Exterior Pictures from September 1980

These were all taken sometime in September of 1980.

Old Picture of Mall Exterior

A very good friend of mine found this on an old slide of his. This is the exterior of the mall, showing Ivey’s and Montgomery Ward. Not sure when this was taken. Looks like late ‘70s/early ‘80s.

Aerial Picture from 1993

Thanks to Google Earth and my good friend Chris Rogers, here is an aerial view of Carolina Circle Mall from February 1, 1993! I was probably at the mall when this was taken!

Picture of the Day: 9/10/2011

The restaurant in the center is Gatto Pizza, where for some strange reason if their sign was never lit up, I’d go nuts as a kid. Cut off on the right of the picture is my all time favorite restaurant at the mall, Circle Café & Deli (became Subs & Spuds in 1995).

Picture of the Day: 9/9/2011

One of my all time favorite stores at Carolina Circle Mall; Camelot Music! I still have a truckload of audio cassettes I bought from that store (most of which I’ve put on CD). Next door on the right was another favorite store of mine at the mall, Everything’s a Dollar (we’ll take a look at it tomorrow).

Picture of the Day: 9/8/2011

Well, this is interesting. This is an ad found on the wall of the mall corridor for hairspray (not the musical). The ad has a copyright date of 1998 and features something you normally wouldn’t think you’d ever see at Carolina Circle Mall; an Internet address! The address was for the hairspray, not the mall.

Picture of the Day: 9/7/2011

Looking out from Dillard’s toward the Circle Six Theatres and Piccadilly Cafeteria.