Kilted at the Mall of America, Minnesota

[mbhandy]

See now that is why we need an X mark Patch. Never know when we might Meet. Steve wrote me back and said he is working on it. 8)

MrBill

[646guy]

Sounds similar to my trip to Italy this year when I went through the San Lorenzo leather market in Florence in my UK Mocker...I got asked over and over where in Scotland I was from, if my family was from Scotland, if it was an Irish kilt (after I professed to being part Irish -- along with a mix of other nationalities), why an American would be wearing a kilt if he wasn't Scottish...they all liked it but they found it to be VERY confusing.

[GMan]

Something about wearing a Kilt at a Mall is so much fun!

Good for you Tom!

[bubba]

Speaking of malls, the first enclosed mall built in the US is going to be demolished next year. Valley Fair Mall in Appleton Wisconsin has been sold and the new owners determined the structure needs too much work to be cost effective to save. The theater addition and the former Kohls store addition will be saved, but the rest is coming down. Another bit of history gone, even if it is fairly recent history.

[UmAnOnion]

Speaking of malls, the first enclosed mall built in the US is going to be demolished next year....

One down....5,540,891 more to go....

[Livingston]

Speaking of malls, the first enclosed mall built in the US is going to be demolished next year. Valley Fair Mall in Appleton Wisconsin has been sold and the new owners determined the structure needs too much work to be cost effective to save. The theater addition and the former Kohls store addition will be saved, but the rest is coming down. Another bit of history gone, even if it is fairly recent history.

And here I thought the first one was the Harry Street Mall in Wichita, KS. I know it was there in the mid to late '50's

[bubba]

And here I thought the first one was the Harry Street Mall in Wichita, KS. I know it was there in the mid to late '50's

It was probably built close to the same time.
The Valley Fair Mall, 2145 S. Memorial Drive, Appleton, was built in 1954 by Gerald Hoffman of the Hoffman Corp.
The mall claimed to be the nation's first enclosed shopping mall and served as a prototype for other malls built around the country.
No surprise the enclosed mall is a midwestern idea since the weather here sucks most of the time. ;)

[mudd]

It was probably built close to the same time.
The Valley Fair Mall, 2145 S. Memorial Drive, Appleton, was built in 1954 by Gerald Hoffman of the Hoffman Corp.
The mall claimed to be the nation's first enclosed shopping mall and served as a prototype for other malls built around the country.
No surprise the enclosed mall is a midwestern idea since the weather here sucks most of the time. ;)

Hmmmm... And I was always told it was Thomas mall in Phoenix. That one was torn down over 20 years ago. Weather sucks there too, in the summer.