EastLand Mall in Bloomington, Illinois. What is bizarre is that I remember when it first opened - in the late 60's. It was totally a new concept - to Christmas shop without being in the cold, ice, and snow!
The "group of teens wandering the mall" movement took awhile to develop but I'm sure it did. I remember shopping downtown Bloomington with the individual stores: Sears & Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, SS Kresse, Woolworths, the mom & pop pet store with the live monkey in the window. Tramping between stores with rubber boots and mittens and hats and coats. To this day, when I go to Bloomington, I go downtown looking for those stores. Remembering the exciting tube system at Montgomery Wards - much like a drive up bank, when a purchase was made, the money was sent via tube up which was visable the entire length to the office for change to be made.
University Mall in Chapel Hill- now a shell of it’s former self. One of the last Department stores in the Chapel Hill area was there. I always enjoyed buying cheap jewelry for my Mom or girlfriend from there.
EastLand Mall in Bloomington, Illinois. What is bizarre is that I remember when it first opened - in the late 60's. It was totally a new concept - to Christmas shop without being in the cold, ice, and snow!
The "group of teens wandering the mall" movement took awhile to develop but I'm sure it did. I remember shopping downtown Bloomington with the individual stores: Sears & Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, SS Kresse, Woolworths, the mom & pop pet store with the live monkey in the window. Tramping between stores with rubber boots and mittens and hats and coats. To this day, when I go to Bloomington, I go downtown looking for those stores. Remembering the exciting tube system at Montgomery Wards - much like a drive up bank, when a purchase was made, the money was sent via tube up which was visable the entire length to the office for change to be made.
University Mall in Chapel Hill- now a shell of it’s former self. One of the last Department stores in the Chapel Hill area was there. I always enjoyed buying cheap jewelry for my Mom or girlfriend from there.
Great memories, yet sad how things change. None the less, fun times at the mall long ago❤️