Comments on: Iverson Mall; Hillcrest Heights, Maryland

By: Dee Cee

Dee Cee — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:45:45 +0000

I grew up on Pennsylvania Avenue SE in DC. In the 60s we used to take the bus downtown to one end of the shopping district and take the bus home from the other end. Garfinkels was a bit expensive for my high school budget, but I was a member of the Mary Jane Earring Club – buy 10? 12? 100? get one free! I was trying to remember the name of Iverson Mall and came across these memories. Thanks.

By: DC shopaholic

DC shopaholic — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:30:51 +0000

WOW this brings back soooo many memories… I remember shopping here alot duirng the mid 80’s to the early 90s which I would call the DC metropolitan’s area golden age of shopping. Why? becuase during that time, every major area had their own host of well established shops. Iverson mall had a woodward and lothrop and montgemoery ward and blocks down was hecht’s dept store and a row of boutiques. Landover mall, boatsed a woodies, hechts sears and a garfinckels (BTW Garfinckels was extremely exclusive, on bar with saks and neiman marcus, it’s downtown flagship clothes the first ladies…) … for those in VA, there was tysons corner, seven corners, landmark, and springfield mall… chevy chase had its own shopping district and white flint carried over the rockville area. Nowadays, it’s either Pentagon city, tysons corner or montgomery mall… everywhere else is either lacking or just dead.

By: karen

karen — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:24:08 +0000

Iverson Mall was magical when i was a kid, Santa was there in the winter, easter bunny in the spring and it’s the first enclosed mall i can remember back in ‘77 when my Mom used to bring me there. The movie theatre next to the mall was a big deal also. Roy Roger’s chicken (don’t see many of those now) was there, buster browns shoe store where I received my new penny loafers each year for school. Oh and back then, AT&T ruled the world of communications and they had a store in the bottom level of the store (accross from stride ride shoes) imagine this: your phone breaks, or anything goes wrong, simply bring the phone back to the store, they get you another and your on your way……….ah, things were so simple then!

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:24:58 +0000

I grew up in Marlow Heights. I was there when the mall opened. It was considered to be HUGE!! I believe it was one of the first malls in the country, much less PG County. I was recently there and was happy to see a busy, clean, occupied mall. I saw mention of Marlow Heights Shopping Center. As a kid, when Hecht’s was being built, I thought the cover over the outside steps was a sliding board!! WOW!! haven’t thought about that in a good many years!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:38:21 +0000

Uh where was the Target Greatland? I grew up near by and never remember there ever being any Target stores in the DC area until 1996, when there were 10 or so opened on one day.

Maybe you are confusing the Bradlees on Allentown Road, which is now a church, with a Target GreatLand.

Now that Value City has pulled out of Maryland, now that space is becoming a Burlington Coat Factory.

By: Charlese

Charlese — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:54:54 +0000

I grew up in Forestville near the Forestville mall but going to Iverson Mall was always a treat. It was like a special event. I used to love going there around Christmas. It was almost magical coming up Silver hill and hitting that traffic light at Branch avenue and seeing the decorations and lights strung up from end to end. There were beautiful trees decorated perfectly. When I moved back to MD as a teenager after being down in NC for years with no enclosed mall I was thrilled when my dad(whom I was moving with) moved into a town home on the corner of Keating and 28th. Those of you who know the mall know my front porch looks onto the rear parking garage. I loved it. As a teenager it was the perfect hang out spot. It had the newest stores that always had the most up to date clothes. It was near marlow heights center which meant you could hop on over to the movies or heights or even the arcade.I can honestly tell you they dont make them like that anymore. I like the Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh NC and the Florida Mall in Orlando and even the Mall of America. But none are like Iverson Mall.I bought my first pair of nikes there my first bennetton bag and coach purse. I got my first pair of stilletos at wild pair on the upper floor and not to mention my prom dress.I also got my first taste of freedom there as this was the first place my dad allowed me to go by myself. I also had my first kiss there and my first true breakup.It holds a special place in my heart, always

By: donnie

donnie — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:34:02 +0000

i thought the mall has closed

By: mark

mark — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:15:49 +0000

what was the owners name of iverson jewerlers it was frank something?

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:31:46 +0000

A few corrections:

-Target Greatland is sort of like a regular Target, except with bigger departments. Wiki says “They carry a larger selection of general merchandise than a basic Target store; however, they do not have a full-line of groceries like meat, bakery, deli, produce and dairy.”

-His name was Buckguy, not Blackguy.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:14:17 +0000

I used to work by this mall and always wondered how it stayed open. It has a lot of mom and pop stores and a real “ghetto mall” feel. That said, I think the mall is able to stay in business because there are really no other large retail options in the area. There used to be a Target “Great Land” (similar to a Super Wal Mart) up the road but it went out of business. Although it doesn’t have a food court it does have a lot of fast food restaurants in the parking lot and, as blackguy mentioned, it is next ot the Marlow Heights Shopping Center – which helps draw customers there and make it a one-stop shopping area. I really don’t see this mall going any where because there aren’t any other places nearby to shop.