Friday, December 19, 2014

The Streets of Woodfield- (Schaumburg, IL)



The Streets of Woodfield is an outdoor shopping center located Schaumburg, IL, half an hour from Downtown Chicago and minutes from the best mall in the state, Woodfield Mall. Current Anchor stores of this prominent shopping destination are:






The Streets of Woodfield never started out as what it is known for today, the center originally was constructed as an enclosed, discount based shopping mall called One Schaumburg Place. The mall opened in 1991 and was anchored by:









The mall was vacant during most of its existence, particularly after Montgomery Ward closed in 1997.

The mall was purchased in 1997, and began to under go construction, where the mall was converted from a two level indoor mall into a streetside retail development. The construction was completed in 2000. 

Originally The Home Depot's indoor designer furniture store, The Expo was suppose to open an a new south anchor to the develoment, but opened along Meacham Rd.







The Lego Land opened in July 2008.

The Crate & Barrel and Whole Foods opened as out-parcel stores in 2010.

Pictures from Halloween 2012 and August 2013:





































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Saturday, December 6, 2014

North Riverside Park Mall- (North Riverside, IL)


The North Riverside Park Mall, located in the suburb of North Riverside, IL is a mall with anchor stores:




There really isn't much written history on the mall other than opening in 1975. Madigan's operated as a junior anchor in the mall until the early 1990's. After, the space was divided by a Foot Locker and TJ Maxx, which both opened in 1994. The mall is across the street from the highly famous Cermak Plaza where Waynes World being filmed included the now non-existent but never forgotten, Spindle.

Taken down in May 2008.
By 2005, TJ Maxx closed and was replaced with a Steve & Barry's University Sportswear Store. But, when the chain went bankrupt in 2009, its space was taken over by Conway Discount Clothing Store.

Montgomery Ward originally occupied the Sears store until the chain went out of business in 2001.

Former Montgomery Ward


Former TJ Maxx/ Steve & Barry's


Below, you will see a mix of pictures from October 2012 and September 2013.










































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