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Christown Spectrum Mall
Christown Spectrum is a shopping mall in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, located at 1703 W. Bethany Home Road. It is the city's oldest operating mall and was the third shopping mall built in the city. Its name is derived from Chris-Town Mall and Phoenix Spectrum Mall, previous names. The mall opened in 1961 as an enclosed shopping mall, but the enclosed portion of the mall was greatly reduced when redevelopment changed the configuration closer to a power center.
Christown Spectrum's anchor stores are SuperTarget, Walmart Supercenter, and American Furniture Warehouse. Christown Spectrum also features Big 5 Sporting Goods, Burlington, Dollar Tree, Hobby Lobby, PetSmart, Ross Dress for Less, Walgreens and a Harkins Theatres with 14 screens serving as junior anchors.
Chris-Town Mall was originally named after the farmer, Chris Harri, who sold a large portion of his farmland to the mall's developer, Del Webb, in the late 1950s.
The mall was designed by Los Angeles architect Welton Becket & Associates and Tucson architects Friedman & Jobusch. Del Webb's construction company was contractor. Construction was completed in mid-1961 and Chris-Town Mall opened on August 24. It was the first indoor mall in Arizona, with an air-conditioned interior. The mall's original anchors included Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, and the first branch of the Downtown Phoenix department store Korricks. Other major tenants included S. S. Kresge, & Woolworth. Themed Courtyards served as focal points in front of each of the three major department stores. The main courtyard at the center entrance that buffered JCPenney was named the Court of Fountains; the Court of Flowers ended the east wing near Korrick's, and the Montgomery Ward opened to the Court of Birds, in the west wing.
In 1966, Korricks was bought by and renamed The Broadway. Also that year the mall's first of two movie theatres broke ground on the southwest side of the main parking lot. And a new subterranean tavern, called The Janitor's Closet, opened in the mall in front of The Broadway, down a winding set of stairs in the basement at the northeast end of the mall.
In 1973 construction began on a new wing on the southwestern side of the mall opened to a United Artists Cinemas 6 on the upper level, making it Chris-Town's second movie theatre. The new southeastern wing was designed by Friedman & Jobusch and built by Homes & Son Construction Company. Woolworth's was later demolished to make way for the new southwestern wing anchored by a Bullock's department store. Ladd Kelsey & Woodard of Los Angeles were architects and C. L. Peck was contractor. Interiors of the Bullock's were designed by Walker/Grad, Inc. of New York. The new store opened in November 1977.
In the mid-1980s, Diamond's, which quickly became Dillard's, moved into the southwestern anchor spot vacated by Bullock's short stay at the mall.
The next decade saw the rapid closure of many anchor stores beginning with The Broadway in 1994; JCPenney, store #1821, in 1997; the bankrupt Montgomery Ward in 2001; and smaller anchors Butler Shoe Store and Woolworths. The final anchor, Dillard's, closed in 2004. The mall also closed the life sized sand sculptures exhibit that adorned the mall for many years.
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Christown Spectrum Mall
Christown Spectrum is a shopping mall in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, located at 1703 W. Bethany Home Road. It is the city's oldest operating mall and was the third shopping mall built in the city. Its name is derived from Chris-Town Mall and Phoenix Spectrum Mall, previous names. The mall opened in 1961 as an enclosed shopping mall, but the enclosed portion of the mall was greatly reduced when redevelopment changed the configuration closer to a power center.
Christown Spectrum's anchor stores are SuperTarget, Walmart Supercenter, and American Furniture Warehouse. Christown Spectrum also features Big 5 Sporting Goods, Burlington, Dollar Tree, Hobby Lobby, PetSmart, Ross Dress for Less, Walgreens and a Harkins Theatres with 14 screens serving as junior anchors.
Chris-Town Mall was originally named after the farmer, Chris Harri, who sold a large portion of his farmland to the mall's developer, Del Webb, in the late 1950s.
The mall was designed by Los Angeles architect Welton Becket & Associates and Tucson architects Friedman & Jobusch. Del Webb's construction company was contractor. Construction was completed in mid-1961 and Chris-Town Mall opened on August 24. It was the first indoor mall in Arizona, with an air-conditioned interior. The mall's original anchors included Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, and the first branch of the Downtown Phoenix department store Korricks. Other major tenants included S. S. Kresge, & Woolworth. Themed Courtyards served as focal points in front of each of the three major department stores. The main courtyard at the center entrance that buffered JCPenney was named the Court of Fountains; the Court of Flowers ended the east wing near Korrick's, and the Montgomery Ward opened to the Court of Birds, in the west wing.
In 1966, Korricks was bought by and renamed The Broadway. Also that year the mall's first of two movie theatres broke ground on the southwest side of the main parking lot. And a new subterranean tavern, called The Janitor's Closet, opened in the mall in front of The Broadway, down a winding set of stairs in the basement at the northeast end of the mall.
In 1973 construction began on a new wing on the southwestern side of the mall opened to a United Artists Cinemas 6 on the upper level, making it Chris-Town's second movie theatre. The new southeastern wing was designed by Friedman & Jobusch and built by Homes & Son Construction Company. Woolworth's was later demolished to make way for the new southwestern wing anchored by a Bullock's department store. Ladd Kelsey & Woodard of Los Angeles were architects and C. L. Peck was contractor. Interiors of the Bullock's were designed by Walker/Grad, Inc. of New York. The new store opened in November 1977.
In the mid-1980s, Diamond's, which quickly became Dillard's, moved into the southwestern anchor spot vacated by Bullock's short stay at the mall.
The next decade saw the rapid closure of many anchor stores beginning with The Broadway in 1994; JCPenney, store #1821, in 1997; the bankrupt Montgomery Ward in 2001; and smaller anchors Butler Shoe Store and Woolworths. The final anchor, Dillard's, closed in 2004. The mall also closed the life sized sand sculptures exhibit that adorned the mall for many years.