Mondawmin Mall
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Mondawmin Mall is a three-level shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 in Northwest Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The mall was a development of James Rouse and opened in October 1956.. "Mondawmin" was the name of the corn goddess in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...

's poem The Song of Hiawatha
The Song of Hiawatha
The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem, in trochaic tetrameter, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, featuring an Indian hero and loosely based on legends and ethnography of the Ojibwe and other Native American peoples contained in Algic Researches and additional writings of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft...

.

Originally known as Mondawmin Center, the retail hub was an open-air complex of fifty-eight store spaces, featuring a 3-level Sears, a G.C. Murphy 5 and 10 and Food Fair and Penn Fruit
Penn Fruit
The Penn Fruit Company was a regional grocery chain in the Philadelphia and Baltimore areas that operated from 1927 until 1978. During the firm’s history it was regarded as one of the most innovative American supermarket chains...

 supermarkets. The center was fully enclosed during a renovation in 1963, with its name being changed to Mondawmin Mall.

After the Baltimore riot of 1968
Baltimore riot of 1968
The Baltimore Riot of 1968 began two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. Rioting broke out in 125 cities across the United States, and spread to the city of Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, April 6. The Governor of Maryland, Spiro T...

 produced white flight
White flight
White flight has been a term that originated in the United States, starting in the mid-20th century, and applied to the large-scale migration of whites of various European ancestries from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions. It was first seen as...

, the mall revenues declined and Sears left. The Rouse Company had sold the Mondawmin Mall property in the mid-1960s, only to buy it back in 1982. They performed a large-scale renovation in 1983, sectioning the vacant Sears into smaller store spaces and adding a parking garage to the west end of the mall structure.

With the acquisition of the Rouse Company, by Chicago-based General Growth Properties
General Growth Properties
General Growth Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust in the United States. It is based in Chicago, Illinois at 110 North Wacker Drive, a historic building designed by architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White...

, in 2004, Mondawmin Mall became a GGP holding. General Growth Properties
General Growth Properties
General Growth Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust in the United States. It is based in Chicago, Illinois at 110 North Wacker Drive, a historic building designed by architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White...

 went through bankruptcy proceedings between April 2009 and May 2010.

Modawmin Mall was mentioned in the song "King Very Vicious" by local rapper Labtekwon. At one time being criticized for not meeting the needs of the local population, it is now better serving the community; this following a 68 million dollar renovation done between early 2007 and late 2008. During this project, the parking garage was demolished and replaced with a Target discount store. Two anchors, A.J. Wright
A.J. Wright
AJWright was a chain of about 129 American retail/outlet stores established in 1998 and owned by TJX Companies. Like its sister company T.J. Maxx, AJWright sold clothing, domestics, giftware, footwear, accessories, and fragrances at prices between twenty and seventy percent below regular prices...

 and Shoppers Food and Pharmacy were also added to the east end of the shopping center.

A branch of the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) of Maryland was formerly located on the Mondawmin property in a separate building. In 2011, the MVA moved to Hilltop Plaza Shopping Center in Northwest Baltimore.

Present Anchors

  • Target (127,000 square feet) [opened July 27, 2008]

  • Shoppers Food and Pharmacy (67,000 square feet) [opened November 17, 2007]

  • A.J. Wright (22,000 square feet} [opened August 8, 2008] replaced by Marshall's in 2011

Transportation

The perimeter of the Mondawmin Mall property is composed of some major Baltimore roads, including Liberty Heights Avenue
Maryland Route 26
Maryland Route 26 is an east–west state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Outside of the Baltimore city limits, it is known as Liberty Road; inside the city limits it is known as Liberty Heights Avenue....

, Reisterstown Road
Maryland Route 140
Maryland Route 140 is a local long route in northern Maryland, United States.-Route description:MD 140 is known by various names depending on location; south of Reisterstown it is known as Reisterstown Road. Though Reisterstown itself is named after John Reister, the road is named after Jacob...

, and Gwynns Falls Parkway. Also nearby are Maryland Route 129
Maryland Route 129
Maryland Route 129 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland, running north-northwesterly from downtown Baltimore into Baltimore County, ending east of Reisterstown...

 and Monroe Street.

Located on the Mondawmin property is the Mondawmin Transit Center, which mainly includes a Metro Subway Station. This station, serves as a hub
Transportation hub
A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles or between transport modes. Public transport hubs include train stations, rapid transit stations, bus stops, tram stop, airports and ferry slips. Freight hubs include classification yards, seaports and truck...

 for 10 Maryland Transit Administration
Maryland Transit Administration
The Maryland Transit Administration is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. It is better known as MTA Maryland to avoid confusion with other cities' transit agencies who share the initials MTA. The MTA operates a...

 bus lines. There are also 175 spaces in the mall's parking lot designated for use by riders of the Metro system
Baltimore Metro Subway
The Baltimore Metro Subway, known locally as the Metro Subway, The Subway, or Baltimore Metro is a rapid transit line serving the greater Baltimore, Maryland, United States area and operated by the Maryland Transit Administration...

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