tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post7714637999429840639..comments2024-03-20T05:28:18.440-05:00Comments on Doug Dawgz Blog: The PaseoDoug Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-90051834421676415142012-06-08T18:28:55.870-05:002012-06-08T18:28:55.870-05:00I worked at the Paseo Plunge when I was a small bo...I worked at the Paseo Plunge when I was a small boy in the 1930's. In return for cleaning the men's and women's dressing rooms early in the morning, I got to swim free. Incidentally, it certainly didn't have a roof in those days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-42414262963626409392011-08-25T15:59:48.300-05:002011-08-25T15:59:48.300-05:00Thanks, Bruce. Did I get the Trinity description r...Thanks, Bruce. Did I get the Trinity description right, or does it need fixing? Your 1st hand report will trump anything that I've said.Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-12990024635109216372011-08-25T14:34:43.245-05:002011-08-25T14:34:43.245-05:00Just for the record, Doug, I was the one in charge...Just for the record, Doug, I was the one in charge of "sewing" Old Trinity back together and creating the new interior for Tom. It was a great experience because of the building itself and the getting to work with Tom. Both were wonderfully unique .<br /><br />Bruce Buckner (USG'60 on OKCTalk)Bruce Bucknernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-4059256218574140432011-06-27T13:19:29.764-05:002011-06-27T13:19:29.764-05:00what a great collection of images and history. I w...what a great collection of images and history. I was a frequent visitor to Paseo during the early 70s it was the hippies shangri la. thanks for taking the time to gather the media good job!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-29342232871457594262011-03-18T18:10:15.680-05:002011-03-18T18:10:15.680-05:00Bob, what an amazingly wonderful comment! I'm ...Bob, what an amazingly wonderful comment! I'm wondering if you might be willing to do an piece to be contained in <a href="http://dougdawg.blogspot.com/2010/12/old-stuff-from-readers-like-you.html>Old Stuff From Readers Like You</a> ... I had no idea about the stretch of Lottie between NW 13th & NW 23rd ... I live around NW 19th & Dewey not far away ... great stuff! <br /><br />I've not done a piece on Belle Isle yet ... but I'll get to it eventually.<br /><br />We both graduated from high school in 1961 ... though born in Okc, I didn't live here during my childhood and graduated from Lawton High. But, being of the same age group, I can easily identify with the kinds of things that you are saying ... we were members of the original rock & roll era ... Little Diamonds, Buddy Holley, Bill Haley & the Comets, etc. Maybe your piece could be called, "Little Darlin'", "Peggy Sue", or "Rock Around the Clock," "Recollections of a 1961 Graduate," or whatever you'd want!<br /><br />If you're interested, send me an e-mail at loudenbk@swbell.net and I'll give you my phone # and we can communicate more easily.<br /><br />If not, thanks again for the great nostalgia ... some of the best ever posted in my blog's history.<br /><br />By the way, I've got a vintage calendar put out by the Paseo neighborhood association or something similar which shows the addresses and business names of most shops in the Paseo district over its history but I've not gotten around to extracting and posting them. You've inspired me to get that little project done.Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-77078431722719523962011-03-18T17:20:31.803-05:002011-03-18T17:20:31.803-05:00Doug, Many of the photos of houses and apartment ...Doug, Many of the photos of houses and apartment buildings are familiar and make the mind go ding! I think the photo of Studio 6 is the old Apco Gas Station definitely redone and I recall next to the station was a dry cleaners. When things were headed south for the Paseo there was a period of clubs, beer joints, that drove the neighbors to distraction; pretty seedy places! I went to four different high schools: McGuiness called Catholic High then, Northeast, Harding, and finally Harrah High out in Harrah, OK, graduating in '61. Headed to the Army and West Germany that Fall mostly, and like many other guys, I didn't know what to do with myself and I was just tired of the City and wanted to see something else. I'd have to say I was mostly a Northeast side of town kid attended a Catholic grade school, Corpus Christi, through the 8th grade and in the 10th grade we moved over to the Paseo area to get away from troubles between the races over on the Northeast side of town. If you're familiar with streets called "Lottie and 13th to 23rd, that was the mother road for us. Bootleggers and very hot cars for the time abounded. Even recall as a small boy getting on a streetcar on Lottie with my Mother to go downtown on a Saturday; everybody in the City would be shopping and having a good time and hang on to your Mother's hand because you would be lost among all the grown ups! Remember too many things to list but have always been glad to have grown up when I did. Did you ever do anything on Belle Isle? Beautiful Island was a ways before me but was always interested in what it was like back then. Best regards, Bob LaMascus, Tulsa, OK.Bobby Cox LaMascusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-87838427405191243312011-03-17T21:21:38.954-05:002011-03-17T21:21:38.954-05:00Thanks, Bob. Just thought I'd ask.
