8:40 the Steigenberger Hotel... I was at Rhein Main (626 AMSS) from 97-99... When we got there, they had no housing available for us in Gateway Gardens so we lived at the Steigenberger for nearly 4 months! Was pretty sweet too as we didn't have kitchen facilities, got per diem every day!
Those initial remaining apartment buildings near the rear gate were across the street from my building … lived there 1967 to 1969. I believe outside the rear gate, there was a small 2 lane road … not the roadway in this film. I attended kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade there before moving to Bitburg AFB. The building I lived in had been torn down in this footage (empty field). So many lived in Gateway Gardens over the decades. My mother and I were fortunate to return and view before the demolition began. That was so long ago … another era long gone … very special and always will be remembered.
There from 59 till 62.Started school there.Miss Aultman,Miss Korda and Mrs Smith for 3rd grade.marbles under the trees,movies were a dime,walked to school.Many great memories that I wish gould be relived.
Thanks, Sarge. I walked that old street every day to the elementary school in 1960 and 61. It was located to the left of the entrance behind the cafeteria and movie theater (Saturday matinee was 10 cents). All gone now and replaced with a big, gray building. One row of apartments with car ports still standing to the right were numbered 600, 601, 602, etc. The large office complex now stands in the housing area. Sad to see it go but the memory of Gateway lives on.
Das war eine unglaubliche Reise... Ich bin früher einfach durch den Wald gelaufen und war nach 10 Minuten auf der Air-Base. An den BUS-STOPS wurde man dann ohne Weiteres nach Gateway-Gardens mitgenommen, wo ich oft Babysitter gemacht habe. Danke für die Reise
I was in the Army stationed in Frankfurt from 1986-1989. Would sometimes go to Rhein Main. Only thing I recognize is that back gate entrance. Would sometimes use that instead of the main entrance because it was usually quieter and quicker to get through.
Thank you for posting this. I lived in Wiesbaden twice... '85 - '89 and '94 - '98. Traveled to Rhein Main quite a bit. Don't recognize much from Gateway Gardens in the video... some housing and that's about it. The little B-X, movie theater, all gone.
Thank you so much for this!! I lived there from 91-94. It's amazing how my old elementary school (Halvorsen) was demolished along with the Shoppette, movie theater, youth center, and almost all of the housing area (including my house which was located toward the second highway bridge). I remember during my last year there they had started to paint the houses that tan color. Looking at this I guess that was maybe a waste of time since it was demolished.
Thanks for sharing. I barely recognize the back of the old base. I rarely went out the back gate and worked at the base hotel when I was their 1988-90. Anyhow, the video definitely brings back the memories of cruising during that time.
Wow, thank you SO MUCH. This brought back a ton of good memories. I was an SP on the base for a year and a half. I also married an AirForce girl and lived there another 2 years, working at the shopette and the ITT Roads & Grounds crew.
We were there at the same time .. I went to kindergarten and then elementary school for 1st and 2nd grade. 1967-1969 for me. You’d have been a couple years older.
@@Music-pq8cm That final summer of '69 someone 's dad got a giant inner tube from a cargo plane and we played on it for days. An air force brat's version of a bouncy house. 3 or 4 of us would climb up and try to bounce the others off without touching. Sort of my final summer as a kid. Returned to Big Springs Tx and started Junior High.
Time sure does pass us by so quickly! I lived here from 1996 - 98. Very sad to see it gone!
8:40 the Steigenberger Hotel... I was at Rhein Main (626 AMSS) from 97-99... When we got there, they had no housing available for us in Gateway Gardens so we lived at the Steigenberger for nearly 4 months! Was pretty sweet too as we didn't have kitchen facilities, got per diem every day!
Thank you! Beautiful memories of a wonderful place..My home 1966-1969
We were there at the same time .. I went to kindergarten and then elementary school for 1st and 2nd grade.
Those initial remaining apartment buildings near the rear gate were across the street from my building … lived there 1967 to 1969. I believe outside the rear gate, there was a small 2 lane road … not the roadway in this film. I attended kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade there before moving to Bitburg AFB. The building I lived in had been torn down in this footage (empty field). So many lived in Gateway Gardens over the decades. My mother and I were fortunate to return and view before the demolition began. That was so long ago … another era long gone … very special and always will be remembered.
There from 59 till 62.Started school there.Miss Aultman,Miss Korda and Mrs Smith for 3rd grade.marbles under the trees,movies were a dime,walked to school.Many great memories that I wish gould be relived.
Thanks, Sarge. I walked that old street every day to the elementary school in 1960 and 61. It was located to the left of the entrance behind the cafeteria and movie theater (Saturday matinee was 10 cents). All gone now and replaced with a big, gray building. One row of apartments with car ports still standing to the right were numbered 600, 601, 602, etc. The large office complex now stands in the housing area. Sad to see it go but the memory of Gateway lives on.
Das war eine unglaubliche Reise... Ich bin früher einfach durch den Wald gelaufen und war nach 10 Minuten auf der Air-Base. An den BUS-STOPS wurde man dann ohne Weiteres nach Gateway-Gardens mitgenommen, wo ich oft Babysitter gemacht habe. Danke für die Reise
I was in the Army stationed in Frankfurt from 1986-1989. Would sometimes go to Rhein Main. Only thing I recognize is that back gate entrance. Would sometimes use that instead of the main entrance because it was usually quieter and quicker to get through.
Thank you for posting this. I lived in Wiesbaden twice... '85 - '89 and '94 - '98. Traveled to Rhein Main quite a bit. Don't recognize much from Gateway Gardens in the video... some housing and that's about it. The little B-X, movie theater, all gone.
Thank you so much for this!! I lived there from 91-94. It's amazing how my old elementary school (Halvorsen) was demolished along with the Shoppette, movie theater, youth center, and almost all of the housing area (including my house which was located toward the second highway bridge). I remember during my last year there they had started to paint the houses that tan color. Looking at this I guess that was maybe a waste of time since it was demolished.
Thanks for sharing. I barely recognize the back of the old base. I rarely went out the back gate and worked at the base hotel when I was their 1988-90. Anyhow, the video definitely brings back the memories of cruising during that time.
I was there in 59-60- went to the same elementary school....such good memories!
Great video, lived in Gateway Gardens 1987-1989 at the end of that last street but building no longer there.
I worked at Rhine main air base from 1976 to 1978 I worked in the officers club as a chef I came from England
Wow, thank you SO MUCH. This brought back a ton of good memories. I was an SP on the base for a year and a half. I also married an AirForce girl and lived there another 2 years, working at the shopette and the ITT Roads & Grounds crew.
wow, good times, '92-'95
my home 1978 to 1981
mine too, although to 1982.
1977-1980
1966-1969 3rd through 6th grade.
We were there at the same time .. I went to kindergarten and then elementary school for 1st and 2nd grade. 1967-1969 for me. You’d have been a couple years older.
@@Music-pq8cm That final summer of '69 someone 's dad got a giant inner tube from a cargo plane and we played on it for days. An air force brat's version of a bouncy house. 3 or 4 of us would climb up and try to bounce the others off without touching. Sort of my final summer as a kid. Returned to Big Springs Tx and started Junior High.
Yes we did the same with the giant inner tube. What building number did you live in? Do you remember? Might have been the same inner tube.