever has made me want to document other such structures around town before they too reach a similar fate.

Gumby's Pizza.. I wonder when this forgotten icon gets remodeled or tore down. I feel like it is hiding in plain site.

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Gumby's is owned by Whataburger properties. The plan is to eventually build anothe Whataburger that faces Texas Avenue with three drive throughs. WB also own the vacant lot on Texas Ave next to Whataburger and WB associates own two properties on GB drive.

Corporal Punishment said:

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CN said:

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Slocum on a mobile said:

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One more for the "front for drugs" thread:

The Chinese fast food place that was also a minimart on Wellborn that became Twin City Mission's CS location before being torn down for luxury student housing.

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Me and my roommates used to eat there all of the time in the early 90s! We lived across the tracks in Treehouse Village. If I remember right, it was kind of Panda Express style where they have a few entrees out and you picked which ones you wanted? I can't remember if we actually ate there or grabbed it to go.

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I ate there in the early 90's. The windows on the front had bars on them so my friends would call me up to eat at the "Chinese Jail." Nice folks ran the place.

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Piknik Pantry?

FAT SEXY said:

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Aggie said:

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Was told that was at one time a small general store but also a bar.

There is also an old abandoned bar out in Mumford at the corner of Sandy Point and 50

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Capture it and document it here if you get a chance.

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used to be able to say the bowie school was my favorite abandoned building but now its kimball feed i suppose

dwaynego said:

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WE have a local "ghost town" at the meeting point of FM 485 and the Brazos River - Port Sullivan. There is some near history about it here

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i prefer gay hill

FAT SEXY said:

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This is a place that most of us would recognize. It's right off of Texas Avenue close to the intersection with University... Across the road from Northpoint and the hotels there.

Do any folks know what it was in the past? It's been empty for as long as I can remember.

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That's the original Tom's BBQ building.

ETA: guess not

I say nope it was slightly further south next to a&w

UmustBKidding said:

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I say nope it was slightly further south next to a&w

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Aren't those 2 hotels right next to this building where A&W and Tastee-Freeze were located? That would line up, then.

As i recall it was south pf a&w, and remember the track hoe our smashing the building thinking a loss of late 70s aggie lore.
Have not seen any of the beltrans for many years. Saw tom and he was back driving a truck and john was more recent but was very ill at the time.but that was over 20 yr ago.

UmustBKidding said:

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As i recall it was south pf a&w, and remember the track hoe our smashing the building thinking a loss of late 70s aggie lore.
Have not seen any of the beltrans for many years. Saw tom and he was back driving a truck and john was more recent but was very ill at the time.but that was over 20 yr ago.

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Possibly so - Google says the above address was Aggieland Realty at some point.

4613 Texas - apparently right next door where the Fairfield Inn is now.

Online says A&W was 4611, I knew they were adjacent and order seems right. Remember the toms building was torn down long before the drive in.
where is ps3d to resolve all this

I thought it was a realtors office back in the late 80s.

EBrazosAg said:

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I thought it was a realtors office back in the late 80s.

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It was and into the early 90s.