Waldenbooks

Waldenbooks closing sale at Carolina Mall in Concord, NC; 2011

 Since we've covered past and present bookstore chains, here's one we haven't already. Waldenbooks had been a staple in downtowns and malls alike. The changing economy did them in too. We'll mainly focus on Upstate NY, but throw in other states. I'll mostly do ones I know.

Syracuse (downtown) - S Salina St

Syracuse (north side) - Carousel Center (now Destiny USA)

deWitt - Shoppingtown Mall, NY 5

Clay - Great Northern Mall, NY 31 & 481

Cicero - Penn Can Mall (now Drivers Village), E Circle Dr & S Bay Rd

Camillus - Camillus Mall

Fairmount - Fairmount Fair?

Utica - Riverside Mall; NY 8, 12 & 49

New Hartford - NY 5 & 5A

Auburn - NY 5 & US 20

Concord, NC - Carolina Mall (pictured)

Guilderland - Crossgates Mall, US 20

Colonie - Colonie Center, NY 5

Rotterdam - Rotterdam Square Mall (now Via Port), NY 337

Hanover, PA - Hanover Mall

Brownsville, TX - Sunrise Mall

San Francisco, CA - West Portal (one of several in the Bay Area)

Poughkeepsie - Poughkeepsie Galleria, US 9

Kingston - Hudson Valley Mall, US 9W

Henrietta - Marketplace Mall, NY 252

Greece - Greece Ridge Mall, NY 104

Irondequoit - Irondequoit Mall (later Medley Center; now Skyview on the Ridge), NY 104

Victor - Eastview Mall, NY 96

Ithaca - The Shops at Ithaca Mall, NY 13 & 34

Watertown - Salmon Run Mall, NY 3

Oneonta - Southside Mall, NY 7 & 28, later Borders Express

Cheektowaga - Walden Galleria (no relation)

Williamsville - Eastern Hills Mall, NY 78