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The present, sad shape of the Grand Avenue Mall/Shops at Grand Avenue. The mall was created between 1980 and 1982 in existing buildings along Wisconsin Avenue. The idea was probably to lure shoppers away from suburban malls and to give Downtown workers a place to shop and eat*.
I remember coming up from Chicago with my hockey buddies in the late 1990s to this mall. We'd stop in here prior to a Chicago Wolves @ Milwaukee Admirals game. We'd eat either in the food court or at Hooters (of course!). There was a team store that sold Brewers/Bucks/Packers/Admirals stuff. There was also a tourist-trappy (but still fun) shop that sold Milwaukee-centric souvenirs including beer that was unavailable in Illinois. And I remember a used record/CD store at which I bought a second-hand copy of "Traveling Wilbury's", which at that point had been out of print.
All of this was anchored by Marshall Fields on the east end and The Boston Store (pretty much the same store as Carson Pirie Scott) on the west.
*The mall had been connected to other Downtown buildings via a climate-controlled skywalk. I remember a visiting colleague of mine telling me that her apartment building was connected to the skywalk as was her office. She told me that, in the middle of winter, she could walk to work, eat lunch at the food court, stop at the drugstore, etc., and she wouldn't need her winter jacket.
Pacific Mall is an Asian shopping mall in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Opened in the mid-1990s amid a period of significant Chinese immigration to Canada, Pacific Mall is the largest indoor Asian shopping mall in North America.
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Harrisburg, PA. April 2022.
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The Forest Fair Mall was opened in 1989 and originally featured Bigg's Hypermarket, Bonwit Teller, B. Altman, Elder-Beerman, Parisian, and Sakowitz as anchor stores. By the early 2000s, all of the anchor stores original to the mall had closed except for Bigg's Hypermarket.
The mall underwent two major renovations since its debut. One was done in the early 1990s to make the mall more of a discount-based mall and cost $8 Million. Mills later took over the mall and spent nearly $70 million renovating the struggling mall into Cincinnati Mills, which opened in 2004. Bass Pro Shops, Showcase Cinemas, Kohl's, and Burlington Coat Factory later moved into the mall to replace the original anchor stores. Mills was later taken over by Simon Malls. After struggling to keep the mall filled, Simon sold the mall off. The name was changed to Cincinnati Mall in 2009. The mall reportedly changed its name to Forest Fair Village in 2013 but never officially changed any of the exterior or interior signs saying "Cincinnati Mall".
This mall is very modern for a dead mall. I guess it goes to show that some malls just can't be saved no matter how much money is poured into them. There are two other major malls within several miles of this one that were built earlier with more stable (in the long run) anchor stores like Sears and JCPenney. This mall was also built off an exit that didn't get nearly the development as around the area's other malls. The mall still seems most commonly refered to as Cincinnati Mills. Today, this nearly 2,000,000 square foot mall has only Kohl's, Bass Pro Shops (leaving later in 2015), and Babies R Us as anchor stores. The interior of the mall is (by my estimate) about 95% empty.
Forest Fair Mall / Cincinnati Mills / Cincinnati Mall - Cincinnati Mills Drive - Forest Park, Ohio
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A view inside of the Ayala Mall Bacolod City. Thais was an area set up in addition to the normal shops.
The Hutchinson Mall was built in the middle 1980's and opened around 1986. It was the first suburban mall to open in Hutchinson, although another mall was slated to be constructed during the 60's adjoining Welles Department Store.
The Hutchinson Mall received great fan fare and had an A list of original tenants. The mall was anchored by Wal-Mart, Service Merchandise, Newman's Department Store, Dillard's and JC Penney. Some of the smaller stores included The Candle Nook, Summit Stationers, and Payless shoes. A number of other smaller stores were housed in the mall.
The mall appeared to be saturated with department stores during these early days when Wiley's and Biles and Long moved to the mall replacing downtown locations. Newman's was one of the first to shutter, and this space stayed vacant for years. Wiley's folded soon after, ending a Hutchinson tradition since 1913.
The mall seemed to continue along okay until Wal-Mart left for a location outside the mall in 1995. Service Mechandise folded in 1997, leaving an empty whole which was never completely filled with a retail venue again. The Newman's space also continued to be empty.
A new theater took the place of Newman's, although the only entrance was on the outside of the mall. Dickinson Theaters owned the new theater as well as the original Mall 4 Cinema. Stage absorbed some of Service Merchandise's space.
From 1999-current the mall has remained stagnated. The natural gas explosions of 2001 scared away many shoppers from Hutchinson and retailers reported staggering losses. Stage closed for good and virutally it and the remaining Service Merchandise space is now occupied by ESSADAK learning center, a non retail biusiness. The Via Christi Health Center is another non retail business at the mall. The DMV is also located at the mall. A few antique stores, a flea market, and a close out store have occupied space at the mall. While many spaces have remained empty. The Mall 4 Cinema is now the Kansas Children's Museum. An Old Navy Outlet occupied a number of empty spaces for 2001-2005, but it closed because of the mall's lack of traffic. This leaves a huge gaping whole encompasing about five store fronts. Goody's Department Store was added in 2005. Goody's closed in 2008 when the chain filed bankruptcy.
