Glen N.
Yelp
THE BIGGEST MALL IN AMERICA (for 11 years).
Opened in 1961, this three-story mall was the largest in the country from 1981-1992. Now it's the sixth largest, following (in order of opening): King of Prussia Mall (PA), South Coast Plaza (Orange County), Aventura Mall (Miami), the record-holding Mall of America, and American Dream (NJ)
Construction began in 1959. Back then it was stuff only your grandma remembers like Woolworth's, Singer Sewing, and Morphine 4 Kids. Now the mall is anchored by Nordstrom, Dick's Sporting Goods, two Macy's stores, and a JC Penney's in case your mom wants to buy you some sturdy non-brand jeans to make your junior high years hell.
Currently, it has 85 Degrees bakery, Aahs, Abercrombie & Fitch, Adidas, AMC, American Eagle, Anthropologie, As Seen on TV, Auntie Anne's, Banana Republic, Bank of America, Barnes & Noble, Bath & Body Works, Ben Bridge, Billabong, BJS, Black Angus, Blaze Pizza, Body Shop, Brookes Brothers, Buffalo Wild Wings, Build-a-Bear, Burlington, Casper, Champs, Charles Schwab, Chico's, Chipotle, Cinnabon, Claire's, Coach, Coffee Bean, Coldstone, Crate & Barrel, Dave & Buster's, David's Bridal, Express, Foot Locker, Forever 21, Free People, Gap, GNC, H&M, Hollister, Hot Topic, J. Crew, Jamba Juice, Kate Spade, Kay Jewelers, Lane Bryant, Lazy Dog, LensCrafters, Levis, Lucille's, Lucky Brand, Lulu Lemon, MAC, Marshall's, Michael Kors, Oakley, Old Navy, Outback, PF Chang's, Pacsun, Panda Express, Pandora, Purple, Sanrio, Sbarro, See's, Sephora, Shake Shack, Skechers, Slater's 50/50, Spencer's, Starbucks (duh), Sunglass Hut, Swarovski, T-Mobile, Tesla, Tilly's, Urban Outfitters, Vans, Victoria's Secret, Wetzel's Pretzels, Windsor, Zales, Zara,
plus escape rooms, banks, a post office, and more.
The mall has been used for Bad Santa and Valley Girl. I worked there in 1997 when Quentin Tarantino used the center as a plot element of "Jackie Brown". On June 29, 1997, I got to see Quentin and Pam Grier shoot the scenes near the elevator. It had it ups and downs.