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Davol Square Interior
Home to the Davol Rubber Co. from 1884 until 1977, the Davol Square complex was rehabilitated and reopened for mixed retail and office use in 1982, with shops, offices, and restaurants. However, despite high occupancy and easy highway access, the…
Davol Square Interior
Home to the Davol Rubber Co. from 1884 until 1977, the Davol Square complex was rehabilitated and reopened for mixed retail and office use in 1982, with shops, offices, and restaurants. However, despite high occupancy and easy highway access, the…
View of Downtown Woonsocket from Court Street Bridge
Downtown Woonsocket photographed from the Court Street Bridge which spans the Blackstone River. The largest building, just left of center, is the Main Street Lonlley building, which was built in 1890.
(date of photograph has been approximated)
Woonsocket: Depot Square
Formerly a railroad depot, Woonsocket Depot was rehabilitated as retail & office space during the process of urban renewal that revitalized the city in the 1970s. The station is located in Depot Square.
(date of photograph has been…
Florida: Tin City in South Naples
Pictured is the entrance to historic Tin City, named for its distinguishable tin roofed buildings. Ever since the 1880s, this area of waterfront has attracted many tourists. In earlier times, access to this area was rather difficult; passengers has…
Florida: Worth Avenue in Palm Beach
Worth Avenue is viewed as one of the most famous shopping districts in the state of Florida. The area first gained retail insight when The Everglades Club was built on this road in 1918. This club held weekly fashion shows showing the latest trends…
Disney World: Disney World Village
Pictured is the retail store, Miss Merrily’s Fashions, one of the many shops in the Disney World Village. Upon the shopping center’s opening in 1975, the area was originally called Lake Buena Vista Village. Filled with a various spectrum of retail…
Jaffa: Flea Market
The Jaffa Flea Market is located between Yefet Street and Jerusalem Boulevard. It is heavily populated with people Sunday through Friday and offers a wide variety of goods to be purchased. These goods include a large selection of jewelry and oriental…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff Center
The Dizengoff Center was Israel’s first mall and was built over a period of eleven years, from 1972 to 1983. The first stores opened in 1977 and today it has a total of 420 sores. The Dizengoff Center is partly blamed for declined business on nearby…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff Street on the Shabbat
Pictured is a corner restaurant on Dizengoff Street on Israel’s weekly Shabbat (Sabbath) day. Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv’s busiest social area is usually flowing with pedestrians and traffic, but it is evident that the crowds are reduced on this day.…
Tel Aviv: Bus Stop on Allenby Street
Allenby Street is a main commercial street in Tel Aviv. It is also a main route on the city bus system. At night, Allenby Street is a destination for nightlife, while during the day it is a busy area for retail shopping. Alleby Street is known for…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff Street
This photograph shows the cafe culture and wide sidewalks that once lead people to compare Dizengoff Street to Champs-Elysees. Since the 1970s commercial activity on the street has declined, perhaps due to the construction of the Dizengoff Center, an…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff St. Retail
This photograph was taken at 99 Dizengoff St. in 1980. The film 99 Dizengoff had just been released the year before which perhaps prompted the taking of this photograph at this particular address. Also pictured are some of the retail clothing shops…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff Street
Named for Mei Dizengoff, former Mayor of Tel Aviv, Dizengoff Street was once a shopping destination for locals and tourists alike. The construction of the Dizengoff Center, a shoppoing mall, has been cited a sa reason for the areas commercial…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff St.
Dizengoff Street, named for Meir Dizengoff, the first mayor of Tel Aviv, is the home for designer shops and leisure in Tel Aviv. Since the 1970s the street has seen some decline, but continues to be a destination for those seeking designer fashions…
Boston: Quincy Market
Boston’s Quincy Market, a 19th century marketplace built in the Greek Revival style. It is American architect Alexander Parris’ most famous building, and is made almost entirely of granite from New England. The Quincy Market fell into decline in…
Baltimore: Inner Harbor, USS Constellation, Aerial
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor photographed in the 1980s. This aerial view shows the Light St. and Pratt St. Pavilions as well as the USS Constellation. The pavilions, developed by James W. Rouse, were part of Baltimore’s revitalization project which…
San Francisco: Ghiradelli Square, Mermaid Fountain
This aerial view of Ghiradelli Square shows Ruth Asawa’s Mermaid Fountain and the former Ghiradelli Chocolate Company buildings readapted for retail use. Since 1982, Ghiradelli Square has been on the National Register of Historic Places. It was…
San Francisco: Ghiradelli Square
Ghiradelli Square, located in the Fisherman’s Warf area of San Fransisco, was once home to over 40 speciality shops and restaurants. After the square was put up for sale by the Ghiradelli Company, San Fransiscan natives William Roth and his mother…
San Francisco: Ghiradelli Fountain
Ghiradelli Square was originally the headquarters for the Ghiradelli Choolate Company, which purchased the entire city block in 1893. In the 1960s the square went up for sale and the purchasers readapted it to house a restaurant and shops making it…
Seekonk: Aerial, Strip Mall Development on Route Six
This aerial photograph shows strip mall development along Route Six in Seekonk. Running diagonally across the picture plane is Interstate Highway 195. Largely a residential suburb of Providence, Seekonk is also known for it’s retail shopping along…
Morgantown: High St.
