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} } //}); </script> <div id="main" class="left "> <div class="archive-header-wrap"> <h2 class="archive-header pagetitle">Monthly Archive for September, 2009</h2> <div class="widget widget_categories" style="display: block;"> <h2 class="widgettitle cats-closed" style="cursor: pointer;"> : <span class="taxonomy-title">September, 2009</span> </h2> </div> </div> <div id="blogcontent"> <div id="post-283" class="blogentry post-number-0 partial-post post-283 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-roving-mike" data-post-id="283"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/the-roving-mike-a-stabbing-an-injury-at-the-henke-pillot-and-more/" title="Permalink to “The Roving Mike”: A stabbing, an injury at the Henke & Pillot, and more" rel="bookmark">“The Roving Mike”: A stabbing, an injury at the Henke & Pillot, and more</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 September 30, 2009 at 8:00 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">There are at least two more blog posts about Marvin Zindler’s radio show remaining before we move on to other matters. I’ll get those out over the next week or two. As you’ll see, some of the folks he <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/the-roving-mike-a-stabbing-an-injury-at-the-henke-pillot-and-more/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-282" class="blogentry post-number-1 partial-post post-282 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-city-life" data-post-id="282"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/so-long-savoy/" title="Permalink to So long, Savoy" rel="bookmark">So long, Savoy</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 September 25, 2009 at 12:00 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Randy PaceSavoy Apartments The little downtown building that — for a brief time — towered over a small section of Houston will soon be committed to memory. The Savoy Hotel, a 103-year-old building <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/so-long-savoy/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-281" class="blogentry post-number-2 partial-post post-281 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-roving-mike" data-post-id="281"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/the-roving-mike-a-fifth-ward-fracas-and-a-woodland-heights-wreck/" title="Permalink to “The Roving Mike”: A Fifth Ward fracas and a Woodland Heights wreck" rel="bookmark">“The Roving Mike”: A Fifth Ward fracas and a Woodland Heights wreck</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 September 22, 2009 at 11:00 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">It was a busy night for Houston Police officers J.J. Jenkins and B. Turner, as this episode of The Roving Mike shows. The two officers — along with Marvin Zindler — found themselves in the middle of <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/the-roving-mike-a-fifth-ward-fracas-and-a-woodland-heights-wreck/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-280" class="blogentry post-number-3 partial-post post-280 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-roving-mike" data-post-id="280"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/the-roving-mike-two-assaults-a-wreck-and-a-drunken-man/" title="Permalink to “The Roving Mike”: Two assaults, a wreck and a drunken man" rel="bookmark">“The Roving Mike”: Two assaults, a wreck and a drunken man</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 September 17, 2009 at 12:00 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">This episode of The Roving Mike is a “best of” compilation, as you’ll hear in the first track. Unfortunately, portions of the first and last clips aren’t complete for unknown reasons. A word of <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/the-roving-mike-two-assaults-a-wreck-and-a-drunken-man/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-279" class="blogentry post-number-4 partial-post post-279 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-entertainment" data-post-id="279"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/end-of-alabama-bookstop-closes-chapter-on-building/" title="Permalink to End of Alabama Bookstop closes chapter on building" rel="bookmark">End of Alabama Bookstop closes chapter on building</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 September 15, 2009 at 10:00 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Bob Bailey Studios/Barnes & Noble : Chronicle fileOpening night at the Alabama Theatre, Nov. 2, 1939. The Alabama Theatre’s run as a bookstore comes to an end today. I’m told there are a few books <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/end-of-alabama-bookstop-closes-chapter-on-building/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-278" class="blogentry post-number-5 partial-post post-278 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry tag-then-now" data-post-id="278"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/then-now-21-st-annes-catholic-church/" title="Permalink to Then & Now #21: St. Anne’s Catholic Church" rel="bookmark">Then & Now #21: St. Anne’s Catholic Church</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 September 10, 2009 at 12:00 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Fretz ConstructionSt. Anne’s Catholic Church, 1941 Our good friend Bob Fretz Jr. over at Fretz Construction has come through again with another set of photos of Houston’s past. Here’s what Fretz told <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/then-now-21-st-annes-catholic-church/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-277" class="blogentry post-number-6 partial-post post-277 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-roving-mike" data-post-id="277"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/the-roving-mike-a-shooting-a-house-fire-and-more-mayhem/" title="Permalink to “The Roving Mike”: A shooting, a house fire and more mayhem" rel="bookmark">“The Roving Mike”: A shooting, a house fire and more mayhem</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 September 8, 2009 at 12:00 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">A shooting, a pedestrian accident on “Superhighway 75” and a house fire make up today’s episode of The Roving Mike. A couple things worth paying attention to when listening to today’s offering: One, <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/the-roving-mike-a-shooting-a-house-fire-and-more-mayhem/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-276" class="blogentry post-number-7 partial-post post-276 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-roving-mike" data-post-id="276"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/09/the-zindler-tapes-the-return-of-the-roving-mike/" title="Permalink to The Zindler tapes: The return of “The Roving Mike”" rel="bookmark">The Zindler tapes: The return of “The Roving Mike”</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 September 2, 2009 at 12:00 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">You’re about to hear the gritty side of Houston history, recorded by Marvin Zindler. 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