Mervyn's

[Mervyns]

Originally posted by Jonah Norason
Got it!
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-17820877_ITM
confirms 8 stores...

Houston, TX
All closed in 1/2006 unless otherwise noted

Deerbrook Mall (opened 1984) - divided into Barnes & Noble and Circuit City?
San Jacinto Mall (1981) - vacant
Baybrook Mall (1978?) - vacant
Greenspoint Mall (1989 in former Lord & Taylor, closed 1998) - now Fitness Connection
The Woodlands Mall (1994) - divided between The Woodlands Children's Museum and the Woodlands Xploration Station
West Oaks Mall (1984) - later Steve & Barry's, now vacant
Memorial City Mall (1989 in former Lord & Taylor) - demolished for redevelopment
First Colony Mall (1996) - now a second Dillard's
The Commons at Deerbrook (19??) - unknown
 

WHAT happened to the Woodlands Mall store?! Last time I was down there in August 2006, it was vacant.

[Whoser]

We have a Mervyn's here in Waterford CT, In the Lowes Shopping Plaza, where we once had a vacant Ames.

[Jonah Norason]

Originally posted by Mervyns

Originally posted by Jonah Norason
Got it!
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-17820877_ITM
confirms 8 stores...

Houston, TX
All closed in 1/2006 unless otherwise noted

Deerbrook Mall (opened 1984) - divided into Barnes & Noble and Circuit City?
San Jacinto Mall (1981) - vacant
Baybrook Mall (1978?) - vacant
Greenspoint Mall (1989 in former Lord & Taylor, closed 1998) - now Fitness Connection
The Woodlands Mall (1994) - divided between The Woodlands Children's Museum and the Woodlands Xploration Station
West Oaks Mall (1984) - later Steve & Barry's, now vacant
Memorial City Mall (1989 in former Lord & Taylor) - demolished for redevelopment
First Colony Mall (1996) - now a second Dillard's
The Commons at Deerbrook (19??) - unknown
 

WHAT happened to the Woodlands Mall store?! Last time I was down there in August 2006, it was vacant.

It was converted to a children's museum (top floor) and a satellite location of the Houston Museum of Natural Science on the bottom floor (again, oriented toward the younger set)

The San Antonio stores were the next-to-last to close, announcing it in Oct. 2008 and closing a few months later. They are still vacant.
North Star Mall (1992) - originally Frost Bros.
Ingram Park Mall (19??) - originally ??? (possibly original to 1979, as it existed in 1990)
South Park Mall (19??)


Windsor Park Mall also had one, which closed between 2004 and 2008. The mall is closed.

More research is needed on these

[Jonah Norason]

And now for a Dallas store or two!

These closed in Jan 2006.

The Parks at Arlington (1988) - now Barnes & Noble and The Cheesecake Factory (top level) and Forever 21 (bottom level)
Across from Southwest Center Mall (????)- vacant
(<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&q=dallas+mervyn's&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=map&ei=HMSpSfeVCMiLngeS4pDeDw&cd=2&hl=en&ll=32.660098,-96.877613&spn=0,359.984035&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=32.661998,-96.879175&panoid=Vwrki78jTQUyDW0d4gPjbw&cbp=12,3.6912041469662733,,0,10.322580645161288">street view</a>)
Near Town East (????) - vacant (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&q=dallas+mervyn's&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=map&ei=HMSpSfeVCMiLngeS4pDeDw&cd=2&hl=en&ll=32.812219,-96.623061&spn=0,359.984035&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=32.812196,-96.625549&panoid=CDczCpH13woM76ESXGcLhQ&cbp=12,84.45795878589328,,0,5">street view</a>)

That's all for now.
:tumble:

The Mervyn's in Dallas apparently didn't like enclosed malls.

[Jonah Norason]

I don't know when it opened, but there was a Mervyn's in Waco, TX now a BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY.

Bonus: <a href="http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2008/12/retro-toys-r-us-round-up.html">Vintage Toys R Us</a> is in the same center.

[Jonah Norason]

A few more Dallas ones:
Collin Creek Mall's Mervyns lasted from 1990-2006, was in an old Lord & Taylor and now Amazing Jake's (http://amazingjakes.com/). It's a place that seems to combine Krazy City and Chuck E Cheese's, if you get my drift.