White Elephant Bowling Lanes, 1011 East Overland Avenue

The White Elephant Bowling Lanes closed at least ten years ago, earlier I think. I never got to bowl here, but the White Elephant, along with the Red Rooster Bowling Lanes near Five Points were two seriously old-school lanes. The White Elephant, I believe, dated back to the 1930s, and had only six lanes. The lanes themselves closed long before the delish dive restaurant that was attached to it. The lane area itself looked like it hadn't changed a bit in 60 years. Photos taken August 25, 2006.

Fat Boy Hamburgers, 911 East Paisano

Cool vintage signage at Fat Boy Hamburgers, 911 East Paisano. The ice cream sign is painted near the entranceway. The advertising wall behind it is huge, and has great graphics. Photo taken August 25, 2006.

Graffiti art, next to Cinco Puntos Press, 701 Texas Avenue

Another great example of how graffiti art can add much-needed color to a building. Photo taken August 25, 2006.

Graffiti art, back of Downtown Motors, 1001 East Paisano

Neat graffiti art on the back of the Downtown Motors building, 1001 East Paisano. It's good to see that taggers give respect to true graffiti artists and don't cover their work. I'm not an advocate of graffiti, but this type really adds a lot of needed color in areas that could use visual improvement. Many don't see the difference, and see graffiti as pure defacement of property. There is a big difference, however, especially if the building's owner gives permission to graffiti artists to spice up their building. Photo taken August 25, 2006.

Marty Robbins performs "El Paso"

Found a nice video of Marty Robbins performing his classic "El Paso," a song which (obviously) is important to my city!

Marty Robbins - El Paso