Post #200 Sunrise Mall Corpus Christi TX

Sunrise Mall in Corpus Christi has several online articles from a few years ago. Here is my version that will update the mall as of June 2012. Sunrise Mall is anchored by Sears, Burlington, Wilcox Furniture, Planet Fitness, and a Dollar Cinema. The mall featured anchors such as Frost Brothers, HEB, Joske's, Stein Mart, Mervyn's, and Montgomery Ward. Sears is the only anchor that has remained the same since the mall opened and was actually there before the mall opened. For more information see the Deadmalls and Labelscar entries on the Sunrise Mall because they have much more information than I could possibly find about this mall. Also the Corpus Christi Caller-Times has a bunch of news articles about the mall.

Here are several views of the mall signs and entrances.

Here is the mall directory with many stores that no longer are in business. Many newer businesses are not listed either. Click here for the archived web page for the mall.

This is the mall entrance next to Burlington Coat Factory.

According to this blog this was once a mini entertainment center with games.

This is the second entrance to the Workforce Solutions office.

I am not sure what this store was but it takes up a substantial amount of space in the Burlington corridor.

The first floor in the Burlington corridor.

As you can see from this view of the Burlington corridor; the mall is very clean and well maintained.





A look down the second floor corridor near Burlington.

The Burlington mall entrance looks very fancy and may have not been changed from the Frost Brothers days.





Here is a look at some of the vacant storefronts in the Burlington corridor second floor.





The infamous Train collection.

The old Foot Locker.



Retro 1980's Foot Locker design. This is the 3rd old style Foot Locker that I have found and each one is missing the hoop that was in the middle of the scoreboard.

This may have been a former restaurant.

This store has a labelscar with the word toys. Was it a Kay Bee or Circus World?

A closer look at the labelscar.

The hall near the food court facing center court.



One of the three food court entrances. The open sign to the right is the Galaxy Golf course.



A former Corn Dog 7 with a labelscar.

A closer look at the labelscar.

GNC ain't dere no more.

Check out the old school font on this store sign.

Another store near the center court.

The directional signs are more current than the mall maps.

Wilcox Furniture was once a Montgomery Ward and before that a Joske's.

The second floor view of the Wilcox Furniture anchor.

 There is a photo in this link that shows this part of the mall under construction. 

The center court looks great despite several vacant storefronts.











This escalator was featured in this video clip from the movie the legend of Billy Jean.



The cookie store is gone.



Here are some of the stores that are open in between Sears and the center court.





The corridor that goes to the former Stein Mart. The mural is well designed.





A wood paneled former store entrance near Sears.

Sears is close to the food court and former Mervyn's.

A look at a few of the second floor businesses near Sears.

Two shots of the former Mervyn's corridor that was a later addition to the mall.



Mervyn's up close and a view of the still closed second floor. Planet Fitness occupies the first floor.

The labelscar for Mervyn's is faintly seen in this photo.

A pile of trash is all that remains in the former Mervyn's second level.

The arcade is in the middle of this photo with the entrance to Mervyn's to the far left.

The Port is the food court; currently only the Dollar Cinema, Arcade, and Orange Creations are the only businesses open in this part of the mall. There is still a bunch of neon especially on the front of the dollar cinema.





The food court is large but only one food outlet remains.















Burlington was originally a Frost Brothers.

Sears has been here since the beginning.

This was an HEB, then Stein Mart, and soon to be a church. This anchor was not originally attached to the mall.





Mervyn's, now Planet Fitness was built as an addition to the mall.

Views of the former Joske's/ Montgomery Ward anchor, now Wilcox Furniture.





Here are a couple of shots at the competition which is only two blocks away. La Palmera Mall has been recently updated and expanded to house more retailers with a second floor and an outdoor lifestyle center portion. La Palmera is nearly full and was packed with customers.

Looking at the La Palmera JCPenney is the only proof that this mall is the oldest in town, once named Padre Staples Mall.

Broadway Square Mall Tyler TX

Here is the first of three new articles over the next week, enjoy. The next post will be #200 for the blog and one worth checking out; in the meantime here is the only mall in Tyler TX.

Broadway Square Mall is a one level mall located in Tyler TX. The mall features JCPenney, Sears, and a two level Dillard's as anchors. There was an off and on rainstorm so many exterior photos came out blurry. Tyler TX has over 100,000 in the metro area and is located in the Northeast part of the state a few miles south of I-20.









The front of the mall has a few tenants that have outside only entrances.

The mall has a simple floor plan and was updated in the mid 2000's. This is some of the JCPenney corridor.

Welcome back to the 1990's; a F.Y.E. with all of the neon lighting intact. (Located in the JCPenney corridor).

Sears corridor.

The view of the mall from just past the entrance to Sears.

Dillard's is two levels and appears to have been recently renovated inside.

The center court of the mall.

There is also a small food court (not pictured) that was partially closed off to use for one of the retailers that has an outdoor only entrance.

The Shops at Canal Place Mall; New Orleans LA

This is an upscale mall located at 333 Canal Street in downtown New Orleans. This mall is three levels and features a food court and cinema on the third level. Saks Fifth Avenue is the three level anchor to the mall. A hotel and office tower are also attached to the mall. The mall opened in the 1980's and suffered damage after Hurricane Katrina but opened just a few months after the Hurricane.

A view of One Canal Place and Saks Fifth Avenue which are both part of the mall development.

The main entrance to the mall.

The mall has several directories.

1980's style elevators that go up to the hotel at high speeds and provide an excellent view of nearby high rises once the car passes the third floor.

The main court of the mall.



Many high-end retailers are located here to spend your cash or credit cards.



A view of the Food Court from across the third level. Take a look on the first floor to see a piano.

In 1987 Canal Place had the following Food Court restaurants.

Cafe Portofino
Cafe Nuege
English Carvery
Kaleidoscope
Mrs. Fields Cookies
Panda Cafe
Papa's Cantina
River Grille
Sbarro's

Saks has entrances on all three levels and has taken over parts of the mall also.

The cinema and part of the food court.

Nothing says 1980's like the entrance to this gym.

Most of the food court photos came out blurry; this is the only decent one.

K & B/ Rite-Aid Lake Charles LA

This former K and B location is located off of McNeese and Ryan St in Lake Charles Louisiana. The first five photos in show the detail of this former K and B location that has hardly changed since becoming a Rite-Aid. For some more K and B original photos click here for my article on the Inglewood Mall.

The inside of this location has not changed much after becoming Rite-Aid and still features many fixtures with the K and B purple The next two photos of the pharmacy show the detail of the K and B pharmacy.

This photo came out fuzzy but you can see the K and B purple lining above the shelves. 

All of the next five photos were submitted by Joel Staves. The K and B logo is still intact on the back door of the above location. He also had this information about all of the former Lake Charles K and B locations.
"There was one on 5th Avenue that moved to Highway 14 by the Kroger that shut down last year. The 5th Avenue location also shut down and is now a Salvation army thrift store. There was also another one on Ryan St. which relocated across the street to a new building as a Rite-Aid. There was also one on W. McNeese St and in Prien Lake Mall." Thank you Joel for the photos and information on the Lake area stores.