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It added 360,000 ft² (33,000 m²) of retail space on two levels, Lord & Taylor and Frost Bros. anchor stores, office space (known as the Galleria Financial Center since the early 1990s). A second hotel also opened as part of Galleria II on November 18, 1977, [13] the 500-room Galleria Plaza Hotel (now The Westin Galleria Houston).
The district has very large bars and clubs; some have over 50,000 square feet (4,600 m 2) of space. Lomax said that Richmond Strip establishments were "spread out and huge," while most entertainment districts were "cozy and pedestrian," therefore "The Richmond Strip is a very Houstonian take on the concept of an entertainment district."
The Galleria in Houston is the largest mall in Texas. The history of shopping malls in Texas began with the oldest shopping center in the United States, Highland Park Village, which opened in 1931 in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. [1]
Uptown is also host to Houston's largest hotels, which host about 20 million visitors a year. [citation needed] A major feature of Uptown Houston is The Galleria, the largest shopping mall in the state of Texas and the seventh-largest in America. The Galleria hosts many of the upscale shops of the area as well as citywide chain stores that ...
In 2019, it changed its name from Rich's Houston to ReBar Houston. [ 5 ] It was formerly in Midtown , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] in a 14,136-square-foot (1,313.3 m 2 ) facility that formerly housed the Richland Fan Company.
South Beach is a nightclub with after hours located in Houston, Texas within the Neartown area which opened in 2001 on the former site of Club Heaven. The 10,000-square-foot (930 m 2 ) dance club located at 810 Pacific Street was popular among the city's gay community . [ 1 ]
The Briar Club is a country club in Houston, Texas. It is located in the River Oaks area, [1] at the corner of Westheimer Road and Timmons Lane. The club was founded in 1949 and is member owned. It is between The Galleria and Downtown Houston. [2] As of 2004 it has 1,100 members. [3] As of 2023 the club has 1300 equity members and is now on a ...
John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press said in a 2006 article that Westheimer Road, "more than any other thoroughfare, embodies Houston's car-enamored, zoning-free ethos, a damn-near 20-mile [32 km] phantasmagoria of strip malls, storage facilities, restaurants, big-box retail, office parks, apartment complexes, strip clubs, malls, supermarkets and the occasional church."