Comments on: Shore Mall; Egg Harbor Township (Atlantic City), New Jersey

By: Mike Murphy

Mike Murphy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:17:55 +0000

@Joe, if you are on facebook, there is a page devoted to people who consider themselves Shore Mall rats of the 70s & 80s if you are interested.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?v=wall&gid=206659606286

By: nancy

nancy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:50 +0000

@Michael,
I KNOW THIS IS OLD but, can you sent a copy of the picture of the time capsule? do you know what is in it?? inquiring minds want to know!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:24:13 +0000

I grew up in south Jersey, the Shore mall was the bees knees when I went to high school. Reading about all the stores really brings back memories. No one seems to have mentioned the drive in, later converted to a regular movie house around 78/79. I spent most of my time at the spaceport playing astroids, air hockey pak-man.

The pet store and spencer gifts were near by and My brother worked at the “Hickory Farms” for a while.

By: dan-onymous

dan-onymous — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:15:00 +0000

Just visited Shore Mall on Saturday…in some ways it now seems to be fulfilling a function much like mixed-use/New Urbanist centers: The DMV, the Boy Scouts, Egg Harbor Police, and the Jersey Shore Children’s Museum are all there. Also, there were large moonbounce-style inflatable basketball and baseball stations set up toward the end of the mall with the empty anchor store with some kids playing, and a psychic giving readings. Unfortunately, the fountain was drained and non-operational, but the Boscov’s was crowded and the pizza from the food court wing was tasty. With the Bergen and Echelon Malls recently renovated, this is probably the last example of a well-preserved 70’s style mall in NJ, and judging by the decent number of shoppers I saw, it seems to be holding its own.

By: Nims

Nims — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:57:28 +0000

How could the Steinbach have closed in 1992 if we have a picture of it from 1994?

By: Edward Crean Jr

Edward Crean Jr — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:23:39 +0000

Does anyone have photos of The Shore Mall when it was called Searstown Mall,if so i would love to see them?

By: mallguy

mallguy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:39:05 +0000

A little off topic on geographic area, but I heard from a pretty good source that Wegman’s was planning on building in Mahwah (other end of the state) in a redeveloped Crossroads Center. East Hanover (Morris Co) actually turned down Wegman’s since they did not want the increased level of traffic along Mt. Pleasant Ave, Route 10 and near Hanover Park HS.

By: zach

zach — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:20:29 +0000

Ooops!, I meant to say are and not is, Sorry.

By: zach

zach — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:19:20 +0000

Wegman’s could work where the Hamilton Mall and Consumer Square is but since, like you said Ace Jay, they won’t be building any stores in New Jersey for quite some time, it’s not going to happen.

By: AceJay

AceJay — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:41:29 +0000

Actually, a Wegmans would be a great idea there. Though the area is probably not upscale enough for them to want to build there, and they aren’t building any more in NJ for at least 10 years. 2 more in PA, then 4 in VA and one in MD, that’s what’s planned so far.