The bland "neighbourhood" we've been looking at so far was apparently considered to be the fashion area, which explains all of the clothing stores. The jumbled clothing in the stock photo brings to mind a thrift store or discounter more than anything fashionable, though! One of the very few empty storefronts is also in this area, with such a generic design that I have no clue what might have previously been there. (Unlike most malls I've visited, it seems Tsawwassen Mills pre-built generic storefronts on pretty much every space in the mall, rather than having individual stores design their own unique storefronts.)
I've seen the generic storefront approach taken before...especially at upscale malls. For example, in the early years of The Galleria in Houston, Houston's most upscale mall, The Galleria had a generic design for all the storefronts. The design changed a little over the years, but by the 1980s and into the early 1990s if I remember correctly, all the stores had a black facade that wrapped around the corridor with the logo of the retailer on it above their entryway. This isn't a great photo of it, but I think you can see what I'm talking about here: https://s.hdnux.com/photos/51/00/06/10748336/4/ratio3x2_1150.jpg
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I wouldn't be surprised if some of the other malls I've visited did something similar, but it's less obvious after all this time. At least Tsawwassen Mills has plenty of other stuff going on on the walls above the storefronts to make it still look interesting!
DeleteThe mirror ceiling in that black-and-white photo took me a few seconds to wrap my head around! 😃