Graphic from the J.A. Kirven Company
From our Back In the Day department...a vintage view of a COLUMBUS SQUARE Kirven's mall entrance.
Photo from "Columbus Square Mall" / Markeon Davis
After dominating the Greater Columbus retail scene for a decade, COLUMBUS SQUARE faced a formidable retail rival. A keeping-up-type renovation concluded in July 1976. The project built an East Wing, which included twenty-one new stores. One of these was a Columbus-based Kirven's.
COLUMBUS SQUARE TENANTS 1976:
J.C. PENNEY (with Coffee Shop, Beauty Salon and freestanding Auto Center) / KIRVEN'S / SEARS (with Coffee House, Garden Center and freestanding Auto Center) / BIG STAR supermarket / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with Harvest House Coffee Shop) / American Seam / B. Dalton Bookseller / B. Young's / Bakers Shoes / Bell Brothers Shoes / Camelot Music / Card & Book Shop / Casual Corner ladies' wear / Collector's Cove / Columbus Photo / Columbus Square Barber Shop / Columbus Square Card & Book Shop / Columbus Square Shoe Repair / Dipper Dan's ice cream / Ed Jenkins / Fashions By Janice / Father & Son Shoes / First National Bank / FunTown Junction video arcade / GNC / Georgia Power / Hallmark Cards / Household Finance Corporation / Huddle Shop / Jewelry Jungle / Karmelkorn / Katz Home Fashions / Ken & Company / Kiralfy's ladies' wear / LaMarick / Ledger-Enquirer office / Lerner Shops ladies' wear / Lowry Organ Center / Martin Theatres Columbus Square Twin / Matthews of Columbus Square / Merit TV / Miller-Taylor Shoes / Max Sellers / Neil's Sport Shop / Newsome's / Ollie's Trolley / Pearle Vision Center / Randy's Hot Stuff / Sam Neels Shoes / Schomburg's / Schwobilt Clothes / The Traffic Light / Tillman's Men's Wear / Toy City / Walgreen Drug (with Walgreen's Grill) / Warren's / Zales Jewelers
In the year 1990, several changes (in medium gray) have been made at COLUMBUS SQUARE MALL. Larger store spaces -for a motion picture theater, drug store and supermarket- have been carved up. The Woolworth has also been substantially downsized. There were now ninety-three stores and services in the mall.
