Talk:Eastwood Mall

No early anchors

• I'm wondering about the statement, "the mall had no major department store anchors until the mid-1960s and 1970s." If it's correct, a diagram of the mall c. 1960 at the Mall Hall of Fame blog shows J. C. Penney in a major space. This is backed up by a 1960 newspaper article mentioning the manager of J. C. Penney. --Lkseitz 06:41, 29 February 2008 (PST)

• • Yes, it's true that JC Penney's was an original Eastwood Mall tenant when it opened in 1960. I guess it was not considered an "anchor" because it was smack in the middle of the Mall, not at the end as Pizitz was after the 1966 expansion. Plus I don't remember the Penney's being all that big either. I would guess that the J.J. Newberry's was bigger and that was not considered an anchor either. --ExPat 13:02, 8 April 2010 (PST)

I just read that Bham News article that's linked at the bottom of the page (and dated exactly fifty years ago today--what synchronicity!) and I see that the one aspect of Eastwood Mall that did not materialize--the heliport--was to be located on the spot where the go-cart track was later located. I never knew that before. I guess Newman Waters wouldn't let a parcel of land go to waste, so he later put the go-cart track there where it survived until it was demolished as part of the 1966 expansion that put Pizitz down at that end of the Mall. tfrielin@uga.edu

Does anyone know how long the Michael's Restaurant was in business at the Mall? And was it, as I assume, located where The Holland House was for some years---across from SS Kresge's? tfrielin@uga.edu