Abandoned | Northwest Mall, Houston Texas

[@peoplenoisehtx]

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[@Deadpok3]

My entire childhood was at this mall. My aunt would always bring me and my brother every weekend to check out KB Toys and hit up Thirsty's. I will miss this mall, lots of good memories and good time there, now just a faded memory of a bygone era.

[@ICESTORMSx]

Remember them orange Julius

[@williamrowlett740]

What a shame. I went there.

[@madrich713]

Thirsty's with strawberry banana shake

[@Fariy_girl]

Same here Circus world turned into KB toys Orange Julius was so good I miss it

[@MLHJ07]

Same. My aunt always brought me here when I was little.

[@olliecherpuzi5045]

It’s crazy to be from here and see places I’ve been on an abandoned places KZbin video. Like you never think it’s gonna be you

[@notchildish]

my mom used to work at the hallmark there and i remember spending so many hours in the book store a few stores down reading naruto, swinging by thirsty to snag some free samples (eventually they started hooking it up with free small shakes bc they liked my mom), and looking at all the toys at KB toys. eventually i saw more and more stores close and once macys closed then the place was basically a ghost town and eventually hallmark closed and i never went back sad to see this place go.

[@joeadrianmendoza]

I use to work at sunglasses hut kiosk in front of hallmark, I probably worked w your mom at the same time…

[@stares_mthrfckrly]

It’s funny how much Houston has grown that Timbergrove is just northwest of downtown and not actually Northwest Houston anymore. Time passes, people move on and people move up and outward.

[@satellitestargazer2770]

Yup, now it takes one hour to get from one end to the other because of traffic.

[@montysport94]

I think sprawl ultimately killed the mall. By around 2000, the majority of the surrounding area was really run down. We left Inwood around that time and moved closer to the JV area. I think Willowbrook was headed down the same path but I think the Willowbrook area has really improved in the last few years.

[@michaelwilganowski4866]

Yes. I remember when Antoine was far northwest Houston

[@nomaderic]

​@montysport94 it's just malls in general. I used to live down the street from here but I travel around the country now. Malls like this are in every city in America. People just don't go to malls like they used to. Most cities have one or two malls that are thriving while all the rest are hanging on by a thread or closed down like this one

[@montysport94]

@@nomaderic That too. I'm sure you also heard about Gunspoint mall closing down. Supposedly they're building a housing project there.

[@RoseLopez-k8s]

So sad!!! Have so many memories with my family! Walking through, eating and shopping!

[@egggwommb4292]

The fact that I have such vivid memories walking through that already mostly dead mall as a kid… wow…

[@IZ1111]

Got my car stereo stolen from the parking lot there. Never went back after that.

[@mhujdxioghjfxxv4805]

i still have it.

[@JoseMartinezcdg]

Lmao 😂😂😂​@@mhujdxioghjfxxv4805

[@misterinvincible]

@@mhujdxioghjfxxv4805 dam bud you really wanted that walmart stereo

[@timberthus2562]

Classic houston

[@LokimonWasHere]

You should go to the mall and steal something from there as Revenge.

[@kaykay3943]

Cool!! I drive past this all the time now I finally know what’s inside!

[@lilsquisssh]

Me too. I had a feeling it was a mall the way it looked

[@ccrbonline1752]

The correct pronunciation is Pal lay Royal (as in "the Royal family"). It was a staple for those of us growing up and entering the work world in the 70's and 80's. For many of us, it was also our first credit card - they handed them out to everyone. I purchased my wedding dress at Palais Royal in 1983. This mall is in a bad part of town, but also prime real estate which is very valuable.

[@JLynn680]

It was my very first credit card too! I used to shop at this mall all the time and as an adult worked nearby and would power walk inside during my lunch hours. This was right before they closed.

[@abrooks713]

the area isn't bad anymore .. gentrification definitely has taken over

[@STREETNINJA26]

I'm from Houston and I can tell you from experience going to the Northwest Mall there's one place that you or nobody else probably hasn't discovered yet because it's in a wall.. Its the movie theater Northwest Mall used to have it back then but when nobody Harley wasn't going over there they just put a wall over that close it off I remembered it because me and my family used to go over there to go watch dollar movies back thin when I was kid.

