Monterey and Caprock Centers were both on 50th Street. Monterey, was of course, nearest Monterey High School. W D Wilkins furniture is all that is left of the Monterey Center which included Hemphill Wells and Western Auto. I dated a Monterey high school girl who referred to Hemphill Wells as "Humphill Wells". In fact, I think all of the kids at Monterey called it that. Gee. What COULD they have been thinking? There is a plaque near W D Wilkins describing some of the history of the place. Both of these early Lubbock shopping centers featured covered walkways between buildings. There used to be store fronts on both sides of the walkways. Since there was really nothing left to photograph at Monterey Center, we examined Caprock.
There were storefronts back in here, once.
This is all open to the public and it's right next to Ci Ci's Pizza on 50th Street.
Not much of the original tile is left...
Bud's Men's Shop was part of Caprock Center. There might have been a Radio Shack.
A few of the original benches remain.
This was once Dunlaps.
This was part of Dunlaps. These were the first shopping centers in Lubbock and they were a big deal in their day.
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