Oh wow, such memories! I love this place!
I remember the old Scarborough's in Highland Mall. My grandmother would take us and she used to have a charge account there. They knew her by name lol. We'd get Christmas decorations from there and they used to have the prettiest tinsel I've ever seen on Christmas trees. The sliver would shimmer so much you could see it outside the store. Maybe it was the way the lights were positioned lol.
I always wondered about that photo of Joske's above. I've seen that around the internet here and there. As mentioned, Dillard's took over in the mid-80s but the cars in that parking lot photo look at least early 90s. I wonder if the name "Joske's" was photoshopped on the outside of that building photo just for kicks since it resided in that same part of the mall. I remember the old Joske's there had black and blue font in the name at one point (like the old Penny's on the other side of the mall) and it was over the main entrance facing Airport. I thought the outside upper area had it in the mid-section, but hey, I'm old, who knows lol.
On the topic of these historic stores, I recommend a book in the "Images of America" series that came out awhile back called "Foley's" by Lasker Meyer. It gives a nice history of the Foley's brand and Federated Department Stores in general. A photo of it is below from the Arcadia publishing site:
Remember the Foley's Red Apple Day sales? Lots of our back-to-school clothes were purchased during those sales.
I was reminiscing with my kids about Luby's in Highland Mall. There used to be a smoking and non-smoking section (like many restaurants at the time) and they'd have those glass ashtrays on the tables. The attendants would come by to offer you water or coffee refills on the push carts. I always remember the graham cracker crust cheesecake and the fresh hot rolls. Best fried fish I ever had at a cafeteria! The walls in the wait area had brownish carpeting on them and sometimes, depending on the time of day / night, the lines would stretch out to the main mall. Funny the little things you remember in time.
Hope you all are doing well.
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