Eastland Mall in North Versailles (Pittsburgh area), PA, circa 1963, its first holiday season. Gimbels closed along with the rest of the chain in 1986, and the mall was eventually torn down some twenty years later. Duquesne Light Company photo. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on FacebookSubmitted by AxlCobainVedder t3_z91ews in pittsburgh
GargantuanWitch t1_iyem6sy wrote
Reply to comment by icestormsurfing in Eastland Mall in North Versailles (Pittsburgh area), PA, circa 1963, its first holiday season. Gimbels closed along with the rest of the chain in 1986, and the mall was eventually torn down some twenty years later. Duquesne Light Company photo. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook by AxlCobainVedder
Yeah, there was a flea market for awhile, in the decrepit carcass of the mall that was left at the time. Last time I went inside was probably 1994 or so, and it was barely functional then.
They finally razed the entire thing when Amazon showed up.
Excelius t1_iyeqiiy wrote
> They finally razed the entire thing when Amazon showed up.
It was an empty demolished lot for over a decade before Amazon showed up.
I've heard (but have not personally driven by) that Amazon finally broke ground, but Street View doesn't even have any recent enough photos to show that.
Google Street View - Sept 2021
Edit: At least according to Wikipedia, the flea market shuttered in 2005 and the mall was demolished in 2007. So it was an empty lot for quite a while before Amazon finally came around.
Jef_Wheaton t1_iyeygi6 wrote
Amazon's building is up, the parking lot is paved, and they're doing the landscaping. It should be open pretty soon.
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