10 closed Florida malls you once shopped at
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During the 20 years following the creation of the country's first enclosed regional mall in 1956, so many were built in Florida that they started to cannibalize each other. Here's a walk down memory lane at ten once popular enclosed malls around the state that don't exist anymore. Let's see how many you remember.
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The first picture for Colonial Plaza in Orlando is actually Gateway Mall in Jacksonville. Colonial Plaza never had a Penneys.
That's the heading for the Colonial Plaza section. The Gateway Mall image is the article title image. I went back and added some spacing to eliminate the confusion.
The former Clearwater Mall, located at the intersection of US 19 and Gulf to Bay Blvd was converted to a "power center" in the 90's also.
Tampa Bay Center looks a lot like Governor's Square in Tallahassee, which I believe also caught heat for closing early one year for FAMU homecoming.
Quote from: Elwood on June 22, 2018, 11:48:04 AM
The former Clearwater Mall, located at the intersection of US 19 and Gulf to Bay Blvd was converted to a "power center" in the 90's also.
I spent many summer days in the late 80's/early 90's with my grandparents at the Clearwater Mall. And at the Pinellas Square Mall.
Quote from: KenFSU on June 22, 2018, 12:13:58 PM
Tampa Bay Center looks a lot like Governor's Square in Tallahassee, which I believe also caught heat for closing early one year for FAMU homecoming.
Both were Rouse centers.