NORTH VALLEY CENTER / MALL had a rapid success and decline trajectory. By the mid-1980s, the complex was already faltering. Virtually vacant by the early '90s, it was reconfigured as an office complex between 1996 and 1998. Above, we see the old May-D & F structure.
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In this image, we have the front facade of the old Montgomery Ward.
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The former main shopping concourse is shown in this early 2000s snapshot.
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