Landover Mall site

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Landover Mall was developed by the Lerner Corporation, and opened in 1973 as one of the largest enclosed shopping malls in the Washington DC area. The original anchors were The Hecht Company (Hecht's) (N), Woodward and Lothrop (Woodies) (W), Sears (S) and Garfinckel's (E). There was a multiplex movie theater located in the North East corner of the mall, in the basement. The theaters closed in the late 1980s. Garfinckel's closed in 1990 and was not replaced. Woodies closed in 1995 and was replaced with a short lived J.C. Penny store that lasted from 1998 to 2001. Hecht's closed in 2002 with the opening of Bowie Town Center. The mall itself closed its doors in 2003, and was demolished in 2006.

Some people referred to Landover Mall as "Black Flint Mall" as a parody of the name "White Flint Mall" which is a successful mall owned by the Lerner Corporation in North Bethesda.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Mall
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Coordinates:   38°55'13"N   76°51'22"W

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  • jeez, just by looking at the parking lot of this place it's easy to see why it was demolished. sure, this pic was taken long after its heyday, but if a community really wants a mall to survive they must support it better than they apparently did this one. it's amazing to watch the cycle of retail stores, and it's interesting to see which ones thrive and which ones just get lost in the shuffle.
  • superbadd75, trust me you don't have any idea what you're talking about, and I don't mean that in a bad way. In it's heyday Landover Mall was a beautiful, almost magical place. It had a cozy, hushed atmosphere that they managed to maintain year round. The tranquility was punctuated by the sound of the fountains in the center which you could hear from almost anywhere in the mall No matter what was going on outside, weatherwise or otherwise, Landover Mall was always the same inside. The layout and the design and decorations made it feel like a big playground to a kid, but of course it was also a serious shopping destination for adults. I was always amazed by how clean they kept the place. I can remember my brother and I getting excited everytime my mother said we were going there. I also have a whole different set of precious LM memories from when I was a teenager. The list of reasons for Landover Mall's decline is long and complcated, and most everyone is at least partially correct in their reasoning, but one thing is for certain we all knew it was in decline for many years, I'm talking about owners, faithful customers, community leaders, local politicians, everybody, and no one tried to do a thing about it until it was too late. The picture that's posted here was taken way after it was all over. You certainly can't judge Landover Mall by it.
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