Ford City Mall

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Ford City Mall is a shopping mall located on the southwest side of Chicago in the West Lawn neighborhood on 73rd Street and Cicero Avenue.[1]

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[edit] History

Originally, the building was a factory that manufactured bomber engines during World War II. It was later retrofitted for automobile production for Tucker Corporation and then Ford Motor Company. Once abandoned, developers cut into the building to separate a portion for a mall. The mall opened in 1965 as Ford City.[2] The mall consists of two halves - a strip mall and enclosed mall. Sears anchors the strip-mall portion, which is connected to the main building by a tunnel called "The Connection". It utilizes the basement between the severed halves of the buildings directly below the parking lot. The Connection used to be called Peacock Alley in the late 60s and early 70s, until a gangland murder forced the name change. Wieboldt's occupied the western-facing space until 1987 when Carson Pirie Scott moved in. The southern-facing space was last occupied by Montgomery Ward until that chain's bankruptcy and is empty to this day. JCPenney occupies the eastern facing space.

Until February 2008, the mall was managed by General Growth Properties Inc. for a private investment company.[3]. The Mall is now owned by CBL & Associates and is planning to redevelop the mall, including the former Montgomery Ward.

The Chicago Transit Authority is investigating a possible extension of the Orange Line to Ford City.[4]

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[edit] Strip mall

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Chicago area shopping malls
Operating
900 North Michigan • Belvidere Mall • Charlestowne Mall • Chicago Place • Deerbrook Mall • Finley Square • Ford City Mall • Forest Park Mall • Golf Mill Shopping Center • Gurnee Mills • Harlem Irving Plaza • Lincoln Mall • Lincolnwood Town Center • North Park Mall • North Riverside Park Mall • Northbrook Court • Northfield Square • Oakbrook Center • Oak Mill Mall • Orland Square • The Plaza • Randhurst Mall • River Oaks Center • Spring Hill Mall • Stratford Square Mall • Washington Square Mall • Water Tower Place • Westfield Chicago Ridge • Westfield Fox Valley • Westfield Hawthorn • Westfield Louis Joliet • Westfield North Bridge • Westfield Old Orchard • Westfield Southlake • Woodfield Mall • Yorktown Center
Lifestyle/Outdoor
Algonquin Commons • Countryside Shopping Center • Deer Park Town Center • Galleria Center • Geneva Commons • The Glen Town Center • Oakbrook Center • The Promenade Bolingbrook • Renaissance Place • The Streets of Woodfield
Defunct
1800 N. Clybourn • Brementowne Mall • Brickyard Mall • Century Mall • Crystal Point Mall • Dixie Square Mall • Hillcrest Shopping Center • Jefferson Square Mall • Lakehurst Mall • Meadows Town Mall • Meadowvale Mall • North Pier • Old Chicago • One Schaumburg Place • Orland Park Place • Park Forest Mall • Rolling Meadows Shopping Center • St. Charles Mall • South Commons Mall • Town & Country Center

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mayer, Harold (1969). Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis. University of Chicago, 428. ISBN 0226512738. 
  2. ^ Knox, Douglas. West Lawn. Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
  3. ^ General Growth Properties - Illinois Malls
  4. ^ Alternatives Analysis Studies for Proposed Rail Extension...
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