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Texas' two Gallerias


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I was looking at some pictures of Houston's Galleria on SSC and couldn't help but noticing that it looked incredibly similar to Dallas' Galleria. I'm assuming that's not really a coincidence...so what is the story behind the two malls' development?

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The Galleria Dallas, an upscale shopping mall and mixed-use development located in North Dallas, Texas (USA), was developed by long time owner Hines Interests in 1982. The mall is modeled after a similar Hines development, the Houston Galleria, which opened in 1970. Both Galleria malls have an ice skating rink and a glass vautled ceiling that is modeled after the historic Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy.

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While I think the Dallas version is "prettier", to say such a thing...the Houston version seems to have more energy, more cosmopolitan flow. The one in Dallas seems kind of, well, local.

One thing they share in common...is that they surely won't have me do my shopping there anytime soon.

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