do they yucky malls have baby clothes and tennis shoes?

The best reason for living or shopping in Pennsylvania!

I must be the only person here who doesn't like Woodfield Mall - it's too dark and gloomy! I love Oakbrook, though. My Chicago friends tease me because the first place(s) I ever learned to drive to in Chicagoland is Oakbrook Mall!

Question to KC Mall goers: which is the yucky mall that has wonderful and inexpensive quilts for sale?

Let's see... I believe Great Plains Mall (in Olathe) has some stores that sell quilts --- and I might be wrong here, but I believe there is a quilt store in Metcalf South Mall (95th and Metcalf in Overland Park).

I feel so deprived...we only have one mall in my little hometown! Lots of shopping centers though. I usually save up for our trips to Chicago, New York and Charleston so I can do some serious shopping then!

Great Plains sounds right... There were a lot of outlets in this mall, and of course, a theatre. But then again, we were very close to Overland Park. Ack!!

Question about Columbia Mall
 

Does the mall still have a fabulous flea market in the parking garage on Sundays in the summer?
I found the most amazing objects and antiques at that flea market!
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Way to revive an old thread.

I grew up like 3 miles from Woodfield Mall, so that is where I always went to do my shopping.

I have to say, Chicago really does have great malls. The few crappy ones were mentioned earlier.

I'm asking this only because I really do want to know the answer: do you like Woodfield because of the stores, or despite the lighting? I find that darker malls make me shop less.

I go to only two malls up here:

Paramus Park (in New Jersey) - mixture of ghetto and expensive - very interesting

and

Palisades Mall (in New York) - supposedly the fourth largest mall in the country. It is the most hideously ugly eyesore of a building I have EVER seen but it's got a lot of store. It's four levels with a carousel and movie theaters galore...it's got an IMAX theater, a regular multiple screen deal and some sort of 4D theater.

Eww! It's so ugly though! It looks like someone paid a WHOLE lot to build it up on the inside (which, by the way, is hideous too!) and left the outside to look like some sort of high security prison!

Philadelphia Area Malls

Best to Worst
King of Prussia- no one compares.
Cherry Hill Mall
Willow Grove
Christiana Mall
Plymouth Meeting
Oxford Valley
Lehigh Valley
Franklin Mills (just because of Neiman Marcus outlet, Nordstrom Rack, and Off Saks)
Gallery at Market East
Echelon and Deptford Malls (are they even still open?)
Cheltenham Mall- the worst mall in the area, Id rather shop down 69th Street than go here. It has Lerners, KB, the UA movies and every ghetto-rific store you can find. Even though, I have to admit, I've shopped at Lady Blue

oops
 

I should have mentioned the ATL's neighborhood malls:

"The Mall West End"

(West End Mall in the SWATS)

*More of a flea market than a mall but it has AMAZING deals on off-quality name brand stuff.

"The Gallery at South Dekalb"

(naw playa - that's the south dekalb mall - don't get it twisted!)

Stores:
A to Z Accessories
Acceptance Insurance
Accessory World
Allure Apparel
Bare Feet Shoes
Beauty on the Go
Bernard’s/Hat Mania
Champs Sports
Cleopatra Hair Salon
Diamond Treasures
Fashion Cents
Fashion Villa
Georgia Power - Oh yeah, the power company set up shop!
Glamorous Hair Salon
Gold Treasures
Hollywood Shots
LIDS
Nails First
Payless Shoe Source
Peppermint Music
Planet Sunglasses
Popeye’s Chicken - actually I could go for some right now (though I prefer Church's)
Susan’s Wigs
The Burning Sands
Wireless Universe
Zig Zag Hair Salon

Re: Nice & Yucky Malls- New Orleans and North Dallas
 

My rankings for Dallas have changed a little bit since then:

