Monroeville Mall demolition proposed | Plans for new 'mixed-use destination'

Caldor, The Discount Chain Destroyed by a Single Pricing Error Caldor stores, Caldor bankruptcy, retail collapse history, Pennsylvania retail history, lost discount stores, 1990s retail wars, Walmart expansion era #RetailHistory #PANostalgia #LostStores #Caldor #RetailCollapse Caldor was once called the Bloomingdale’s of discounting, operating 145 stores across the Northeast with over one billion dollars in annual sales. After surviving Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the 1990s, a single pricing error

Primanti Bros Went From Depression-Era Cart to $18 Sandwich Primanti Bros history, Pittsburgh sandwich, Strip District food history, Depression era food, Primanti Bros prices, Pittsburgh working class food, corporate restaurant expansion #PrimantiBros #Pittsburgh #StripDistrict #PittsburghFood #PANostalgia Primanti Bros began as a twenty five cent sandwich cart during the Great Depression, feeding Pittsburgh truck drivers and dockworkers. Over decades of expansion, it became a multi state chain

The Pennsylvania Mall More Famous for Zombies Than Shopping Monroeville Mall zombies, Dawn of the Dead mall, Pennsylvania horror history, George Romero mall filming, zombie mall Pennsylvania #PANostalgia #PennsylvaniaHistory #PAIdentity #ZombieMall #DawnOfTheDead Opened as a standard suburban mall in 1969, Monroeville Mall became world-famous after George Romero filmed Dawn of the Dead there overnight in 1977–1978, turning it into a global horror pilgrimage site now threatened by redevelopment.