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The open-air mall was developed by the supermarket chain Food Fair, which was an anchor store along with Montgomery Ward and Woolworth. [2] A Best Products was added in 1978. [ 3 ] The Best building was one of the stores designed by Sculpture in the Environment (SITE) for that chain, featuring a 450-ton masonry facade tilted at a 35-degree angle.
The mall opened as an open-air shopping center in 1959, known as the Prince George's Plaza (PGP).It was expanded several times and was enclosed circa 1977. It was known as Prince Georges Plaza until November 14, 2004, when it was renamed to its current name of The Mall at Prince George's following an extensive renovation.
TownMall of Westminster, formerly Cranberry Mall, is a shopping mall located in Westminster, Maryland, United States on Maryland Route 140, 30 miles northwest of Baltimore. Owned by Westminster Mall LLC, and managed by The Woodmont Company. The mall features more than 20 stores, including a food court and Movie Theater.
It also experienced problems with crime: five people were killed at the mall between 2005 and 2009, and there were 101 car break-ins in 2008. [4] In November 2017, the shopping center closed to build the new University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center. In addition there were to be new luxury apartments, restaurants, and a shopping center.
This was the first mall-style shopping center—called a "plaza" because of its open-air design featuring lighted fountains, trees, and benches. Capital Plaza was once the main shopping mall in the central Prince George's County area other than Prince George's Plaza , prior to the opening of Landover Mall .
Chicken Maryland or Maryland chicken is a historic dish associated with the U.S. state of Maryland, but has other meanings from other nations. In its home base, the food dish consists of fried chicken served with a cream gravy. [1] It is traditionally garnished with bananas, which were historically one of Baltimore's leading imports. [2]
St. Charles Towne Center is a two-level, enclosed shopping mall in the planned community of St. Charles in Waldorf, Maryland.Built in the late 1980s, it covers an area of 980,418 sq ft (91,083.8 m 2), and is currently the only regional mall in Southern Maryland.
The developers also developed the Ingleside Shopping Center near Baltimore, Maryland. On April 24, 1964, the Hecht Company opened an 83,714-square-foot (7,777.3 m 2) store, its sixth location in the Washington, D.C., area, at the center. [2] A notable feature of the store at its opening was the French Provincial beauty salon and snack bar.