When I first moved to San Mateo I could shop at the Emporium and Mervyn’s in the Hillsdale Mall. Both are long gone. The southern mall corner containing Sears was torn down and they moved into the former Emporium’s location. The southern mall corner was rebuilt and Barnes & Noble opened there. Later, Sears then closed in their new location. The Sears area was torn down to be replaced by the mall’s current iteration of its northern location with a new food court and stores.
Now, more changes for the mall are on the horizon. But the Monday night City Council meeting at City Hall only revealed a phasing plan of 20 years for all the work to be done along with multiple issues to be considered. When the latest wrecking ball starts swinging no one really knows. But the times and the mall certainly are a-changin.
I remember the Mall being open like the Stanford Shopping Center. It was like a garden inside and a pleasure to walk through. The owners destroyed it when they went with an enclosed, plastic mall. Ironically, the new, North end is far more appealing, and is packed with visitors and shoppers on their outside seating.
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I remember the Mall being open like the Stanford Shopping Center. It was like a garden inside and a pleasure to walk through. The owners destroyed it when they went with an enclosed, plastic mall. Ironically, the new, North end is far more appealing, and is packed with visitors and shoppers on their outside seating.
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