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Concord Mall (DE) - Raw & Real Retail
This is our walkthrough of the Concord Mall in Wilmington, DE from December 24, 2018. This is a very cool mall with plenty of vintage (for today) touches, like planters, fountains, and palm trees sprinkled liberally throughout. It is also home to the largest Strawbridge & Clothier seal, proudly on display at Macy's mall entrance. We love coming to this mall and every time we do, it feels pretty great walking around.
Songs used in this video (in order):
The Syd Dale Orchestra - Flamingo Parade
Casiopea - Swear
Johnny Pearson - City Sights
Steve Gray - Sitar Mobile
Steve Gray - Long Time Gone
Steve Gray - Wonder Groove
Steve Gray - Reach Out
Here is a portion of a 2017 article written by the great SkyCity2 blog:
Opening in 1965, Concord Mall was originally a small enclosed mall anchored on the south end by a store called Almart, a discount division of Allied Stores founded in 1962. The mall attached to Almart was also built by Allied Stores. While Allied Stores no longer exists as an entity in the U.S., it appears that the mall itself was spun off to a small corporation bearing the name of the former corporate parent. The early mall was a relatively small and noncompetitive ancillary mall compared with other malls in the market, so it is remarkable that the mall is not only still around today but is doing quite well.
Concord Mall is not a mall without competition, which is part of what makes it unique in how well it does. Add to that that all malls in Delaware greatly benefit from being in a state with no sales tax, meaning that retail is big business in the First State. This draws in many shoppers from Pennsylvania and New Jersey that might otherwise go to competing malls. In all, it basically carved out its own niche in the market despite being 14 miles from far more popular Christiana Mall, 17 miles from Springfield Mall, 17 miles from Exton Square Mall and 27 miles from the massive King of Prussia Mall. Its present anchors today include Boscov's, Macy's, Macy's Home and Sears.
The layout of the original mall was a straight-shot one level mall with a small three-story office building in the middle making it a fairly typical mall of that period. In 1971, the mall saw its first addition when a Pomeroy's was added on the northern end of the mall transforming it a standard dumbbell shaped mall. The biggest coup for the mall, however, came in 1983 when Philadelphia-based Strawbridge & Clothier opened an elegant new store in the front of the mall. This new store came with very distinct architectural touches and was coupled with an update to the mall that restructured a dark and plain mall into a far more attractive one with a large glass atrium in the center court, added skylights, new planters, fountains and an updated look. It made an ancillary mall into a truly competitive one.
In 1984, the Almart chain was sold off to the Montgomery Ward corporation, which Ward's subsequently opened as a unit of their Jefferson Ward division, a discount format of Montgomery Ward. Jefferson Ward was poorly operated by Montgomery Ward, and the stores were sold the following year to Bradlees. Two years after Almart was sold, the Pomeroy's location was sold off to Boscov's as part of their expansion into the Philadelphia region and as part of the Campeau purchase of Allied stores.
The positive side of all of this was that none of these changes harmed the mall. Changes in the industry in this case helped improve the mall's position in the market by making it more appealing to the residents of the region by bringing in popular stores. The addition of Boscov's and Strawbridge's was far more of a boon to the mall than its original format as a low-end mall anchoring a 1960's discount store. 1992 saw the closure and demolition of the Bradlees for a new two-story Sears. Soon after, 1994 saw creative reuse of the office building draped over the mall as Strawbridge's decided to expand its home section into the office building. This change created a strange quirk in the mall where the upper levels of the home store actually overlook the mall itself. Thus, what is otherwise a one level mall suddenly jumps to three levels! After these two changes occurred, Concord Mall finally stabilized.
What is also remarkable about Concord Mall is the way it looks today. It was certainly a shock to enter a mall that had so much of what is rarely seen in malls today: lush planters, three fountains, colorful decor, and distinctive architectural touches sorely missed in most other malls. Add this in with the very unique design for the Macy's and the surprising layout of the vertical home store, and what would otherwise be a very bland mall is actually quite beautiful. In all, Concord Mall got better with age in its 50+ years of business. It was an unexpected and surprising retail diamond that will hopefully continue to shine for many more.
Macy's Concord Mall Wilmington, Delaware (United Elevator)
Interesting that there was a mezzanine floor. Then again it did have rear opening doors.
Strawbridges (1983 - 2006)
R.H. Macy's (2006-)
S2E13 - Concord Mall (DE)
Earthtones, brass, three water fountains and shoppers everywhere. What else could you ask for?
