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Kiddie Wonderland At 7800 South Main St. - Houston Architecture When you refer to Kiddie Land, are your referring to Kiddie Wonderland on South Main St on the opposite side of the street from Playland Park? I loved and frequented this little amusement park during the 50's
Historic Houston Amusement Parks Places Playland Park was on S Main near where Reliant Stadium is now It was our "Astroworld" before there was an Astroworld It had 2 great roller coasters, and lots of other carnival-style rides and attractions
Adventure Pointe Amusement Park On Interstate 45 The original Playland Park was located from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s near the site where the famed Astroworld once stood With only 25 acres being purchased, this will not be the biggest of the four proposed parks There are no other details available on this proposed park at this time
Playland Park At 9200 South Main St. - Houston Architecture In 1940 Playland Park was opened on South Main south of OST South Main intersection Playland Park had a race track When I was 9 yo I watched AJ Foyt race there in the late 50s Could be the race track your talking about
Gaidos Restaurant At 9200 South Main St. - Houston Architecture Gaido's sounds like it It later moved to Galveston I think someone posted a picture of it once Gaido's was in Galveston before it was in Houston The Houston restaurant was their 2nd restaurant I think Playland Park had something to do with Gaido's deciding to open it's Houston location were it did just across the street from the park
Speer Park At 8297 South Main St. - Houston Architecture Maybe Playland Park overshadowed the smaller park? I just don't know why this park didn't have any daily weekly newspaper articles and advertisements No press whatsoever! The park was located in the opposite direction of Sivils' Drive-In Restaurant At 8001 South Main St and Prince's Hamburgers Drive-In Restaurant At 8101 South Main St
Meyer Speedway At 14015 South Main St. - Houston Architecture Was Meyer Speedway the speedway out on South main right next to old "Playland Park" (that had the big roller-coaster), where they used to race midget-cars? If so we used to hear the cars on Saturday night all the way over in Bellaire
Murray Rubber Company At 9300 South Main St. In one of the identifying maps, Murray's parcel is just underneath Playland Park's parcel, which had an address of 9200 South Main Street Murray Rubber Company's land on South Main Street was between Westridge Street and Murworth Street Possibly with an address of 9300 South Main Street? The rubber company owned 7 448-acres of land
Historic Houston Amusement Parks Places Another Billy, Billy Griswold was the man to beat at Playland Park The car owner was Johnny Reiff, who I worked for and later drove his car when Griswold retired Playland was a 1 8th mile track The big names at Meyer Speedway other than Wade were M J Burton, Bill Blumerich, Charles Ray Schild, Griswold,Jimmy McKinny, Ronnie Chumley Joe