Thursday, July 12, 2007

Tampa's West Shore Plaza



The mall's original Center Court Fountain. The Woolworth 5 and 10
went out of business in early 1994.
Photo from Malls Of America Blogspot
at 4:05 PM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this entry. The pic of West Shore Plaza's Center Court Fountain brought back a beautiful memory I have with my paternal GRandmother. There were actually 3 other fountains at this mall during this time - a simple spray ring in front of Penneys, a dandelion in front of Maas Brothers, and a blue glass post-modern water sculpture in front of Robinsons (now Sears)in the east mall wing which opened in 1976.

Sun Jul 29, 08:07:00 AM EST
The Curator said...

Anonymous,

Thank YOU very much for perusing and posting on the MHOF.

Your mention of the ORIGINAL Robinson's of Florida (in the Dillard's/Sears anchor store) was especially noteworthy. I strive for accuracy in my histories of these classic malls.....and assistance like yours helps to set the record straight.

So...This short-lived Robinson's of Florida location apparently opened in the mid-1970's. The Hillsborough County Tax Assessor site indicates that the actual store building was constructed in 1974.

Wikipedia sez that the ROF chain was acquired by Dillards in 1991.

I rewrote a part of the existing WESTSHORE PLAZA article to include info about the original Robinson's which became a Dillards and then a Sears.

Thanks again for the word-up.

Cheers,

Sun Jul 29, 10:19:00 AM EST
BIGMallrat said...

I love the tall ceiling!!! They don't make them like that anymore.
Scott

Fri Aug 10, 03:22:00 PM EST
The Curator said...

Hiya Scott,

Thanks for perusing and posting on here.

And...yessum...this mall must have been really cool back in "the days".

Cheers,

Tue Aug 14, 11:30:00 AM EST

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