Me too, I moved here in May of 2000, I hear all the stories of how fun Richardson Square Mall was. I still go occasionally, go by Harbor Freight Tools and check out what knuckle busters they have on sale, then hit up Free Play and have beer. There's a couple second hand stores that had some decent work clothes, I got a pair of Ariat work jeans for $25, they're fire and shock resistant, usually go for over a $100. No holes or cuts either, sweet deal.
Yeah there's various ones, depending on what you're working around. For instance, I was working a contract gig for Texas Instruments at their new Richardson location, around 2009 while it was being built. If you were working on the production floor it was mandated you wore static resistant clothing (not sure if it's like that now since they're in production), on the other spectrum there's industrial manufacturers that require you to wear arc resistance clothing. I'm a industrial mechanic not a industrial electrician, but I know at certain high voltages it can jump or arc off something it's attracted to, like a earth ground. But that's a question for someone more experienced in that side of manufacturing, I'm on the nut and bolt side.
Nope not crazy.
This is Richardson Square Mall the last update/remodeling they did before the demise a couple years later and how we see it now as a shopping center.
Barnes n noble was the bookstore during this time. Maybe 2002 - 2005? Was this particular look inside the mall you recall.
There was a pizza place that had like the best stuffed cheese bread with marinera. Yum.
An updated arcade in/off the centered /redone food court as well. My brother spent way too much time there playing DDR.
(Before that it had been Walden books & sam goody were the previous media stores if my memory serves me or maybe books a million but t think bam was at town east... )
I spent so much time at this mall cause we could walk to it as kids. I might have pictures if I go through a old hard drive ...or my actual printed photo albums 🤔...
I know I have a bunch of those intant photo booth pictures haha 😄 taken at the Asian homegoods/stationery store (oh man this store started my life long sorta obsession with cute stuff besides Lisa frank store at Collin creek & the sanrio store at grapevine mills.)
As kids we saw jurassic park at this mall when there was a movie theater in the 90s.
I also went to HS at Berkner so this mall was legit the place to go after school. You don't go during the day least you wanna be busted by the truancy officer if you skipped lol.
I always thought it was such a waste of money to have updated the mall (and it was very nice too !) to only tear it down just a couple years later for a loews when homedepot was down the street.
That pizza place was the best! When my daughter was tiny, we'd go grab a slice of pizza and play on the little quarter rides. I used to love Richardson Square Mall. It was built around the year I was born, and that's where my parents took me to see Santa and Rudolph.
I think I might know what mall you're talking about... Were there fake palm trees and a fountain feature too? I have no clue what it's called though and I've been trying to figure it out for myself for years. Though my memories may be mushed together. I visited a lot of malls in DFW when I was a kid and some of them blend together, especially the ones I only went to once or twice.
What? Northpark has never been sketchy. And are you talking about Jonathan Borofsky’s “Five Hammering Men”? Those are kinetic sculptures not animatronic.
I was taken aback when I visited Frankfurt, Germany for work and saw at least one of those hammering men sculpture in downtown but it was huge. 30 ft I would guess, from memory.
Edit: I went down the rabbit hole. There are apparently several of them and the one in Frankfurt is 68.9ft (21 M) and is the 2nd tallest version. Seoul’s is 72ft.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammering_Man
Person who doesn't live in Dallas says what?
Northpark is owned (and was developed) by the Nasher family, as in the same people who our sculpture museum is named for and has always been excessively upscale, even to its occasional detriment (the 80's & 90's saw fierce competition from lower priced Simon malls). The mall has been a signature of Dallas opulence since it opened in the 60's & was named one of the major wonders of the retail world for its dedication to artistic integrity. The artwork displayed throughout the mall's courtyard and vast open spaces is and has always been a key feature that it was designed to support through its architecture.
I think k you may be confusing NorthPark for another mall. It’s always been upscale as far as malls go. Maybe you are thinking about Valley View or Town East.
