Alec Williams Photo Collection
Gene's Body Shop
This shot was taken or North Elm, circa 1996. We originally thought it was from south Bell Avenue, but I think the angle proves otherwise. The Texas Woman's University Clock Tower in the background dates from 1977-1978. It at one time had a working clock in the top. Its debut was unfortunate. No one in the neighborhood was used to having a large clock to "bing-bong-bong-bing" in the middle of the night. As a friend of mine put it (and he lived practically in the shadow of the Clock Tower), "Alec, all night long--bing-bong-bong-bing, and then the #%^%#@&*(&%%*)! thing just went crazy!" I think that after that unhappy night and morning it was understood that the University would reprogram the clock, or somebody was going to do it for them. As for me, I slept through the whole business. UPDATE: The clock has long since been replaced with a light up sign that says "TWU" on each face..
Gene's Body Shop
This shot was taken or North Elm, circa 1996. We originally thought it was from south Bell Avenue, but I think the angle proves otherwise. The Texas Woman's University Clock Tower in the background dates from 1977-1978. It at one time had a working clock in the top. Its debut was unfortunate. No one in the neighborhood was used to having a large clock to "bing-bong-bong-bing" in the middle of the night. As a friend of mine put it (and he lived practically in the shadow of the Clock Tower), "Alec, all night long--bing-bong-bong-bing, and then the #%^%#@&*(&%%*)! thing just went crazy!" I think that after that unhappy night and morning it was understood that the University would reprogram the clock, or somebody was going to do it for them. As for me, I slept through the whole business. UPDATE: The clock has long since been replaced with a light up sign that says "TWU" on each face..