BQ_90 said:
That's the mythical downtown College Station
maroon barchetta said:
The condos in the old Ramada?
University Towers or something?
TyHolden said:maroon barchetta said:
The condos in the old Ramada?
University Towers or something?
University Towers. I don't know what it was before then. I had a buddy that lived in there. Those might have been the most expensive in town at the time.
MiMi said:TyHolden said:maroon barchetta said:
The condos in the old Ramada?
University Towers or something?
University Towers. I don't know what it was before then. I had a buddy that lived in there. Those might have been the most expensive in town at the time.
It was a hotel. I attended a wedding there in the early 90's.
TyHolden said:maroon barchetta said:
The condos in the old Ramada?
University Towers or something?
University Towers. I don't know what it was before then. I had a buddy that lived in there. Those might have been the most expensive in town at the time.
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I guess my friend lived in a hotel then with a couple thousand other kids. It was an off-campus dorm. This was mid-90s. Where WOB is/was now.
Vincent Van Gopher said:
The gas station was Pipers Gulf.
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This was originally a Gulf station, opening too long after the Ramada, with a garage. It was kept relatively updated, with the only known change being turned into a Chevron in the late 1980s, which gave it a re-do on the trim from red-orange tiles to the early 1990s-era Chevron blue-and-gray. This was, of course, due to Gulf Oil being bought by Standard Oil of California in 1985. Standard Oil of California changed its name later that year to reflect its flagship brand, Chevron.
This particular Chevron gas station was finally shut down in the mid-2000s and torn down circa 2007. I don't remember the garage specifically, however--it's possible that it was converted into a convenience store in the 1990s (but I have no proof of that). Some older phone books refer to this as "Piper's Gulf (later "Chevron", of course) Service Center". The address of this was 420 Texas Avenue. A decent enough picture of the gas station (Chevron) can be seen at the main Ramada Inn article.
Vincent Van Gopher said:
Owner of the station was Larry Piper....a great guy and excellent mechanic....
halibut sinclair said:
Knox is getting old.
I think it's someone's attempt at using AI to produce work similar to his.FlyRod said:halibut sinclair said:
Knox is getting old.
Strange guy. Insulted me at the bar at Veritas in a weird on-the-spectrum way…had no idea he was doing it. I was friends with his ex for a time who is very nice.
Never big on his art but I do give him credit for his genuine love of Aggie culture.
That does look like his work.
maroon barchetta said:
I saw it at Galleria spa and salon at Century Square while looking for a gift. It's not a Knox for sure, I just don't what that is supposed to be.
