Comments on: Berkshire Mall; Wyomissing (Reading), Pennsylvania

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:10:07 +0000

@Greg, I know what you are saying Greg, I recently emailed the project manager (just the supervisor of the mall) and they are not answering me…. what jerks. We should start a website or something so people can hear our opinions.

By: Icy Tea

Icy Tea — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:04:30 +0000

The problem with this mall is that it is literally surrounded by store after store and strip mall after strip mall. Why pay high mall rents when you can get cheaper rents next door? Park City seems to be down on its heels, too, The owning conmpany filed for bankruptcy protection. In its heyday this was the mall after Park City and KOP. Coventry mall was a real cellar when it first opened, like pottstowners were moles it was so dark. Now its alot better but still being drained by KOP.
So many dead or dying malls. Lebanon has a decent enough little mall , okay if you are in that area and have nothing else to do. Morgantown mall had some decent clothing outlets now its just furniture. Phoenixville had that little mall on 23 now its gone. Pottsville has that really creepy little depressing mall. York had a second rate mall which wasn’t too bad or too good. Fairgrounds has gone downhill, too many derelicts and riff raff just hanging out. Allentown has a decent mall in Whitehall but I haven’t been there in years and years. Exton mall is pretty good but I don’t get down there too often. The new Limerick/ Philadelphia Outlets mall is not impressive.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:30:17 +0000

OK we all know that the berkshire mall is an ugly piece of shit. Even the American Eagle Store smells gross. They have an empty fountain. Pot holes in the parking lot. The only new thing they got was a new sign that says Berkshire mall. It replaced that ugly sign that looked like it was 50 years old. This mall is in need of such a make over its gross. They should ust knock it down and rebuild. It would probably be the same amount of work compared to if they re did it.

By: Jennie Marshall

Jennie Marshall — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:09:34 +0000

I am from berkshire. I was 5 when mall built in 1988 and own by Pyramid Companies. I have seen lot of changes after completing. I love to go there and kill my time. My best place is food court because i like food stuff.

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:29:42 +0000

I have to say that the white circular benches in the picture above are just the greatest thing. I grew up with this mall, and while the seats might be 70’s and outdated, they are extremely comfortable and a lot of fun! As a kid I used to hang out near the fountain and wait for someone to vacate a seat so that I could sit there lol.

p.s. the fountain is sorely missed as well.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:08:28 +0000

@Dom,

Oh sorry . . . it was new construction, nothing was there but a parking lot.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:06:51 +0000

@Dom,

Boscov’s was added to the mall at around that time. I worked at the pet store right next to where they added it to the mall. It was next to a Woolworth’s and a Friendly’s. It was innovative (still is) for having a parking area on the roof of the 3 story store. You can ride the escalator right from the roof.

Anyone who wants in for from the late 80s early 90s and what was in the Coventry mall. I can help.

By: Michael Lisicky

Michael Lisicky — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:23:53 +0000

I stand corrected in regard to a (much) earlier comment about whether Berkshire Mall indeed had a Lit Brothers. I had said that I had no record of it. I have found that Lit Brothers operated a store at the Berkshire Mall from February 1970 until December 1975. (The entire Lits chain closed in April 1977.) The Berkshire Mall store was quickly replaced by a Pomeroy’s store. I guess that makes me human.

By: DougM

DougM — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:27 +0000

The Boscov’s wing at Coventry mall was new construction. Calling purely on memories from the 1980’s driving past the mall on the way to the Poconos from Chester County, Hess replaced Pomeroys in the front of the center. And there was a Grocery store that was next to it… If I remember properly, the grocery store was torn down and became the wing that now houses the Pier 1 and TGIFridays.

By: BZ

BZ — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:07:04 +0000

@Terry,
Another in a long line of screwups from the government of Reading.
Remember after they bought up all the shops they had the crazy idea to turn Penn Street into a walking mall?