Indeed, Winrock was a very nice mall in the 60 s...I was there in this mall. I remember it being liv

Albuquerque, New Mexico - circa 1960s? T he Mall at Winrock Center. I'm not sure of the date on this one but I'm guessing the '60s or thereabouts. Unfortunately this is another of my low quality "placeholder" mall images, but seeing as how I've been unable to ever find or buy the actual postcard for myself, I'm sharing it today because it's still a really cool shot and I don't want to wait anymore on it! When I get a nicer version beach vacation rentals maui I'll surely re-post this one. Hope you still enjoy this funky lowres one in the meantime. :) Winrock Shopping Center sure looked like a swanky place back in the day, didn't it? Mall history: 1961 - present beach vacation rentals maui Current website: n/a Current aerial view Resource articles: 1 , 2 . 3 . 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 Previous entries: 1 , 2
The mid-century modern patio cover is awesome! I have to say, it doesn't look at all what I expected from the previous posts. I first thought this was an open-air center with just some sun protection. So, does anyone know what this place is like now? Scott
It is basically a dead mall. Only Dillards, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Sports Authority remain. Mall owners announced they were going to let all leases lapse....so they coule remodel into an open air shopping center( whats funny is that Winrock WAS an open air- they put a roof on it back in the 80's). While waiting for tenants to leave, a brand new open air shopping center (ABQ Uptown was built- Pottery Barn, Apply Store, etc.). Now it appears that the owners have decided to sell Winrock instead of redevelop. A shame really.
Winrock Center was designed beach vacation rentals maui by Victor Gruen and Associates. Mr. Gruen includes the mall in his book "The Heart Of Our Cities" (Simon and Schuster. New York, 1964). The book includes photographs and a site plan. In the book, Mr. Gruen contrasts the mall with open air malls such as Northland and enclosed malls such as Southdale. He states that the climate in Albuquerque beach vacation rentals maui is generally mild but that shoppers need protection from the direct rays of the sun. The original roof over the mall was higher than the surrounding one story mall shops and the space between the mall and shop roofs was fitted with an open grillwork to allow air circulation. Northgate in Seattle was retrofitted with a similar mall roof in the mid 1960s. The mall owners called beach vacation rentals maui this roof the Sky Shield. The thought was probably that Seattle did not experience the extremes of climate that justified an enclosed mall like Southdale but that the roof would keep rain off the mall shoppers. Northgate was finally totally enclosed in the 1970s after other enclosed malls in the Puget Sound area including Tacoma Mall and South Center had opened for business.
Indeed, Winrock was a very nice mall in the 60 s...I was there in this mall. I remember beach vacation rentals maui it being lively and inviting...calming. It bespoke of a much fuller time when life was much better. Winrock lost something when it was modified in the early 90s, and now, we see the results of it. An areal pic of it in the early 60 s is shown at cardcow.com (search for Winrock).
I grew up shopping in this mall [winrock] back in the 1980s.I remember the Japanese sreakhouse on the west end courtyard which was replaced by an indoor addition later.The food court and Musicland were some of the most memorable spots for me.Now the interior of the mall looks desertsed and creepy,what happened?I live in Seattle,Wa now and both Northgate and southcenter malls have been renovated and expanded with more buisnesses and winrock is almost to extinction.