View of High St. in Morgantown on a rainy afternoon in 1981. Morgantown is the largest town in the North-Central region of West Virginia and is home to West Virginia University. At the left is the Monongahela Building, an apartment complex on High…
Morgantown: High St., Rt 119 South
Morgantown is home to West Virginia University and is the largest town in the North-Central region of West Virginia. This photograph looks south on Rt. 119 in the First Ward neighborhood. Many of the businesses have changed since this 1981…
Norfolk: Public Art, Wall Mural, Parking Lot
This 1985 photograph shows a public mural in downtown Norfolk. The building, which in this photograph is occupied by Unlimited Tatse, is presently (2011) occupied by a Starbucks franchise. The parking lot has since been redeveloped as part of the…
Norfolk: Granby Mall
Granby Street, once a bustling commercial district in Downtown Norfolk, saw continued decline throughout the twentieth century as retail and shopping centers moved to the suburbs. This picture, which shows a cinema advertising The Last Dragon (1985),…
Norfolk: Granby Mall
Granby Street was a major commercial district in Norfolk before suburban shopping centers lead to it’s decline in the twentieth century. The Granby Street Mall was an concept that was hoped to revitalize the district, however turning the street into…
Norfolk: Aerial, North Corner
Anchored by Norfolk Scope, the northern corner of town is shown in the aerial photograph. Retail shops outlets dominate the area. Throughout the twentieth century shopping centers in the suburbs continued to draw commerce away from the city. The…
Norfolk: Waterside Festival Marketplace
The Waterside is a festival marketplace in Norfolk. James W. Rouse envisioned the marketplace in the early 1970s as a way to revitalize Norfolk, which was experiencing a considerable decline. The marketplace has a combination of restaurants, retail…
Norfolk: Waterside Festival Marketplace, Interior
The Waterside Festival Marketplace in Norfolk was conceived in the 1970s as part of a downtown revitalization project. This interior photograph shows the marketplace crica 1985. Recent declines in business have replaced the stores upstairs with…
Cincinnati: Fountain Sqaure
This view shows a shilouette of the Tyler Davidson Fountain at Fountain Square, Cincinnati. Dedicated in 1871, it has become a symbol of the city and popular tourist destination. It’s actual title is The Genius of Water, and features a woman with her…
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall (Church Street Marketplace)
A street view of Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace, a four block pedestrian open air mall. It was established in 1972 as the Burlington Square Mall.
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall
The Burlington Square Mall, now known as the Church Street Marketplace, is the center of town in Burlington, Vermont. It is a four block pedestrian mall, and a cultural and commercial hub of the city.
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall (Church Street Marketplace, Burlington Town Center)
The Burlington Square Mall, now known as the Church Street Marketplace, is the center of town in Burlington, Vermont. It is a four block pedestrian mall, and a cultural and economic hub of the city.
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall (Church Street Marketplace)
Burlington Square Mall, now known as Church Street Marketplace, is photographed here in 1983. Built in 1972, it is a pedestrian mall in the heart of downtown Burlington. The Church Street Marketplace hosts yearly art festivals, street performers and…
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall (Burlington Town Center, Church Street Marketplace)
Constructed in 1972, the Burlington Square mall is a four-block pedestrian mall in Burlington, Vermont.
Vermont: Burlington Square Mall (Church Street Marketplace, Burlington Town Center), Masonic Temple Building
The Church Street Marketplace, formerly known as the Burlington Square Mall, is a four-block pedestrian mall in the heart of Burlington, VT. This 1983 photograph shows Woolworth’s and looks down Church St. The Woolworth’s store has been replaced by…