Rotterdam Square

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Rotterdam Square is a shopping mall located in Rotterdam, New York, United States. Owned and managed by The Macerich Company (which also owns Wilton Mall in Wilton), the mall has an area of 900,000 square feet on one level with over 80 stores, a 450-seat food court as well as restaurants and a 6 screen Sony-Loews Cineplex, now operated by AMC Theaters.^[1]

View of the Food Court Entrance

Entrance off West Campbell Road

1 History
2 The Carousel
3 The Graveyard
4 Anchors
5 Former Anchors
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

The Mall is situated on the site once owned by the Vedder Family.^[2] Harman Albertse Vedder of Schenectady bought the land in 1672 and built a home on it.In 1832 Harmens' Great Grandson Johannes sold it to Colonel Daniel David Schermerhorn Campbell, who constructed a 26-bedroom mansion on the site.^[3]

Great Flats entrance, the Mall entrance can just be seen in the right hand background

At the time of construction, the area around the mall was a nature preserve, and environmental groups were concerned that the building of the mall would endanger wildlife and pollute the wet lands on the opposite side of Route 337, now the Great Flats Nature Trail and Preserve.^[4]

[edit] The Carousel

The Carousel in the Food Court

Until January 2007, Rotterdam Square featured a full-size Italian carousel in the food court. The management sold the Carousel in late 2006 and in January 2007; it was dismantled and removed.

[edit] The Graveyard

The Mall is unique in that it features a graveyard within the complex. This graveyard is located in a corner between the food court entrance and the front side entrance. The graveyard is the family cemetery of the Vedder Family dating back to around 1715.^[5]