Will Town Center Mall survive?

I worked on the construction of Greenbriar Mall around 1964. Just a teenager I would go to labor union near little 5 points for jobs. The minimum wage was like $1.25 hr. union labor paid $2.50 hr. The Greenbrier job was with a glass contractor scraping stickers off mirrors and store front glass and by far the easiest construction work I ever did I lived in Chamblee so it was a long drive every day. It only lasted several weeks but it was easy money back in the day.
 
I hate to see any businesses close but if it has to happen at least it was a mall and not free-standing brick and mortar stores owned by individuals. We’ve known for years the mall business model was in trouble, those who delayed action to change will likely suffer the consequences. Hate it for the workers who may also be affected.
 
We used to go to the Gold Mine Video Game Arcade in Cumberland Mall and hang out for hours. Back then, video games were new and were cool. For a dollar, you'd get 8 or 10 tokens to play Pac-Man, Donkey-Kong, Frogger, Pole Position, etc. Cumberland Mall used to be the coolest place to go. I remember it had a McDonald's in the mall...How cool was that?
 
lotstodo said:
It was one of the last sections of I-75 built. Environmentalists held it up for over a decade.
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My grandmother live in Atlanta off of Rice Street right where the Fulton County jail is located now. I was raised there until third grade and lived there every summer and school vacation from then on. I had some very close boyhood friends in that area two of which I still stay in contact with today. Anyway one of them had an older brother who move to Rome around 70-71? I would travel with my buddies family from Atlanta to Rome to visit every now and then. It was Northside Drive to 41. 41 through Marietta to Cartersville. 411 to Rome. It was an all day trip to go there visit and return. His dad was actually his grandfather for reasons I was too young to comprehend but they were good folks and I loved his mother (grandmother) very much she was always very kind to me. Sorry TMI but I mentioned them because Emory (grandpa/dad) set no land speed records in his 440 Dodge station wagons (always MOPAR big blocks). They were very much like the Vista Cruiser on That 70's Show. We would sit in the back often in the pop up reverse facing seat and make faces at the cars behind us who were usually cussing us because Emory was extremely light footed on the gas pedal. I have not thought of them in years but they will always be a part of my childhood. Emory and Francis have been gone a long time now but their memory will only go when Ole Stonewall goes. Sorry I digress.
 
Stonewall said:
My grandmother live in Atlanta off of Rice Street right where the Fulton County jail is located now. I was raised there until third grade and lived there every summer and school vacation from then on. I had some very close boyhood friends in that area two of which I still stay in contact with today. Anyway one of them had an older brother who move to Rome around 70-71? I would travel with my buddies family from Atlanta to Rome to visit every now and then. It was Northside Drive to 41. 41 through Marietta to Cartersville. 411 to Rome. It was an all day trip to go there visit and return. His dad was actually his grandfather for reasons I was too young to comprehend but they were good folks and I loved his mother (grandmother) very much she was always very kind to me. Sorry TMI but I mentioned them because Emory (grandpa/dad) set no land speed records in his 440 Dodge station wagons (always MOPAR big blocks). They were very much like the Vista Cruiser on That 70's Show. We would sit in the back often in the pop up reverse facing seat and make faces at the cars behind us who were usually cussing us because Emory was extremely light footed on the gas pedal. I have not thought of them in years but they will always be a part of my childhood. Emory and Francis have been gone a long time now but their memory will only go when Ole Stonewall goes. Sorry I digress.
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It is interesting how people shape our life.

Nice memories.

I have noticed, the older I get, the places I used to think would always be a part of my life are disappearing.

Like you, I think of experiences and people I associated with that place and these incredible rich memories come back.

Then other areas are redeveloped in such dramatic ways, I can't quite remember how the road went before, or the elevation of the prior buildings, or open spaces.

Get off my lawn!
 
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