Southpark Mall Summer Grove Baptist Church Dec 2024

I decided to shift the Toys R Us in San Marcos article for a later time.

So, what's new at the former Southpark Mall in Shreveport Louisiana? The property operates in much the same way that it did nearly a decade ago when we last visited for the blog on this update. On this visit, we didn't walk through the interior. We did come across the following video that is the best walkthrough I have seen so far. A lot of the old mall is still around behind the newer sheetrock walls. The parking lot unfortunately needs a lot of repair work, but the mall building is in really good shape.

Here is somewhat recent tour of the mall from the Twin Blends Youtube channel.

We will start with the former Montgomery Ward. 

The inside of the store has definitely seen better days. I am glad they have not boarded up the windows so you can still see inside.

The merchandise pick-up exterior sign is now inside and out of the elements. 

The signage on the door has lasted decades after the store closed. 

Random stuff piled up inside of the store.

Before we drive around the mall property, here is a look at the former Montgomery Ward auto center.

The front of the Montgomery Ward facing Jewella has some banners advertising the church.

Looking past, we see the former JCPenney, now the main worship center of the church. 

The last retailer left, Burlington Coat Factory. This location is definitely an odd holdout considering that Burlington stores have been opening newer and smaller locations to replace these holdouts. 

This was the lunch-time crowd on the Saturday before Christmas 2024.

The old signage is looking rough. 

The former Dillard's building. Not sure what it is being used for these days, but it seems to be in good shape. 

The parking lot near Dillard's seems to be an unofficial rest stop for truckers.

A faint labelscar on the upper section of the building.

A look at the full length of the mall.

The shuttered entrance to the former Dillard's.

An excellent labelscar, over two decades after closing.

The mall entrance near Dillard's and Burlington.

The former Stage store is being used as a thrift store. 

The mall entrance leading directly to the JCPenney entrance.

That is all for this tour. More to come.

Plaza Juarez Mall in Juarez Mexico June 2019 update

Here is another 2019 post from my deep archives. This is the Plaza Juarez Mall in June of 2019. 

The sign is translated to "You will find everything at Plaza Juarez Mall.

Soriana, the huge supercenter style store that anchors the mall.

The electronics department was shrinking at this point. I wonder if they still have anything left in 2023.

Checkout counters.

This would have been nearly impossible to find in a year. Who would have known in 2019 that toilet paper would be nearly impossible to find in 2020. The sheer size of this display is what caught my eye to photograph it for this post.

General merchandise and mattresses.

This Soriana is a lot older than the Sendero Mall locations, but still looks really good for the building age.

More merchandise displays.

The Lawn and Garden corner of the store.

Appliances

More general merchandise aisles.

Electronics caps in the main aisle near the mall entrance. I wonder if the store was close to a remodel on our visit as this area of the store had a lot of holes in the merchandise selection.

Now we head into the mall. The Coppel anchor is just past Soriana in this section of the mall. 

Let's take a peak inside of the Coppel.

The Nintendo selection.

Playstation and Nintendo area, notice the PS3 cards above the Nintendo stuff below.

Huge selection of TV's.

A/C units and bikes. 

Some of the artwork for sale

Website kiosk, reminds me of the Kmart kiosks.

Appliances

Back out into the mall we go. It was just after opening that we entered the mall so some stores were still setting up shop. Keep that in mind as we go through the mall. This place gets really busy later on in the day.

The event stage.

Cimaco Department Store

More of what they have to offer on their website, click here

Videogame department. To me, it is really cool that department stores in Mexico still have these. Department stores here really have a much better variety of products than you will find here in the United States. 

Even though this area is not very large, the selection of items here rivals what Gamestop carries in 2023. It was a real treat to check out this department.

Clothes 

When Hoverboards were fairly new.

Checkout counter.

Kids department.

Furniture department.

Furniture department with the electronics in the far view.

Cometics, sunglasses, fragrances, and jewelry counters.

Back into the mall near the food court, we have this prayer area.

Pet store, there are not many of these left in American Malls.

More views of the mall.

The mall splits into two parallel corridors between Cimaco and Soriana.

Each split corridor has a nice skylight.

I really like the old school look of this store.

Back to the Soriana/Coppel side of the mall.

Sounds, which is similar to an FYE store. We have featured several of these locations in the blog.

An advertisement of the food court area of the mall. We didn't get any photos this time around, but you can see a few on my previous post here.

More views as we leave the mall.

More to come, stay tuned!