tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post4111748230866400352..comments2020-12-27T14:27:53.171-08:00Comments on Sub-Urban Decay: Livonia Mall; Livonia MichiganErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04330461395683728626noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post-45979888939803334892014-03-29T15:12:12.797-07:002014-03-29T15:12:12.797-07:00Keep in mind that this isn't really an article...Keep in mind that this isn't really an article source, its a personal blog. I realize what you are saying, though. I was speaking of the distance from the Detroit neighborhood that I grew up in(Warrendale). I did't consider where Livonia and Redford meet at Inkster rd. Between that point and Five points rd. then yes, it is only about a mile to the nearest Detroit border.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04330461395683728626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post-84350495652036089702013-08-16T07:49:22.898-07:002013-08-16T07:49:22.898-07:00I question any article that begins by stating that...I question any article that begins by stating that Livonia is 20 miles outside of Detroit. At their closest point they are roughly only ONE MILE apart!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post-32038893386338546882009-11-04T11:15:01.128-08:002009-11-04T11:15:01.128-08:00I live in the area, moving south of 7 Mile, east o...I live in the area, moving south of 7 Mile, east of the mall, in '07. I grew up in Southfield, so I was a regular at Tel-Twelve Mall (anyone been to that one!) and Livonia Mall. <br /><br />I'm pleased to see that it's been demolished and new tenants are coming in. I'm not happy to hear that Wal-Mart is parking their butts there, but I'll take this something, rather than nothing. Increased tax revenue, employement, etc. I'm really hopeful it regenerates the area, as did the Wonderland Mall location. <br /><br />I really don't understand two Wal-mart's within four miles of each other, but I'm no business major, either. I'm also surprised they want one there, since Sears is sticking around. You'd think that'd be competition with Wal-Mart, with Wal-Mart edging them out selling cheaper items in an older, middle/lower class area...I dunno. I'm an optimistic individual and hope for the best...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post-44991075071171970402009-08-04T07:47:31.245-07:002009-08-04T07:47:31.245-07:00Sorry for the confusion with the anchors...Its har...Sorry for the confusion with the anchors...Its hard to keep track with all the name changes and Store comming and going. I suppose the main question is if you consider childrens palace and anchor or not. The bar was the Jonathan B Pub that I mentioned. it was still there (the space where it used to be) up until the mall closed. I saw the label scar and peered inside and thought that a bar in a mall was an interesting idea.<br /><br />Yeah the mall has been torn down. I don't know what still remains, though. I'll have to go up that way and check it out. The Value City space was surely torn down as well cause all VCDS closed last year.<br /><br />Putting another Walmart in would be foolish, but it fits the pattern of what walmart likes to do. We will just have to see what happens I guess.<br /><br />Anyway thanks for commenting and I encourage you to red the rest of my blog. thanksErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04330461395683728626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post-61764597480201914472009-08-03T22:37:42.513-07:002009-08-03T22:37:42.513-07:00It was fun to read about Livonia Mall, thanks. I g...It was fun to read about Livonia Mall, thanks. I grew up in Livonia (5 & Farmington) in the 60s and 70s, and spent a lot of time at Livonia Mall. They used to have beautiful Christmas decorations - life-sized figures that moved in different Christmas scenes. Never seen anything like it at a mall, and it really drew people in during the holidays. <br /><br />One thing: The mall didn't have five anchors. Value City went in where Crowley's was, and Mervyns was added after Value City took over. Originally, there was just Crowley's, Sears and Kresge's. There also used to be a bar inside the mall back in the 60s/early 70s.<br /><br />Two of my brothers worked at the mall in the late 60s - 1971, one at Sears and one at Crowley's.<br /><br />I bought my first records at the tiny music shop that used to be right on the corner before you headed back to the cinema.<br /><br />I just read elsewhere online that the mall has been demolished except for Sears - not sure about Value City - and that another Walmart is going in there. I thought they'd put a Walmart where Wonderland used to be?<br /><br />Livonia Mall was going downhill by the time I left the area in 1980. Twelve Oaks Mall had just opened in Novi and people headed out there. Very sad. I have great memories of Livonia Mall. Thanks again for the article and photos.The Lucas Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03253921821012430658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post-52403835149261781692008-12-26T20:05:00.000-08:002008-12-26T20:05:00.000-08:00Yes,Big Daddy also grew up in Livonia about a 8 mi...Yes,<BR/><BR/>Big Daddy also grew up in Livonia about a 8 minute walk from the Mall and spent untold hours there growing up including not a few brazenly SEXUAL experiences during my junior high years at such disparate places as the STAIRCASE at Sears (no one used it because of the elevator/escalator or so we thought. haha!) the Livonia Mall Cinema and even outside in the parking lot. Whoooo!!<BR/><BR/>I reprised one of those moments about ten years ago with my date outside the Pie Shop that's now there near the cinema.<BR/><BR/>Great times they were. <BR/><BR/>But, I have to agree with Robert Plant. The time for Led Zeppelin to Tour Live has come and gone.<BR/><BR/>And so has the time for...<BR/><BR/>...The Livonia Mall.<BR/><BR/>Big Daddy<BR/>Ann Arbor MIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post-71322681247463231832008-03-12T10:39:00.000-07:002008-03-12T10:39:00.000-07:00The Livonia Mall was the mall I practiccally grew ...The Livonia Mall was the mall I practiccally grew up in. I got my first haircut there from Eugene, a barber who is probably dead now. I bought my first leather jacket there when I was in high school, and I spent many an afternoon there hanging with my fellow dorks from C'ville. It's sad to see it fall into such disrepair. I remember the old tall turquois sign, and really miss it. There were other malls with that same type of sign in the metro-Detroit area, but I can't remember which ones they were. Does anyone know if any of those classic signs remain?<BR/><BR/>Dan (now living in Ann Arbor)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post-59896132151410675662008-03-09T22:58:00.000-07:002008-03-09T22:58:00.000-07:00Good thing Bob's not in charge, because more multi...Good thing Bob's not in charge, because more multi-family dwellings are the last thing Livonia (or the rest of metro Detroit, for that matter) needs. Remind me again how condo sales are doing?<BR/><BR/>Another Wal-Mart is unlikely; there's one four miles due south.<BR/><BR/>The whole Clarenceville region has been fairly ghetto for the last quarter-century, and I can imagine very few things that would help change that. The strip mall on the southwest corner of 7 and Middlebelt is drying up too, a result of Livonia Mall being all but dead. They ought to rip out half of the parking lot and put in green space so that stormwater doesn't all drain into the sewers while they wait for someone to decide what to do to revitalize the place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post-34967341763601312692008-03-04T05:22:00.000-08:002008-03-04T05:22:00.000-08:00Eric, good luck with the new blog. I saw you on D...Eric, good luck with the new blog. I saw you on D-Yes. I'd like to cross-post your piece on Livonia Mall, since I try to write about sprawl and Livonia both on my own blog. I live in the neighborhood to the south of Wonderland.<BR/><BR/>My "dream" for the Livonia Mall site would be a mixed-use development, with a village-like retail component and upscale townhouses. I'm afraid it's going to end up another Wal-Mart though.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and a correction - Laurel Park Place is on 6 Mile, not 8 Mile, at 275.phikapbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16139111421640043003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419666802236061428.post-63941483092993903352008-03-03T20:03:00.000-08:002008-03-03T20:03:00.000-08:00Laurel Park is at 6 Mile, not 8 Mile. Otherwise, g...Laurel Park is at 6 Mile, not 8 Mile. Otherwise, good read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com