Monday, June 13, 2005


1970's

Unknown mall interior. I do see a Ben Franklin store over there, though! Loved those.



14 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a great picture! From the look of the giant ornaments hanging from the ceiling, this must have been around Christmas--

Fri Jun 24, 09:24:00 AM  
Blogger Bad Cat! said...

My first reaction is that it is Mariner Mall in Superior Wisconsin, but I bet there are a ton of malls that looked exactly like that.

Fri Jun 24, 02:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sweet! Those are Eames Tandem Shell seats.

Fri Jun 24, 02:53:00 PM  
Blogger Keith said...

thanks for the comments, guys. We'll get it figured out eventually.

I noticed, too, the ornaments hanging from the ceiling. I agree it must've been somewhere around Christmas here.

Sat Jun 25, 04:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It looks a lot like Harlem-Irving Shopping Center in Chicago, IL.
Very generic-looking mall.

Sat Jun 25, 08:06:00 PM  
Blogger Keith said...

Hmm, the Harlem-Irving? OK, I'll look into it!

Sun Jun 26, 05:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Looks like the Richmond Mall in Richmond Heights, Ohio. It's since been remodeled.

Tue Aug 02, 04:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It also looks like it could be the Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach, VA -- although I'm new to the area and don't know anything about the history of Pembroke, except that it was recently remodeled.

Wed Dec 07, 11:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey I beleive thats the Universal Mall in hazel park, i used to work mall maintence back in 1980's, I think the mall is closed now.

Sun Feb 05, 10:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't know where it is. But, I do think I see an aluminum Christmas tree in the center. I never seen a Ben Franklin inside a mall though. Only in a downtown.
Interesting!

Tue Dec 11, 07:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bad Cat: that was my reaction, too, that it was the Mariner Mall. But, the Mariner never had those shell seats, they had brick planters with wood integrated benches.

Fri Jul 10, 03:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Definitely not Harlem-Irving Plaza in Chicago (The "HIP")--I spent my childhood there and there was no Ben Franklin or carpeting or furniture like that.

Mon Nov 15, 10:18:00 AM  
Blogger Lora said...

Definitely not Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach. It looked nothing like that.

Sat Oct 27, 04:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

North Valley Plaza Mall, Chico, CA

Thu Oct 01, 12:38:00 AM  

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