Sears and Southcoast
Minnesota folks, re-reading this thread I meant the Sears right off 94, not Robert St, LOL
PassatDoc, I hadn't been to Southcoast until the first part of this decade, and didn't realize until a few years later just how old the mall actually is. I figured it probably had a more "eclectic" mix of tenants earlier in its life, particularly prior to the appearance of all the surrounding development it obviously spawned. Much as I love the place for clothes shopping since it has all the stores I like in one place, even with its many additions it lacks many things that a mall in my mind would typically have.
One funny memory when I first moved here I was shopping for glasses. When all the optical stores I found there had all their glasses locked up in cases in a low crime area, I figured that was not a good sign (ie, I can't afford it) LOL.
Next, I was incensed that a mall that size did not have a food court (that still bugs me, and surely it did at one time) or a Hallmark store. Once I discovered the annex across the street, I got my Hallmark store and places to do home shopping, and I love the outdoor bridge connecting the two. I usually park under that part and walk across the bridge to the big mall, to me it's less hassle.
Unfortunately, a lot of malls everywhere have gotten bogged down in "themes" and aren't necessarily the one stop place they were originally intended to be. I think all the outbuilding that goes on around them and the probably resulting cheaper rent has something to do with that.
