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Vintage mobile homes and the Trailerite culture of the 1940s, '50s and early '60s
Vintage mobile homes and the Trailerite culture of the 1940s, '50s and early '60s
pseudo3d commented on Apr 29, 2024
ReplyDeleteI've been a fan of MHoF for a long time (15+ years) and one thing I'm surprised that was never covered was Eastpoint Mall in Baltimore.
It opened in October 1956 as the Eastpoint Shopping Center, anchored Hutzler's and Hochschild-Kohn in a U-shaped strip mall configuration. A new row of shops were added in the 1960s and ultimately enclosed by the 1970s.
By the early 1990s it featured Value City (Value City Furniture was accessible from an upper level, not the main mall, though they might've been interconnected originally), JCPenney, Ames, and Sears (Hutzler's later became Value City, and Hochschild-Kohn was renovated into a food court and additional retail. It still remains open today.
Thanks much for posting. I'm sorry about the delay in responding. Google is supposed to alert me when any comments are received. It rarely -if ever- does this.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, EASTPOINT CENTER is surely deserving of a write up on here. I have done screen saves of the original shopping center logo and a circa-1956 rendering. I also have a list of the original 40 stores and services.
Pseudo3d commented on May 3, 2024
ReplyDeleteHey, I'm not sure if this page is updated anymore, but the other mall that would be interesting to see is Eastwood Mall (in Ohio, not Alabama). It was once erroneously credited as the largest mall in the U.S. by counting its outparcels but opened in 1969 with Sears, Strouss', and Montgomery Ward. Strouss' became Kaufmann's and eventually Macy's, Montgomery Ward was briefly split into multiple tenants but reopened as Dillard's (though a gym, added in the mid-1980s during its multi-tenant phase still exists), Sears became Boscov's. JCPenney and Target were added later. It also has a hotel but I'm not sure if it connects directly to the mall or not.
Yes, the MHoF site is still up & running, although I haven't "inducted" any malls since Dallas' A. HARRIS-OAK CLIFF CENTER was added a few months ago. To be honest, I haven't felt like working on the site since I -and the MHoF- were bitterly lambasted on another mall-related site.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I have saved some graphics for Greater Youngstown's EASTWOOD. I have the original (circa-1969) "Everything Under One Cover" mall logo, as well as a 1969 floorplan (the most important thing to have on hand when doing a write up).