Comments on: Atrium Mall; Newton, Massachusetts

By: Tricky Nicky

Tricky Nicky — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:08:31 +0000

There may be a consignment store on the fourth floor, Second Time Around, but its website lists a location in Greenwich Connecticut. I doubt this is your everyday consignment store – it’s probably has upscale designer clothes.

By: George Parigian Jr.

George Parigian Jr. — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:39:56 +0000

I haven’t been to this one yet! Gona have to put it on my schedule to visit. Can’t believe something this great looking is so close to me and I have missed it all this time.

They certainly went all out for opulence and such. I wonder what the overhead is like in this place.

George

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:33:14 +0000

On the decline. The fourth floor now has a consignment shop.

Curious what Chestnut Hill Square will do to the Atrium. Chestnut Hill Square will have a bit less retail, not including a “lifestyle” grocery — read Whole Foods. A more modern complex would seem like competition.

But, a properly designed pedestrian promenade could pull the whole south side of Boylston Street (Route 9) together into a single commercial/residential district. That might have a positive effect on the Atrium.

Curiously, Chestnut Hill Square will be developed by New England Development, the same company that built — and later sold — the Atrium.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:19:53 +0000

This mall surprisingly was the location of the first Lids hat store. When I worked at the Lids at Emerald Square (store #3) we used to be surprised to see store #1’s sales were so low – I guess an athletic hat store wouldn’t fit in here. I had been told the store sat in a space that used to be a Record Town, which explained the extremely large area it had. The store was closed later on.

By: todd

todd — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:28:34 +0000

Not full of empty stores…. nice! It is elegant, few places can pull that off these days. Besides Tysons, Phipps in Atlanta has that feel.

By: Steven Swain

Steven Swain — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:04:32 +0000

This place has a very glamourous, ’80s feel to it like the shopping centers at Tysons Corner outside Washington. It was a beautiful time for retail design, I thought, when malls like this came on the scene, and this place still seems quite opulent, if somewhat dated.