Thursday, July 12, 2007



Known locally as "SEARS MALL", the south Broward center was
the second fully-enclosed shopping complex in South Florida. The
first, northern Fort Lauderdale's CORAL SPRINGS MALL, was
completed in 1963.
at 4:33 PM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Midway Mall opened in 1970. Its own Wikipedia article says so with a published source.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mall_of_the_Americas

Also, LoopNet clearly states the Mall of the Americas was built in 1970.

http://www.loopnet.com/property/4000/7795-W-Flagler-St/

"Built in 1970 Renovated in 1991"

Sun Sep 27, 09:38:00 PM EST
The Curator said...

Anon,

You are entirely correct about MIDWAY MALL opening in 1970. I recently read that someplace, but it wasn't on Loopnet...or Wiki, even.

Anyway, the caption here is now corrected...but it no longer mentions MIDWAY (MALL of the AMERICAS).

Thanks for posting.

Mon Sep 28, 08:35:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...

Well, I know the Northside Shopping Center and Skylake Mall opened in 1959. But Northside was and to this day is a traditional open-air mall. I have no idea whether Skylake was enclosed when it first opened, but was demolished for a strip center around 1999.

http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/1999/04/19/newscolumn2.html

Mon Sep 28, 01:16:00 PM EST
The Curator said...

I've actually been to SKYLAKE MALL. I used to go to the cinema there in the mid-1990s.

I am imagining that it was originally open-air. The oldest info I have...going back to 1979...shows it as enclosed, but, if it was originally open-air and was later built-in, this would probably have been done in the late '60s or early '70s.

As I have said, Miami malls are some of the WORST DOCUMENTED in the nation and among the most difficult to find any history about.

I'd love to know more about SKYLAKE's history....but nothing is available over the internet....as is usual with malls in Dade.

Cheers,

Tue Sep 29, 08:29:00 AM EST

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