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Originally Posted by Double L
Houston had a ten story downtown department store that was originally a local Houston chain called Foleys and later became a Macys that lasted from 1957 to 2013 but it has been demolished today.
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Foley's downtown was a place I visited with family in my childhood. I would go with my mom and also grandmother nearly once a week. Foley's was enormous, with great restaurants, including something called the Azalea Terrace where we would always have lunch. Foley's had a huge toy store, and that's where I would get my model planes and cars. Eventually, even though Foley's downtown was still open, we would go only to the malls.
Edit: There was a big department store in downtown Austin that I would go to with another grandmother when I would visit, but I can't remember the name. I think it closed in the 70s but not sure. I would go there in the 60s, when downtown was busy and crowded. Now that downtown has become vibrant again, I wonder if there's a possibility of a large department store moving in. The population downtown might support it, but with so much online buying, I don't know if there's any way it would happen.