Metro Center Mall
Phoenix, Arizona - late '60s
"Nirvana for the passionate shopper!" Someone here recently requested Metro Center pix, so here they are. Enjoy!
Metro Center's current website.
posted by Keith @ 9/05/2005
Vintage photos of lost Shopping Malls of the '50s, '60s & '70s
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Monday, September 05, 2005
Phoenix, Arizona - late '60s
"Nirvana for the passionate shopper!" Someone here recently requested Metro Center pix, so here they are. Enjoy!
Metro Center's current website.
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11 Comments:
Thanks for posting this, Keith! Metrocenter was my favorite mall when I was growing up in Phoenix in the 1980's. It was extensively remodeled circa 1993...but I'll always remember it as it looks in this postcard.
A bit of trivia: 1) the first mall in the country with 5 department stores and 2) featured in the movie "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" as the "San Dimas Mall."
Just like the little pin I got at the General Motor's Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair said; "I have seen the future"!!
fyi - metrocenter was not even around in the 60's...i believe it was built in the 70's. prior to that it was all desert and we used to ride our motorcycles there...there were many tracks and jumps.
Indeed it was opened in 1973 (According to Wikipedia) so the photo could not have been taken in the late 60s. Also a question to Keith, just wondering how you date the sources/photos and why you don't have to exact year (instead of say, the '60s') for many of them. Would you base many on estimates?
YES! This pic sure does bring back memories! I grew up over on 43rd and Northern and we practicaly lived at Metro! I won a Clown dress-up contest in the late 70's for Broadway Southwest and got passes to the Shriners Circus! I was real bumbed out when the took out the ice skating rink!!! I take my kids shopping there nowadays...not the same...
The pictures of Metor center really brings back memories. the architecture was very futuristic, and the food court which was located above the ice rink had an airline theme to it. The pizza there was some of the best I ever tasted. One of the major attraction for me was the toy store- Toys by Roy.
I remember Metro Center was so cold inside... I couldn't wait to go back out into the 100 degree summer heat! Anyone remember Bagatelle?
Does anyone know anything more about the white building in the distance? I believe it was a bank and would love to confirm that. It would be great to know when it was built and the original business name. It is now "Souper Salad":
http://www.agilitynut.com/06/10/souper.jpg
It was a bank. However, I don't remember the name.
Anyone have any pictures of the Golf & Stuff. Please post them.
Two years late to the comments but I can answer the question: That building was indeed originally a bank (well, savings and loan) by the name of Western Savings.
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