[@empoweru8617]

One of AMC’s original 3 theatres in Houston, TX opening December 12, 1969 at the now defunct Northwest Mall. The theatre closed in 1992 and was a Mexican dance club called El Chaparral for a time. The building was demolished as part of the US Highway 290 expansion by the Texas Department of Transportation.

[@STREETNINJA26]

@@empoweru8617 Yeah I don't know what you got your information from obviously you got it from Wikipedia or somewhere else but the movie theater in the Northwest Mall by 290 it closed in 2000 i remember cuz it next to the entrance by Palais Royal. Is there trust me I was there when they put that whole wall over it. I always remember that place.

[@josvah]

@@STREETNINJA26 you’re saying 2000 like it was yesterday. It was nearly 25 years ago, and the 290 expansion occurred between 2011-2019. So the information in the other comment is accurate, you clearly just don’t know that time moves on and places change from how you remember them.

[@STREETNINJA26]

@@josvah Wtf? that's what you're thinking I'm just saying there is a movie theater that is hidden in a wall in the mall I'm just saying that because Nobody has not discovered that anybody that was born in Houston over 40 would tell you the same thing that I'm telling you. I don't know what the hell you thinking like you think that years to me is like a day that is the stupidest s*** I've ever heard in my life.

[@jacob5058]

I remember how nice it was i watched disney tarzan in the theaters and K.B toys they had some nice stores before it became ghetto with a bunch of arab vendors,i do remember around maybe 06 or 07 lil wayne went to visit that mall.

[@spagheted2954]

@ 17:25 Bro discovered El Chaparral 🍻 lmaooo I went there A LOT back in High School 💀 great times !

[@ChromeChildren12]

2009 - 2012 for me lol

[@youngkat1400]

Chaparral was wild af to the point they closed it down after some foo got shot.

[@marinatsu4720]

HOLY SHIT I KNOW WHERE THAT IS! I never thought that somewhere near me would be on these kind of urban explorer channels lol. I remember going there with my mom once at the Macy's

[@justinbryangalloway]

The mall is being demolished soon to be the train station for the Texas Central High Speed Railway from Dallas to Houston.

[@alexander1902]

Yeah they said that 4 years ago 😂

[@NoNo-ng9sl]

That boondoggle is never going to be built 😂. They're grifters that are sitting on prime real estate. And trying to use imminent domain.

[@buku-peace_bringnknowledge]

they should use the building as is...

[@cesar9496]

@@alexander1902I been hearing about that train since 2008 🤣

[@ccrbonline1752]

They need to go ahead and tear it down and purpose the land for something useful to Houston now, like an affordable housing project. That high speed railway will be in litigation with wealthy landowners for decades.

[@hisanachiru]

Great video! This place brings back so many memories, practically identical to Almeda mall, wow. Just for your safety, I recommend you have better shoes to protect yourself from glass and rusty metals, and bring a real flashlight so you can see. Oh and some sort of mask N95 or a proper gas mask when you're going to one of those super moldy areas. You don't want to be huffing potentially bad spores. I love your video! It's really fun and well-made!

[@eriknoriega2079]

Palais Royal was a smallish department store, much like Macy's or JC Pennys.

[@pixieazul19]

The area around the mall didn't decline. It actually became more affluent with less families. So most of those people shop in Uptown Park or Galleria right down the freeway. Also, there's a nice shopping center with good shopping that opened about 5 minutes away. That was the nail in that coffin.

[@DebraJohnson]

I feel like it declined. I used to work across the street at the HISD admin building and that whole area was pretty desolate.

[@TheDaelyDosePodcast]

This was cool and depressing at the same time. I am 35 years old and I can tell you what each one of them stores were BEFORE they became off brand stores. YES ppl used to line up for shoes...the Champs and Footaction were always on fire! One of my very fist jobs was at this mall. Also the Picadilly there was amazing!! At the Image Shots place is I am 100% sure I am on that wall of pictures lmao! Loved this! this took me wayyyy back but it was extremely sad to see :/

[@JLynn680]

I remember that one shoe store that had great deals. And I’d visit the food court during my lunch hours. Used to work at an office building close by (610 & TC Jester). This was shortly before they closed down.

