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Thursday, November 30, 2006
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According to Google, this store is still open.
Jcpenney Co Inc - Department Store
305 Liberty Street Northeast, Salem, OR 97301
In fact, its part of the Salem Center in Downtown.
Current Mall Directory:
http://tinyurl.com/ye8hma
Current Aerial View:
http://tinyurl.com/ycupbp
Love the feel of this pic, in the rain and all.
Yes, this is now part of Salem Center. In 1980, when Nordstrom was constructed, a mall was constructed adjacent to the Nordstrom, and skybridges were built to span accross some of the streets to connect with the JC Penney and the Macy's (former Meier & Frank, circa October 1955). Slightly before the mall, a couple of parking garages ("parkades") were put up in the late 1970s, and augmented the parking garage immediately behind Meier & Frank that had been present since Meier & Frank's opening. Meanwhile, there are still various typical downtown shops on the surrounding streets in addition to the mall. In my opinion, this is one of the most phenominal examples of a downtown surviving even long after a suburban mall was built (Lancaster mall), and even doing better than the other mall. If I had to pick the most important factor to downtown Salem's success, I'd say it was Meier & Frank's parking garage that was 20 years ahead of its time and set a trend, and proved that the best way for a downtown to survive is to provide free parking for shoppers.
Here are links to other pics;
http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/sj&CISOPTR=533&REC=1
http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/sj&CISOPTR=535&REC=5
http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=913&REC=11
http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/sj&CISOPTR=981&REC=14
http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/specialcol&CISOPTR=1051&REC=8
http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/specialcol&CISOPTR=1327&REC=2
http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/sj&CISOPTR=723&REC=1
Nice to know of this building's future!
This location is among those closing in 2020 as a result of JCPenney's Chapter 11 filing and the Covid-19 outbreak.
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2020/06/05/oregon-jcpenney-salem-center-mall-store-closing-coronavirus-impact/3155102001/
JCPenney had a long run in Salem, having opened their first store in the city in 1917.
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