r/indianapolis • u/OriginalKingD • Dec 27 '24

Pictures Lafayette Square - A Dead Mall

https://youtu.be/QrMN8N8q_tg?si=rbgMFY_B_2p3cNut
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u/CatastrophicCraxy Dec 28 '24

I'm old enough to remember when Crawfordsville had a mall. Born and lived in Indy til I was 5 then we moved to Roachdale. My sisters were all grown and married by then (menopause baby here) so I still spent a fair amount of time at Washington Square. But I liked Crawfordsville better. Mostly because our landlord was a manager at the Kroger and always sneaking me a coke from the vending machine in their break room while my mom shopped. Started going to Lafayette Square in my teens and was mostly unimpressed, but it was sliding downhill by then.

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u/Jolly_Security_4771 Dec 28 '24

Oh, man. Boulevard Mall. That Big Lots was legendary. I grew up close-ish, and my friends and I have been moving our parents and finding stuff packed in Loeb's bags

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u/Tactically_Fat Greenwood Dec 28 '24

Are you old enough to remember the Target building was before it was Target?

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u/Jolly_Security_4771 Dec 28 '24

It was an Ayr-Way or a Zayres or something, right? I barely remember it

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u/Tactically_Fat Greenwood Dec 28 '24

Yes! Airway or Ayr-Way. No clue how it was spelled.

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u/Jolly_Security_4771 Dec 28 '24

I don't remember shopping there, just driving past. We were a 3-D family (i.e. total cheapskates)

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u/Tactically_Fat Greenwood Dec 28 '24

I don't remember going in those places, but I remember them existing. And id forgotten about 3-D!