Nice Malls:
Galleria

Stonebriar-although it's a totally family-type of mall

Shops of Willow Bend- They just opened a Saks Fifth Ave recently

Northpark- Has a Douney and Burke store and a Tiffany and Co store and a Lacoste

Mid tier:
Collin Creek and Vista Ridge

Kind of Yucky:
Valley View, Richardson Square

And when every I have a chance to go to our super mega outlet store mall, Grapevine Mills, i'm sure it will rank in with the nice malls

HEHEHE yeah in SF we have Stonestown Galleria which is the nice mall (although rather small) and Serramonte which is ghetto... but a bit bigger.. although they are remodeling to make it nicer and attract new business. THen there is the totally ghetto Tanforan which I never go to because it literally smells.

In the area I grew up in we had Stanford mall.. which is the "nice" mall... only expensive stores... (They recently kicked out the Limited and Disney stores and remodeled the McDonalds with a grand piano and put in a BCBG) and there is Hillsdale Mall half an hour away, which while fairly nice is older and has cheaper stores.

in Boston, i usually end up at Copley, the Pru or Newbury and Boylston St. in the city, i can't think of anything bad. Natick Mall and Cape Cod Mall used to be horrible but they've rebuilt both of those.

I'm a big fan of Natick Mall...has lots of good places and is a nice mall overall. Copley and the Pru are great too, and once in a while I'll head over to Newbury if I need something specific.

Cambridgeside is ok...but not as good as the others.

There's not really any "yucky" malls in Orlando. We just have some that are nicer and have more expensive stores than the others.

The Really Nice Malls
The Mall at Millenia (stores: Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Gucci, Chanel, Jimmy Choo, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany's, Lacoste)- This is THE mall to go to in Orlando....it's very, very nice.
The Florida Mall (stores: Saks, Nordstrom's, Burdines, Williams-Sonoma, Arden B, Banana Republic)- This use to be the best mall in O-Town until Millenia was built 2 years ago.

The Nice Malls
Oviedo Marketplace (stores: Burdines, Dillards, Express)- has ok stores but in a nice part of town
Fashion Square Mall (stores: Burdines, Express, Dillards)- has ok stores but in a not-so-nice part of town
Altamonte Mall (stores: Abercrombie, Burdines, Express)
Seminole Town Center (stores: Burdines, Dillards)
West Oaks Mall (stores: Parisian, Dillards, American Eagle)

We also have a ton of outlet malls like Festival Bay, Belz, and Premium Outlets.

This isn't a mall in specific, but remember when Foxmoor used to sell nice, classy, preppy clothes and now they sell...umm...ho-clothes?

In Miami there are too many malls.. but here is my rankings of the one's I LOVE :) and HATE :mad:


Near me:

NICE Mall
Dadeland
(burdines/macys, sephora, coach, nordstroms, kenneth cole, bannana rep. etc etc.)

NICE Mall (outlet)
Dolphin Mall
GREAT stores that are outlets, BEBE, forever21, Kenneth Cole, American Eagle Outfitters, Bannana Rep., NINE West, off fifth, burlington, linens and things, marshalls, bakers, old navy, gap, also HUGE!!!

NICER Mall
The Falls
great stores including pottery barn, restoration hardware, bloomingdales, macys, sephora, william senoma
its outside and filled with waterfalls all throughout the walkways...very pretty

NICEST Mall
Aventura Mall
OMG i love this mall...and i often get lost,
it is near my parents house (45 min from me) and it is the bestest
it has: Macys, Burdines, Bloomingdales, Sears, JCPenny, it used to have a Lord and Taylor, sephora, coach, nine west, besty johnson, all the limited companies, all the gap companies, a bunch of designer shops which i cant remember off the top of my head... but they even have stands in the middle of the mall that sell CAVIAR!!!! LOL

YUCKY (somewhat) mall
International Mall
it has a buncha cheepy stores, some good ones (the limited stores) but thats about it.. alot of boarded up shops and very VERY hard to find anything worth the trip over there.. Dolphin Mall is directly across the street and it is WAY better.

