Comments on: Northland Shopping Center

By: Another Great Mall Gone: Northland Shopping Center | The Wellston Loop

Another Great Mall Gone: Northland Shopping Center | The Wellston Loop — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:18:45 +0000

[...] links to “A Pictorial Log of the Demolition of Northland Shopping Center,” with these entries: June 15, 2005; June 19-July 4, 2005; July 26, 2005; July 31-September 4, 2005; and September 24-November 9, 2005. [...]

By: Jim Taylor

Jim Taylor — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:58:00 +0000

Thanks for putting up your webpage and letting everyone share their memories. Sure brought back a lot for me. One of my oldest was me and a friend being driven by his mom to go see King Kong at the theater there.
Thanks again,
Jim

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:03:00 +0000

It’s a crime that those architecturally significant buildings including the theatre were destroyed. One can easily imagine what kind of cheap and ugly temporary looking structures replaced it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:15:00 +0000

I remember the Big Red candles ( Electric ) with yellow flames that told everyone the holiday season had started. July 4, was also a big time with a free fireworks display. I worked at Northland Music as a teacher back in the 1970′s. I had studied at Northland Music as a Child in the mid 60′s.Lived in Northland Hill Subdivision until the late 1960′s.My parents took a van load of my friends to the Northland Cinema for my 10th birthday–which was a big deal in the 60′s!!! My father worked across the street from Northland for a few years at Emerson Electric before he started his own business just down the road. His V.F.W. Post was a few blocks away from Northland.Missed Saturday bowling very few times in the 60′s. Very sad to see it go.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 04:02:00 +0000

I return to this sight over and over again. Can’t get enough of the images. Memories, my earliest, involves an early taste of showbizness. Costello Kunzee Ford was hosting a display of new cars on the upper level, close to Walgreens, and as a little boy I was asked to demonstrate the convertable roof of a new model, probably 1960 or so. Ah! The lovely model who helped me into the car! I was about seven or so.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:18:00 +0000

I remember Northland when it was still a decent place and saw it’s downfall. Always giong by there in the winter and seeing the snowflakes lit up on teh side of Famous Barr during the Christmas season. Friends and I slept outside of Famous for Metallica tickets( in 1993 ). Our gym class use to go on a field trip to the bowling alley. The crime from Jennings and the city just ruined the mall. So Long Northland.

By: Mel

Mel — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:10:00 +0000

Spending Saturdays at Kresge's downstairs diner. Pie carousels and the balloons that hung from the ceiling. Inside the balloons was a chance to win a banana split or perhaps just a coupon on a sundae. Awesome french fries.
In junior high there was a Reaganomics surge in retail. Quite a few new stores came but did not last. Didn't matter to us, we'd spend all day hanging out if the weather was good.
First time I had nachos was at the Walgreens diner. First job was there too. That diner was a smidge more upscale than Kresge's. (Well, to us anyway)
Got Lou Brock's autograph in the basement at Famous-Barr next to the snack bar.
Spending hours in Walden books was heaven, and they never chased us out.
And lastly, running through Famous, up three fights of escalator to the customer service/ticketmaster desk (on the third floor of course) in the back by the records to get concert tickets. (U2-Joshua Tree tour) (R.E.M.-Green tour) etc... don't really know why we ran, usually there were line tickets to save your place, but we always ran.
Good times...thanks for saving the memories in stills.

P.s. my junior high school history/english teacher had photos of the construction, don't know if he's still alive and/or if you are interested.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:07:00 +0000

I grew up in Jennings, and spent a lot of time at Northland Shopping Center. Going to the twenty-five cent movies at the Cinema on a Saturday morning, then to Kresge's diner to grab a rootbeer float.

At Christmas time, It WAS the place to be, Filled wall-to-wall with shoppers, every store was open and all did a booming business.

On the corner of the lot was a Miniature Golf that we played often. That was back in the 1970s.

A lot of childhood memories!

I always had high hopes that Northland would be restored somehow, but now it's completely gone. It's a piece of history that lots of people from this area will remember for a long time to come.

This is a GREAT sight for malls of the past! It's great to see that people are interested in keeping the memories of the old malls alive. Keep up the good work!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:39:00 +0000

Your pictures suck, why so small? Nice big closeup pictures would have been much appreciated. ~random websurfer~

By: Mista O

Mista O — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:42:00 +0000

You are 100% correct on all of your points made here.

It is quite refreshing to see others have an interest in these "old" buildings and malls. There is NO FREAKING way Northland should have been demolished.

Some people just have no vision. I wish I had big money, I'd be buying a lot of these old malls.