PHOTOS: The evolution of the Westfield Meriden mall
File photo - Aerial view of the Meriden Square Mall.
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The Westfield Meriden mall. 1981.
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Construction of the Meriden Square Mall continues Oct., 1986.
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File photo - The East West Gift Shop promotes their sale at the Meriden Square Mall Jan., 1987.
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File photo - Mather Corp. continues construction in the lower parking lot of the Meriden Square Mall Jan. 10, 1992.
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File photo - Expansion of the Meriden Square Mall by Mather Corp. of Bloomfield Jan. 11, 1992.
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File photo - Steel work goes up during an expansion at the Meriden Square mall June 4, 1992.
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File photo - Rebecca Smith and Tom Wong converse on the food court balcony of Meriden Square Mall. Feb. 28, 1993.
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File photo - View from the upper balcony of the Meriden Square Mall Feb. 26, 1993
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File photo - Meriden Square Mall Sears main entrance Feb. 26, 1993.
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File photo - Thomas Connely of Hamden reads in the fod court of the Meriden Square Mall Mar. 14, 1993.
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File photo - Jim Armstrong sweeps entryway to Meriden Square Mall Jun. 14, 1993.
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File photo - Patrons of the Meriden Square Mall enjoy a day of shopping and relaxation June 20, 1993.
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Meriden Police Chief Robert E. Kosienski (right) speaks during the dedication of the new mall substation on August 9,2000.
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RJ file photo - At the Meriden Square mall, heavy equipment operators are busy excavating to make way for new store construction, Oct. 2, 1998. The site pictured will be used for a parking garage. The mall's new wing will feature Lord & Taylor.
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A steady crowd of curious shoppers checked out the new Lord and Taylor store in the Meriden Square Mall Wednesday morning September 1, 1999.
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Eastern Mountain Sports located at Westfield Shoppingtown mall in Meriden is closing at the end of January 2007. The store is offering savings and clearance deals on it's inventory of outdoor gear and aparel. (dave zajac photo)(december 27, 2006)
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MERIDEN, Connecticut - Monday, May 5, 2008 - Mark Kevorkian, Store Manager of the new 1,530 square-foot BC Sports store at Meriden Square Mall, holds one of of the stores hottest items - a signed photo by New York Giants receiver David Tyree making 'the catch' over the Patriots Rodney Harrison in Super Bowl XLII. The store will provide a complete sports collectibles destination, including sections dedicated to licensed apparel, autographed memorabilia, trading cards, McFarlane sport figures and sports novelties and gifts. Rob Beecher / Record-Journal
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Record Journal Photo/ Johnathon Henninger 11.10.09 - A view of the Bust Buy at the Westfield Meriden Shopping Mall Wednesday afternoon.
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Borders in the Westfield Meriden mall July 19, 2011. Borders is closing all of it's remaining stores. Liquidation sales could start as early as Friday and the company could go out of business by the end of September. (Dave Zajac/Record-Journal)
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Customers walk into Borders at the Meriden Mall for last minute deals, September 15, 2011. Borders closed its doors for the last time at 4 P.M. on Thursday. (Sarah Nathan/Record-Journal)
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Myra Frost, a volunteer with Southington Community Services, carries out signs from Borders at the Meriden Mall on the store's final day, September 15, 2011. (Sarah Nathan/Record-Journal)
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Best Buy at the Westfied Mall in Meriden Wednesday April 11, 2012. The business announced closings of several stores but hasn't said which locations. The former Borders book store located next to Best Buy closed in 2011. (Dave Zajac/Record-Journal)
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Job applicants fill out paperwork and stand in a long line outside the future site of the Christmas Tree Shop in the Meriden Mall, October 13, 2011. The Christmas Tree Shop is hiring seasonal workers at the Meriden location, which will be open temporarily for the holiday season. (Sarah Nathan/Record-Journal)
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Work is underway to change the facade of the old Borders into the new TJ Maxx at Westfield Meriden mall on Dec. 10, 2013. | Christopher Zajac / Record-Journal
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JC Penney customers enter the store at the Westfield Meriden mall, Wednesday afternoon, January 15, 2014. | Dave Zajac / Record-Journal
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Work crews fill dumpsters in front of the future Boscov’s Department store at the Westfield Meriden mall, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The Pennsylvania-based department store is bringing several jobs to the area. | Dave Zajac / Record-Journal
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The Westfield Meriden mall, Monday, January 12, 2015. | Dave Zajac / Record-Journal
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Boscov’s Department Store nearing completion in the former JC Penney's at Westfield Meriden mall, Monday, September 28, 2015. The Pennsylvania-based business will open it’s first store in the state and New England Oct. 10. | Dave Zajac/Record-Journal
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The new Boscov's at the Westfield Meriden mall, Tuesday, October 6, 2015. The store hosts its gala preview for customers who purchased $5 tickets from local non-profits on Thursday. On Friday, shoppers who open store credit accounts will receive free gifts, with the grand opening ceremonies beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. | Dave Zajac / Record-Journal
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Nancy Leblanc, of Meriden, pushes a full cart of items through Boscov's during the store's gala preview at the Westfield Meriden shopping mall, Thursday, October 8, 2015. