The above picture was taken one year ago. It was ten days before the mall closed forever. It was the areas first enclosed mall and was a local icon for 55 years.

I went to the mall almost every weekend for seven months shooting the interior, the exterior and its dismemberment. I stood along the fence on Boston Road in the rain, the snow and the freezing cold. It took me months to recover from the emotional roller coaster of watching it being torn apart. As a teenager I spent quite a bit of time there when I would spend the weekend at my dad’s house in Indian Orchard. My era of the mall was after the 1986 renovations which added the food court and changed the Steiger’s court to the sunken water fountain.

The four columns with the light fixtures were the only reminders of the once iconic main court. Whether it contained the light up gazebo, the second-generation water fountain or nothing at all, it was always the focal point of the mall.

Soon I hope to create a YouTube channel for the museum to upload my pictures and videos of the closing and demolition process. Take care and check back soon!