Galleria at White Plains
 Galleria at White Plains in 2014 | |
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| Address | 100 Main Street, White Plains, New York, United States |
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| Opening date | 1980 |
| Developer | Cadillac Fairview |
| Management | |
| Owner | Farallon Cap. Mgt. |
| No. of stores and services | 78 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 (5 open, 2 vacant) |
| No. of floors | 2-3 with small lower level (4th floor penthouse offices in former Macy's, basement entrance in former Sears) |
| Website | galleriaatwhiteplains |
The Galleria at White Plains is an American shopping mall located in downtown White Plains, New York, a commercial and residential suburb 20 miles (32 km) north of New York City. The anchor stores are Blink Fitness, H&M, and Forever 21 with two vacant anchors last occupied by Sears and Macy's.
History[]
Built by Cadillac Fairview, a Canadian developer, the 900,000-square-foot (84,000 m2), four-level mall is located on two large city blocks of former urban renewal land. It opened in August 1980 and was the first of three Gallerias to open in the fall of 1980 around the nation, the others being Sherman Oaks and Fort Lauderdale. Its anchor stores are Macy's and Sears, which were relocated to the mall from nearby locations on Main Street to replace the original anchor stores. Abraham & Straus occupied the east anchor spot until converting to Stern's in 1995 and being replaced by Macy's on July 15, 2001.[1] The west anchor JCPenney closed on April 28, 2001, and was left vacant until September 2003 when Sears moved in. Martin Luther King Blvd. runs directly underneath the mall. The mall was constructed adjacent to a large two-block-long parking garage that is connected directly to the mall at various levels. Shopping floors were color coded blue, green, yellow, and red representing Street Level, Garden Level, location of the Garden food court, and Fashion Level 1 and 2 respectively. During the holiday season, the mall's slogan was "We bring more good things to Christmas."[2] The mall was renovated in the early 1990s; only the glass elevator remains relatively unchanged. For example, the waterfall and stage in the center court was replaced with two miniature fountains situated between the escalators.
Similar to a sister project in nearby Stamford, Connecticut (the Stamford Town Center mall), the Galleria's architectural character appears fortress-like and overwhelms even the recent high-density urban quality of its downtown environment.[citation needed] Considering the general architectural design of most enclosed shopping malls, it does not have much opportunity to create an interactive streetscape along its surrounding sidewalk areas. A late 1990s enhancement tried to correct some of these physical flaws, but recent retail tenant fit-outs on the sidewalk level have closed off much of this design effort.[citation needed]
In recent years, the mall has experienced competition from the development of nearby, and more upscale, retail developments such as The Westchester mall and The Source at White Plains. A late 1990s promotional advertisement featured the tag line "Shopping for the real world," a subtle jab at the more upscale and affluent clientele and stores at The Westchester roughly a half-mile away.[citation needed]
On September 18, 2006, Philip Grant, a homeless convicted rapist, was convicted of murder as a hate crime for stabbing Concetta Russo-Carriero to death in a Galleria parking garage on June 29, 2005, because, according to Grant's videotaped confession, she was white with blond hair and blue eyes.[3] Public outrage over the killing prompted local officials to shut down an area shelter from which homeless men, including dangerous sex offenders, were bused downtown each morning, where many reportedly congregated near the Galleria parking garage.[4]
On January 5, 2009, a man fell two stories from the third level to the food court level in a suspected suicide attempt at the mall.[citation needed]
Interior shots of the mall were used in the 2018 film Eighth Grade.[5]
On November 10, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of the plan to close seven stores nationwide. The store closed on January 24, 2021.[6]
Old Navy Closed its White Plains location in December 2020.
On January 5, 2021, it was announced that Macy's would be closing on March 21, 2021 as part of a plan to close 46 stores nationwide which left the mall with no anchors left.[7]
Current Junior anchor stores[]
- Forever 21 (Opened in 2013)
- H&M (Opened in 2013)
- Blink Fitness (Opened in 2012)
- Old Navy
Former anchor stores[]
- Abraham & Straus (opened in 1981 and closed in 1995 and became Stern's)
- Stern's (opened in 1995 in the former Abraham & Straus space and closed in 2001 and became Macy's)
- JCPenney (opened in 1981 and closed in 2001 and became Sears)
- Sears (opened in 2003 in the former JCPenney space and closed on January 24, 2021)
- Macy's (opened in July 2001 in the former Stern's space and closed on March 21, 2021)
References[]
- ^ Staff, W. W. D. (1996-04-01). "STERN'S SITE IN WHITE PLAINS TO BECOME MACY'S IN JULY". WWD. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ "The Galleria White Plains New York Christmas Commercial". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "Man gets 25 to life in racial killing at mall". msnbc.com. September 18, 2006.
- ^ O’Connor, Anahad (June 13, 2006). "Homeless Man Goes on Trial in Hate-Crime Murder" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Spot the Local Scenery in Bo Burnham's Debut Film 'Eighth Grade'". July 24, 2018.
- ^ News 12 Staff. "Last Sears in Westchester to close its doors in February". News 12 - Westchester.
- ^ Thomas, Lauren; Rattner, Nate (2021-01-06). "Macy's is closing dozens of stores this year. Here's the full list". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
External links[]
Coordinates: 41°01′53″N 73°46′15″W / 41.031262°N 73.770876°W
- Buildings and structures in White Plains, New York
- Shopping malls in New York (state)
- Shopping malls established in 1980
- Shopping malls in the New York metropolitan area