Although Hutchinson has been host to the U.S. Women's and Senior Open, as well as the International Motor Coach Association, this has not spurred interest in the mall. The mall corridor continues to be dark and stagnated, although the mall is still anchored by Sears, JC Penney, and Dillard's. Simon Management sold the mall in 2004.
Inside "The Mall at the World Trade Center" in 1996. It's lavish gold and orange lights creates a mesmerizing atmosphere. Vaporwave music plays in the background.
This is what happens when parents leave their kids loose in the mall on the holiday season... South suburban Chicago
A view into the handsome mahogany vaulted ceilings of Southside Mall in Oneonta, NY. The college "city of the hills" hosts its only mall shortly off the scenic I-88, with its closest competition approximately 65 miles in any direction is an indicator as to why its keeping afloat. This cross-section represents the petite mall's nexus.
This is a tale of 4 malls built in the San Francisco Bay Area by Taubman. There was Sunvalley Mall in Concord, California, Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton, California, Eastridge Mall in San Jose, California, and Hilltop Mall in Richmond, California.
One is low end, one is high end, and two are right in the middle.
They were all built in vastly different areas of the San Francisco Bay Area. Richmond became a low income and crime infested city. Hilltop is doing very badly and is overrun by shoplifters. It is a dangerous and scary mall where JCPenney closed a couple of years ago. That JCPenney looked very much like this one and the rest of the mall has similar architecture to Stoneridge Mall except that it has an older décor that looks really rundown. However, it is the most 70s in style as it has kept the sunken granite seating areas and old fashioned marble floors.
Stoneridge Mall is doing well and is in the affluent city of Pleasanton, California. The JCPenney is a alive and well, but the Sears closed in favor of a cinema, grocery store, and sports club. Hilltop Mall lost its JCPenney, but the Sears is still open. The décor is late 80s, but still looks decent.
Eastridge Mall is in a busy middle class area but has suffered from a fire at a nearby homeless encampment that nearly burned down the mall, and various bizarre and violent events. A suspicious package was thrown into the AMC movie theater one day and it created a bomb scare.
Then there is Sunvalley Mall which is the largest mall and is in a middle class area. That mall is doing good business, but does not have as many high end shops as Stoneridge. This mall is famous for a plane crash one foggy night before Christmas back in the 80s. A plane crashed into the roof during the busy shopping season killing several people and starting a fire.
Sunvalley Mall remodeled soon after and has 90s era Taubman décor and still looks the best out of all 4 malls.
Dayton Mall opened in 1970 with three anchors. They were Sears, JCPenney, and Rike's. The mall has gone under several renovations one such renovation moved JCPenney's anchore to the center of the mall. The old JCpenney anchor then became a McAlphin's which was sold to Elder-Beerman two years later.
This is one of the many sculptures in the new wing at the Mall in Columbia.
Note of Caution: This mall has an extremely anti-photography policy apparantly. I was here for about 5 minutes before mall security was telling me that I could not take any photos and wanted to know when I was leaving. I've never experienced this and was sort of in disbolief. Also to take note, I never actually entered the mall. All of my photographs were of the exterior. Majority were taken in the parking lot. I've never had any issues at other GGP malls in the past.
I could go on about my issue with "public" space being private, but that's for another day another time...
Catharsis on the Mall: A Vigil for Healing the Drug War, on the grounds of the Washington Monument, November 20-22, 2015
An Applebee's that is still attached to a mall!
The North Park Mall in Marion, Indiana opened in 1978. It was rebranded to Five Points Mall in 2009. The mall currently appears to be dying; only one out of four anchor slots will be occupied by summer 2018. Many smaller stores are vacant as well. On the positive side, Planet Fitness is new place in the mall that opened in January 2018 and could be a sign the owners want to convert the mall into a strip shopping center. The outlots also appear to be doing well except for a closed restaurant.
Here are the four anchor store spots
1) JCPenney (open 1978 to 2014) - Currently Vacant
2) Hills (1978 to 1998), Ames (1998 to 2001 or 2002), Steve & Barry's (2004 to 2008), Roses (2011 to current)
3) Sears (1990 to 2013) - Currently Vacant
4) Meis (1978 to 1989), Elder-Beerman (1989 to 2011), Carson's (2011 to April 2018)
Five Points Mall in Marion, Indiana - 1129 North Baldwin Avenue
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A look into Taubman Center's The Mall at Short Hills. The original mall opened in 1961 as an open-air center. In 1980, the mall was drastically remodeled and enclosed to mirror other Taubman Centers' features. Since, the mall as endured a series of expansions with the current anchorage at four, ranging from the common macy*s to the regal Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Bloomingdales.
