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Monday, December 7, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Mall
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Instead of the usual mall decor of brass and lights, this mall is made of limestone and oak, which helps it blend in with other downtown buildings.
The mall, at the east of Poyntz Avenue, covers 36.5 acres and has room for 1,800 cars. It has space for 85 shops, 52 of which now are rented.
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Dillards and J.C. Penney are the anchor stores, but Thompson said the mall was looking for a third anchor, possibly Sears, for the south end of the building.
Mall tenants said last week that they were happy with holiday crowds. Pat Embers, of Lakin's Metal Polishing and Gift Shop, who has a
MANHATTAN — pianist Ruth Hagstrand is one of the new Manhattan Town Center's featured attractions.
On Campus
- Lawrence Mennonite crafts sale is scheduled at 11 a.m. today in the Kansas Union lobby.
- Society for Fantasy and Science is scheduled at 8 p.m. today in the Walnut Room at the Kansas Union.
■ "Grammar as One of the Liberal Arts in the Renaissance," a medieval society lecture by Keith Percival, professor of linguistics, is scheduled at 8 p.m. today in Conference Room A at Watson Library.
On the Record
■ A VCR and an AM-FM cassette recorder valued at $700 were taken between 11 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. yesterday from a residence in the 1300 block of Vermont Street, Lawrence police reported.
■ A 19-inch television valued at $500 was obtained between 10:30 a.m. Saturday and 3:15 a.m. yesterday from a residence in the 1100 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police reported.
A composite portrait frame valued at $200 was taken at 2:50 a.m. yesterday from a residence in the 1300 block of West Campus Road, Lawrence police reported.
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temporary stand in center court, said the store received a lot more exposure in the mall.
Sherri Elmore, manager of NU-Gift, said she had a store in the Westloop strip shopping center, but not in the area. She attends to attract shopers from out of town.
Manhattan residents and officials argued about mall plans for almost as long as their Lawrence counterparts have. Many residents were upset that they weren't allowed to vote on the project, which is costing $45 million in public and private money. But Mayor Klingler said that once it was clear the mall was going to open, residents became resigned.
Medlin plans to keep her store in the mall open for several months, just long enough to take advantage of the exposure.
The mall, which takes up two and a half blocks of downtown, displaced about 75 businesses and closed one street. Some businesses relocated to other parts of the city or downtown, and a few closed their doors for good.
But mall and city officials predict that sales will drop off once the holiday rush is over because about 50 to 54 percent of shopping is done during the holiday season.
But Thompson said that owners of downtown businesses were surprised that the mall was helping them because of increased traffic.
Tom Whalen, of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, said that even people who had opposed the mall were finding it brought in shoppers to all parts of town.
Karen Medlin, owner of Westloop Floral and City Floral in the mall, said she thought the mall might not attract shoppers once the holidays were past and the mall's newness had worn off.
Lawrence residents in an April advisory vote rejected a similar plan for an enclosed downtown mall on Massachusetts Street.
Since then, Lawrence has formed a plan for downtown development without a mall. The Downtown Improvement Committee will present its plan for 400,000 square feet of new retail stores Jan. 19. The $48 million plan includes two department stores, specialty shops and parking garages, all connected with skywalks.
Burdett Loomis, chairman of the committee, said committee members were interested in the design of the Manhattan Town Center but thought their plan was better for Lawrence.
"Clearly the people of Lawrence don't want streets closed," Loomis
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