Shoppers World is the name of a power center, located on
Route 9, near the intersection of Route
30 and the Mass Pike (I-90) in
The Jordan Marsh dome was visible from the air and was used on aeronautical charts as a visual reporting point for aircraft approaching Boston. Shoppers World was a two level, open top shopping mall with walkways connecting stores. Roofs from the stores extended over the walkways. The center area contained a water fountain and a garden area with seasonal plantings of flowers. Shoppers World was the first shopping center to have a musical water fountain show. The "Dancing Waters" attraction was based on the fountains at the 1939 New York World's Fair and was programmed to music and colored lights.
Live reindeer were housed in the center "outdoors" area each Christmas season. To walk between levels, shoppers used large 20 foot wide paved ramps. In the 1960s and 1970s, shoppers could visit stores including J. C. Penney, Jordan Marsh, Kennedy's, Filene's, Friendly's Ice Cream, Fitts Photo Shop, Doktor Pet, Lerner Shops, and Radio Shack. In the 1960s, a ferris wheel was set up inside the open area for a short period of time.
Jordan Marsh had a rare shopping feature in its parking lot. There was a remote entry point in the middle of a vast parking
lot. Shoppers could enter a small enclosure and walk down two flights of stairs to arrive in the lower level of the Jordan Marsh
store. The original Shoppers World was torn down in 1994, to be rebuilt as a modern upscale
strip mall. The new Shoppers World, featuring 795,308 square feet (74,000 m²) of retail
space, opened in 1996. Stores include Best Buy and
Anchors
- A.C. Moore ( sq ft ( m²)) now located on Flutie Pass
- AMC Theatres ( sq ft ( m²))(formerly General Cinema)
Babies "R" Us ( sq ft ( m²))- Barnes & Noble ( sq ft ( m²))
- Best Buy ( sq ft ( m²))
- Bob's Stores ( sq ft ( m²))
- DSW Shoe Warehouse ( sq ft ( m²))
- Kohl's ( sq ft ( m²))
- Linens 'N Things ( sq ft ( m²))
- Macy's Furniture ( sq ft ( m²))
Marshalls ( sq ft ( m²))(formerly located East bound route 9)- Office Depot ( sq ft ( m²))
- Old Navy ( sq ft ( m²))
- PetSmart ( sq ft ( m²))
- Sports Authority ( sq ft ( m²))
Toys "R" Us ( sq ft ( m²))
Former anchors (original mall)
- Jordan Marsh
- Kresge (later McCrory)
- McCrory
- Sears
Former anchors (strip)
Kids "R" Us (now Office Depot)- Nobody Beats the Wiz (now Best Buy)
- OfficeMax (now PetSmart)
- Sears HomeLife
See also
- Southdale Center - the first enclosed shopping mall.
- Natick Collection - a large enclosed shopping mall adjacent to Shoppers World.
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