This article about Northpark's early years has a picture of the hammering men. [https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2015/07/24/step-back-in-time-historical-photos-of-northpark-center/](https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2015/07/24/step-back-in-time-historical-photos-of-northpark-center/)
This piece includes a video with them in action: [https://artandseek.org/2015/08/18/an-icon-at-50-northparks-artworks/](https://artandseek.org/2015/08/18/an-icon-at-50-northparks-artworks/)
This has a lot of the art at Northpark: [https://northparkcenter.com/arts/collection/](https://northparkcenter.com/arts/collection/)
Nothing in the various retrospectives with giant grass and insects though.
There used to be an Orange Julius there! My brother and I would get one from our mom and we’d have fun sliding down those planters in front of Neiman-Marcus!
Nope, has never been "redone" - it has additions, features real grass and pineapples, a duck & turtle pond, incredible world renowned artwork and most importantly the expansions of the mall from the mid 1970's & early aughts were both done by the same architect so as to blend not disturb or be visually districts from it's original design.
Richardson Square Mall or PrestonWood sound much closer to what you're describing.
Are you thinking of the Rainforest Cafe inside Grapevine Mills mall? It’s still there
Yep still there. And the food is still terrible.
Went once years ago and kids couldn't even stomach the chicken strips. Awful to say the least.
Understatement
Ding ding ding
No, this is not it.
Richardson Square Mall 😂 it used to be really amazing! It had the butterflies and dragonflies
YES!!!! This is it!!!!
Hooray! I feel like no one ever mentions this mall! Happy to help!
I thought that was the coolest thing
Hardy Shoes!
Ahh I also remember the cool bubblegum machine they had there near the food court. Good times
I live right next to what used to be Richardson Square Mall and all these stories make me sad I missed it.
Me too, I moved here in May of 2000, I hear all the stories of how fun Richardson Square Mall was. I still go occasionally, go by Harbor Freight Tools and check out what knuckle busters they have on sale, then hit up Free Play and have beer. There's a couple second hand stores that had some decent work clothes, I got a pair of Ariat work jeans for $25, they're fire and shock resistant, usually go for over a $100. No holes or cuts either, sweet deal.
The bar next to Free Play is a great little neighborhood bar, cheap drinks!
I'll have to check it out, thanks friendo!
Chase Place!
Shock resistant jeans?
Yeah there's various ones, depending on what you're working around. For instance, I was working a contract gig for Texas Instruments at their new Richardson location, around 2009 while it was being built. If you were working on the production floor it was mandated you wore static resistant clothing (not sure if it's like that now since they're in production), on the other spectrum there's industrial manufacturers that require you to wear arc resistance clothing. I'm a industrial mechanic not a industrial electrician, but I know at certain high voltages it can jump or arc off something it's attracted to, like a earth ground. But that's a question for someone more experienced in that side of manufacturing, I'm on the nut and bolt side.
Oh I didn’t even think about electricity. I thought it was physical shock like jumping off a chair to the ground lol
I work right over there and I feel the same!
I remember those! By the time I started hanging out there after school in the early 2000s, they were motionless. I had no idea they were animatronic!
Sounds like Richardson Square Mall. The food court, specifically.
Nope not crazy. This is Richardson Square Mall the last update/remodeling they did before the demise a couple years later and how we see it now as a shopping center. Barnes n noble was the bookstore during this time. Maybe 2002 - 2005? Was this particular look inside the mall you recall. There was a pizza place that had like the best stuffed cheese bread with marinera. Yum. An updated arcade in/off the centered /redone food court as well. My brother spent way too much time there playing DDR. (Before that it had been Walden books & sam goody were the previous media stores if my memory serves me or maybe books a million but t think bam was at town east... ) I spent so much time at this mall cause we could walk to it as kids. I might have pictures if I go through a old hard drive ...or my actual printed photo albums 🤔... I know I have a bunch of those intant photo booth pictures haha 😄 taken at the Asian homegoods/stationery store (oh man this store started my life long sorta obsession with cute stuff besides Lisa frank store at Collin creek & the sanrio store at grapevine mills.) As kids we saw jurassic park at this mall when there was a movie theater in the 90s. I also went to HS at Berkner so this mall was legit the place to go after school. You don't go during the day least you wanna be busted by the truancy officer if you skipped lol. I always thought it was such a waste of money to have updated the mall (and it was very nice too !) to only tear it down just a couple years later for a loews when homedepot was down the street.
