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

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:30:40 +0000

Steigers downtown location closed in spring 1994. I lived in Springfield sept 93 – may 1994 (I worked at stagewest for a season- theater was under the parking ramp to the north of the mall) and remember going to the closing store sale. I don’t think I bought anything but I remember seeing all the vintage holiday stuff they were unloading.
Even in the early 90s the mall was not a shopping destination mall. It mostly served downtown workers and was a place to get shoes fixed, pick up a paperback or best seller at waldenbooks, stop at cvs and there was a fashion bug/ dress barn type womens apparel store. The food court was servicable. I have no recollection of mens clothing/ services or jewellry stores.

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.