Last Saturday, Liz and I went back to our old stomping grounds in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago on a trip down memory lane. I had given her my id bracelet on December 15, 1967 and we started "Going Steady."
We definitely had to go to Randhurst Mall in Mt. Prospect where we spent a lot of time back in our high school days. This was probably one the biggest high school hangouts for teens in our area.
We were checking out some of the stores when we found out at a bargain bookstore that Randhurst was going to be torn down after January 1st. This was shocking news to us. It played a big role in our past.
The three main anchor stores will be left, but the whole area in between will be demolished. It will be made into a Main Street-Style shopping center, with an additional 100,000 square feet of retail space, a 110 room hotel, and 200 apartments. It will be renamed Randhurst Village.
The reason for this is a marked decline in shoppers. In the 60s and 70s, Randhurst drew huge crowds, but it has been in a steady decline in the 90s and present. Nearby mega mall Woodfield has also hurt.
We're planning on doing one last tour of the Randhurst that we knew after Christmas.
Sad to see Such a Big Part of Our Past Go By the Way. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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