These guys clearly look bored and a bit irritated as the wife clearly wore the pants that day so that she could go to try on some. The improvements did not strip away all of the 70's features, but it made the mall seem less dated and sufficiently contemporary. The then-aging mall also received an interior renovation, updated entrances and a new logo. Dillard's at the time was new to the market, so its arrival was likely exciting for mall patrons. The second was the addition of a longer wing for a new Dillard's store giving the mall a Z-shape. One included a food court fronting a new main entrance to the mall on the north side between Belk and Sears. It was in that year that the mall added two new wings. Looking down from the upper level at center court is this very attractive, albeit small, fountain.ġ999 would be the next and last major modification the mall would see.
Looking back along the Belk wing to center court. The above two photos show the Belk wing approaching the store itself.Īt the end of the wing is one of the best Belk mall entrances I have ever seen! Looking back along the Sears wing to center court. Sears features the same old mall entrance other than for some reason being completely off-center. Note the style of skylights along the Sears and Belk (original) wings. The first photo is of center court looking towards the Sears wing. Looking towards JCPenney at center court. However, it was pretty obvious by that time which mall had more to offer in size and architecture, and its name did not start with a C. It did not seem at the time the mall was built that the owners were interesting in killing off their older nearby competition, though both malls shared a Belk.
Beery (of Belk Beery) built the store, but the ownership was transferred to the Broomes. The mall first opened as an L-shaped mall (or a "V" depending on how you see it) anchored only by Belk Broome and Sears. Valley Hills Mall is a curious mall in that it was apparently built on a narrow plot of land that required interesting design modifications.
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