Wow...Used to ride my bike down there when I attended WMU int he early 90s.
I think the mall was opened around 1962? One thing I do know for certain, it was the first of it's kind in America.
Hedgehog's Right of Passage yes it was the first of its kind in America
I feel in one of the fountains when I was 6 years old a
Hedgehog; The Mall opened on August 19, 1959. It was expanded by another block one year later, and Yes, it was definitely the first of it's kind. :-)
And all these years later, it's still there! The businesses have changed, though
Well, not really Bob - the street was opened back up to traffic in 1998 which meant the end of the pedestrian mall. Still a wonderful area, but no longer the walking mall experience it once was.
Now it's different. Mom worked at buds jewelry. I used to work for Carl rizzuto when he first started his business.
It was the first in the USA and LA California decided to copy it
I live about 5 minutes from there ..been going down there since around 1982 every week