Comments on: Freedom Mall; Charlotte, North Carolina

By: marty

marty — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:24:08 +0000

@David, thanks for the reply. A coworker and I remember going there around 1976 to see a movie.
Some of our coworkers said there were no theaters in there & said it was something we were smoking. We grew up and still work on the west side.

Thanks again,
Marty

By: David

David — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:46:01 +0000

@MARTY,

I grew up in this area, and yes when the mall opened there was a movie theater there for a few years, across from the Collins (Peeble’s). This website is wrong also, the mall opened in 1974, not 1964.

By: JT

JT — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:28:04 +0000

This mall looks like it got killed instead of being dead. It is plain and simple, but looked quite healthy in those 2005 photos. I think it is a shame and disgrace to kill off something that is working. There are few things that sit with me worse than jumping the gun on redevelopment. At least wait until it really is obvious it is failing.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:57:21 +0000

@Caitlin, Freedom and Eastland are not the same place.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:54:20 +0000

We got our piano at Freedon mall – 1979 or so. I think the store was called Tadlock’s or something similar. I’m in favor of revitalizing this and doing something poitive for the west side, but I would point out that we now have two vacant courthouses Uptown as well as the Marshall and Walton buildings. How smart is it to move a bunch of city-county offices miles away from the government center; to remodel a department store into offices when the county already owns office buildings it’s mothballed?

By: MARTY

MARTY — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:23:14 +0000

Does anyone remember a movie theater inside the mall itself? Grew up on the westside. Help me settle a disagreement!!!!!!

By: Erik Andrews

Erik Andrews — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:36:07 +0000

Her use of \”would OF\” as opposed to \”would\’ve\”, short for \”would HAVE\”, offends me more than anything else.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:29:56 +0000

My best friend recently began her first job as a Mecklenburg County Social in a BEAUTIFUL and very modern office in Freedom Mall! The completed offices and exterior is already sleek and modern and the inside is a perfect open office atmosphere for social services. My memories of this old dilapidated mall from teh 90’s have been graciously replaced with the county’s new transformation of the space. I can’t wait to see the project and surrounding areas progress. See pics of the new space here: http://www.littleonline.com/images/workplace/interiors/freedom/freedom_1.jpg, and here: http://www.littleonline.com/images/workplace/interiors/freedom/freedom_2.jpg

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:31:35 +0000

Freedom Mall is still undergoing renovations by the County. As of now, a few agencies have moved in. The renovations have completed the first two phases and are now in phase three which most likely won’t be completed for at least 18 months.

By: News from Wikipedia » Blog Archive » Malls in Charlotte, North Carolina

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:05:15 +0000

[...] ==Freedom Mall== Built in [[1964]] [http://www.labelscar.com/north-carolina/freedom-mall] Freedom Mall originally served as the anchor to Charlotte’s westside retail scene and, following the closure of WestPark Mall, is the only mall in West Charlotte. Today the mall is actually publicly held in a joint trust between the City of Charlotte and [[Mecklenburg County, NC|Mecklenburg County]]. [http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2003/12/15/daily33.html] By all accounts, Freedom Mall is very much on it’s last legs. [...]