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The Foothills mall in Tucson, Arizona, 1982. The food court

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The Foothills mall in Tucson, Arizona, 1982.

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The Foothills mall in Tucson, Arizona, 1982.

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Prelude to Xmas post: The Rainbow Center Mall and Winter Garden, Niagara Falls, New York state.

Picture 1, 2, 3, 6-10: The winter garden was designed by (Victor) Gruen Associates in 1978 and it was completed in 1980.

Picture 4, 5: The adjacent mall was added a little while later. In later years, the winter garden became too costly due to an insulation issue and was scaled down. Niagara Falls on the American side slowly degraded as well, pulling the quality of the mall down.

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Rainbow Centre mall in Niagara Falls, New York, 1982.

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In 2015 the Seminole mall was demolished. I made this 1 minute clip for my Instagram but since I'm way too daring for Zucky I'll post it here as well. It's based on a video shot by Kennycart on Youtube. I also made several .gifs of it.

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Dallas Galleria during Christmas time

- via 'mallchitecture', made more realistic in coloring.

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Everything's bigger in Texas. That does include the 1982 mall Dallas Galleria.

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Master post: Collin Creek Mall, Dallas, Texas, 1981.

Some details:

COLLIN CREEK MALL, Dallas, Texas DEVELOPER: Federated Stores Realty (now JMB/Federated Realty Assoc. Ltd.), Cincinnati, Ohio. OPENED: July, 1981 DESCRIPTION: Two-level enclosed regional mall LOCATION: North Central Expressway between Plano Pkwy & F.M. AREA COVERED: 92.3371 acres PARKING SPACES: 6,210 SPECIALTY SHOPS & RESTAURANTS: 170 332,510sq. ft. ANCHOR TENANTS: Sears 156,340sq. ft. - Sanger Harris 199,180 sq. ft. - Dillard's 185,000sq. ft. - Lord & Taylor 100,000sq. ft. - JC Penney 156,772 sq. ft. TOTAL RETAIL AREA: 1,129,809 sq. ft. ADDITIONAL FEATURES: Village Way (specialty shops), The Patio (food court) ARCHITECT: RTKLAssoc., Baltimore, Maryland GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Walker Construction Co., Ft. Worth, Texas

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Collin Creek Mall, Dallas, Texas, 1981.

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Collin Creek Mall, Dallas, Texas, 1981.

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Town center at Boca Raton, Florida, 1980.

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Town center at Boca Raton, Florida, 1980.

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Dream about strolling through the St. Louis Centre

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Dream about strolling through the St. Louis Centre

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The St. Louis Centre in 1988. Other pictures I found from this year, judging by the red birds hanging in the concourse:

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St. Louis Centre, St. Louis, Missouri, 1985. Picture by Paul Hohmann

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