A photographic history of Richland Mall

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Richland Mall, December 7, 1961, decorated for Christmas.

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Richland Mall aerial view of the original open-air mall from 1960. Forest Drive runs top left to bottom right.

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Richland Mall, Woolworth's department store, August 28, 1962

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Richland Mall, parking lot facing Forest Drive, April 12, 1963

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Richland Mall, 1988, Bonwit Teller, one of the three anchor stores -- joining Belk and Parisian -- of the newly reconstructed 'modern' shopping mall.

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Richland Mall, Parisian department store, 1989. Parisian, Belk and Bonwit Teller were the three anchor stores when Richland Mall was rebuilt in 1988.

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