eastfield mall

[d_fife]

this mall in springfield mass, on boston rd on rt. 20, opened in 1968 and was the first mall in western new england. it has filene's that was steigers and will be macy's, jc penny, a huge 66000 square foot showcase cinema, and an old looking sears. it has an old navy and cvs. the mall is old, but got remodeled 5 yeras ago. it is not as big as the holyoke mall. it is 800,000 square feet. for a while 15 years ago the mall was going down, but revived.

[Rayco7030]

they even got a sports collectablre place like in the hampshire mall in hadley

[XISMZERO]

This mall has a very strict anti-photography policy (and says so right on their somewhat outdated website). Security darts around there in the parking lots too. I managed to slip right past security and secure tons of images of the mall.

Most were taken yesterday. On the weekends, they usually have this place ARMED TO THE TEETH with security and police (making it almost impossible to brandish a camera here). This is largely in part with Springfield and its crime problems.

The focal points here: it has a JCPenney "Outlet Store", a really old Sears, neon squares hanging over the ceilings, weird vestigal 60's courts, ramps and a strange "fan-blade draped" center court display; it's a different, classic looking place.

View here: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/xismzero/album/576460762399414993