A bit of a break from the family photos. This is the Cherry Hill (NJ) shopping mall, whose opening in October 1961 was a major event. It was the first giant indoor shopping center on the East Coast. At some point a few weeks/months after it opened we drove down from Reading "just to see the shopping mall".We stood in the parking lot just in awe of the size of it. This shot shows one of the anchor stores - Bambergers (sp? Never heard of it.) at one end of the mall.
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I know what you mean about your first look at the world of tomorrow - a mega-store. The one I remember was out near Allentown, and we drove out there, and when we got out of the car and looked across the biggest parking lot I'd ever seen, at the biggest store I'd ever seen, it was a "wow" moment. It only lasted a few years, then went under, but in its day it wiped out the future of a lot of small independent stores, and we miss them more than we miss the original box store.
Janet
There is a HUGE "fishing and outdoor equipment" store about to open here in Mesa on 01 June. My carpool partner knows more of the details than I do. I'm sore tempted to play the "yokel" and go down to the Grand Opening and take some pictures.
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