[@adriananoelle4699]

17:27 That started out as a movie Theatre, then long horn saloon, and finally El Chaparral. A trashy, Mexican dance club. All the ratchets from my school used to go there. 25:25 L’Patricia was primarily a women’s clothing store. 33:00 That was Cristalina’s boutique. I worked there. It was a bridal, and quinceañera dress store. Formal gowns, and tuxedos.

[@heavenlyzeta7]

This makes me a little sad. I went to this mall bunches as a child in the 80s, and again when I grew up and worked across the street. Farewell to a classic.

[@yellingyank1862]

Being a Houston resident, I've driven pat this location a few times and always wondered what the story was and what it looked like inside. Good video

[@cynthiar8145]

Anyone remember the Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour?? Loved going there as a kid.

[@JLynn680]

OMG I loved Ferrels! But I think we used to go to the one in the Galleria. Loved the big ice cream bowl they’d run through the restaurant and had little plastic animals on top of the ice cream. And the long chocolate licorice string they’d sell by the foot at the candy shop in the front of the restaurant. Great fun as a kid.

[@variousJnames]

Had many birthdays there 😢This was my family mall from 1975 to 1983

[@johndoughcrypto9688]

Keep up your work. Don't stop. Makes me glad to watch/support video of a newer channel

[@peoplenoisehtx]

@@johndoughcrypto9688 Thanks man! We have a video coming out tomorrow!

[@1coolboy1rc]

great video, I used to go all the time as a kid and it’s kinda crazy but comforting to see all those old stores still somewhat intact, especially image shots I always would have family photos there

[@ethantravis8378]

That antique store is the pure definition of the back rooms

[@BaconW-qw5sp]

This is actually really well made. I'm proud, man :)

[@carlosrivas1629]

ride up 290 and you will see all the retail that replaced this mall.

[@ssslimey]

Lol yup, Blinn College is in Waller now too

[@frostanimate]

0:37 Fun fact, if you know the controversial channel ryansworld, Ryans mom stole $93 worth of jeans at the JCPenney in the Almeda Mall according to some news articles

[@cel3ast]

wow the resemblance between this mall and Almeda is insane! too bad that mall is on its last leg too :(

[@peoplenoisehtx]

@@cel3ast Yeah, the Macys is set to close soon, that’s the nail in the coffin for that mall.

[@cel3ast]

yikes! yeah the mall has honestly been dead for years now. it literally feels empty inside :/ great video btw!!

[@davidk713]

They replacing it as a station for the new proposed high speed train station between Dallas and Houston

[@nomaderic]

I stayed by this mall and my cousin stayed right by Alameda. We used to say the same thing. It was basically the same mall

[@trbstang]

They had almost exactly the same major stores in both males.

[@TejasBaby1963]

TY for sharing this video. I remember this mall but I lived further south and mainly grew up going to Gulfgate and Almeda malls. Then Baybrook after it was built in ‘78 and I was a teenager. Please do more videos. These are wonderful!

[@arutemisuuu]

That antique store was my favorite. It was what got me into antique shopping and collecting porcelain dolls as they had a section just for dolls. Most of my dolls I got from there. It still sucks that they were unable to relocate.

[@drnobody418]

Never been inside this mall when it was opened. Lived across the street from it for a couple of years. I was always curious to go inside and see what was left. This video satisfied that curiosity. Thanks!

[@klownzklutz]

i have passed by this mall pretty much all of my life, and never got a chance to explore it before it closed down. thanks for this !

[@MissionaryForMexico]

My soon to be wife worked at a jewelry store there. I remember the miniature train station display. It was a treat to watch the trains travel thru towns mountains and tunnels! The food area had all kinds of choices of foods to eat!

[@g_mason8867]

You sure you want to be married bro?

