In the other post about the Unversity Mall, I remember it being built. I used to go through the job site and pick up empty soda bottles the workers left.
My Dads company he worked for even paid me 3.00 hr plus i got to Cash in the bottles.

I remember the pet shop that was at one end of the Burlington Square Mall in the late ’70s; as a little kid I liked to go into the blacklit room where the fish were and watch the orange fish swim among blue rocks…and if I was REALLY good there’d be ice cream on the way home (from the original Ben & Jerry’s a couple blocks south of the mall)

Anyone got old photos from there?

I think the reason that Burlington works is because of the Marketplace. Closing off four blocks of Church Street to all but pedestrian traffic in the early ’80s was a stroke of genius. It allows the local restaurants and cafes to have extensive sidewalk seating during the busy summer tourism season, as well as providing space for street performers, musical concerts (during the popular Burlington Discover Jazz Festival and other similar events) and a great place for people to just hang out. (Can you tell I’m a fan of this place?)

The interesting thing is how many cities have to build New Urbanist “lifestyle center” projects to even come close to approximate Church Street. In Burlington, there’s no need for New Urbanism, because Old Urbanism is working so well.