Shopping Centre sights in USA
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4th St Shopping District
Hidden within an industrial area near I-80 lies a three-block area known as the 4th St Shopping District, offering shaded sidewalks for upscale shopping, or just strolling, and a few good restaurants too. Take heed, it's often very hard to park in this area, especially on weekends.
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Riverwalk Marketplace
Extending nearly half a mile along the Mississippi on the site of the 1984 World's Fair, the Riverwalk Marketplace houses a shopping mall and food court.
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Clematis Street
Long before CityPlace came along and stole the show, there was Clematis Street, a hip strip that's bustling with locals doing their shopping, diners looking for a foodie scene, scads of bar-hoppers come nightfall, and a ragtag clutch of beggars and lost souls. This, my friends, is the most inclusive part of town - and much of it is also a historic district. Check out its eclectic collection of architectural samples - Greek Revival, Venetian Revival, Mediterranean Revival and art deco.
In its plaza at 2nd St and Narcissus Ave (where local school kids frolic in the fountains on hot afternoons) there's a small but wonderful West Palm Beach Greenmarket on Saturday mornings, w…
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Metlox Plaza
Many of Manhattan Beach's hippest restaurants, boutiques and hotels cluster in Metlox Plaza, a small and upscale outdoor mall built on the site of a former pottery. Besides the Greek restaurant Petros and a True Religion premium denim flagship store, there's Shade, the South Bay's first designer boutique hotel whose bar often spills over with starlets streaming in from the nearby Raleigh Studios where Boston Legal and CSI Miami are shot.
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Bridgemarket
After decades under restoration, Bridgemarket – a vaulted, Guastavino-tiled space under the 59th St Bridge that served as a farmers market in the early 20th century – was brought back to life in 1999 by design guru Sir Terence Conran. Now it’s a thriving retail and dining complex, alive with ingenious modern design accessories. Guastavino’s, a former restaurant (now reserved for private functions) in a magnificent space, is also worth peeking into.
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Wing Fat Shopping Mall
One of the most unique malls you'll ever see, it lies underground and has businesses offering reflexology, collectible stamps and feng shui services. The most fascinating aspect is its history, as the tunnel is said to have served as a stop on the Underground Railroad as well as an escape route in the early 1900s for members of rival Tong gangs, who fought up on the street and then disappeared below before police could even begin to search.
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Logan Circle
Not so long ago this was seedy, crime-ridden turf of no interest to most residents and visitors. Today, Logan Circle is DC's it multicolor neighborhood, home to the trendiest of yuppies and buppies. Last century's crack houses are today's boutiques and fusion restaurants. Logan Circle is especially fabulous to wander around on an autumn day, when the urban landscape glows yellow with falling leaves and October sunshine.
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Hasegawa General Store
In its previous incarnation, the century-old Hasegawa General Store was Hana's best-known sight. After the original place burned down in 1990, it relocated under the rusty tin roof of the town's old theater building. Some of its character was lost along with its eclectic inventory, but the store still haphazardly packs just about everything from bags of poi and aloha dolls to the record that immortalized the store in song.
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Embarcadero Center
If this really is San Francisco’s answer to Lincoln Center, that’s one round for New York. These skyscrapers joined by an overhead walkway form an urban sprawl of a mall, and the upper office floors have nothing to recommend them beyond the crowd-pleasing Embarcadero Center Cinema, the indie movie multiplex whose concessions counter is consistently rated the city’s best.
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El Mercado
Just past a giant cemetery is El Mercado , a colorful indoor market where locals come for homemade mole (sauce), dulce de leche (caramel), toys and tortilla presses. On weekends, it's a scene and a half in the two 3rd-floor restaurants where ‘dueling' mariachi bands entertain families and kissing couples.
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Jacksonville Landing
Across the river from Southbank Riverwalk, the northern bank unfurls at the foot of downtown’s high-rise business district. Under the roof of its most visible landmark, Jacksonville Landing, are about 40 mostly touristy shops surrounding a tip-top food court with outdoor tables and regular, free live entertainment.
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Church Street Marketplace
Burlington's pulse can often be taken at the Church Street Marketplace, a four-block pedestrian zone running from Pearl to Main St. When the weather's good, buskers (now licensed by the town), crafts vendors, soapbox demagogues, restless students and curious tourists mingle in a vibrant human parade.
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Centro Ybor
A dominating upscale shopping, dining and entertainment emporium, Centro Ybor runs along 8th Ave between 15th and 17th Sts, but it also cuts through what would have been 16th St down to 7th Ave.
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Prudential Center Skywalk Observatory
Technically called the Shops at Prudential Center, this landmark Boston building is not much more than a fancy shopping mall. But it does provide a bird’s-eye view of Boston from its 50th-floor skywalk. Completely enclosed by glass, the skywalk offers spectacular 360-degree views of Boston and Cambridge, accompanied by an entertaining audio tour (with a special version catering to kids). If these soaring heights aren’t enough for you, catch the fun film called Wings over Boston (not for acrophobes). Also included in the price of admission is Dreams of Freedom, an exhibit that explores the role that immigrants have played in the history of Boston. Read first-hand accounts …
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Station Square
Station Squareis a group of beautiful, renovated railway buildings that now comprise what is essentially a big ol' mall.
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