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- Woolworths Department Store At 920 Main St. - Houston Architecture
wow!! I never knew there were two different Woolworth's in downtown! The original F W Woolworth Co 5-10 and 15 Cent Store was located at 920 Main Street This building was designed by architect Alfred C Finn The other building at 613 Main Street was designed by Kenneth Franzheim Almost every
- Woolworths Department Store At 613 Main St. - Houston Architecture
I ate a Woolworths too in the mid 80's, probably about 1986, when I was working on the Gulf Building remodel We only had 30 minutes for lunch so it was an effort to find restaurants close by that could serve you in enough time to get back on the job without the foreman giving you the eye
- Woolworths Department Store At 613 Main St. - Houston Architecture
As a kid, my favorite at Woolworths was a grilled cheese sandwich and a fountain cherry-coke I seem to remember that the Woolworth's and its Grill was still open inside Almeda Mall into the mid-90's (i guess until when the company declared bankruptcy)
- Meyerland Plaza History - Page 2 - Houston Architecture
I grew up in that area as well and spent a lot of time at the old Meyerland as a kid I remember the game room being very dark inside and spending a ton of time going to Woolworths with my mom That was back when kids could just run around the store without fear of being kidnapped so that is what I would do, check the toys section
- Meyerland Plaza History - Historic Houston - HAIF The Houston Area . . .
I remember all the others plus Whites, Woolworths, Madding's, Lew's Records and a bunch more but my mind is drawing a blank on Wyatts as for the exact location, i am not sure b4-u-eat only says "1015 meyerland plaza"
- Houston Fallout Shelters - Historic Houston - HAIF The Houston Area . . .
I found an old book at the Downtown public library on old Houston fallout shelters, "The Community Shelter Plan " I have been out looking around town to see if any of the buildings where the shelters were still exist Some are gone, but i have been to many of the building that do still exist, I h
- Northwest Mall History - Historic Houston - HAIF The Houston Area . . .
I liked eating at that Woolworths lunch counter Some of my favorite burgers ever Most people don't realize before we got to the era of big box specialty stores, the major chains - sears, penneys, wards, foleys - all sold a full line of goods You name it, they probably had it
- JCPenney Department Store Downtown At 601 Main St.
There was never a Pennys on Main and Elgin That was a Woolworths and Walgreens on the southwest corner of Main and Elgin (along with that Wonder Fabrics store) directly south of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company building (now Houston Community College) Edited September 9, 2009 by EspersonBuildings
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