KKB
3 posts
Apr 06, 2010
1:09 PM
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I've been gone from the Dayton area for several years, but the 1st indoor mall I was ever in was the Salem Mall. This was in the mid to late 60's. This was quite the experience for a kid raised on the farm. The only stores that I remember were Rikes, Sears, Chess King and maybe Pier 1? or some store that had incense, bamboo, rice paper lanterns and other cool stuff. The other thing I remember was a large fountain/waterfall in the middle of the mall. I guess after the Dayton Mall was built is when we quit going there. I've read that there's not much left or anything at all of the mall. There's a great website called "deadmalls.com" that gives a little history of the mall. Do any photos exist of the mall in its heyday?
Last Edited by on Apr 07, 2010 3:47 AM
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Riverdale Ghost
21 posts
Apr 07, 2010
11:49 AM
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Never before thought to look up such a thing as "dead malls." They offer links to pertinent Wikipedia stuff. There's mention somewhere or the other of not only Elder Beerman but Rikes as Rike Kumler.
Thanks!
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maxed out
152 posts
Apr 14, 2010
7:44 AM
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Expat....I remember that store. I forgot the name though. Wasn't it kind of an Indian store or Japanese. I remember they had what looked like very tall teapots with either gold or silver hammered metal and maybe an etchwork of a dragon or something.
I recall it was down a few steps to get to the storefront, or am I making that part up ?
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Lgrando67
4 posts
May 19, 2010
12:57 PM
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Hi folks
Wasn't East East right there in the corner next to Wicks and Sticks which was next to Waldens Books? Right across from that little lounge area close to the fountain?
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JohnC
120 posts
May 19, 2010
6:45 PM
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Are you sure the place wasn't called "Near East"? That's what I remember it as.
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AllenN71
15 posts
May 20, 2010
9:04 AM
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Ah yes, East East, where I bought the "strobe candle" that spit fire all over the bedroom as my brother and I tried to put it out without waking our folks. It didn't work, and we were grounded for two weeks for nearly burning down the house.
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stick
4 posts
Jun 25, 2010
7:54 PM
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When I was in 4th grade at Beavertown Elementary
our class went on a field trip to the Salem Mall to see the movie Camelot. I believe it was 1967. It was so cool. The last time I was there in the late 80's early 90's it was sad to see how it had declined.
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indy
5 posts
Nov 19, 2010
11:14 PM
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does any one rember the big bird in the cage sitting out side of the entrance
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indy
6 posts
Nov 19, 2010
11:18 PM
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and does anyone rember the big incence stick buy the reg cone shaped and about 5 feet tall late 70s rember it being 99 dollars
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JeffN
333 posts
Nov 20, 2010
8:26 AM
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It's hard to believe that mall is gone. I can remember when that area was booming with Salem Mall and a monstrous (or at least it seemed so) Children's Palace. The place to go in the late 60s!
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driver62
340 posts
Nov 21, 2010
9:46 AM
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The only thing left of the mall is Sears which is still open. Before the mall closed, the part where Rikes was located was torn down and a Home Depot sits there now.
Childrens Palace closed years ago, the building was demolished and it's now a vacant lot. There was another toy store next to the mall but I can't remember the name. Anyway, it's now the NW hub for the RTA and the Greyhound bus station after it moved from 5th street.
There were also several auto dealerships in the area that are all long gone. The one I remember is Tom Harrigan Olds where we bought a new car back in 1984. The area is so bad that even the Wendys closed as did most, if not all the other eating places.
Sad but not much there anymore.
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Mikey
113 posts
Nov 24, 2010
10:08 AM
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stick...
You attended "Beavertown Elementary." Is it still there?
How many of us even know where Beavertown is/was?
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Mikey, Gatlinburg, TN
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carlatm75
45 posts
Nov 24, 2010
10:49 AM
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Mikey: Of course Beavertown is still there. I live in Kettering and it is still a vibrant elementary school. As for the Salem Mall, I used to love going into the East East shop for the incense and exotic stuff. And of course all the teenagers went to Spencers.
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donw
53 posts
Nov 24, 2010
11:06 PM
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Re: Beavertown. Older maps show a "Beavertown" community along Wilmington Pike just south of Dorothy Lane.
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JeansDayton
5 posts
Dec 03, 2010
7:01 AM
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I remember going to the Salem Mall in it's heyday as a kid in the 70's. I remember the parrot and the huge pointsetta 'Christmas Tree' they used to put up every year. I live around Good Sam now and it's a shame that the mall went downhill. I think I still have pictures somewhere of when they were tearing it down. It used to be a beautiful place.
And I do believe it was the first Mall in Dayton.
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RCINKY
26 posts
Dec 04, 2010
7:31 AM
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I worked at the Sears there when I was about 16 or 17 in their restaurant. Yep, not too bad...even had a Searsburger!
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Dia
6 posts
Dec 14, 2010
5:50 AM
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As a hippie wannabe in the late 60's I loved the East East store ppl are talking about. I even bought my wedding dress there! It was a lace mini dress that was meant to be a swimming suit cover-up. My sister and I went back to Salem mall in 1982 to shop for maternity clothes but it had slid pretty far downhill by then. We were both sad to see it.
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