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Waldenbooks
1962–2011
“Mall paperbacks and the calendar kiosk.”
Bookstores
The mall bookstore where you killed time waiting for a movie — spinner racks of paperbacks, magazines, the bargain table, and the seasonal calendar kiosk parked out front every December. Small, warm, and always right between the food court and the anchor store. Its parent merged it into Borders, and the last stores closed in 2011.
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Community Memories
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⚰️ Also gone
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Blockbuster Video
1985–2010
“Friday nights walking the aisles for the perfect rental.”
Video Stores
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Tower Records
1960–2006
“Hours lost flipping through the racks.”
Record Stores
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Sam Goody
1951–2006
“Where the mall trip always ended.”
Record Stores
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Suncoast Motion Picture Company
1986–2008
“The mall's wall of movies.”
Video Stores