On 31 December 2017 Ampang Park Shopping Centre which was opened for business on 16 March 1973 closed its door for good. The first shopping mall of Kuala Lumpur will be demolished later to make way for the MRT Station.

I paid this mall a visit several days before it was permanently closed and took some photos to immortalise Ampang Park as one of the earliest malls of KL that had to be sacrificed for the sake of development.


Ampang Park Shopping Centre by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr
From the other side of Jalan Ampang


Ampang Park Shopping Centre by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr
Viewed from pedestrian bridge spanning Jalan Ampang

MZA_0382 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr

Viewed from Jalan Tun Razak by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr

MZA_0366 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr
One of the patrons poses in front of the Ampang Park Information Board

MZA_0364 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr
Business as usual for some shop owners despite imminent closure.


MZA_0356 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr


MZA_0349 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr


MZA_0321 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr


MZA_0306 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr


MZA_0261 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr

MZA_0190 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr


MZA_0183 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr


MZA_0269 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr


MZA_0396 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr


MZA_0337 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr


MZA_0325 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr


MZA_0327 by Zain Abdullah, on Flickr