Comments on: Tri-State Mall; Claymont, Delaware

By: sean

sean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:03:22 +0000

@ccmoore, i remember the blue hen mall…and used to work in the dry goods across the street while in high school! ah, memories.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:18:24 +0000

Hey Ed!!! for our Shopping Center we should put a Fun Park where you can drive bumper cars,Play Basketball,Go Bowling,Play Indoor Miniture golf. And the fun park can also have a MagiQuest. And it can have cool birthday offers like a play-dough themed party, where you can play with A LOT of play-dough. A gliterry craft party,where you can make something glittery.A bubble N dancing party where the B-day child

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:57:03 +0000

Uh… Actually Kmart used to be W.T Grant. Because Value City used to be the Dry Goods store

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:30:54 +0000

Hey Ed, Watcha Doin? I’ve got an impressive idea for our Shopping Center for services next to Value City we can put an event zone where the shopping Center’s events can take place,Behind ShopRite we can put a pedestrian freindly area it can be a place where people can live,Work & play.We can also put a nice li’l park that pepole can talk a walk,walk their dog,yo a shoppin mall in VA will be havin all that and I think you and I sha’ll do the same

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:59:52 +0000

Hi there Ed I gotta idea for our Shopping Center we can have a dinning circle!!! It’s like a food court only outside. It will have a Villa Pizza,Quiznos,McDonald’s,Burger King,Wendy’s,Arby’s,Chick-Fil-A,Bojangles,KFC,Taco Bell,Pizza Hut,Long John Silvers,Papa John’s and Church’s Chicken it will be on one side of Shoprite and another side of Value City and it will also have some sit-down restaurants like Applebee’s,T.G.I Fridays,IHOP,Chili’s & a sports bar I’ll call it the outdoor dinning sidewalk it will be somewhere by Toys R Us and Kmart where another sidewalk is across from it. It’s the one with Target,Burlington Coat Factory and Home Depot in fact I also have another idea.In front of COSTCO we can put a 66 ft. water fountain that people can make a wish and throw coins in it.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:46:17 +0000

HI THERE ED!!!!!!!!!! Hows my freind doi’n? I got an Idea 4 ya when ya’ll tear down that Tri-State mall. We can turn it into a SHOPPING CENTER!!!!!!!!!! In fact we can make it 1,000% famous people from RI,CT,NY,NJ,of course DE,The district of Columbia,MA,VA,NC,SC,GA anf FL can shop at. Let me tell you the stores it can have Costco,Target and Wal-Mart the store we could keep are Kmart,Value City,Yum Yum Bar and both the mens world barber shop some more stores that could open are Shoprite,Wendy’s,Toys R Us,The Andersons Specialty store,Villa Pizza,The Chilldrens Place,Staples,Home Depot,Dollar Tree,Qdoba Mexican Grill,Quiznos,Bath & Body Works and Radio Shack.More stores that can stay include Payless Shoes,Mia’s Depot,Tabaco Store,Barber Shop and Check Cashing.And the last store that can stay includes The Comedy Lounge (Wich is a Movie Theatere) and some more stores that can open include a bowling alley,arcade and a fancy restaurant. But when I typed in the last store that can stay. Well i’m not finished yet because I suppose theres room in our shopping center for the stores that can stay and that store we’re gonna keep will be City Depot. We should also keep the JO-ANN store and reopen the Burlington Coat Factory and lets also open up a Puppet Theatre,Post Office,Jewerly Store,Train Shop and Ice Rink too and those are all the stores that will open. And our shopping center will have different events EVERY month.In January we can have a new years carnival when you can play games like those ones when you hit a gong and if a pin goes all the way up and makes a sound you’ll win and we can have a pie eating contest too will even have a game where you can toss a ball try to hit some cans and win a stuffed bear,one game where you can spray water at a itty bitty target and if the stuffed bear reaches the top you can win a prize,one game where you take a rainbow colored ball and shoot it at a target and when the ball hits the target you’ll win a prize and we will have hundreds of games and rides and when the New Years Carnival is over people will run outside at 9:00 PM and ballons will float into the sky and fireworks start to boom and crash!!!!!!!!!!, In febuary we can have a hug fest to see how many people you can hug after the hug fest we’ll have a kiss fest to see if you can kiss all the people you hugged at the hug, In March we’ll celebrate lepracoans and search for gold all over the shopping center, In April the easter Bunny will arrive at the shopping center andeveryone can meet him in May we can have a celebrate your Mom,Aunt or Grandma at the Shopping Center day in June we can have a celebrate your Dad,Uncle or Grandpa at the Shopping Center day in July we will have a president VS Bad Guy show down and whoever wins will win a free Shopping Spree,in august we’ll have a BIG beach party where everyone can do a tropical dance and we’ll have tropical food, In september we’ll have the shopping center’s 117th Aniversery where we’ll have a show with magicans,clowns,trapizes and wizzards too,w’e'll have Spongebob,Patrick,Mickey Mouse,Minny Mouse,Dora and Boots walk on the sidewalks of the shopping center,In October people will go Trick-Or-Treating there and we’ll have a Holloween Party,In November we’ll have I Pumpkin Pie eating contest and in December take your picture with Santa,Tell Santa what you want for Christmas,Eat cookies with Santa,Have breakfast with Santa, Dance with Santa,Sing with Santa and have some fun with Santa.Okay dude good luck on making this Shopping Center and do what I told you to do because I’m gonna be In Charge of the mall and you’ll just be Vice Manager thanks for letting me talk to you

