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The USS Flagship Hotel was a hotel, located in Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas. The 7-story 225-room hotel was built on the historic Pleasure Pier structure entirely over the Gulf of Mexico . It was a popular destination in Galveston that withstood many storms.
The Grand Galvez Resort & Spa is a historic 226-room resort hotel located in Galveston, Texas, United States that opened in 1911 as the Hotel Galvez. It was named to honor Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston, for whom the city was named. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1979.
Sinclair founded the Beach Hotel in Galveston in 1882, in an effort to increase tourism in the city. The project cost $260,000 USD [1] ($6,279,000 in 2018). Sinclair was born in Akron, Ohio. Sinclair was an avid baseball enthusiast, convincing stockholders to invest in a Texas League baseball franchise in Galveston. [2]
The pier location, across 21st Street from the Galvez, made the restaurant/club an easy walk for those Galveston visitors who preferred to stay in one of the city's most exclusive hotels. The Oriental-sounding name was changed to the more exotic sounding Balinese Room in 1942, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and ...
A woman who worked as an apartment manger for 30 years was killed in a murder-suicide inside a Texas leasing office, according to police and news reports.
A 26-year-old Venice resident was charged with homicide after allegedly punching the manager of Jameson's Pub in Santa Monica early Tuesday morning.
It runs along the Gulf coast waterfront of the island near the main parts of the city, and is the longest, continuous sidewalk in the United States at 10.3 miles long. It is named for the Galveston Seawall built along the beaches. Seawall Boulevard is home to several hotels and entertainment venues including the famous Hotel Galvez.
Bradley Dawson is escorted through Lautoka High Court in Suva, Fiji, on Jan. 27, 2025. Dawson was convicted in the murder of his wife, Christie Chen, on their honeymoon in 2023.