Mall Walking

[wolf]

Originally Posted by glatt

Even I have heard of the King of Prussia Mall. Mostly because it has its own exit. It's a landmark when heading North.

Thinking ... own exit? Not really. Of course I never take toll roads to get to it, but I thought that exit was still considered Valley Forge ...

King of Prussia is the largest naturally occurring mall in the United States. The Mall of America does have more square footage, but they had to cheat by including things like a full-scale amusement park.

How can something like a mall be "naturally occurring," you ask? By starting as a much smaller, outdoor retail space, really a bunch of strip centers pasted together, and over the years expanding and expanding and enclosing some of the outdoor bits. Frankly, I don't recognize most of the mall complex these days, do love the crystal palace Bloomingdales' entrance, and miss some of the labyrinthine elements of the old Plaza building, that got straightened out in the last reconstruction. Remember having to go back and around and under to get to that Viking Hut store, or whatever it was that had the Scandanavian Doo-Dads? I also miss the Conrans.