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Houston, Texas, US. Occupations. Gay rights activist. prison reform activist. actor. radio host. Ray Hill (October 13, 1940 – November 24, 2018) was an American activist for LGBT rights [1] and for police, law enforcement and prisoner issues. An ex-convict, he was also the subject of multiple documentary films. [2][3]
April 2, 1997. Removed from NRHP. January 8, 2009. The Balinese Room was a famous nightclub in Galveston, Texas, United States built on a pier stretching 600 feet (183 m) from the Galveston Seawall over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. [2] For decades a dance hall and illegal casino, the Balinese Room was remodeled and reopened in 2001 without ...
Richmond Strip. The Richmond Avenue Entertainment District, commonly known as the Richmond Strip, is an entertainment district along Richmond Avenue in western/southwestern Houston, Texas. It was especially popular in the 1990s, but it later declined as a partygoing destination in favor of other areas of town, such as Washington Avenue.
Japanese garden pond in Hermann Park. Hermann Park is a 445-acre (180-hectare) urban park in Houston, Texas, situated at the southern end of the Museum District. The park is located to the immediate north end of the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Texas Medical Center and Brays Bayou, east of Rice University, and slightly west of the Third Ward.
In 1979, Sanford and Susan Criner opened Rockefeller's to serve as a performance space for Houston's music scene. The Criners wanted to create a place where both local talent and already-established acts could play to Houston crowds. [2]
Chances Bar. Chances Bar was a nightclub in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston, Texas, which catered to the local LGBT community, particularly lesbians. According to the Chances Bar Tribute Site, the bar opened in August 1994. [1] The space had been owned by the Vastakis family since it was Charlie's Coffee Shop in the 1970s.
Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon is a Country and Western bar / honky tonk that was founded as the Esquire Ballroom in 1955 by Raymond Proske in Houston, Texas, at 11410 Hempstead northwest of downtown Houston. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In the 1970s and 1980s the club was considered the main rival to Gilley's Club across town in Pasadena.
On what was the edge of countryside south of Houston, Texas in 1949, shortly after construction. The Shamrock was a hotel constructed between 1946 and 1949 by wildcatter Glenn McCarthy southwest of downtown Houston, Texas next to the Texas Medical Center. It was the largest hotel built in the United States during the 1940s. [ 1 ]