* There are more, But I would need a BUNCH of pages to write about them all... those are just the few i go to. :)

So true. I go to Century when I dont have a lot of money. And I have a little bit of a DEB obsession but I will never admit that in person.

South Hills is awesome. I love bebe, Rampage and Banana Republic.

My town isn't big enough to have a nice mall and a dirt mall, so we just have a nice mall. Anchor stores are Lord & Taylor, Macy's, Filene's, JC Penney, and Sears. Other stores include Sephora, Williams-Sonoma, Bombay Company, various flavors of Gap, Sharper Image, the dreaded Payless, Men's Wearhouse, etc.

Near my office is a very nice mall. I haven't had much of a chance to just wander through it, but they have Tiffany, Coach, Metropolitan Museum of Art store, Needless Markup (erm, Neiman Marcus), Sephora, Elizabeth Arden spa, Bombay Company, Louis Vuitton, Brooks Brothers, Apple, Bose, etc. Bring your platinum card :p

Why's everyone hatin' on Payless? I get cute shoes there all the time.

In Rhode Island/So. MA:

Best Malls:
Providence Place :
Only about 5 years old...Very nice. Attached via skywalk to the Westin. Has lots of stores, great food...BUT, because of the proximity to high schools via the RIPTA, lots of gang stuff has occurred...Can't base what's good and bad on anything nowadays it seems...

Emerald Square Mall

Was THE mall to go to when I was in college (pre Prov Place). USED to have my fave snack food of all time, TJ Cinnamon's (BETTER than Cinnabon)...But Sadly, no more :(


OK Malls:
Warwick Mall
The mall you went to when you didn't have a car! LOL

Need a Facelift Mall:

Rhode Island Mall
Just a piss poor mall...Can't even find the website...Pitiful

MoCo, MD/DC/NoVA malls:

There are SOOOO many, so I'm just going to list the names...

Best Malls:
Montgomery Mall (MD)
Pentagon City (NoVA)
Tysons Corner I and II (two separate malls w/in 1/4 mile of each other) (NoVA)
Dulles Town Center (NoVA)

OK Malls:
White Flint Mall (MD)
Union Station (NOT really a mall, but DC is seriously lacking. A new mall will be opening in downtown DC soon!)
Lakeforest Mall (MD)


"Need a Facelift" Malls:
ALL the malls in Frederick, MD (just had to mention it)
Wheaton Plaza (ICK!!)


I'm sure I forgot a few...There are LOTS of plazas here (strip malls with the same great stores that are in a typical mall)...

I just want to ask a question/make an observation: have you noticed that the majority of the "bad" malls are in minority neighborhoods?

I really hate that...

i definitely agree. i love that mall. one of my favorite stores is Strawbridge's:D


as far Orlando, Mall at Millenia is so awesome. it is just an amazing mall.


here in jacksonville, the best mall is The Avenues (Sears, Dillards, Parisian, JC Penney, Belks, Abercrombie, A&E, Wet Seal, ........)

i think Regency Square Mall is okay. it is not that great, and i am not crazy about the stores

another good mall is Orange Park Mall. it has gotten a lot better in the last couple of years.

Gateway Shopping Center:rolleyes: i have no words for that mall.

Jacksonville Landing. it would be so nice if they would add a few new stores. it has so much potential. people just mainly go therem for the nightlife, cause of the restaurants and little nightclubs in the area.


we are getting a new mall next year and i am so excited. it is supposed to have all of the high end stores like Neimans, Bloomindales.....i cannot wait!!!

The best mall here is the Stony Point Fashion Park. Not a typical mall it is a bunch of stores that are outside and you walk to them but they have Oakley Express for Men etc. Other good malls: Short Pump


Okay Malls:
Regency Square
Virginia Center Commons
Chesterfield Town Center

malls white people used to go to:
Azalea
Willow Lawn
Cloverleaf

ME too!!!
Hey poor college girls need cute shoes too ;)

dont hate on Payless. i love going there to look for shoes.

