Rivercentre Mall (San Antonio, Alamo, Taylor: lease, houses, movie theater)

[Fujifrontier]

anyone have early pics or information on this mall's grand opening?

[sapphire]

Where is this? We already have a Rivercenter Mall that has been open for years.

[Fujifrontier]

I know. That's the one I'm talking about

I want any pictures of it back in the 80s, or any information about the grand opening

[sapphire]

Oh...........sorry, can't help ya'. I was very

[Fujifrontier]

meh

didn't it open in 1988?

[majormadmax]

Have you people never heard of Wikipedia???

Rivercenter opened in 1988 with San Antonio's first Lord & Taylor department store, an IMAX theater, as well as Dillard's. Part of the downtown redevelopment included an extension of San Antonio's famed River Walk into the Rivercenter lagoon.

Lord & Taylor, then owned by May Department Stores, was converted into a Foley's in 1989. In 2006, the space became Macy's after Macy's parent, Federated Department Stores, bought May Department Stores. The structure that houses Dillard's, an AMC Theatres, as well as other shops originally opened in 1887 as a freestanding Joske's at the corner of Alamo and Commerce streets. Several expansions from 1909 to 1953 brought the space to 551,000 square feet (51,200 m²). Joske's closed the flagship store for remodeling in 1987, planning to reopen in 1988, to coincide with the Rivercenter opening. But Dillard's acquired the Joske's chain shortly after the store closed for remodeling. The massive flagship store was divided up, with Dillard's occupying only a portion of the five-level building. The remaining area of the building was converted into lease space and a retail atrium for Rivercenter and an AMC movie theater. Even with the division of the building into other uses, portions of the structure, including 200,000 sq. ft. of space on the top two floors, as well as the old "bargain basement," remain unoccupied to this day.

Cheers! M2

[Fujifrontier]

I have, but i haven't checked it in while...


i REALLY would like pics of the bargain basement and the top two floors