Wow, remember Liberty House and Joseph Magnin?
The back of the card reads "Stores on all three levels can be seen at the same time at the handsome 150-store shopping complex in San Jose. Carpeted ramps and rest areas, escalators, natural light, modern sculpturing, enhance the West Coast's largest and finest regional shopping center."
The date is unknown, but Liberty House closed its California stores in 1984. At this mall, it was replaced by Emporium*Capwell. Once they closed, the pad remained vacant for some time. Eventually, anchor building was knocked down in 2005 to make room for a remodel.
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4 comments:
That has to be the first time I ever saw a Liberty House mall entrance, and the Joseph Magnin is a definate bonus. Great blog.
I remember that this Liberty House was very similar to the one built at Southland. They both had an escalator atrium which featured glass "elevator" clothing displays. The elevators continuously traveled up and down cables. I think there were four of them. It was a kind of a bizarre display but always cool to look at for young kids boored with shopping.
This picture features many of the characteristics of Taubman malls that made them so unique from other developers, (and so much the same with each other): the angular shape of the soffits, the sloped curbs, sunken seating pits, modern art sculptures, and cool floor standing light fixtures. The Eastridge fixtures were chrome tubes with small lights lined up on one side of them.
Funmy you should mention Southland. Both stores had the same exterior architecture. You could tell they were built about the same time.
Scott
Emporium steps was the place where the Bus stopped and everyone use to meet their rides. We also use to have serious dance battles right there. It's crazy how different it all looks now. Glad it's still Eastridge Mall though. 😎
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