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Originally Posted by AviationGuy
I had to look this up to confirm that I remembered correctly, but the Allen brothers were New York real estate people. When my oldest sister was a wild teenager, she hung out at Allen's Landing (it was a hippie hangout in the late 60s). I don't know what it's like these days.
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I believe they also marketed it as a beautiful coastal city surrounded by mountains as opposed to a mosquito infested sweatbox, but then the 1900 storm, then oil....
I had a college professor who used to romp around downtown Houston in the 60's when Houston was a big psychedelic scene. He was dropping names like the 13th Floor Elevators so it seemed legit.