See ya later Ed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:50:43 +0000

Hey Ed this is the guy who left a reply on November ,22 ,09 and some other stores that should open up should include Shoprite,Wendy’s and Toys R Us. Y’all might not think so but yo.FYI there are no grocery stores in that mall, there are no hamburger joints in that mall and there are no Toy stores in that mall but yes Value City,Kmart,Yum Yum Bar and Men’s World must stay but man that man should open a Costco,Target and Wal-Mart ASAP!!!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:58:11 +0000

I agree with ya to Ed. Of cource I want that stupid mall teared down and replaced with a Costco, Target and Wal-Mart. In fact I think they should keep the Kmart too. But there are some other stores that should stay like Value City,Yum Yum Bar and Man’s World so keep those stores too PLEASE DO THAT!!

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:12:22 +0000

I was just at the mall a few weeks ago. Burlington Coat Factory is actually a decent store with nice clothes / suits. Better than Value City, which had a lot of “irregular” items. As for the inside of the mall, yes, it was very sad. Man’s World was still open, with a barber waiting to cut hair (I used to go there back in the 80s). Yum Yum bar had three employees behind the counter! There were a few empty stores and a “church” that was down the movie theater wing. The theater earily still had ticket booths in front. K-Mart is just really dated and crowded. I remember eating at the old restaurant when I was a kid. That’s been gone for a while. Anybody remember the Keys N Things kiosk? There was a humble yet proud Halloween set-up where it once stood.
Does anyone know when the Cinemart on Gov Printz closed?

By: Douglas

Douglas — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:25:33 +0000

I grew up in Chester and spent a great deal of time in the Collingdale/Marcus Hook area where my grandparents lived. I remember eating breakfast at the K-mart diner very frequently with them. The “oil fields” that a previous post referenced is actually a Sunoco refinery and tank farm. Something that I did not hear mentioned though is the very recognizable “refinery smell” that engulfs the area. It’s kind of funny because it’s somewhat comforting to me as I associate it with plenty of fun times and happy memories.

Whenever I am in the area I find myself pulling into the mall. Much like passing a bad accident it is almost impossible not to be curious. The Value City is no more and has been replaced by a Burlington Coat Factory. I have to credit the owners with finding a store that’s even more depressing than Value City…I didn’t think it could be done. Those who cross the mall hoping to find better shopping conditions at the K-mart will be dissappointed. It is filthy, smelly and all of the workers look like they are in some kind self-induced zombie-like state to try and deal with their jobs.

The interior of the mall itself is so pathetic that it’s impossible not to feel a bit sad and think about what once had been. As you pass the few remaining stores you will see shop owners standing in the doorways trying to remain proud but knowing how bleak their situation is. The only thing that makes me smile on my ever-decreasing visits is the center piece of the mall…the Yum Yum Bar…standing out like a surreal, bright oasis in a desolate wasteland. There was a solitary customer sitting in a booth eating a hot dog. She was staring straight ahead and had to notice me looking in since I was the only person in the mall and I passed three times in under thirty seconds. Although she had the same catatonic gaze as the K-mart employees she seemed slightly different…perhaps taking some strange solace in that Yum Yum Bar as I have for the past several years.