Eastland Mall featured in WSJ Article

Eastland Mall, Charlotte, North Carolina. Exterior signs. Photographed March 14, 2009.

Charlotte's Eastland Mall is featured prominently in a story about declining malls on page A1 of today’s Wall Street Journal. If you're a regular LiveMalls reader, you know that Eastland and its former anchors (including Belk, Ivey's and Miller & Rhoads) have been featured prominently here. As this mall fades into obsucrity, it may be a good time to take a look back at the mall that was, and what better place to do it than LiveMalls?

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Eastland Mall, Charlotte, North Carolina

Macy's, Herald Square, New York, New York. Main floor cosmetics area. Photographed March 28, 2009.

Macy's, Herald Square, New York, New York. Cup of ice from Cucina & Company. Photographed March 28, 2009.

Macy's, Herald Square, New York, New York.The Cellar housewares department. Photographed March 28, 2009.

Macy's, Herald Square, New York, New York. Main aisle of main floor Photographed March 28, 2009.

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Macy's, Herald Square

Moonlight Madness at Cotswold Mall

Cotswold Mall, Charlotte, North Carolina. Moonlight Madness Sale advertisement, February, 28, 1975 (Pat Richardson)

The year is 1975, and Cotswald Mall is celebrating Mardi Gras with a Moonlight Madness Sale. These are better appreciated by clicking on the images to enlarge them. Vitage ads from The Collins Company, Ivey's and Roses are featured. Special thanks to frequent LiveMalls contributor Pat Richardson for the scans.

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Cotswold Mall, Charlotte, North Carolina

Malls of America: R.I.P.

As of today, the much appreciated Malls of America blog has been removed from Blogger. Keith Milford's work over the past several years chronicling the history of retail was legendary and remarkably thorough. The commentary was always informative and fun, and the photo quality was consistently good.

Malls of America was around for a couple of years before new posts came to an abrupt, unexplained end about a year and a half ago, but it served as the inspiration for at least a half-dozen blogs and websites. I was a supporter to the end, and I kept going back to the site for a while hoping to see new posts. Alas, it was not to be.

If you've never seen the site, check out the archived version before it's too late.

former John Wanamaker, Hecht's, strawbridge's and Macy's (King of Prussia Plaza); King of Prussia Plaza, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Exterior view, October 26, 2008.

former John Wanamaker, Hecht's, strawbridge's and Macy's (King of Prussia Plaza); King of Prussia Plaza, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Lower level mall entrance, October 26, 2008.

Sears; King of Prussia Plaza, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Exterior view, October 26, 2008.

Nordstrom; King of Prussia Plaza, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Mall entrance, October 26, 2008.

Dutch Square Center; Columbia, South Carolina. Mall directory. Photographed January 10, 2009. (cantnot)

Belk (former J.B. White); Dutch Square Center, Columbia, South Carolina. Exterior view. Photographed January 10, 2009. (cantnot)

Richland Mall, Columbia, South Carolina. Exterior view showing portions of Barnes & Noble, parking garage and Belk (former J.B. White). Photographed January 10, 2009. (cantnot)