Tsawwassen Mills has six entrances, numbered in a way that, confusingly, doesn't align in any way with the five numbered zones inside. Each has a different style... except 1 and 2, which are completely identical for some reason, featuring a giant free-standing number in front of the entryway itself, and not much else (compared to the ones we'll see later, at least).
As we've discussed before when you posted a mall on the blog before, modern malls have a reputation for having one shoe store after another. Well, at least as far as Entry 1 goes, that seems to be true here at Tsawwassen Mills! Nike might be a favorite in the Northwest, but I'd probably favor shopping at DSW than at Nike.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if those are real glass windows on the Nike building. If so, it's a bit strange they would put windows in and then put wraps over the windows. If they are fake windows, well, that's quite strange as well!
This is a shameless plug, but my latest The Year of Kroger guest post at HHR went live today. There is a major Kroger decor oddity in this post so you'll want to check that out! I don't think it'll take you long to find what is truly bizarre in some of these photos because it really sticks out! The post itself is massively long, but hopefully you'll find it informative in terms of Kroger's position in the Houston grocery market between 1980 and, oh, about 2007 or so. I even included links to TV news clips from 1990 covering the Houston Kroger strike. I was lucky to find all that material on YouTube. Link: https://houstonhistoricretail.com/2023/02/01/a-sign-of-the-future-krogers-dominating-signature-format-turns-30/
Ha! Yeah, while this mall may be a bit unusual by US standards, some things aren't so different...
DeleteI'm pretty sure those windows are completely fake, but I can't say that for certain. Around the mall, there are some other stores with covered/fake windows, but also some with real windows.
Cool stuff! I've heard of Bountiful having issues with department signs, but never anything as extreme as that. It's particularly strange that the pharmacy sign is missing, as that's one that stores tend to take pains to keep in place at all times.