[@kyaban5192]

Great video. I love to reminisce about the malls I've been to when I was younger. I also live in Texas, and there's many great malls in Houston. Baybrook Mall is also excellent, it has a Dave and Busters right outside the mall. The dining selections on the outside are also amazing too. Man. Y'all got me thinking about malls and I love that. Thank you so much!

[@peoplenoisehtx]

@@kyaban5192 Baybrook is my local mall! It’s the place I shop for clothes.

[@TejasBaby1963]

I got my first job in 1978 at Burger Express in Baybrook Mall. It opened that same year. I have such great memories of that mall.

[@SebasCatAnimates]

Baybrook mall is an amazing mall, I went there so much as a kid, and seeing stores go down like Sears and such made me sad, but at least it's still up and running and still has great stores. And for other malls like the abandoned ones were also fun to go to, but looking at them now makes me want to go back to when they were open again. So many memories!

[@2123tfl]

Did you know graffiti in abandoned buildings are actually secret codes? FUCK = you might be spotted in this area HOW OLD? = code word for good spot to sleep HELL = a way to get downstairs I LOVE LATINAS = I love latinas

[@PaulLovelace-rj2uc]

palais royal was a clothing /shoe store... they also sold colonge and perfume...i thnk

[@austandinglosking]

Them saturdays on a Jordan or Air Force release at almeda mall was unmatched

[@usgary567]

Enjoyed going there as a kid in the early 70's. It was all so new and modern. I remember Spencer's gift shop and eating at Woolworth's.

[@77tx75]

L’Patricia was originally a late 1980’s / early 1990’s EXPRESS based on the store design. 31:58 was originally STRUCTURE… a men’s clothing store… they were later re-branded as EXPRESS MEN in 2001.

[@carolinavelez8223]

so cool u were able to get in! Used to luv that mall and that palais royal lol

[@brettdrought6181]

My mother dragged my sister and I there the week that they opened and many times after that. This was before there were arcades in malls, so we just chased each other around the fountains and got yelled at. Foleys was actually a Texas based department store chain that was bought by Macys. A lot of the fixtures that were shown here are not what was original to the mall, but that big clock was there from the beginning.

[@cameraman655]

Man, I remember this mall back in the '70s as a kid. It was a hell of a long drive from our home near the “Big Airport” (IAH) to Highway 290. Back then, even in a moderately sizable city like Houston, shopping malls were a rare commodity, and NW Mall was the closest to our home. It was always an adventure to hop into the Vista Cruiser and make that whopping 40-mile drive, all the while, my father cursing (under his breath, back then, foul language in front of the kiddies was frowned upon) about having to fill that land yacht at an outrageous .50 cents a gallon. Halcyon days…

[@StrosB4Hos]

Those seats in Palais Royale was the shoe section. I hated Palais Royale, it was the place where you couldn’t get Ralph Lauren Polo shirts but you could get Chaps by Ralph Lauren. I frequented Northwest Mall as a kid and into my teens through High School. The Cicis pizza, visible changes, kb toys, express. The book store was actually huge, it was a B. Dalton IIRC.

[@kaniahankston4310]

Although Houston is very big, I think they built too many malls for the city. Especially when the bigger ones survived causing the small ones like Northwest mall to die off. Why go to a smaller mall when you could go to Memorial City Mall, Willowbrook mall, or the Galleria and experience more stores. It’s sad though because many memories were made there.

[@iamglittery]

So many memories at this mall. My mom always went shopping at Foleys and Palais Royal. Then Foleys turned to Macy's. Mom was always in Palais Royal til the end. I remember one time I was in that store I broke an expensive snow globe, the shoe dept guy said it was fine. I'd always get my shoes from PR and Journeys! I never got to go to image shots but I always went to Thristy's each time we visited, pizza place used to be there and somehow I never discovered Chick-Fil-a while it was at this mall since most visits were on Sunday. Got to each lunch and dinner from Sesame Hut all the time.

