Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Pierre Bossier Mall Bossier City Louisiana

Pierre Bossier Mall is located just off of I-20 and Airline Drive in Bossier City Louisiana. We start this tour of Pierre Bossier Mall at this lonely entrance that looks trapped in the 1980's. Pierre Bossier Mall is the largest enclosed mall in operation in the Shreveport area. This mall has faced nearby competition from the Louisiana Boardwalk near downtown Shreveport, but it is holding on. The mall has been recently updated and looks new on the inside, but the outside is dated and probably looks the same as it did when the mall opened in 1982. The interior of the mall has a 2000's look, the sign off of the freeway a 1990's look, and the mall entrances have a 1980's look. This mall also finishes the Shreveport metropolitan area indoor mall segment of the blog. We are going back to Texas for the next several posts, so stay tuned.











Service Merchandise is the only dead anchor at this mall and still has a sticker for Service Merchandise .com on the door. Once again the reflection kept me from getting any interior photos.



The interior of the mall has been modernized and looks very clean.

Stage entrance
Sears entrance
Dillard's entrance

It is good to see an FYE store still open; all FYE and Suncoast stores have pulled out of Houston.
The food court entrance. The food court has a Raising Cane's Chicken Finger restaurant good stuff!



Two mirrored glass entrances to JCPenney is very cool and retro 1980's.


Sunday, October 16, 2011

Mall St. Vincent Shreveport Louisiana

The old mall logo is intact at this entrance, or a replica of the 60's style logo.
The footprint of the mall is very small; unfortunately the only way this mall can expand would be to add a second story.

This three level Sears has a very unusual footprint. The third floor is angled towards the mall and the first floor appears to be an extension of the store even though it is connected at the middle of the store and behind the hill. Look at the third photo for a better view of the whole store.






The Dillard's was added to the mall in the 1990's.



The Dillard's wing of the mall and entrance.



The center of the mall has a small fountain and a high ceiling.
The mall slopes down or up in two spots depending on the direction you are going in.
The entrance here screams 1980's!
The ceilings are very nice in this mall, and you cannot tell from the inside that this mall is older.
The mall entrance next to Sears.