We need to support Sharpstown Mall for the sake of the other malls :)

So did First Colony Mall and the new and improved Meyerland Plaza kill both Westwood Mall and Sharpstown Mall? Comparing the two, when you consider that First Colony is about 4 times further away, I imagine most will go to the Galleria. And last time I checked, pretty much anyone and everybody goes there now.

A few years ago I read in the Chronicle that Sharpstown was the highest volume mall in the metro area. The only thing that stays the same is change.

 

When I used to live in Houston, late 90's, I saw a shooting in person at Sharpstown. BTW, my uncle used to work at Gillman's Honda across the street from the mall. Is Gillman's still there or did "he" go out of business?

 

They raised that location and built a new dealership out @ 59 and Beltway 8.

 

Oh! Thanks.

Speaking of ghetto, I also remember that I was supposed to enroll at Lee High School, but I heard that it was a ghetto school. So I cheated and ended up going to Elsik High. Funny thing is that I thought Elsik was supposed to be a good school.

 

lol @ sharpstown

now i gatta go to west oaks

 

What!!?! No hood love for Greenspoint? Hatahz!!1!

 

where are we supposed to get our grills now?

 

Memorial Mall is where it's at now.

 

Quick! Let's build a wall and trap them in. lolLOOLOLO

 

It's a mini Galleria.

It's somewhat ghetto.

 

First Colony already became pretty ghetto after Katrina.

 

Does anyone else remember the old Meyerland plaza? I grew up going into that place. One of the oddest malls I've ever been into. It was like a small mall, but the inside was open to the climate. They used to decorate it nicely for Christmas on the inside, though. I still recall the giant snowman.

 

Yep...........but I'm old, and those were my stomping grounds.

 

Sounds like you grew up near where I did. There really wasn't much to it, alot of empty stores from my memory. JC Penny, Foley's, Woolworths, but not much else. Used to go to that Woolworths alot before it closed down. There was the first barber shop I used to go to there, and an arcade where I spent alot of quarters playing SF2, among other games. The movie theater was small and almost completely deserted every time I was there. I actually really liked the outdoor idea, it had grass and trees but there was plenty of shade / shelter from the elements in the interior areas when the weather was bad.

 

I remember going to the old Nova theater that was there a while back with friends. Good times.

 

is it official or airhead speculation?

 

I've only lived in Houston for 21 years, but I always wondered why Meyerland Plaza wasn't better developed because, IMO, the surrounding neighborhoods would have supported a nice mall. I thought they were way late developing the place.

Regarding Sharpstown Center, there is so much retail activity on the 59 feeder between Hillcroft and Bellaire in both directions that I'm sure something successful will replace it. I wonder if the revenues of the nearby restaurants and other retails stores has dropped much over the years.