[@starry75]

In 2013 there was a College for Health Care Professions (chcp) attached to this mall and I got my medical billing and coding certificate there. I ate in that food court almost everyday. Thanks for sharing!

[@christianallen8211]

I used to work for Palais Royal for 20 months until I became a security officer. I worked at the one in League City. It's now a GFS. I have lots of memories from there. That was back in 2008-2010. I miss those department stores but they were very antiquated. It was definitely a man's world as the good old boys mentality ran it into the ground. Ike hit that store and I couldn't work for 2 weeks. When I returned we were closed for an additional week to get it back to normal. Northwest Mall looks very similar to a lot of malls of that era. ❤️

[@starman1488]

WoW brought back soo many memories, there was a long driveway from the feeder rd. As you entered Firestone was on the right and next to that was Longhorn Saloon nightclub (which was the cigarette smoke u smelt 😂) Demeris bbq, Sound Warehouse, JRiggins store! Ur video is hilarious also "Be Back in 10 minutes" 😂😂😂😂

[@Ares-uw1qu]

We drove past this mall many many times and to see that this whole time it was actually abandoned is crazy stuff.

[@Chris-dc9ef]

thank you for doing this and posting this - i've been wondering how this mall is doing. drive by it every day.

[@KellyK387]

I took photos before it closed in 2017. I worked off post oak and would go to palais royal after work for clothes and get my nails done inside the mall. I bet there’s mice in there. Went there all throughout the 90s and 2000s. In the 90s there were name brand stores a woolworths by JCPenney (had photos taken there and still have dresses from childhood from that Penney’s ), old navy on the Penney’s wing , visible changes , Kb toys , a dollar tree , Payless, express, christalina boutique for formal wear , later in a journeys , on Macys / foleys when I was a kid wing. Graffiti etc little Novelty and dirty gag store , Walden Books, chic FIL a , sesame Hut, sbarro, baskin Robbin’s(later dreyers), Piccadilly we went to all the time when I was a kid. Also a Sam goody next to Piccadilly in the 90s where I got all my cds but there was a blockbuster music in the shopping center in the parking lot where Demeris bbq used to be. There was never a Lubys that I know of because there’s a Lubys on 34th and 290 that’s busy and has always been there about a mile away, it was a Piccadilly. There was a trashy bar X something by Penney’s and before across the parking lot that was once an AMC was longhorn saloon later on a generic trashy Mexican club. They tore that building down. In the early days my mom said there was an El Chico restaurant which was sued because a drunk driver was overserved and killed someone driving. Oh and am office max when I was a kid over there where the college was and a cicis pizza briefly was there towards that area. There was even a busy bath and body works. Used to know the Bundt cake people she is a veteran and they’re very nice. I was good friends with the lady at body luxuries and always got a hug from her we knew her since she was there in the early 90s. That Dr at TSO eye doctor was rude he told my mom I was “faking” not being able to see . She took me to an ophthalmologist who confirmed I couldn’t see and gave me glasses and contacts. Bought a lot of Tommy at foleys (Macys ) still have coat hangers , a fur coat, bags, etc from that foleys . Willowbrook was closer to my mom’s house as we lived in inwood forest but my grandma lived in timbergrove and I live in her house now. Willowbrook had a Tommy store inside cosmetics with their own line of beauty products

[@jasonmurdoch9936]

This mall will never reopen due to the fact all the scrappers have already stripped all the copper wire out of the entire Mall

[@Cerstani]

Wow, glad to know I'm not the only one who remembers the AMC that was in the parking lot. I grew up in Inwood Forest (Inwood North), so Willowbrook Mall was only about 8-9 minutes away (the trip was a lot faster without all the traffic lights). Still, I preferred Northwest Mall..

[@mattckmills8992]

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor was one of my favorites as a kid.

[@htx_713]

Don't forfet Two Pesos

[@marzisdead]

I’ve never been in here . I only went once in 2022 with my ex to rollerblade outside . Funny how a place I never got to experience can b nostalgic . Now I just see it on my way to therapy .

