Talk:Midland Commons

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Dead mall?

Believe me, I live in Cranston, Rhode Island and I've been there a million times. It's still open, 'cause I go there whenever I'm not busy. So this article is wrong because it's still open. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.97.55.248 (talk) 19:40, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Current stores

the following stores have no interior mall access

Chuck E. Cheese (Aux building)
Kohl's
Sears
Walmart
Wendy's (Aux Building)

Past stores

AA Watch Repair
Abbey's CardSmart
Alladin's Castle Arcade/ Big Top Arcade
Art 'n Tiques
Auntie Anne's
Bellow's Leather
Cafe Samarca (Circa 1971) ^[1]
The Camping Store
Candle Corner
Champs
Cherry & Webb (Closed circa 2005-04)
Cingular Wireless
The Country Store (Circa 1971) ^[2]
Creative Unique Things Etc.
Docktor Pet Center
Dollar Tree (Closed late 2007)
DMV Express Branch (Opened 1998-09-02, Closed 2010 due to new DMV Headquarters located in Cranston)
EB Games (closed Feb 2009)
Express Wireless
Filene's (closed 1997 due to redundancy with Warwick Mall branch)
Foot Locker
First Place Sports (closed as of April 30, 2011)
GNC (closed as of April 30, 2011)
H&R Block (closed as of April 30, 2011)
Jarman Shoes
Kay-Bee Toys
Kay Jewelers
Lee's Collectibles (took up two stores and toward its end three stores, one of them having a slot car track and races. Currently, the tracks are still operated in one of the mills of Harris, Coventry.)
Lens Crafters (closed as of April 30, 2011)
MasterCuts
Motherhood Maternity
Mr. B's Coffee Cafe/ Original cookie
Newport Creamery
Papa Ginos
Picture Plus
Piercing Pagoda
Prints Plus
Radio Shack
Silver Dragon (closed late 2008/ early 2009)
Spencer's Gifts
Stride Rite
Tape World
Tazi's Gifts
The Toy Vault (closed Feb 2011 due to redundancy: moved into former Tilt location at the Warwick Mall)
Tupperware
Warwick Tee's and Collectibles
Wonderful World of Science (note: it moved to the Warwick Mall then closed not long after)
WPS Systems Ltd.
Xccessoreez
Zales

(Moved from main page as it's not needed there) TenPoundHammer 17:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Photo: William K. Daby/The Providence Journal , June 1971
^ Photo: William K. Daby/The Providence Journal , June 1971

Timeline of Rhode Island Mall

From the Providence Journal Section A1 2012-11-16, Grimaldi, Paul note: information in parentheses () are non journal referenced facts

'Life of a retail landmark'

1963: Sears subsidiary buys 58-acre site for $295,000.00 .

(From historical information, prior to 1963, the land was owned by the Knight family who used the land for farming. To the south of the midland mall, the Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, is named in tribute to the family)

1963-10-02: Midland Mall opens with sears and Shepard's as anchors.
1970: Warwick Mall opens just down Route 2.
1977-10-04: G. Fox opens in vacant Shepard's spot at Midland Mall.
1981-02-02: Midland Mall is sold to Met Life, one of a series of ownership changes.
1981-08-21: Renovated Sears opens.
1984-11-11: $4,000,000.00 in remodeling, with escalators and greenhouse-style food court, is unveiled; name changes to Rhode Island Mall.
1998-09-02: Registry of Motor Vehicles opens "Express" branch.
2002-01: Walmart opens
2002-10: Kohls opens
2003-12: Stop and Shop (Ahold) begins acquiring leases of mall's interior.
2011-05-22: Deadline for the last four interior retailers to vacate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.0.234.210 (talk) 15:57, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting info re: close date.

There is conflicting info about the date the mall closed. The article says April 30, 2011, but this isn't adequately supported. This source says that close date was expected to be May 22, 2011. This source also says May 22. This source only says April 2011. Anyone got anything better? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:11, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyphoidbomb: Looks like the sources specifying May were published before the actual closure. Those which were published later seem to all say April (that I've seen). Providence Journal is about as good of a source we're probably going to get on it, so I included one from 2014. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 13:45, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Much obliged, R. Thanks for the effort. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:59, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] Photo: William K. Daby/The Providence Journal , June 1971

[2] Photo: William K. Daby/The Providence Journal , June 1971

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