Weingarten's was there when we moved across the street (Albans Road). There was a big empty field to the north where we used to fly kites. The early center had Grant's at the north end. Next to it was a small set-back fabric store; don't remember the name. Then there was an open walk-through; it didn't have any stores in it. There was some clothing store (maybe Lerner's), Western Auto, Al's Formal Wear (still there!!), Across the walkway south of Walgreen's was a small gift shop, then a hair salon. There were no entrances to anything in either of the walk-ways. The addition with BR was the first added. The Shriner's used to practice their marching/music at night on the parking lot on the west side of the center. I thought the name of the center was spelled Montclare, but I could be wrong. The Montclare Apartments were just to the north of the center. At some point part of them were sold and renames the Claremont Apartments! If you drove all the way north on Academy, the street dead-ended in a house that had been converted to a small store. It's official name was Cloud's, but everyone in the neighborhood called it The Little Store. They custom cut meat; whenever we had neighborhood BBQ's my father always got his meat there.
Montclair Shopping Center AKA Weslayan Plaza
in Historic Houston
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Weingarten's was there when we moved across the street (Albans Road). There was a big empty field to the north where we used to fly kites. The early center had Grant's at the north end. Next to it was a small set-back fabric store; don't remember the name. Then there was an open walk-through; it didn't have any stores in it. There was some clothing store (maybe Lerner's), Western Auto, Al's Formal Wear (still there!!), Across the walkway south of Walgreen's was a small gift shop, then a hair salon. There were no entrances to anything in either of the walk-ways. The addition with BR was the first added. The Shriner's used to practice their marching/music at night on the parking lot on the west side of the center. I thought the name of the center was spelled Montclare, but I could be wrong. The Montclare Apartments were just to the north of the center. At some point part of them were sold and renames the Claremont Apartments! If you drove all the way north on Academy, the street dead-ended in a house that had been converted to a small store. It's official name was Cloud's, but everyone in the neighborhood called it The Little Store. They custom cut meat; whenever we had neighborhood BBQ's my father always got his meat there.