Then & Now #19
Chronicle file Gulfgate Mall bridge, circa late 1950s. Here, we revisit Gulfgate Mall just one more time. This view, looking east, once connected the mall with a parking lot and movie theater. The...
View ArticleTown & Country in pictures
Dave Einsel : Chronicle file From the Dec. 2, 1986, Houston Chronicle: “Only a few people stroll through Town & Country shopping mall in west Houston last Friday, traditionally the busiest shopping...
View ArticleEver shopped at Sakowitz?
Chronicle file Downtown Sakowitz store under construction, August 1950. This photo shows the intersection of Main and Dallas. After putting together this week’s blog post about Town & Country, I...
View ArticleBellaire Triangle Shopping Center
Orie Collins : Chronicle file From the June 26, 1963, Houston Chronicle: “Peeking through pylon — Take a peek through one of the towering pylons which mark the Bellaire Triangle shopping center,...
View ArticleMeyerland Plaza in pictures
Maurice Miller : Chronicle file From the Oct. 27, 1957, Houston Chronicle: “They’re putting the finishing touches on Meyerland Plaza, giant shopping center on S. Post Oak Rd. The center is scheduled to...
View ArticlePalms Center in pictures
A reader recently sent a note asking about Palms Center. You know, when we talk about the history of shopping centers in Houston, we can’t leave out Palms Center. It’s been said that the shopping...
View ArticleSharpstown Shopping Center: 50 years later
The anniversaries keep coming. Fifty years ago today, Sharpstown Center opened out in the edge of what was then Houston’s suburbs. Though Sharpstown wasn’t the first suburban retail center in the city,...
View ArticleNorthwest Mall in pictures
What actress once sold scarves and perfumes at the Northwest Mall Foley’s? It should be common knowledge to most Houstonians that Shelley Duvall worked at the northwest Houston shopping center. And...
View ArticleAlmeda Mall in pictures
Houston received a two-fer in October 1968 when it came to shopping malls. Almeda Mall opened on Oct. 10. Northwest Mall opened two weeks later, on Oct. 24. Both were developed by the Rouse Co. of...
View Article30 years ago: A visit to Sharpstown Mall
Well, I thought I had seen just about every Sharpstown Mall photo we have here at the Chronicle. Many of them were trotted out when I put together this blog post in 2011 for the mall’s 50th...
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