The big casino houston photos

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On around so it met with the road forming the circle in front of the house.

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The turn to the right to cross the parking lot area in the back, and extend Later people formed their own road and extended Here's the text from the 1995 Bailey calendar photo:Īnd here's the direct link at UT's Center for American History:īack in the 70's it was totally overgrown with tall weeds, etc.Īfter it was abandoned, people started going there to party, drink beer, etc. Took a while to find it, but here's the Bob Bailey aerial of Domain Privee: When gambling pressure increased in the 50's, he packed up to Vegas and opened theīTW, I believe the Sands was demolished not too long ago.Īs you may have seen in other posts, I'd actually been in the place when it I read somewhere where Carolynįarb was talking about going there as a kid, and meeting movie stars when she wouldĬome down to eat breakfast in the mornings. If you are driving down that road, you can still see the concrete curbs etc that was once Pix I see, the exact place where the house was is still a vacant lot. I notice on the air views that someīusinesses seem to be moving onto that area and building it up. Here is the big question.What presently stand in its place?Īnd was it truly just a Casino? Sometimes the word brothel gets tossed in for intrigue.Īll that is there now is a field, which is fenced up.

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