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The South Hills Mall

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About Me


MALL
THE SOUTH HILLS
"Other malls may have stores; but I have character."
You're probably sitting there thinking... "Are You Kidding Me??" I'm most certainly not; watch how much I'm kidding...
South Hills Mall was the first true indoor shopping mall in Poughkeepsie (though Poughkeepsie Plaza Mall, a strip mall which was later enclosed, predated it) and the second in Dutchess County after Dutchess Mall in Fishkill. At the outset, anchors were Sears, KMart, and Service Merchandise and an assortment of smaller stores common for the era. South Hills quickly became the dominant retail center in the Poughkeepsie area, leading to a realignment at Poughkeepsie Plaza and the closing of venerable downtown retailer Luckey Platt & Co. in 1981. A later expansion added Hess's and a food court.
In the early 1980s, an initial proposal for a two-story mall adjacent to South Hills was submitted; after several years of protests, this proposal became Poughkeepsie Galleria and opened in 1987. Though the malls co-existed successfully for the first several years of the Galleria's existence, as the 1990s began South Hills began to suffer. The decline largely began in 1991 when Hess's closed their location and Sears moved to the Galleria; the Hess's space was replaced by Burlington Coat Factory while the Sears space was divided between Pharmhouse and a (freestanding) Price Chopper supermarket.
Around this time, South Hills was sold to Sarakreek, a Dutch property holding firm which reimaged the mall into a "power center" in which "big-box" retailers would open locations inside the mall. Smaller stores were replaced by such stores as Media Play, Old Navy, Office Max, Discovery Zone, and Bob's Stores. This strategy lessened the decline for a short period, however in the long run the alienation of smaller stores only led to a further, greater decline to the point that all of the aforementioned stores either have closed or will close in the near future.
Oddly enough, still we have all either worked there or know someone who has... and just like clockwork, we find ourselves roaming it's halls more than we'd like to admit.
With the addition of this profile, it's official:
EVERYONE has a myspace.

My Interests

Some Of The Great Stores Who Once Filled My Space:
Roy Rogers
Bob's Stores
Media Play
Baskin Robbins
Pharmhouse
Park Place Roller Rink
Orange Julius
Teepeedashery
Sears
Dino Dig
CVS
A1 Barber And Beauty
PrezteL'oven
Up To Date
Dream Machine Video Arcade
Service Merchandise
Spencer Gifts
Just-A-Buck
The Glass Window
KayBee Toys
Hardee's
Hess
Discovery Zone
The Wall
Radio Shack

Some Of What I Still Do Have Surprisingly:
Silver Cinemas!!
Shop Rite (Brand New!)
HKT
Nutz
Got Game?
Price Chopper
The Avenue
The Palace Of Hair Design
A Dollar
Jewelry Annex
Namco
Family Dental Center
Burger King
That Pizza Place
K-Mart
Gamestop
Frozen Ropes
Dragon Express
Pocket Change Exchange
Burlington Coat Factory
Crafters Unlimited

I'd like to meet:

You!

Music:

Really Bizarre... ever stop to listen to it?

Other than that, I listen to:
New Kids On The Block
Cypress Hill
Gnarkill
DANGERDOOM
Aphex Twin
Billy Idol
Dragon Ash
Cannibal Corpse
Menudo
Twisted Sister
HIM
Beastie Boys
Deltron 3030
Def Leppard
The Left Rights
Skinny Puppy

Movies:

Silver Cinemas Movie Listings

Television:

[adult swim]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Full House
Family Guy
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Ren and Stimpy
Family Matters
Step By Step
Tale Spin

My Blog

INFORMATION LEAK: PICTURES OF THE FUTURE.

Somewhere in hidden 10 storys below ground level, in a bunker, of a sub-basement of me are plans of what I will become. These are plans only an select few know the full details of, let alone get to ga...
Posted by The South Hills Mall on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:51:00 PST

The rumors are true.

I do have a bit of abestos in me, and demolition is on hiatus until they clean it up.But, this situation is much more like the movie 28 Days (the alcoholic comedy with Sandra Bullock), than the movie ...
Posted by The South Hills Mall on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:26:00 PST

My Days Are Numbered...

For those of you who would like to roam my halls one final time before my closure and subsequent transformation, please note that I will be open until the 24th of this month, possibly at latest the 3...
Posted by The South Hills Mall on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:22:00 PST

I've seen the future; I can't afford it.

THE OFFICIAL RUMORS: Unfortunately I've been sitting on this information for far too long, but I figure it's a good idea that the loving public has an idea of what is currently planned for my future. ...
Posted by The South Hills Mall on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:15:00 PST

Submit Your Photos!

Hello Everyone, Many of you have memories of The South Hills Mall collected over it's 31 year history; and it's not completely impossible that you may have even brought a camera along with you durin...
Posted by The South Hills Mall on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 04:46:00 PST