If you car...Thanks, Bob. Just thought I'd ask.<br /><br />If you care to give a 1st hand description of what the Paseo Plunge (or anything else) was like, please do!Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-9482464383331291722011-03-17T20:26:32.021-05:002011-03-17T20:26:32.021-05:00Doug, Sorry no photos. Kid running around with a ...Doug, Sorry no photos. Kid running around with a Brownie Hawkeye would have been strange at that time. Heck, had our hands full thinking about girls, hot cars, drive-ins, and trying not to get whipped up on by bigger and badder dudes! Also, cigarettes, beer, and cool hubcaps were up on the list as important. Thank God for the US Army bringing order into my life!Bob LaMascusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-80835203075755704912011-03-17T18:59:54.450-05:002011-03-17T18:59:54.450-05:00Thanks for the great comment, Bob. You wouldn'...Thanks for the great comment, Bob. You wouldn't have any old photos to share, would you?Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-84569602810219474342011-03-17T17:31:53.748-05:002011-03-17T17:31:53.748-05:00After moving from the Northeast side of town in th...After moving from the Northeast side of town in the mid 50's we moved into a crazy little house at 2809 N. Lee which was a stone's throw to the "Paseo". I recall working Saturdays at Paul Brown's APCO Station there on the corner of 30th and Paseo. Mr Brown owned and operated that station for well over 30 years and I pumped gas, changed and lubed cars, and washed about 15 cars on a Saturday. I'm thinking, at that time, and on the opposite corner there was a beauty school for students. Even at that time things were getting run down and the Paseo Plunge was pretty iffy. Heck, even went to Harding High School as it was being toppled off its high horse by a new school called Northwest Classen!Bob LaMascusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-36314924140462344072011-01-21T22:47:51.048-06:002011-01-21T22:47:51.048-06:00My dad was born and raises in this area. His home...My dad was born and raises in this area. His home was on 27th. We often visited our grandmother until she passed away. I spent many nights in that home on weekends when dad just dropped us off to get us out of his hair. But it was always a very joyous time for me and that was because of Paseo. Grandmother often walked with us to El Charitto to get wonderful food. I remember getting Icees at the convenience store. There was a grocery store near 24th or 25th.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-25377543043788335732010-04-16T14:12:54.647-05:002010-04-16T14:12:54.647-05:00When I wrote the above in May 2007, what I said wa...When I wrote the above in May 2007, what I said was true. Mr. Lee sold the property in October 2007 and I haven't been in the property since.Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-88874157736361737202010-04-16T13:51:39.173-05:002010-04-16T13:51:39.173-05:00Old Trinity of Paseo is not used exclusively as an...Old Trinity of Paseo is not used exclusively as an art gallery. In fact, I have never been that I have seen art displayed there. The main business of the chapel is that it hosts weddings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-24740688390725942922008-07-30T06:58:00.000-05:002008-07-30T06:58:00.000-05:00Hi to you, anon, way up there in NB! Glad you foun...Hi to you, anon, way up there in NB! Glad you found this ... it appeared to me that the owner took care to do it right ... even has the altar area where it should be, I think.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment!Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-9129017696072036722008-07-29T13:21:00.000-05:002008-07-29T13:21:00.000-05:00Oh wow! The old Anglican church you mention in you...Oh wow! The old Anglican church you mention in your blog used to stand just down the road from where I lived in Blackville, NB. Amazing that I came across it by chance on your site! I remember when it was dismantled, and it was a HUGE undertaking. I often wondered what happened to the building, and now I know. It's wonderful to see it being used as an art gallery. If I ever make it to OK from here in NB, I'll definitely make an effort to see it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com