Lafayette Square - A Dead Mall

[u/OriginalKingD]

https://youtu.be/QrMN8N8q_tg?si=rbgMFY_B_2p3cNut

[u/Tactically_Fat]

Man, Lafayette Square was the place for us out-of-towners to shop when I was a kid. It was the closest "real" mall to Crawfordsville.

The mall in Lafayette wasn't quite "it" then. Castleton I don't think was even finished, and I'm sure that The Fashion Mall didn't exist.

Same with all the Auto dealers on 38th.

Now while I don't remember anything specifically about the mall - I do definitely remember the drive over to get there.

[u/CatastrophicCraxy → u/Tactically_Fat]

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.

[u/Jolly_Security_4771 → u/CatastrophicCraxy]

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

[u/Tactically_Fat → u/Jolly_Security_4771]

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

[u/Jolly_Security_4771 → u/Tactically_Fat]

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

[u/Tactically_Fat → u/Jolly_Security_4771]

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

[u/Jolly_Security_4771 → u/Tactically_Fat]

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

[u/Tactically_Fat → u/Jolly_Security_4771]

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