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Fairgrounds Square Mall was an enclosed shopping mall located just north of Reading, Pennsylvania in Muhlenberg Township. It was anchored by Boscov's, Burlington Coat Factory, and Limerick Furniture. Smaller stores included Super Shoes, Planet Fitness, an AMC Classic movie theater, and Golden Eagle Comics. The mall, which once had 75 stores ...
Boscov's opened its first location outside of Pennsylvania at the Dover Mall in Dover, Delaware, in August 1982. [7] Boscov's first entered the Philadelphia market in the late 1980s by opening Ports of the World stores. [12] These stores would later be re-branded as Boscov's sometime in the mid-1990s.
In January 2002, Boscov's purchased the Strawbridge's store, originally a Wanamaker's until 1995 and later Hecht's until 1996, at Berkshire Mall; the Boscov's store at Berkshire Mall opened in August 2002. [12] The Boscov's store at Berkshire Mall replaced the Boscov's West store in Sinking Spring, which opened in November 1962. [12] [13]
Boscov was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1929, [1] [2] the son of immigrants Solomon and Ethel Boscov. [3] His father had arrived in Reading from Russia, [4] in 1911 [5] where he founded a dry goods store in a row house in 1918. [3] Boscov graduated from Reading Senior High School in Reading and Drexel University in Philadelphia. At Drexel ...
The mall opened with anchors Boscov's, McCrory, and Woolco. [4] [14] Gee Bee opened at the mall in 1983 and was later replaced by Value City in 1993. [15] [16] [17] Boscov's outside tent collapsed due to inclement weather in July 1986, with only light injuries occurring. [18] In 1995, the Boscov's store was heavily reconstructed. [19]
In 1988, following the closure of the Acme Markets grocery store, Boscov's expanded into that space. [6] Work on the next major expansion began in 1996; JCPenney then became a new anchor, but has since closed. Great Escape Lebanon Valley 10 opened at the mall in 2006, and was later changed to a Regal in 2014. [7] The mall previously had a Fox ...
Boscov's opened in 1977, prior to the mall. [ 2 ] [ 11 ] Susquehanna Valley Mall opened on September 26, 1978 with 400,000 sq. ft. of space and three anchors including Bon-Ton and Boscov's. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 12 ] J. C. Penney became an anchor 10 months after the mall opened. [ 2 ]
Reading (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ ŋ / RED-ing; Pennsylvania Dutch: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 census and is the fourth-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown.