Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Urban Decay


Beloved Westbury Square in Southwest Houston.
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Still standing but reduced to shambles.
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Anyone who was around in the '60-'90s remembers its hayday. The galleria before the Galleria.
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I often went to the unique specialty shops with my grandmother - candle stores, fabric stores, restaurants, her hair salon every Saturday!.
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Every halloween all the shops opened their doors to trick-or-treaters and there was a makeshift haunted house that has now been replaced by Home Depot.
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All that's left is Honey's Sno-Ball truck in the parking lot (delicious sno-cones, by the way!).
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With all of the debate about demolishing the remains, why can't it be rebuilt to it's former charm? That would make MANY Houstonians happy!
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(older pictures courtesy of houston press and houston architecture)

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