Telephone Road
Telephone Road is a street in eastern and southeastern Houston, Texas, United States. The road extends from South Lockwood Street to the City of Pearland. A portion of Telephone Road is also designated as Texas State Highway 35.
Telephone Road was and is a dynamic thoroughfare meandering from the east side of Houston through working-class developments and suburbs, out to the area that was the countryside (until broad development of Pearland and north Brazoria County). It was home to the A&P Store, the Golfview Hardware Store, the Tropicana Swimming Club, the Santa Rosa Theater, the Four Palms Bar, and the Tel-Wink Grill. It runs alongside Hobby Airport starting at Airport Boulevard. Just north of Hobby Airport, it borders Garden Villas subdivision.[citation needed]
Burton Chapman wrote a book called Telephone Road, Texas. In a 2008 blog post J. R. Gonzalez, a journalist for the Houston Chronicle, said that he could not "think of any other Houston thoroughfare that has garnered a more negative reputation in the last 40 years or so" than Telephone Road.[1] Dave Straughan, a former sergeant of the robbery division of the Houston Police Department said "Telephone Road had a national reputation for being pretty wild. It had good neighborhoods and good people, but it had pockets of people that were known for living on the wild side."[2]
Steve Earle and Houston native Rodney Crowell have named songs after Houston's "Telephone Road."[3]
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References
- ^ Gonzalez, J. R. "A conversation with Burton Chapman." Houston Chronicle. January 29, 2008. Retrieved on February 7, 2009.
- ^ Shilcutt, Katharine. "Still Standing." Houston Press. Wednesday January 12, 2011. 2. Retrieved on January 13, 2011.
- ^ "The Houston 100: From Harry Choates to Johnny Preston." Houston Press. Wednesday September 26, 2007. Retrieved on February 9, 2009.