Port Arthur Texas,May,1961 

Ding ding ding!!! Reading all the comments and finally came across one that is nothing but facts. Modern-day segregation changed PA... They combined the high schools and all the diversity at SFA and TJ turned into one big Lincoln... They call it Memorial. All the whites went to Sabine, PNG, or Nederland. The only franchise restaurant left in PA is Popeyes (Gulfway). Now think about that. Everything else is closer to the whites on 365. They call that PA, but it's really not. That Jefferson Shopping Center used to be one of my favorite places as a kid. It's a ghost town now. I'm 40. So, do the math.

exactly, some could call that a racist remark today but is all true. some say the truth hurts.

It was a blvd in the beginning

Yes that's who he's talking about lol

they got their name change from the gulfgate bridge to the mlk bridge, and it went down hill from there.

There's a Texas historical marker now in the front yard of her house on 32nd Street.

+Brent Henry Qui nasce Janis Joplin in Port Artur TX

I work right across from her historical marker, yea, the city has gone to real shit

Greetings from Willard,Utah as well.

griffing park is still a beautiful quiet place. at least i think so

i was 5 or 6 years old lived in port arthur on gulfway drive and beaumont avenue. we drove from there to macdonald gym in beaumont tx. big wow, to escape rising water. i remember the 20 mile trip seem to take 8 hours. the hwy was lined up with traffic.

at jefferson city mall, right ?

i sure hope so

i talked to black folk in the 1970s and they blame the white man for its fall. typical, right ?

it is 2021 and they just voted for bidens infrastructure bill. we are now on a road to complete over taxing of the american people. and with their green new deal it looks like your prediction is correct. all cities across america is going to feel this.= a 3rd world country.

@@jodyguilbeaux8225 Hyper inflation is coming Jody. I wished I had invested in bitcoin because bitcoin is over $60k atm.

Yeah, it was so great that Janis Joplin could not get out there fast enough.....

+gfalcon P.S. Port Arthur is a cesspool nowadays.

LMAO I still have some nostalgia for Port Arthur. I live in Houston, but my grandparents resided in Port Arthur for most if not all of their lives.

More specifically, my grandparents resided in Groves, but even so....

right, those were the best times , the drag started from penningtons ( or r and r auto) and we would turn around at darbys auto supply. i spent a lot of time there. now i am old and father time marches on.

cool, but today i would not walk down houston avenue during the daylight hours. or you could be behind the 8 ball.

allbillsnomoney do you have any more of these videos?

Port Arthur is pure ghetto @allbillsnomoney. No federal courthouse, no post office, all the famous downtown hotels are rotting. Nothing to bring & keep people safely there- sad.

you need to go to the gulf coast museum in port arthur. it is a fantastic place to visit. it starts from the early periods of different eras to the modern times. how the city was built to janis joplin ect..........

Which bridge if you are talking about the rainbow bridge they converted it to a one way bridge with two lanes and they built a new one to carry the other traffic and it is three lanes.

Katherine LeBlond Hi Katherine! Got your message ,go ahead & license the 20 seconds,. Sorry I didn't respond awhile back. I didn't have the time to redo the footage in time for your deadline.

I met my wife there. We loved listening to Eddie Wolf on the piano accompanied by "Sassy" who sang.

it is 2021 both bridges are in good shape, they keep a steady maintenance on them

That hwy 87 beach road washed out a long time ago. at one time you could walk the beach and see the old road about a foot under water. they did not rebuild due to it could hurt the wildlife. it is all a wildlife refuge.

@@jodyguilbeaux8225 87 was out back in 1989 and again 1993 never was repair due to the high rate of 🌀

i remember that shop, it is now 2021 and they consider port arthur the worse place to live in tx. my dad was raised there in the 1940s and he always claimed it was a mini new york .

my parents drank seaport coffee when i was a kid and their still living. my dad is 91 and my mom is 89 years old. and i do not ever remembering them doing any form of exercise, they just worked hard.

right, groves is a quiet pretty little town that i have called home for 50 years. due to its limited boundaries it cant grow any bigger. so it is kinda frozen in time. and i really like that.

Hopefully some day something will come along to give it an economic revival, & once again bring growth & opportunity to Port Arthur. It probably won't be in our lifetime.

Thanks for the information.

RIGHT AND BF GOODRICH AND MAYBE AT THAT TIME GOODRICH GULF PLANT, then after high school i was hired on at bf goodrich and spent 30 years there.

I am.Let me know if I can help you with anything.

Thank you . I am currently working with some students from Tekoa Academy and they are producing a short documentary on the history of Port Arthur. We would like to utilize portions of your footage with credit given in the end credits of the film. Please let me know if you would be okay with this. Thank you so very much. Whitney Valcin wvalcin@tekoacharterschool.org

elocenpics That would be great! If you can send me a copy. You can put it on You Tube or send it to my you Tube Channel. Good luck with it and I hope it goes well.

Thank you so very much. Please send me your name or the name you would like to appear on the film credits. Also, an email address as well to keep in contact when documentary is complete. Thank you whitney

Born and raised!! I live in groves now!! Stay safe out there with Beta on its way!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