torimask Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 John Nova Lomax's Texas Monthly piece in this month's issue is about Northwest Mall: Scenes from Inside a Houston Zombie Mall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Interesting article but I noticed errors. The JC Penney store was never a Joske's. It's always been JC Penney since opening. Also, Dallas doesn't have a "Highland Mall" that would be in Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue92 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 On 12/27/2016 at 11:44 AM, intencity77 said: Interesting article but I noticed errors. The JC Penney store was never a Joske's. It's always been JC Penney since opening. Also, Dallas doesn't have a "Highland Mall" that would be in Austin. Foley's were known to repeat themes in their stores so there is a chance that Foley's at Northwest Mall also had a ship in their children's shoes department. I have many fond memories of Northwest Mall. I had many jewelry stores I did Accutron repairs for in that mall and I was in that mall twice a week for 4 years (1975 - 1979). I remember the Walgreen's or was it Woolworth's had a restaurant and it was a great place for my wife and kids to hang out while I was busy picking up and delivering my work. The restaurant had 24/7 breakfast menu & they had great breakfast foods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torimask Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Northwest Foley's definitely had the shoe ship, same as Almeda. Between the two and a generation of kids (it lasted at Almeda for almost a decade) that memory comes up a lot. And it would have been Woolworth's you remember. Only photo I've found thus far: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Nice photographs. The Foley's in Pasadena had a train engine with cars that kids could climb on and through. It was the size of a miniature train, positioned in the middle of the children's shoe section, not on a wall. I vaguely recall yellow and orange colors of the early seventies. I remember carpeted rail steps, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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