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} } //}); </script> <div id="main" class="left "> <div class="archive-header-wrap"> <h2 class="archive-header pagetitle">Monthly Archive for December, 2007</h2> <div class="widget widget_categories" style="display: block;"> <h2 class="widgettitle cats-closed" style="cursor: pointer;"> : <span class="taxonomy-title">December, 2007</span> </h2> </div> </div> <div id="blogcontent"> <div id="post-71" class="blogentry post-number-0 partial-post post-71 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry tag-then-now" data-post-id="71"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/then-now-7/" title="Permalink to Then & Now #7" rel="bookmark">Then & Now #7</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on December 31, 2007 at 9:55 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">It’s been two months since a Then & Now entry. I think we’re long overdue for another. Pete Vazquez : Chronicle fileSouthwest Freeway construction, December 1958. Part of the sign reads: “Progress <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/then-now-7/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-70" class="blogentry post-number-1 partial-post post-70 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-modern-history" data-post-id="70"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/modern-history-what-was-the-top-local-story-of-2007/" title="Permalink to Modern history: What was the top local story of 2007?" rel="bookmark">Modern history: What was the top local story of 2007?</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on December 26, 2007 at 10:00 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Let’s start what I hope will be an annual tradition here at BCH. As we close out the year, I want you to vote on what was the top local story for 2007. The idea behind this is that I would like future <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/modern-history-what-was-the-top-local-story-of-2007/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-69" class="blogentry post-number-2 partial-post post-69 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements" data-post-id="69"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/a-gift-for-bayou-city-history-readers/" title="Permalink to A gift for Bayou City History readers" rel="bookmark">A gift for Bayou City History readers</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on December 24, 2007 at 12:00 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Chronicle fileChristmas at the Shamrock, Dec. 1950. As we celebrate this holiday season, I wanted to give Bayou City History readers a gift of thanks for your readership and support. Available now — <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/a-gift-for-bayou-city-history-readers/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-68" class="blogentry post-number-3 partial-post post-68 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry tag-crime" data-post-id="68"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/the-sad-tale-of-ettie-marie-alford/" title="Permalink to The sad tale of Ettie Marie Alford" rel="bookmark">The sad tale of Ettie Marie Alford</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on December 20, 2007 at 12:31 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Chronicle headline, May 1917 No one could make sense of what had happened at Glenwood Cemetery. Certainly not these men who had witnessed more than their share of crimes in Houston. On May 17, 1917, <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/the-sad-tale-of-ettie-marie-alford/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-67" class="blogentry post-number-4 partial-post post-67 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements" data-post-id="67"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/down-but-not-out/" title="Permalink to Down, but not out" rel="bookmark">Down, but not out</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on December 14, 2007 at 11:39 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Post fileJefferson Davis Hospital, December 1937. Buffalo Drive (now Allen Parkway) runs diagonal at top right. Taft Street, Temple Drive and West Walker Street appear at top. Gillette Street appears <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/down-but-not-out/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-66" class="blogentry post-number-5 partial-post post-66 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements" data-post-id="66"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/this-blog-entry-is-brought-to-you-by-kristin2go/" title="Permalink to This blog entry is brought to you by: Kristin2Go" rel="bookmark">This blog entry is brought to you by: Kristin2Go</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on December 6, 2007 at 12:30 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Personal photoKristin2Go’s Kristin Finan at the Staiti House Wednesday. Last week I had a chance to chat with Houston Chronicle reporter and fellow blogger Kristin Finan of Kristin2Go. One of the <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/this-blog-entry-is-brought-to-you-by-kristin2go/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-65" class="blogentry post-number-6 partial-post post-65 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-city-life" data-post-id="65"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2007/12/silent-night-on-main-street/" title="Permalink to Silent night on Main Street" rel="bookmark">Silent night on Main Street</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. 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