The Official USA Mall Thread

[nature's message]

Surprised no one has posted Lenox Square or Phipps Plaza in ATL.

Phipps Plaza



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Pretty upscale mall, and there are a lot of nice stores like Versace, Valentino, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Roberto Coin, Tiffany's, Bally, Mezlan, Elie Tahari, Tory Burch, Giorgio Armani, Vera Bradley, Intermix, Barney's New York CO-OP, MaxMara, Wolford, Vince, Theory, Cole Haan, Lucky Brand Jeans, Benetton, Anne Fontaine, Bang & Olufsen, among others. Its anchors are Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom and Belk.

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Unlike Phipps Plaza, which have a peaceful vibe to it, Lenox Square is very busy and bustling. It is also considerably bigger than Phipps Plaza. Read somewhere that is was the 8th busiest mall in the US. Anyway, it's less expensive than Phipps, but more upscale than the typical American mall. Stores include Diesel, Bvlgari, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ed Hardy, Louis Vuitton, French Connection, Cartier, Nicole Miller, Burberry, Faconnable, Zara, Michael Kors, Salvatore Ferragamo, Calvin Klein, Ecco, David Yurman, Victoria's Secret, Club Monaco, True Religion, 7 For All Mankind, Puma, Vidal Sassoon, among others. Its anchors are Macy's, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale's.

These two are across each other diagonally.

[zaphod]

Here in Austin and San Antonio there are two very new open-air malls. La Cantera and the Domain. Both are really big.

La Cantera has the shape and layout of a traditional enclosed mall, all its missing is the roof. The Domain is part of a larger "urban" development with residential buildings though I think it's a little schlocky(but then it could become what the Galleria area is to Houston, so give it time).

[hannah_banana]

Originally Posted by zaphod

Here in Austin and San Antonio there are two very new open-air malls. La Cantera and the Domain. Both are really big.

La Cantera has the shape and layout of a traditional enclosed mall, all its missing is the roof. The Domain is part of a larger "urban" development with residential buildings though I think it's a little schlocky(but then it could become what the Galleria area is to Houston, so give it time).

I think La Cantera will be pretty cool in time. I already love the new part, much more like a real mall with street level retail(yes that is what a mall really is). The Town Center at La Cantera is the next phase and that will have residential development with it as well. Never been to the Domain, heard it's nice though.

[desertpunk]

Cottonwood Mall in Albuquerque. The typical boxes in an amoebic sea of parking.

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An upside down relief map of the city covers the ceiling of the food court with balloon themed lighting.

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More balloon theme:

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Entrance;

[minneapolis-uptown]

First indoor mall ever constructed: Southdale mall in Edina, Minnesota

here is what it looked like when first built:




Largest Mall in the country: Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota

[desertpunk]

ABQ Uptown, a new lifestyle center in the heart of Albuquerque. Lifestyle centers have replaced the traditional indoor mall with their faux-urbanism and Main Street feel. As far as I know, only one entirely new indoor mall has been built in the US in the last decade.



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Final phase due to begin construction by 2013:

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[-Corey-]

Originally Posted by gars129

A telenovela announced in a mall in spanish. I didnt expect that.

I've seen those posters on buses here in San Diego too.

[-Corey-]

I went to Otay Ranch Town Center last week and I took these pics.*










Apple Store

[desertpunk]

Very cool.

While we're on the subject of lifestyle centers, here's The Grove in L.A.:

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[desertpunk]

Georgetown Park Mall Washington DC:

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[desertpunk]

Pentagon City Arlington VA

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[desertpunk]

Tysons Corner Mall Wash. DC ( Tysons Corner VA )

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[mgk920]

Originally Posted by minneapolis-uptown

First indoor mall ever constructed: Southdale mall in Edina, Minnesota

here is what it looked like when first built:

Nope.



The now demolished Valley Fair Mall here in Appleton, WI first opened as an enclosed mall shopping center on 1954-08-11, Southdale opened two years later.

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_...hopping_Center
(note, the article says 'August 11, 1955', the first part with six stores opened on that date in 1954)

Mike

[Sonrise]

[QUOTE=desertpunk;55655363]ABQ Uptown, a new lifestyle center in the heart of Albuquerque. Lifestyle centers have replaced the traditional indoor mall with their faux-urbanism and Main Street feel. As far as I know, only one entirely new indoor mall has been built in the US in the last decade.


Just outta curiosity, do you know which one that is? Thanks

[DShoost88]

[QUOTE=Sonrise;57350373]

Originally Posted by desertpunk

ABQ Uptown, a new lifestyle center in the heart of Albuquerque. Lifestyle centers have replaced the traditional indoor mall with their faux-urbanism and Main Street feel. As far as I know, only one entirely new indoor mall has been built in the US in the last decade.


Just outta curiosity, do you know which one that is? Thanks

Well I know The Mall at Wellington Green in Wellington, Florida opened in 2001 (the last 10 years), and that is 1.2 million square feet under air (indoors). Also The Dolphin Mall west of Miami also opened in 2001; that's 1.4 million square feet under air. These are just two examples I thought of in South Florida alone.

I visited Las Vegas a few weeks ago, and while there may be some debate with this statement there are in fact "entirely new indoor mall(s)" that have been built there in the last 10 years... including "Crystals" at City Center (500,000 square feet, indoors).

[Avian001]

Originally Posted by mgk920

Nope.



The now demolished Valley Fair Mall here in Appleton, WI first opened as an enclosed mall shopping center on 1954-08-11, Southdale opened two years later.

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_...hopping_Center
(note, the article says 'August 11, 1955', the first part with six stores opened on that date in 1954)

Mike

Southdale was the world's first climate-controlled, fully enclosed shopping mall. That's the qualification.

Austrian architect Victor Gruen invented the "dumbell concept" of locating anchor stores at opposite ends and creating a indoor "street" connecting the two and lined with shops. Ironically, he was a socialist who hated American suburbs.

[mgk920]

Originally Posted by Avian001

Southdale was the world's first climate-controlled, fully enclosed shopping mall. That's the qualification.

Austrian architect Victor Gruen invented the "dumbell concept" of locating anchor stores at opposite ends and creating a indoor "street" connecting the two and lined with shops. Ironically, he was a socialist who hated American suburbs.

Valley Fair WAS climate-controlled, fully enclosed when its first part opened in 1954. When the rest of it was completed in 1955, there was a W. T. Grant store 'anchoring' its east end and a popular grocery store 'anchoring' its west end.

Mike

[desertpunk]

[QUOTE=DShoost88;57351279]

Originally Posted by Sonrise

Well I know The Mall at Wellington Green in Wellington, Florida opened in 2001 (the last 10 years), and that is 1.2 million square feet under air (indoors). Also The Dolphin Mall west of Miami also opened in 2001; that's 1.4 million square feet under air. These are just two examples I thought of in South Florida alone.

I visited Las Vegas a few weeks ago, and while there may be some debate with this statement there are in fact "entirely new indoor mall(s)" that have been built there in the last 10 years... including "Crystals" at City Center (500,000 square feet, indoors).

I read it in a NY Times article a couple years ago. I'll try to dig it up. In the meantime, since you mentioned it, why not post some pretty pix of the new Crystals retail center? Look below:

[desertpunk]

Crystals Retail Center at City Center Las Vegas

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[CrazyAboutCities]

Cool interior of Crystal Retail Center! Good to know that mall is busy even this economy is recovering slowly and fewer stores opened. I think the interior design is great but it is seen like a lot of waste spaces (Tons of white walls where it could be use for more retail spaces).