austintennis

does anyone remember either of these places from the 60's?

i lived in rushwood from around 1976-1980. my mother worked at greenspoint mall.

i hadnt been there in around 30 years and recently drove by my old house... the trees had gotten very big and the houses didnt look as bad as i thought they might.

the pool area however looked somewhat post apocolyptic and deserted,i remember it being brand new and vibrant hub of the subdivision and now it looked as if time had passed it by many years ago.

anyone else remember rushwood from the mid to late 70's? or have any pics?

Thanks for that list Firebird, and the memories.

I used to go to that mall back in the late 70's when I lived off Louetta near Kuykendahl. Greenspoint was THE mall for the northwest suburbs, and I loved going to Oshman's and the movies.

I stopped going when Willowbrook Mall opened up and haven't been back since the late '80's.

Whenever I fly into town and take 45 into the city these days, I always look over at what used to be palace of north suburbia.

BTW, before Greenspoint went up in what was the far north, Aldine was a pretty nice suburban area full of young families. I lived there through Kindergarten . . . Hidden Valley Elementary!

thats cool firebird, how did you get all of the original info about the mall?

my mother worked at levitts jewelers when they first opened in 1976, we lived in the rushwood subdivision--i hated it...she then became the manager of kathy james jewelry around 1979 also at greens point. i recently went back and visited rushwood after about 30 years and while it looked better than i thought it would the pool area had kindov a post apocolyptic feel which was strange as i rememeber it being gleaming and new with lots of activity and it was abondoned with black water in the bottom of the pool.

any other memories of greenspoint/rushwood from the mid-late 70's is very cool