Posts Tagged ‘ dead malls ’

Knollwood Mall: St. Louis Park, MN

June 15, 2012
The Knollwood Mall Bath & Body Works still rocks the old store design

Take one look at the Knollwood Mall parking lot on a Saturday afternoon and you’d never believe this is the site of a dead mall. The parking lot is a busy, chaotic clusterfuck that stretches from the Kohls department store to the Old Navy, extending well into the Cub Foods parking lot. Frankly, I’m not sure which is a bigger pain-in-the-ass to deal with:...

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Coon Rapids Family Center Mall: Coon Rapids, MN

May 27, 2012
Come one, come all, to the Family Center Mall!

Howdy dear readers! How was your Friday night? Did you enjoy a few brewskies on the patio of your favorite watering hole? Hit up ‘da clubz? Go for a boatride on Lake Minnetonka? Take in a Twins game at Target Field? As for me, I spent my Friday night at the Coon Rapids Family Center Mall. The party never stops. As far as dead...

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Plymouth Center: Plymouth, MN

May 8, 2012
Plymouth Center 2012

MAY 2012 NOTE: This post was originally published in 2009. Plymouth Center will be demo’d sometime in the near future to make way for a senior housing unit and…a McDonalds. I stopped by to snap a few pics and the frontage road leading to Plymouth Center was closed. There is a small construction crew in the parking lot, so its days are probably numbered....

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Four Seasons Mall: Plymouth, MN

May 8, 2012
Four Seasons Mall: Plymouth, MN

  (admin note: This blog entry was originally published in August 2010. I went back to the Four Seasons Mall in April 2012 and took some new pics. However, the doors were locked, so I couldn’t get inside. The interior pictures are from the old post and cannot be enlarged. Sorry! I was there on a Sunday afternoon, so it wasn’t like I was...

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Latest news in the BROOKDALE DEATH WATCH

May 6, 2009

Come next month, Brookdale will basically be a Sears with a mausoleum tacked on to it. That’s because yet another anchor, Barnes and Noble, plans to close its doors next month.   It’s not economy-related; according to the StarTribune article, they’re succumbing to peer pressure and closing up shop because everyone else is.  I don’t blame them. Last year at this time, Brookdale had all...

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Brookdale Macy’s & Brookdale Mall, part 2

February 5, 2009
Brookdale Macy’s & Brookdale Mall, part 2

The Brookdale Macy’s is closing and Dumpy Strip Malls is there! I paid a final visit to Macy’s  last Friday afternoon. It was just as I expected it to be — incredibly depressing. The store was pretty messy – it looked like a TJ Maxx at closing time. If you’re thinking of checking it out one last time, I wouldn’t bother. This is NOT...

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The final blow to Brookdale?

January 8, 2009

It was only a matter of time. According to the StarTribune this morning, the Brookdale Macy’s store will close. No date was announced, but a final clearance sale will begin next week.  Great time to stock up on Apple Bottom jeans and boots with the fur. Like many Minnesotans, I loathe Macy’s, and I’m shocked at how long this store has lasted at Brookdale,...

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