Shopping Spree – Part 11
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Shopping Spree

Part 11

Jul 19th 2012 by Christopher via Pleasant Family Shopping

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Stores The Shopping Spree article series continues with part 11. As usual we head back 50 years or so to visit the stylish, kitschy and sometimes strange looking malls and shopping centers of the past. This time we take a look at Montgomery Ward, Woolco, Randhurst Mall and Colonial Plaza in Orlando. Like most of us retro lovers know, time stands still in photographs, but progress doesn’t. Does anyone know if these places are still around today and what they look like? Please let your stories be heard in the comments. ( continue reading... )

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Shopping Spree – Part 10
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Shopping Spree – Part 10

Jan 13th 2011 by Christopher

Stores Let’s kick off the new year by spending some of that hard earned money at the local shopping center. Perhaps a new color television, that black suit that’s now on sale or why not a new kitchen appliance for the wifey? There is something for everyone. Where shall we go first? Montgomery Ward, SS Kresge, Publix or Woolco? I am sure many of you have fond (or perhaps not so fond) childhood memories visiting these stores as a kid. For more shopping adventures and photos head over to the always splendid Pleasant Family Shopping. And don’t forget to check out ( continue reading... )

IKEA Design and Identity Through the Years

Feb 12th 2010 by Christopher

IKEA Design and Identity Through the Years
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Readable This book looks really swell! There are probably no one left in the world who hasn’t heard about IKEA with its affordable build-it-your-self-furniture concept. Ingvar Kamprad, the man behind IKEA was only seventeen when started his soon to be blooming enterprise in 1943. Ten years later he opened his first IKEA store in Sweden. Today there are over 200 stores worldwide and as much as ( read more... )

Shopping Spree – Part 9

Aug 21st 2009 by Christopher

Shopping Spree – Part 9
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Stores Don’t know what to spend that extra cash on? Don’t worry, there is still time. Our stores are open at convenient times and located just around the corner here in Yester Sweden. Today we are traveling back in time to visit Stockholm and Hudiksvall (north of Stockholm) where you can slowly waltz through the many isles of exotic groceries, the latest fashion, brand new color ( read more... )

More Photos from Väla Centrum – A Kitschy Swedish Shopping Mall

Nov 26th 2008 by Christopher

More Photos from Väla Centrum – A Kitschy Swedish Shopping Mall
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Stores I found some more photos of my favorite shopping mall in southern Sweden – Väla Centrum. It was built in 1974 outside of Helsingborg and took its inspiration from American shopping malls at the time – meaning that it didn’t look very Scandinavian or traditional, which I really love. It even had a birdcage with live canaries up until the mid 1980s. For more information ( read more... )

Väla Centrum – A Kitschy Swedish Shopping Mall

Jan 25th 2007 by Christopher

Väla Centrum – A Kitschy Swedish Shopping Mall
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Stores Väla Centrum is a shopping mall located in southern Sweden just outside of Helsingborg. Been planing on writing about it for a long time now but have not been able to find anything useful – until now. This is the mall I grew up with. Many many Friday evenings and Saturdays were spent here when I traveled there going shopping with my family as a ( read more... )