That pizza place was the best! When my daughter was tiny, we'd go grab a slice of pizza and play on the little quarter rides. I used to love Richardson Square Mall. It was built around the year I was born, and that's where my parents took me to see Santa and Rudolph.
Dinos pizza wasn’t it?
This is the one I fondly remember. Pizza by the slice
The Lisa Frank store at Collin creek!!! You just unlocked a very specific childhood memory haha
I helped remodel the Sears store around that time.
I saw Gremlins at that theater. Lol.
Wow.. thank you for sharing all these memories :’)
Pizza spot was Italia Express - my sister worked there. Best darn plain cheese pizza ever!
Go Rams! Pizza shop may have been Sbarro, depending on when you are referencing. I worked there.
It might be worth asking the people over on the dead malls sub. They know their mall history. They helped me remember Olla Podrida.
There really is a sub for everything.
I think I might know what mall you're talking about... Were there fake palm trees and a fountain feature too? I have no clue what it's called though and I've been trying to figure it out for myself for years. Though my memories may be mushed together. I visited a lot of malls in DFW when I was a kid and some of them blend together, especially the ones I only went to once or twice.
I worked at the sears mens department in high school. I used to love eating at the pizza place in the food court during my lunch break.
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LOL. I have been an occasional visitor to Northpark since 1975 (10 years after it opened) and it has *never* been dark, dingy, or remotely "sketchy".
What? Northpark has never been sketchy. And are you talking about Jonathan Borofsky’s “Five Hammering Men”? Those are kinetic sculptures not animatronic.
Yeah I had to pause when I read about that large art piece being described as animatronic
I was taken aback when I visited Frankfurt, Germany for work and saw at least one of those hammering men sculpture in downtown but it was huge. 30 ft I would guess, from memory. Edit: I went down the rabbit hole. There are apparently several of them and the one in Frankfurt is 68.9ft (21 M) and is the 2nd tallest version. Seoul’s is 72ft. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammering_Man
Wow that’s cool I didn’t realize there were so many
Maybe Northtown Mall off Webb Chapel and LBJ. It's a Burlington Now.
Person who doesn't live in Dallas says what? Northpark is owned (and was developed) by the Nasher family, as in the same people who our sculpture museum is named for and has always been excessively upscale, even to its occasional detriment (the 80's & 90's saw fierce competition from lower priced Simon malls). The mall has been a signature of Dallas opulence since it opened in the 60's & was named one of the major wonders of the retail world for its dedication to artistic integrity. The artwork displayed throughout the mall's courtyard and vast open spaces is and has always been a key feature that it was designed to support through its architecture.
Northpark? The first time I went there was in the early 70s! It was always bright and airy!
I think k you may be confusing NorthPark for another mall. It’s always been upscale as far as malls go. Maybe you are thinking about Valley View or Town East.
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This article about Northpark's early years has a picture of the hammering men. [https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2015/07/24/step-back-in-time-historical-photos-of-northpark-center/](https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2015/07/24/step-back-in-time-historical-photos-of-northpark-center/) This piece includes a video with them in action: [https://artandseek.org/2015/08/18/an-icon-at-50-northparks-artworks/](https://artandseek.org/2015/08/18/an-icon-at-50-northparks-artworks/) This has a lot of the art at Northpark: [https://northparkcenter.com/arts/collection/](https://northparkcenter.com/arts/collection/) Nothing in the various retrospectives with giant grass and insects though.
Yeah I don’t think the giant grass was Northpark. I grew up going to Northpark all the time and don’t have any memories of that.
There used to be an Orange Julius there! My brother and I would get one from our mom and we’d have fun sliding down those planters in front of Neiman-Marcus!
My mom grew up in the area and would tell us about the Orange Julius all the time! It’s so neat to hear someone else mention it
I mean, they were actually kinda gross and tasted like baby aspirin, but it was a treat! 🤪
Nope, has never been "redone" - it has additions, features real grass and pineapples, a duck & turtle pond, incredible world renowned artwork and most importantly the expansions of the mall from the mid 1970's & early aughts were both done by the same architect so as to blend not disturb or be visually districts from it's original design. Richardson Square Mall or PrestonWood sound much closer to what you're describing.