Comments on: Whitehall Mall; Whitehall, Pennsylvania

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:36:36 +0000

@Johnese,
Other defunct stores-

Little Red Wagon (snacks)
Payless Shoes
Spencer Gifts
Kay Jewelers
Arby’s
Weis Markets
The Pet Set (outside store)
Merchant’s Bank
The Shoe Cobbler
Rea & Derrick Drugs… later CVS
Woolworth’s
Parade of Shoes
PA Liquor Store (outside store)
Mall Barber (outside store)
Penn Jersey Auto (outside store)
The Smoke Shop (outside store)
The Carousel children’s store
Singer Sewing Machine store
Nomad Travel
Waffle Stand
SpacePort (amusements)
Fayva Shoes
Hosiery Store
Valley Diamond Mine (jewelery store)
Clover Department Store (now Kohl’s)
Zollinger’s>then Leh’s>now part of Gold’s Gym and BuyBuy Baby
Catherine’s (women’s fashions)
Radio Shack (outside store)
The Uniform Store (outside store)
Hobby Store
Pizza restaurant
Outlooks for Hair/Regis (outside store)

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:24:13 +0000

@Lou,
Kiddie City was actually in the Kmart Shopping Center on Mac. Rd. – the exact shell of the building is not the JoAnn Fabrics Store.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:04:44 +0000

I use to work at the other record shop in the Whitehall Mall. The one near Sears….I remember the whole gang from the record shop would stop in the Seafood Shanty to have a few drinks after work. Some the people that worked there was Bret, April, 2 Chris…one male the other female, 2 Mikes..and myself, I can;t think of the name of the record shop for some reason…was it RECORD WORLD? You got me….anyone know the answer?

By: Lou

Lou — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:25:30 +0000

Hi — I came across your website while looking up Lionel Kiddie City on Macarthur Road in Whitehall, PA. I’ve been trying to remember exactly where Lionel Kiddie City was in Whitehall. It was always our second stop when/if Toys R Us didn’t have a game we wanted. But, I can’t remember exactly where it was. My mom says it was where the Kmart is now on Macarthur Road. Do you know?

By: Kevin Bradley

Kevin Bradley — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:44:13 +0000

@Max,

The original Whitehall Mall was an “L” shape with Weis Markets at one end (located at the doors facing Grape Street) and the Sears located where it is now. At the corner of the L was the Plaza Theater and there used to be doors to exit to a parking lot at the end of the Plaza.

In late 1981 they put an addition on the mall that started at the Plaza and went up to what is now Kohl’s. Originally, the spot currently occupied by Kohl’s was a store called Clover which opened in March of 1982 (I was one of the original employees). Clover was exactly like Walmart or KMart except we never had a food section.

Clover was a division of Strawbridge & Clothier of Philadelphia and all of the Clover stores (there were about 20) were closed when S & C was bought by another chain. I believe that was around 1995 or 1996. Kohl’s took over most of the Clover locations.

In addition to the Clover, the new wing had a place called Space Port which had arcade video games (I spent many lunch breaks there) a Hallmark card shop, Arby’s, and a couple of other stores that I can’t remember right now.

Hope this helps. If you hvae any other questions that I might be able to help you with please write.

By: john eppel

john eppel — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:05:31 +0000

@Melba, do you recall the name of the pizza place in the whitehall mall.

thanks john

By: john eppel

john eppel — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:04:11 +0000

@Max, do you recall the name of the pizza place in the whitehall mall

thanks john

By: ET

ET — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:14:02 +0000

@Allan,
The Northland Mall isn’t much of a mall by modern standards, like the Fox River Mall. It does a few stores in an inside area, but it’s pretty much just a glorified strip-mall. Stores include Shopko, Kohl’s, Exclusive Music Company (record store,) a dollar store (though I think this one may have closed,) Pages & Pipes (book and specialty tobacco store, sister store to the one downtown;) I actually worked here a while back, Radioshack, Hungry Howies, and a DMV branch, and a China Buffet. There’s a McDonald’s (unattached,) in the lot. There might also be a Pet Supplies Plus or something similar, I can’t remember exactly. Just down from it, not attached but in the same lot, is a Festival Foods. The stores inside… there’s a game store with a bunch of board-games and the like, some kind of nature or gift/decorative merchandise store, a store solely dedicated to model train stuff (and maybe some model kits as well,) and a few others. The mall is located at OO (Northland Ave.,) and Richmond St. Hope this helps.

By: Darksong17

Darksong17 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:49:48 +0000

The pet shop there is terrible. Disgusting. I didn’t dare purchase anything from the store, just being in there made me feel ill. Most of the animal’s enclosures were dirty and inadequate (I saw three ferrets shoved in an aquarium of all things), not to mention the puppy mill puppies they sell in the store. If you hate puppy mills and animal neglect/abuse, steer clear of this store. Do not give them your money, you’re only supporting their poor practices and the puppy mills they get their puppies from.

By: Debra Zemko

Debra Zemko — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:26:53 +0000

@Bob Ross,
Hi Bob,
I read some of the posts here and it seems like there are a lot of folks who know Lehigh Valley history. Could you please tell me the name of the little boy who walked across the ice over the Lehigh River, I think within view of the Northampton Bridge, and fell in. It was in the early 1960s. I know that also a diver lost his life in this rescue. If you can direct me to another website with information, I would appreciate it. Thank you.
Debra Zemko