Talk:MacDade Mall

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[edit] Text from earlier deleted MacDade Mall article

MacDade Mall in Holmes, Pennsylvania, a section of Ridley Township is one of the last indoor strip malls in Pennsylvania and perhaps one of the last which can truly be classified as a "neighborhood mall."

Once a worthy shopping compound and the first indoor shopping mall in Delaware County, the complex gradually fell victim to other area shopping malls, including the Springfield Mall in nearby Springfield, Pennsylvania and the Granite Run Mall in Media, Pennsylvania. While both of these malls were easily accessible via major highways such as Interstate 476 and U.S. Route 1, MacDade Mall unfortunately sits miles from any interstate highway.

Furthermore, many of the communities surrounding the mall have low-income households. This could explain why instead of being attached to lavish department stores such as Macy's or Sears, MacDade Mall is anchored by Acme Markets (the Philadelphia area subsidiary of Albertsons) and Kmart only. Shoppers will also notice that a larger stores is a branch of Dollar Tree. There also had been a Payless ShoeSource. There still is a Payless outside the mall, however. In addition, three separate Pennsylvania Lottery machines can be found on the premises, with a fourth located inside a LUKoil (previously Mobil until it was rebranded) just across the street from the property.

The single-level, single-hallway interior of the mall has seen many stores come and go in its time, with the departing stores' space often empty for years. As of late 2005, almost half of the retail space in MacDade Mall is unoccupied.

Nevertheless, the complex manages to survive. Several fast food restaurants in its vicinity, including McDonald's and Burger King, have counted on their proximity to the mall for their continued success, with the latter eatery having undergone a major renovation in early 2005. Furthermore, the early 2000s opening of a Ruby Tuesday restaurant in the mall's perimeter still manages to pack its booths with customers each and every day, adding much-needed business to the mall's tenants. Baseball card and other collectibles shows are held almost every month, and the mall is no stranger to various Philadelphia sports icons from the past and present who often make appearances and sign autographs for neighborhood fans. The "DARN" (Delaware Area Railroaders in "N") model train show is also held here annually. And each summer season promises a number of community-sponsored carnivals taking place right in the parking lot.

To its credit, one of the mall's stores, Widmer's Tobacco, has managed to stay in business since its opening in the 1970s with only five shops. To this day, the establishment even sponsors all-day bus trips to Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Popular with many of the area's lower and middle-class families, the mall is especially appealing to senior citizens and students in the nearby Interboro and Ridley school districts. Of course, the mall's closing of its only movie theater and arcade have put a dent in the latter crowd's presence in the mall.

MacDade Mall is currently managed by Gwen Skalish, who writes weekly columns detailing mall events and sales in Town Talk and the Delaware County Daily Times, two popular neighborhood newspapers.

The MacDade Mall is currently de-leasing the stores in the mall for a renovation project over the next several years.

The United Artists Theatre closed August 18, 2003. Some of the last films shown were the remakes of "Freaky Friday" and "SWAT".

The Macdade Mall previously contained 2 indoor water fountains years ago.

It has been speculated that the mall is closing but management will not comment. Most of the tenants have moved to other locations.


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Previously deleted: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MacDade Mall (second nomination) Rich257 13:04, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Wrongly deleted, but at any rate, this is a completely rewritten article with sources (and thus notability) provided. dml 15:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I have declined the nomination for speedy deletion per WP:CSD#G4. The current version of the article is not "substantially identical to the deleted version", and attempts have been made to address the issues raised during the AFD. Whether they have been addressed to a sufficient degree should be established by a new AFD. AecisBrievenbus 00:50, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

As somebody involved in the prior AfD, I'd suggest that the two referenced articles give this article the minimum level of notability that was previously lacking. The problem now is that there are a lot of claims made in the article that are not supported by references. These things either need to be cited to or deleted. Erechtheus 01:02, 3 June 2007 (UTC)