When I lived in Norfolk (VA) the nice mall was and still is MacArthur Center....

The yucky mall is that dayum Military Circle.

Nothern NJ:
Best Mall: The Mall at Short Hills
Worst mall: Livingston Mall

Livingston's only the worst cause it used to be so so good! And Short Hills, well, they have everything upscale and expensive - Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Jimmy Choo, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace. And they also have awesome regular stores: A&F, J.Crew, Aldo, Arden B., Guess, Bebe, and Max Studio.Com. Menlo, Woodbridge, and Willowbrook don't cut it .

And for the college years:
Best fake Mall: Walnut Street
Best real mall: Ross Park
Worst Mall: Century III

Walnut Street edges out Ross Park because you could walk there with a cup of tea and enjoy a little bit of window shopping when the afternoon allowed it.

Not to mention there are more people walking their fuzzy puppies there per square foot than any other place on the planet. :)

Making me homesick
 

You are so sick and wrong for making me homesick! I used to work in that mall! LOVED IT! Also my other favorite malls in that area were: Tyson's Corner, The Galleria at Tyson's II, and Fair Oaks

Nothing has compared as of yet! sigh...

In the area I am in now (within a 2 hour radius)

The nicest mall in the Vancouver area is Metrotown in Burnaby, BC

But to do some good shopping: Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, WA

Killer shopping: Bellevue, WA

But none still match my Pentagon City or Tysons

Okay, the other Chicagoland mall I was thinking about was Northbrook Mall. I found an evening dress at the Neiman Marcus there that is one of my absolute favorites - shatung silk and organza, in blues & greens. I feel like a princess in it!

And count me among the Tyson's Corners Galleria I & II junkies!! If you can't find it there, it doesn't exist!!

dphies00: I am with you on loving Short Hills Mall. It's not at the top of my favorites list, though, because it's too close to the in-laws' house :(

Honeychile: Tyson's Corner is just wonderful! And you are absolutely right about if it's not there, then you don't need it :)

Jackson, MS Shopping Area
 

Jackson has 3 major malls. Dogwood Promenade, Northpark Mall, and Metrocentermall. Dogwood and Northpark are the fancy malls, while metrocenter is the ghetto mall. Metrocenter has shootings and fights every week. It definitely a urban mall. Northpark and dogwood has stores like American Eagle, Abercrombie, Hollister, Ann Taylor, Gap, Cache, BCBG, Wet Seal, Banana Republic, and Chicos. Metrocenter has urban stores like Underground Station, Man Of Fashion, Ashley Stewart, Footaction, and other stores.

Up here in Yonkers, there is Cross County Mall, which has got to be the WORST excuse for a mall I've ever seen. First, its an outdoor mall. Second its being renovated. Third, their anchors are Macys, Stop-n-shop, Sears and freaking Home Goods/TJ Maxx/AJ Wright (in my head theyre the same thing). I always feel like little kids are peeing in the parking lot and what not. It is definitely one of those "ghetto malls."

Buy if you drive about a 1/2 hr north, there's this mall in White Plains (i forget the name of it) that's kinda nice, i think there's a Crate and Barrel there, among other stores.

But yes, i will almost always take the drive to Roosevelt Field for mall shopping. Even if its like 45-60 minutes away and have to pay a toll.

Fresno: really improved: Fresno Fashion Fair; added Cheesecake Factory, classier shops.
so-so if you are in a hurry, not as big but also not as good a selection, Sierra Vista.
River Park (oaks?) other side of town from me, is supposed to be nice, but am not up for the traffic.
Favorite mall, in hills above Balboa Island, in Newport Beach, Fashion Island

The nice mall in White Plains is called The Westchester. It's beautiful inside. I was just there Friday. Has Nordstrom & NM as dept. stores. The Galleria Mall is also in WP with Macy's & Sears.