Comments on: Tower Square (Baystate West Mall); Springfield, Massachusetts

By: Panda

Panda — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:47:12 +0000

@Jonah Norason, Oh, awesome! Thanks for that link. I will be bookmarking it for sure!

By: KarenR

KarenR — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:54:00 +0000

Hey, a big shoutout to ya, Jonah. I visited your new blog but don’t have the time at the moment to get appropriately registered to comment there. Many thanks! I am so glad that the images that Keith so lovingly collected and posted a few years ago will be retained on your new blog.

Happy launch!

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:58:08 +0000

@Panda, Not yet:

http://retailaddictionblog.blogspot.com/

By: Panda

Panda — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:11:29 +0000

Whoa!!! I just went to check out Malls Of America and saw this: http://mallsofamerica.blogspot.com/

All those cool old mall pix and postcards…gone for good. I truly am sad.

By: Panda

Panda — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:08:57 +0000

Cool to see a Massachusetts mall! It’s been a while. Can’t say I’ve ever been there, but I DO remember seeing that infamous cube in postcard form in the (sadly) dead blog Malls Of America. I sure wish I saw that cube live! I’m sorry I missed it.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:16:40 +0000

Also- I would NOT classify this as a dead mall. It’s like Founders Hall in Charlotte, NC- a retail space geared towards office workers, with some mall-type chains but some convenience-type retail as well.

Compare it to Eastland or other truly dying malls.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:58:45 +0000

I went to this mall in 2007 while on a business trip. It’s attractive and at least has retail that a lot of downtowns don’t have- a few mall-type stores. I’d say that it’s fared better than most ’70s malls that lose all anchors have usually done.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:09:21 +0000

From what it appears, this mall has a building that only an owner could love….

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:52:23 +0000

The mall website is pretty awesome, showing the stores, what’s inside, and a description. The CVS particularly looks old.

It sure seems like the restaurant listing is low for a downtown mall like this.

By: The Caldor Rainbow

The Caldor Rainbow — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:38:52 +0000

I’ve passed this mall a good 100 times along I-91 and always wanted to stop in — especially after seeing that somewhat infamous vintage shot of the concourse. I did some research on the whereabouts of the center as of today finding it was mainly a shell of what it once was. Thanks for those images, you can see plenty of surefire 70s architectural punches (like the groovin’ octo and peaking solarium tunnels).

Eerie to see it such a ghost town upon your visit, Jason. Wowz.