Comments on: Meriden Square Mall (Westfield Meriden); Meriden, Connecticut

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:24:18 +0000

Too bad the Disney Store will be closing by the end of spring 2008. That was a great store! Westfield Meriden needs to attract more quality permanent retailers to fill the currently and soon to be vacant leasable areas. Perhaps Westfield can win back previous tenants such as the Gap and Disney. Mrs Fields Cookies is a example of that success that should be repeated.

By: Caldor

Caldor — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:53:11 +0000

Oh wow! That’s amazing!!! Thanks for the heads-up!

By: XISMZERO

XISMZERO — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:31:30 +0000

I did some research on Meriden Square recently and I’ll have you know this place was quite the darling in its day. I took photos of the newspaper articles I found at the Meriden Public Library. For the record, the original double corridors have not been renovated since 1988 which marked the mall’s first full-fledged renovation effort.

Check the gallery out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/10073060@N00/sets/72157600612417711/

Extending on about the exterior look of G. Fox, the Meriden store had smaller, but protuding arch canopies over the entrance ways but not nearly to the same bizarre edge of Enfield Square which had arching motifs over the entrances. Both store branches were completed in 1971 and both malls were owned by the same developers.

By: C

Fri, 18 May 2007 12:05:40 +0000

What time is mall open till?

By: Foxnallen

Foxnallen — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:31:43 +0000

The Filene’s went under and extensive renovation/remodle around 1993 just after it absorbed the G.Fox banner. The area of the store that is now devoted to menswear and accessories/handbags is part of the newer expansion. The original exterior entrances were similar in architechtural detail to those in Enfield Square, with the cement archway.

The Sears store is a combination of 2 local closings. A full line 2 level store once in Middletown and a 3 level full line store once in Hamden both were closed and the Meriden location was built. That Penney’s has been that was since I can remember. To me its dull, boring and unexciting in every way imaginable. Finally, the last thing that CT needed was yet ANOTHER Lord & Taylor, especially one that was only one level and so small in size. I was surprised that they lasted as long as they did.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:04:32 +0000

I can’t believe how much it’s changed over the years – but it’s definitely has a certain customer base, especially since eliminating Eddie Bauer, The Gap, Children’s Gap and Lord & Taylor. Kind of Ho-Hum.

By: Caldor

Caldor — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:29:32 +0000

I’ve mentioned before on this site how I have a strong dislike for the Westfield branding on all of their malls. Too frequently, people criticize malls for their blandness, the way they present a homogenized version of America in every town. As a shopping mall enthusiast, I disagree that this needs to be the case, but Westfield’s misguided attempt at unified branding completely embraces homogenization, removing any semblence of “ownership” that a community may enjoy over its local shopping mall. I’m glad they realized that “Shoppingtown” was a bad idea, but they shoudl eliminate the naming and logos altogether and revert to unique brand identities for each of their centers.

By: XISMZERO

XISMZERO — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:15:08 +0000

As you can see the road pilon on my page, they still call it Westfield Shoppingtown (Meriden). Appearently, “Shoppingtown” has been dumped from Westfield’s image after customers’ expressing dislike of it. Maybe they can give back the mall it’s real name “Meriden Square”.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:37:29 +0000

Does anyone include “westfield” in the name of a Westfield-owned mall? I read with their opening of Westfield San Francisco Center that Westfield wants people to say “I’m going to the Westfield.” That way, we can use that phrase anywhere in Westfield territory. I wonder if it’ll work. Back when malls changing their names from “blah blah Mall” to “blah blah Shopping Center” or worse yet, “The Shops at Blah Blah,” they didn’t fool anyone.
Scott

By: Jack Thomas

Jack Thomas — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:45:19 +0000

Awesome mall. I’ll have to check it sometime. Also, feel free to check out my new blog as well: retail-stories.blogspot.com. It only has one post so far, but I’m hoping to have ti grow fast. Feel free to submit any content you want.