It's one of those public domain Wiki Commons photos, and is not from a postcard. I see three pyramids here, and maybe a fourth one to the left. These pyramids are part of an attraction called Moody Gardens. It reminds me a little of the city in Logan's Run, which featured some straight-sided pyramids, and still more shaped like Atari symbols. This blog post [NextGreatFuture] has an interesting discussion of the pyramids of "Logan's Run", the pyramids of "Blade Runner", and actual plans for a pyramid in Dubai.
I've never been to Galveston, but the name reminds me of the old Glen Campbell song, below:I also remember when some new kids joined the class in grade school, having moved away from Texas to find oil jobs in Northern Michigan. Imagine that. Well, we'd hever heard anything like that accent before.
Below is a postcard view, also from Galveston's Gulf shore area, of the railroad on the causeway, from 1910.
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I have been to Galveston, actually, but I have never been involved in a pyramid scheme.
If you're interested in weather at all, there is a fantastic book called "Isaac's Storm" that talks about a hurricane that devastated Galveston around the turn of the last century. It centers on a weatherman who tried to warn people it was coming, but no one believed him, because the conventional wisdom was "hurricanes don't go into the Gulf." Obviously, they do, and he was right, and thousands died because of it. They had to actually burn the bodies because they didn't have time to bury them.
Fascinating, though grim.
Thanks for the comment. I think I remember that book being discussed on NPR at the time of Katrina.
I do wonder what those pyramids are for.
Galveston and Wichita Lineman are my favorite Glen Campbell songs. And yes, I'm not afraid to admit that I have favorite Glen Campbell songs.
Wichita Lineman's great.
I have never been there. I'd love to see those gardens though.
I swear that in the movie "The Firm" (based on John Grisham's novel), there is a very brief shot showing the replica Memphis pyramid along the Mississippi River. Can anyone confirm?
PJ: I love that movie, and have seen it a few times. I don't recall the Memphis pyramid specifically. However:
1) some of "The Firm" features the "Pinch" neighborhood, which is close to the pyramid.
2) Mud Island, featured in the movie, is also close to the pyramid.
I have only been to Galveston twice - the first time was my first trip to Texas. Once people found out I was from Ohio, they called me a Yankee. I bought some cool, dorky stuff from a gift shop on the beach. And I saw my first sand piper.
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