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2 comments:
Why has WONDERLAND SHOPPING CITY been bumped off the list?
Jonah,
This is what happened. Many moons ago, when I first put together the WONDERLAND SHOPPING CITY article, the only info available as to its grand opening date was a reference to 1960 (the same year that NORTH STAR came inline).
This is what I was going by when I placed WONDERLAND on the original "NATION'S FIRST FULLY-ENCLOSED, REGIONAL SHOPPING MALLS" map.
Later on, I came upon unimpeachable info that dated the grand opening of WONDERLAND to September 14, 1961.
Meanwhile, I also found a reference to the grand opening of Grand Rapid's ROGERS PLAZA, which dated that to March 1, 1961.
You may be aware that the internet is chock-full of INCORRECT information regarding "classic" shopping malls......
There is no place to go to determine what is -or what isn't- factual and accurate.
This can take incredible amounts of research, over several years, with sources appearing -via web searches- almost out of nowhere.
I guess that you are looking at an attempt to create such a source for as accurate information as is possible...right here.
So.....
With the revelations described above, WONDERLAND dropped off of the "Top 10" map and ROGERS PLAZA took its rightful position as the ninth regional enclosed mall in the USA.
Cheers,
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