Myrtle Square Mall, a 442,965 square foot mall, was the first enclosed mall in Myrtle Beach, strategically located within walking distance of the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, residential neighborhoods and many beachfront hotels, with frontage on U.S. Highway 17-Business (Kings Highway) and Oak Street. The mall opened in 1975 and underwent major renovations in 1989.
Since Coastal Grand, another Burroughs and Chapin development, opened three miles away in 2004, the mall has dropped anchors, many of which have moved to the new mall for business...
30 years of Myrtle Square, tourists and all, winding down to November...
I am glad to see more "tribute" Web Sites pop up for the many malls that are nearing death or that have met the wrecking ball.
ReplyDeleteWho'd have thought a few years ago that there were as many 'retail historians' as there are? The internet is a wonderful thing.
ReplyDeleteThat is one crazy,loud dead mall.
ReplyDeleteWhat up, 1989?
Rad, huh? :-)
ReplyDeleteThat mall won a ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) design award in 1990 for its renovation. That was one state of the art shopping mofo at the time!
I've never been to that mall. However I did pass by it several years ago when I went to the beach. I think I remember seeing a Piccadilly Cafeteria sign.
ReplyDeleteI've only seen the place through pictures. Sad to see it go.
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