[@LTDansLegs_713]

Rollerblade????? wtf

[@Denises_Demise]

I have very vague memories of this mall. Me and my twin were toddlers.. my grandma would take us here sometimes. Then we practiced driving in this empty parking

[@youngkat1400]

This is where i learned to drive too lmaoo 😂

[@michaelwilganowski4866]

That train brings back memories. I loved it

[@trbstang]

Sad to see. I vaguely remember when it was under construction and Foley's was the only store open, as it was built before the mall was started. We spent a lot of time shopping there as a kid and teenager.

[@philiproach2537]

How is it possible that none of this stuff is auctionable? That huge photo printer seems like a pain in the ass to move, but there's gotta be someone who would take delivery of it. We have experienced the biggest technology wave in history over the last several decades and we need to not be so cavalier about sending these legacy machines to the junkyard

[@benbazy9238]

scrap value ,,, the technology is obsolete

[@sespokari4523]

Those encouraging re entry I would not, police activity increased over the past month to the mall, I know this due to the fact the marble stone store in its parking lot continues to get visits from the police wanting to see surveillance footage so they can track license plates, same with the gas station, I was getting a drink inside right after we finished leaving the inside of the mall and overheard an officer saying he needed to check ctv footage for trespassers don’t try it if you don’t want anything on your record

[@Tintintintin666]

Guess me and everyone else who’s been going latetly for Halloween been getting lucky

[@MrEjblanco]

Why would you take a car for trespassing fool?

[@Tintintintin666]

@@MrEjblanco it’s just fear mongering . I’ve been 4 times since this comment I put up. It’s completely safe if your not some dumb teen trying to act cool because you broke in somewhere

[@sespokari4523]

@ someone send me months ago saying they drive into the parking lot and got boxed in by security, people are just stupid

[@sespokari4523]

@ yeah people breaking in and not covering entrances are getting lucky and ruining it

[@pryncecharming2133]

I remember when the mall was thriving. In the late 80s, when I was a kid, my mom used to take me to the pica dilly buffet after church. And she loved shopping at Palais Royals! Seriously, it is shameful to let a mall die. But with online shopping being ubiquitous this is bound to happen

[@debbiegrizzaffi2148]

Northwest Mall was a great place my last 2 years of high school, 1967/1968 thru 1968/1969. MY FIRST JOB WAS AT FOLEY’S 1969-1972!That space became Macy’s. There was a jewelry store on the corner of the Food Court walkway. My husband & I picked out and bought my engagement and wedding ring set there! ! I had looked at it in the window & wished while on my lunch breaks, as I went to Samperi’s Imports to buy provolone cheese & delicious po-boys! Spent a lot of time shopping in that mall, every Christmas with my daddy & mama for their gifts for each other, and with my boyfriend, who would become my fiancé Christmas Eve 1970, & then my husband April 15, 1972!!! We were married for 49 years 5 months, when he passed away!!! Oh the memories!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@justinbryangalloway]

Palais Royal was a department store, clothing for the most part, small cosmetics and Jewelry sections. They also owned Beales, Stage and Peeples all the same department store.

[@space_leech]

I only experienced the mall during the later years but I have nothing but good memories from this mall. I always loved the nostalgic vibe this place had all the way up to its last days. I fell in love with my spouse there because the antique mall was our #1 date location. I even visited after it closed, exploring in there was one of the best urbex trips I've been on to date. Gonna miss visiting it whenever they finally tear it down.

[@danielarrr2280]

I loved that mall and would make the 1st Ward to NW Mall trip weekly. I loved Sesame Hut and glad Mr. Moon kept it open. Its now in Long Point and Silber Rd. Tell him the mechanic, Daniel sent you. 🧑‍🔧 PS those long benches in Palais Royal are probably from the old Picadilly's Cafeteria. ?

[@michaelrodriguez3148]

The Picadilly's Cafeteria was at Northline Mall not Northwest Mall. Northwest Mall had a food court.

[@joeadrianmendoza]

@@michaelrodriguez3148northwest also had a cafeteria, two actually. Piccadillys was at the food court entrance to the right next to the record shop. And foleys had a cafeteria in the second floor.

