Comments on: Mountain View Mall; Ardmore, Oklahoma

By: Cayl

Cayl — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:11:51 +0000

A “sister” mall was built by the same developer in Pampa, Texas, in the Panhandle about 50 miles NE of Amarillo. The “Pampa Mall” opened about the same time, with the same anchors (JCPenney, Bealls, KMart), but had Safeway and Revco as the grocery and drug store at the south end of the mall. It also had the very same main entrance canopy with skylight aboe, and the same center court with recessed seating, fountain, and a “ring” of skylights above. The mall was originally designed for 40 stores, including the anchors, grocery and drug store, but never had more than 30. Sadly, after the oil bust of the late ’80’s, Pampa lost 30% of its population. The mall has been completely empty for more than a decade now. Bealls relocated to a former CR Anthony location in a different shopping center, and JC Penney and KMart closed. The great irony is that WalMart relocated from their smaller store a few blocks south, building a large Super WalMart just north of the mall.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:46:59 +0000

Does anyone remember the name of the little store that stood in the middle of the walkway between Waldenbooks and what is now Hibbett Sports? they use to sell sunglasses etc…

By: jana

jana — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:58:12 +0000

what was the name of the popcorn place that was in there about 20 yrs ago?

By: Dre

Dre — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:32:11 +0000

Why did the peanut shack die out of business, did people stop eating peanuts and the snacks they offered?

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:34:20 +0000

I have lived in Ardmore my entire life and I have never been to or heard of a “hoe-down” at the mall. You make us sound like total hicks. By the way, the census for 2000 showed a population of 33,285 and we’ve grown quite a bit since then. Where do you get your facts?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:53:40 +0000

I was born in Ardmore and as a kid this place used to be the hub of all things cool and trendy from 85 to the early 90’s. I never would have thought a tacky retail monstrousity would hold so many memories.

By: cw

cw — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:44:44 +0000

I have also lived in Ardmore my entire life. I also agree that people seem to have the wrong perception of us. There are public restrooms to use. I also think it’s good that there are community events held there.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:06:51 +0000

the mountain view mall does not have public restrooms in the actual open area of the mall but most of the stores have public restroooms….i have lived in ardmore my entire life……and maybe my perception is wrong but you seem to think were hillbillys from the sticks…..yes the mall is not only for retail but also for community events…and most of us prefer it that way…big cities have too many ppl i like being able to go to the mall and feeling safe that my 18 mo old girl can walk around and knowing friendly ppl around me…ardmore welcomes growth and new stores….but we believe in small town atmosphere….and good luck trying to get anything in with walmart around…,they crush everything and everyone

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:51:42 +0000

The Peanut Shack looks like the Peanut Shacks in the Carolinas around 1980!

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:58:20 +0000

I too was in was in Ardmore in the eighties I remember how nice that mall was. Last summer I was there for the first time in over 20 years and it was not quite the same. But I guess nothing is. Any one know what happened to Benson’s Steakhouse?