Comments on: Syracuse: An Interesting Case Study

By: ZIPPY

ZIPPY — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:32:20 +0000

LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON DEY BROTHERS STORE IN OLD FATETTEVILLE MALL

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:52:09 +0000

Tri-County is completely gone now.

By: Ian R

Ian R — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:02:22 +0000

If I may say something else about Fairmount Fair, it was different in many ways from the other malls in Syracuse. It had fountains, like Camillus, and was carpeted like many of the older malls, but it has something I’ve never seen in another mall: inclines. The relatively rough terrain (for a mall) made it a favorite of power-walkers (and skateboarders) in its later years, before suffering the humiliation of being disenclosed.

If anybody has older picture of Fairmount Fair, I would love to have them, especially of the old sign (which has been replaced with a similar but uninspiring new version), please email me at ian (at) fairmountfair (dot) com. Yes, I totally have the domain name.

By: mikey doo

mikey doo — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:58:18 +0000

North Country Plaza had an IGA, a liquor store and North Country ( a very low end department store). Its. been 25years since I lived in the area but I remember buying some stuff there. The North Country store had a huge variety of low end merchandise.

By: loveminuszero

loveminuszero — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:18:02 +0000

One thing that I’m kind of stuck on-I hope somebody can help. Does anyone know anything about the North Country Plaza on Route 11 in Central Square. It is a sight for sore eyes to say the least. It is a retail plaza with at least 3 large storefronts and it looks like it has been abandoned for quite some time. I cannot find any information on it or what stores were once in it. None stood out to me as recognizable. Does anyone know anything about it?

By: Jonah N.

Jonah N. — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:43:43 +0000

Ah! Very true. Sorry.

By: Panda

Panda — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:59:53 +0000

Jonah, they did actually post about Penn Can: http://www.labelscar.com/new-york/penn-can-mall

By: XISMZERO

XISMZERO — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:46:33 +0000

For some reason, I thought the Labelscar crew visited Driver’s Village (former Penn Can Mall). There’s a spectacular Penn Can Mall tribute page with photos from the 70s, 80s and 90s. It’s an outstanding compendium! (http://www.penncanmall.com/)

I just visited the former Penn Can Mall myself a few months back. Posted a few of my shots on my Flickr. Not posted there (but some of which I have) is *the* clock that’s been there in the center court for ages. It’s still there! The first three are my shots. Check Ames Fan Club forums for more recent ones.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Penn+Can+Mall

By: Jonah N.

Jonah N. — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:46:30 +0000

You never put up the promised Penn Can Mall post!

Also, in Penn Can Mall, it was an OfficeMax/Burlington Coat Factory AFTER Sears left.

By: Mike Hepp

Mike Hepp — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:00:51 +0000

I have a newspaper clipping from 1/20/02 containing information and opening dates of some of the major shopping malls in central NewYork. This can be found on page 3 of this photo album website.