Take a look at these photos and try to figure out how they are associated.
Notice food trucks lined up in the background? They surrounded the perimeter of the parking lot.
There is a Chicago-based developer now for this St. Louis landmark, which will entail a 104 million dollar redevelopment, retail and eating establishments, and talk of housing.
Generations of St. Louis inner city families travelled out Chippewa, which turned into Watson Road at the county line, to shop and dine indoors, visit Santa Claus, listen to politicians. Many watched movies at the theater, played video games in the arcade, or celebrated the Fourth of July with magnificent fireworks displays.
Good-bye Crestwood Mall/ Plaza located on historic Old Route 66, the Mother Road. The memories abound. Out with the old...in with the new. A bittersweet occasion as folks strolled the grounds, ordered from food trucks, danced to live music...
reminiscing.
8 comments:
It is sad to see a landmark like this where you spent a lot of time and have a lot of memories torn down and replaced. Nothing changes but the changes as they say.
They call it progress, I suppose. Nothing stays the same, except in our memories.
Amazing the number of people there to watch! I don't remember being there when I lived in area. I lived in Hazelwood and there were many places between the two, right? A couple of years ago, the local drug store came down in our small village...so sad as LIFE was lived there for several generations.
Ah...the good ol' days. When you could throw your kids on a mattress in the back of your panel truck and drive around!
I remember riding on the tailgate of my dad's pickup truck, down the interstate at 70 mph, looking down at my bare feet and contemplating how close they were to the pavement rushing by in a blur.
I have lots of fond memories of Crestwood Plaza. This is so sad...
Hi Linda! I have tons of memories of Crestwood Plaza. I shopped and hung out there a lot during the years I lived nearby....last year or so of high school, and then when I was a young mother! That fateful Woolworth's I waitressed at was there! :-)
And of course, back in those days, it was not an enclosed mall. Shoppers walked down the sidewalk and went into and out of the stores, which obviously had lots of window area.
Hopefully, the new owners will make it be a beautiful, memorable place!
Oh, and yes...those good ol' days, as Val said.... taking trips in vehicles without the restraint of seatbelts! LOL
Gone soon, but not forgotten soon. It's wonderful that you have such good memories.
Amazing and cool that so many people showed up for this event.
Pat
Critter Alley
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