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Doug Force
September 12, 2005
September 20, 2005
Steve J.
I had been gone from Memphis for about 15 years. I went to graduate school at University of Memphis (but then it was still named Memphis State University). Spent many a time shopping at the Mall of Memphis. You could tell even then that it was a hurting mall. Always plenty of open, unrented store fronts. I recently came back to Memphis to attend a conference and that was when I first learned the mall was gone. Was I heart broken? No - but it did take my breath away a little that such a large mall (hell, it had a full size skating rink in it!), even though struggling, was flattened and erased off the face of the earth. I find it hard to believe that a use couldn't be found for it. Where I live now, the city had an "old mall" that was closed for several years after the new big mega-mall was opened. Eventually, the state university located in town bought it and turned it into part of their extended campus.
Well, Memphis has changed quite a bit in 15 years, and I'm not sure it's all for the better!
