Comments on: Tear Down Jamestown Mall

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:22:49 +0000

Wow,talk about flashbacks!!! I went to Jamestown every Friday or Saturday night from 1985-1995. I bought pretzels,with hot choclate sauce, from Hot Sam’s; tapes,remember those?, from Camelot; played endless games at Aladdin’s Castle; checked out the animals at Pass Pets; Spencer’s gifts was always fun; Waldenbooks; getting Airwalk’s at Journey’s,etc. I remembering if you watched late movies,you went out the back entrance. Around 1994, it was becoming a ghost town. I went in the Army in March of ’96 and came back on leave in July ’96. They had put in the food court. (Chick-Fil-a rules!!) It was even worse. Musicland was the cd store at the time. They,along with Sam Goody, were always higher than Camelot Music. Can anyone name more stores from those years? I’m drawing a blank. Thanks.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:48:08 +0000

Oh yeah, Jacks or Better! Never ate their enough – loved it! Throwing peanuts on the floor is such a kid lure, yet the theme of the place was gambling. Guess that was to make the parents feel better?

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 08:26:23 +0000

My Jamestown Mall story:

I was about 9 years old with my mom and her shopping galpays and their kids eating at Jacks-or-Better, the place whose gimmick was letting you throw your peanut shells on the floor, and some stupid teenage waitress slid on a cluster of shells and dumped 2 pitchers of rootbeer over my head and into my lap.

My mother made me “shop sticky”. Thanks Mom! Other than that, fond memories of Jamestown Mall. Many more fond memories of Northwest Plaza…for kids this was a mecca for running and playing. With the eventual flop of RiverRoads, Jamestown, Northwest Plaza, St. Louis Center…it just makes you wonder when and what will bring down Galleria, Frontenac and West County.

If this site is still up, check out: deadmalls.com

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:46:23 +0000

Lots of fond memories of Jamestown… Grew up in North County and graduated EHS 1992. The dollar movies were epic…. Went to see the Doors there like 50 times. Used to pound down some beers and head to the mall for what we used to refer to as “Going Public”.

By: Carmelo Stickle

Carmelo Stickle — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:19:43 +0000

Oh i just love it, it’s so great.

By: bradley

bradley — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:36:59 +0000

I grew up in North County and we went to Jamestown frequently. Wehrenberg just left the theater to the mall to run and Sears is gone. You can’t go in the Dillards end anymore. I remember when Stix was there they had icicle lights hanging between the escalators and a fountain outside the store in the mall. The place is going downhill.

By: Shannon Howard

Shannon Howard — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:58:17 +0000

I grew up right next door to Jamestown Mall and recently attended the ULI public forum. I’m not crazy about seeing the mall demolished (what a waste), and I definitely want to see those sculptures saved, but I think the new concept could be interesting.

I’d love to see North County take the lead on something and produce a place that is just as unique and interesting as the people who live here.

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By: Paul Hohmann

Paul Hohmann — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:13:45 +0000

I have never been to Jamestown, but I remember my parents driving us to what at the time seemed like waaay out to Chesterfield Mall in the late 70′s a few years after it opened. Highway 40 was still like a roller coaster of rolling hills, two lanes each way. The mall had strikingly similar sculptures and interior features like big sunken conversation pits. I haven’t been there in over a decade, but I recall that an early-mid 90′s makeover wiped out all these features. Its amazing that the original interior survives intact at Jamestown.

The senior housing & office re-use idea sounded very interesting. Who proposed that? I remember when Pyramid was contemplating uses for River Roads, I suggested re-using the SBF building as senior housing by cutting a courtyard out of the middle and keeping the east terra cotta facade intact. They thought I was crazy, and now it is still a prairie.

Super high density does seem kind of silly there. The skate/sports and stable ideas are intriguing. Seems like either could re-use portions of the existing building.

By: Aimster

Aimster — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:11:17 +0000

This breaks my heart–I practically grew up at Jamestown Mall. My mom did all of her shopping here, and as a teenager this was THE place to be seen. I got my first french kiss at Jamestown Mall! It was right by the former Pass Pets…ah, good times.