Scanned directly from my journal back in 2002, hence the spiral in the middle. This was either right before or right after Circuit City closed at Mercury Plaza, and when Barnes & Noble just opened at Coliseum Mall.
Now both of them are torn down and replaced. The Burlington Coat Factory at Mercury Plaza moved to the mall around 2003, and when the mall was torn down, it moved back to the ground the Mercury Plaza was back on.
Coliseum Mall went on to be the Peninsula Town Center.
I’ve only started going to the Hampton, VA area for a few years, so the mall that was there was already being torn down for the lifestyle center that’s there now. What I really miss is the Grate Steak that was down the street from the Hampton Coliseum. Now I have to drive way out to Military Highway to cook my own steak dinner.
Jim
(from Cleveland, OH)
Comment by Jim — September 30, 2009 @ 5:31 pm |