The rise and fall of Landmark mall

http://www.landmarkmall.com/html/EventDetail.asp?ecd=49299

Here is a link on the plans for landmark mall

They're tearing down the big mall and turning it into a smaller outdoor mall which ironically is what Landmark mall used to be. I don't know if anyone here is old enough to remember when it was an outdoor mall with only a few shops, but that area was pretty much an upscale neighborhood. Nowadays, as people who've been to that area can attest to, it's gone downhill considerably, and the mall went down with it.

yamota said:

They're tearing down the big mall and turning it into a smaller outdoor mall which ironically is what Landmark mall used to be. I don't know if anyone here is old enough to remember when it was an outdoor mall with only a few shops, but that area was pretty much an upscale neighborhood. Nowadays, as people who've been to that area can attest to, it's gone downhill considerably, and the mall went down with it.

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Reminds me of Laurel Mall. They have proposed similar plans there too.

The era of the gigantic indoor mall is coming to a close really. It's kinda sad too for people like me who were kids of the 80s who have fond memories of hanging out at the local mall, eating at the orange julius then playing video games at the arcade and what not.

Everytime I've been to the Landmark mall, it's been pretty empty considering it's size.

yamota said:

The era of the gigantic indoor mall is coming to a close really. It's kinda sad too for people like me who were kids of the 80s who have fond memories of hanging out at the local mall, eating at the orange julius then playing video games at the arcade and what not.

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There are some exceptions to that. Tyson's in VA, Arundel Mills and Columbia
Mall in MD come too mind.

Well, I think it was Chris Rock who once said, there are two kinds of malls in America: Ones that white people go to, and ones that white people USED to go to

brightside. said:

Everytime I've been to the Landmark mall, it's been pretty empty considering it's size.

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Yeah, I was there on a sunday afternoon a couple months ago and it was almost totally dead. Very few people, I could walk around in peace and quiet without having to deal with all the drama and crowds and screaming children and what not, I absolutely loved it. I wish all malls were like that.

Anyone been to Landmark lately?

I haven't been there in 6 or 8 months. I used to go sometimes at lunch because of the Chick-fil-a in the food court. Never very many people there in all the years I was going there. I think it picked up a little around the holiday season.


That part of town isn't really _that_ bad. There are a lot of young professionals that live in all those tall buildings in that area. Perhaps they all drive elsewhere to go to Target? I never really found any stores there where I wanted to shop. But that's the case for most malls, with me.

that area around the landmark plaza/beauregard street has really gone downhill in the last 10-15 years.

yamota said:

that area around the landmark plaza/beauregard street has really gone downhill in the last 10-15 years.

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I lived at the hotel there, not the Days Inn, by the KFC for a month when I first moved to the area. Great memories.

I know the area, I used to go to the Marshall's across the street a lot back in the day. There used to be a Boston Market there too, I don't know if it's still there. But back then it was known as Boston Chicken.

The big indoor mall will make a comeback, this whole lifestyle center, outdoor center isn't going to last once people get tired of shuffling around in the cold and rain.

Perhaps your'e right. One day they might make a comeback when people feel nostalgic for the 80s again

Can't wait for this area to be redeveloped. It's got a great location for it and the rest of Alexandria is doing some great things. Hopefully it will expand to Landmark.

well, let's hope so, I would like to see that area revitalized