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1:20 Concord Mall. Route 202 Delaware.
Cruisin' in Concord Mall, Wilmington, De
It's a bit surreal drivin' a 1961 Dodge through a mall.
Random Delaware Jct Rt 1 and I 95 North to Downtown Wilmington
2015, we are on our way to the Dupont Theater for the production of Rain. This is part 3 of 3 of the ride from Dover to Wilmington.
Dover elevator at the Macy's home improvements concord mall in Wilmington Delaware
Macy's Home Store Concord Mall Wilmington, Delaware (Otis Escalators)
These are from 1995 but they have the old landing plates. I'm wondering if these were here before when this was an office building. Would be rather strange though.
Strawbridge's Home Furniture (1995-2006)
Macy's Home Store (2006 - )
A day at Concord Mall
Where I just love to hang
United Hydraulic Elevator at Macy*s-Concord Mall-Wilmington, DE
Filmed 1/5/19
Installed 1983
This is a rather strange set up with a rear door serving a Mezzanine level in between 1 & 2. Surprisingly enough there is also a freight elevator here too but I'm wondering if only the passenger serves M. This thing is quite beaten up and not in great shape.
Concord Mall (Elkhart, IN) - Raw & Real Retail
This is our walkthrough of the Concord Mall in Elkhart, IN from October 21, 2019. This is a dying mall that has retained all of its 1970s design glory. From epic skylights, to the liberal use of mercury vapor light bulbs, all tied together with ancient brickwork and striking planters. This mall was a delight to walk around.
Songs used in this video (in order):
Paul Mauriat - Tranquei a Vida
Paul Dupont & His Orchestra - Santa Monica
Alan Hawkshaw - Malibu Queen
Steve Martin - Sophisticated Mood
Mladen Franko - I'm Goin' Home
Robert Folk - Night Games
Steve Gray - Wonder Groove
Steve Gray - Reach Out
Here is a pretty verbose blog post about the Concord Mall from a local:
The wikipedia article is dreadfully short, but here it is anyway:
Concord Mall is an enclosed shopping mall serving Elkhart, Indiana. It opened in 1972 and is anchored by J. C. Penney, Jo Ann Fabrics, Hobby Lobby and Martin's Supermarkets.
Concord Mall opened in August 1972, anchored by Montgomery Ward and Robertson's, a division of Gamble-Skogmo. J. C. Penney was added as a third anchor in 1976. Robertson's closed and the space was eventually occupied by Meis and then Elder-Beerman, which was re-branded as Carson's in 2011. After Montgomery Ward closed, its building was split between Hobby Lobby (which opened in 2002) and ABC Warehouse. In 2008, a space vacated by Osco Drug was renovated into a food court. On January 31, 2018 Carson's Parent company Bon-Ton announced they would be closing the Concord Mall location with 42 other stores. Carson's Closed in 2018.
**Edit: In 2018, after a bank foreclosure against Concord Mall Properties LLC, the court-appointed receiver of the property was Jones Lang LaSalle, who also serves as the new leasing manager.
Dover Hydraulic Elevator @ Concord Mall - Management Offices - Wilmington, DE
[Filmed on 7/9/2018]
When walking around in this mall, I noticed that there was a small office building connected to the mall. I looked around a bit and found this that went up into the building, which was mall management offices. It looks like the buttons were the only thing replaced, which is funny because it didn't even make this ADA compliant. I'm guessing this had the black version of Dover Classic, since it was installed in the 60s.
Installed- 1965
Concord Mall Trip
We were editing then got bored and decided to take a field trip to the Concord Mall in Wilmington Delaware
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Macy's fire at Concord Mall causes an estimated $150,00.00 in damages
A fire is under investigation at the Macy’s store in the Concord mall that caused an estimated $150,000.00 in damages according to the state fire Marshall’s Office.
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The state of Delaware. I had no idea it was tax free to shop in Delaware, when i found out!!! i got some really nice pieces from the Concord Mall in Wilmington!!
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Concord Mall Booth stealer
Girl got taken down in the mall for stealing a pair of Timberland boots which she couldn't even run in the boots then bite the security guard trying to get away LOL
Pat Struve - Wilmington Piano Company in Concord Mall and Christiana Mall - 2/5/1981
From Focus Delaware 2/5/1981. Hosted by Bob Weiner.
Focus Delaware aired on Rollins Cablevision & WNS-TV Channel 2 and WTGI Channel 61 from 1980 to 1987.
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