Glad that the outlet mall is using my pic in their web site :-) would be happier if they informed me :-(
Dayton Mall opened in 1970 with three anchors. They were Sears, JCPenney, and Rike's. The mall has gone under several renovations one such renovation moved JCPenney's anchore to the center of the mall. The old JCpenney anchor then became a McAlphin's which was sold to Elder-Beerman two years later.
Shopping in beautiful, modern surroundings. The IFC mall, which was opened in 2012, is a huge shopping mall on the island of Yeouido Yeongdeungpo-gu district of Seoul. Part of a complex of buildings including the Conrad hotel and office buildings. The main building in the complex is the tallest on the island, overshadowing the more famous gold 63 Building by 30 meters despite not having as many floors. At the mall you can enjoy shopping on three spacious floors, the first floor contains fashion stores, the second fashion stores and a very large bookstore, and the third floor has restaurants and a movie theater.
Accessible from:
Line 5 and 9 Yeouido Station Exit 3.
Mall is now demolished along with anchor stores
Frackville, PA. May 2017.
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Pottstown, PA. April 2022.
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The Shenango Valley Mall in Hermitage, Pennsylvania... The mall was opened in the late 1960s and originally featured JCPenney, Sears, and W.T. Grant as anchor stores. The W.T. Grant store became Strouss in 1976. Strouss was later rebranded as Kaufmann's then Macy's.
Shenango Valley Mall lost both its Sears and Macy's stores on March 26, 2017. It has also lost FYE and Rue 21 since Sears and Macy's closed. These pictures were taken when Sears and Macy's were still closing.
I did a larger post on this mall here -> www.deadanddyingretail.com/2017/04/shenango-valley-mall-i...
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This Kroger Superstore opened at University Mall in 1974, replacing an earlier store downtown. It may have had a SupeRx Drugs next door. If it did, it was long-gone before I saw the store in the late 1980s. In any event, the original store was expanded twice; once in the 1980s, and once again in the mid 1990s. The present exterior dates from around 1995 and has changed little in 15 years.
University Mall is a shopping center in Blacksburg, Virginia adjacent to the Virginia Tech campus at the intersection of Prices Fork Road and University City Boulevard. Opened in 1974, the original enclosed mall contained about 250,000 square feet of retail space and was anchored by Woolco and Roanoke-based Heironimus, with Kroger on an outparcel across the street.
During the 1970s and much of the 1980s, this was the hottest retail address in the New River Valley. The center featured a strong mix of regional and local tenants including Mills Fabric, Ritz Camera, H&M Shoes, John Norman (menswear), Sidney’s, The Sickle Moon, Dana (all three were women’s apparel stores), Printer’s Ink bookstore and Peoples Drug. Even Woolco’s closure in 1983 didn’t cripple the place; Roses quickly moved in to replace it.
What did take this place down was the opening of the New River Valley Mall in neighboring Christansburg in 1988. Though the anchors stayed in place, the small shops inside the mall largely closed or moved.
In the early 1990s, both anchors folded and Virginia Tech took over their spaces for various university services and a branch of the University Bookstore. During this time, People Drug became Revco and then CVS and the mall interior slowly filled back in with various local businesses.
In 2004, the mall was sold to a group of local businessmen and plans were made to eventually donate the property to the Virginia Tech Foundation, the mall’s primary tenant. During this time, the interior of the mall received its only renovation. Its tile and concrete floors were carpeted. The globes of its pole lights were changed, and the mall was painted. Two large mobiles were placed over its pair of fountains, which have were thoroughly cleaned. On the exterior, the south end of the mall was expanded and heavily renovated with a parking garage and multistory office building added next to the intersection of Prices Fork Road and University City Boulevard, along with an outparcel for Panera Bread.
Though the center is almost fully tenanted now, the interior mall remains a well-preserved relic of 1970s retail design. Many storefronts are still original and substantially all of the interior décor from 1974 is still here. Even the CVS is still here, largely unchanged from its days as a Peoples Drug.
This was the Bamberger's Department Store at the Court of the Islands. Bamberger's was a division of Macy's. This portion of the Mall opened in 1962, a year after the original portion which ended at Woolworth's.
On July 2nd I took a long walk around the National Mall. Though I live in the District and I've been there many times, I always enjoy the monuments, the gardens and the sights and sounds of the visitors. I'm not under any pressure to see everything; I just photograph whatever catches my eye. On this walkabout I focused on the Washington Monument.
One of the biggest malls in the USA with a big amusement park built inside the mall.
Had a tough time doing this pic. Hadn't taken it properly, the light wasn't enough, and the ISO was too high. Played with photomatix, CS3, lucis art and Niks color efex and after all that ended up fixing things in piknik.
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