[@danielarrr2280]

@michaelrodriguez3148 They both had one. Then Lubys bought it. At NW Mall if was at the front entrance by where Footaction was entering thru the food court. Northline was by where the magic Johnson theater side.

[@kylebauer4242]

My dad used to take me to the Chick-fil-A in the food court after getting a haircut in the 90s. The Luby’s stuff being there is strange because there was never a Luby’s in that mall. There was a Piccadilly cafeteria for a while which is basically the same thing as Luby’s though.

[@andrewfields8585]

I worked a halloween event there it was the Alice Cooper Nightmare it was the old Payless building I had so much fun 😁 it was in 2002 or so and been to this place so many times..RIP NORTH WEST MALL 😢

[@reddrum56]

Mannn my dad use to always go pick up chick fil la here. It was here before it had its own restaurants and the manager sold sandwiches at my high school. Waltrip. Soo many memories at this mall. This image place use to have kids lined up to take pics. And the shoe store between visible changes and the center stage always had good sells! This mall had a lot of life at one point! Sad to see it go

[@luisvillegas528]

I work in Macy's at almeda. Seeing this makes me realize Almeda will also reach the same fate and the experiences I had as a child I once took for granted will now be a distant memory. :( Almeda looks super similar so it hits home. We're closing in January.

[@peoplenoisehtx]

@@luisvillegas528 I’ve visited that Macys, is it formerly a 2 story store?

[@wheatgerm1208]

It was a great place for people watching. I got a fabulous framed Maxfield Parrish print at the Antique Center, too. As you can see, it's a vast complex, and just outside the inner loop 610. That's a lot of very desirable property up for grabs. It will definitely be razed and redeveloped into something more profitable.

[@thawhiteazn]

Seems like a prime opportunity for a walkable mixed-use development

[@kiddboifr3sh219]

I would buy concert tickets at macys in the early 2000’s

[@sharonj3797]

Omg those were the days!😂

[@kiddboifr3sh219]

@@sharonj3797 lol right.

[@NoName-pw8ud]

Foleys at Almeda Mall😢

[@arianaestrada3408]

I grew up going to this mall and I trick or treated there once when i was a kid. My aunt used to work there and told us the stores would be passing out candies so we went. They used a vacant store for a haunted house, It was a really cool experience and I’ll forever remember it.

[@Kate_von_6]

I used to go to this mall with my mom as a kid, but my memories of it are pretty vague. We started going to Willowbrook mall more often when I was 9/10. Even back in the mid 2000’s it was declining. I did go there a handful of times to visit the antique center but you couldn’t go past the JCPenney area.

[@77tx75]

22:45 was a location of Vitamin World originally… it was GNC’s competition in most malls in the 1990’s / early 2000’s

[@lssjkuuchi]

“I dont know what a palis royal is” Thanks for making me feel like a old man

[@BrieCracker]

24:13 'Their coming'.. this tickled me as i realized I might have been spooked had it been spelled correctly and fitted properly.

[@MattyIce1996]

I use to go that antique store. They only used the first floor, a vendor there told me the second floor was unchanged so it still looks like a 70s era JC Penney up there.

[@iamglittery]

finally someone finally explored it

[@drivingwithdaniel7310]

Spent many weekends there throughout high school… many memories from childhood all the way through adulthood

[@tonyrenteria5937]

We sang Christmas songs in the food court. We played video games in the arcade area. Bought all my swatch watches at Foleys! Great scott SO SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES! That wall pay phone I made calls to my mother to pick me up! Bought my GIjoes at Woolworth and Kay B toy stores! Wow! I would love to back in there

[@ifrank3636]

I have memories of going to this mall in the 90s-loved 5-7-9 and Image shots I still have photos with friends

[@peoplenoisehtx]

Yes, I butchered the pronunciation of Palais Royal. I corrected it in my most recent video over Macroplaza Mall. I’m not from the South guys! Cut me some slack!

[@gpools29]

This was my one my favorite mall in the early 90’s

[@Lnny-sj5og]

The last time i was in Northwest mall it was way back when i was in late middle school. Palais Royal was one of the stores we go to a lot…. I still got the shirts that my mom bought for me there. NorthWest Mall and Greenspoint Mall Both Gone. Those are the Mall i remember i know theres few more.

[@michaellazor5667]

I remember shopping at that mall. I even performed a couple concerts there. What a shame the mall culture is dying.

[@antzantzantz]

I grew up around here. I would go to the EB toys next to the Visible Changes. There also used to be an arcade.

[@manason2776]

Malibu Grand Prix was the spot back in the day

[@kekejefferson9219]

They used to have great shopping here. I remember getting a unique designer clothes for $11 from the $10 shoe warehouse. I also remember coming at 8:55 to buy a large pizza for $1 before they threw it out at night. They even had a bootleg Subway called "Sub Your Way".😂

[@Jenn4rmblk]

Great video! Thanks for this😊

[@johnhowardesq]

I worked there in 1976. Stock boy at Penney’s. Great place.

[@doloresbarrera9156]

The very first mall I ever went to. I thought it was amazing . We visited a lot. I actually went the very last day they were open. Walked out and said goodbye. Thank you for all the things I have bought there.😢

[@samanthagonzales1886]

That mall my entire childhood until i was a teenager 😢 my parents my brother and friends would shop there a lot. I remember the KB store when I was a kid. Taking pictures at image shots!! lol shopping at Palais Royal that was a clothing store.

[@acadm]

I miss my local mall, called the Galleria, here in a part of NY. Always loved to go there, get a nice big Cinnabon roll or Caramel Pecanbon roll from Cinnabon, then go downstairs to the food court area and enjoy a pizza from Sbarro or some japanese food from Sarku Japan or even a nice sub from Charlie's Subs. Having filled up I'd then walk around the three levels, window shopping or going inside and seeing what's what. Future generations will never know the feeling of just browsing around in a store or the mall itself, seeing others eating or drinking or shopping. It's just really sad.

[@tonyrenteria5937]

Thank you for posting this video! Thank you!!!

[@midsizesedan7620]

Lived in Houston for about 10yrs now. Can't say its been enjoyable but it's been alright. Seems like alot of businesses go outta business quickly here.

[@jannydots3870]

This was the mall of my youth, and I go way back, we’re talking early 70s. Those white awnings above the entrance door use to be a Columbia blue color. My brothers and sisters and I got our school shoes in this mall. I have memories of the sales person actually measuring my foot. Most of our other clothes we ordered through the sears and JC Penny’s catalogs as malls were still pretty high end back then. Joske’s was the only big store at the time along with Palais Royal. The last time I was there was in the mid 90s, buying makeup at Foleys. This video is really weird to see and I was surprised to see it in my KZbin as a recommendation. I don’t normally watch dead mall videos. How did KZbin know this video would be of interest to me. I think others have already mentioned but Palais Royal was a smaller sized Houston based department store. I remember buying my prom dress from Palais Royal at the Greenspoint location.

[@713AMC]

Dam spent many weekends at that mall with friends and family. Miss the good old mall days now its just open air shopping centers.

[@DevastatedLimes]

12:42 Definitely go to a Luby's sometime. Such a cool resturant.

[@peoplenoisehtx]

@@DevastatedLimes We’ve been to an abandoned one in Nassau Bay Texas lol

[@erickmay74]

Man that was my hangout mall as a kid in the 80s I kissed my first girl in the curtain section of jc Penney. It's very sad to see it like that.

[@STSChris]

I don't feel like digging through comments, but Palais Royal is a department store, like a JC Penny's etc. I miss these malls. They were awesome hangout spots back in the day, the places were always tons of fun. Those benches were usually used to try on shoes. That middle area with the glass displays was all jewelry.

[@newssilo]

I drive past this mall 2-3 times a week. I always wondered what it was like inside. How did you get past security? Any plans to go inside Greenspoint Mall?

[@peoplenoisehtx]

@@newssilo No security at the time of filming. I’d love to get into Greenspoint!

[@trista7748]

how did y'all get in?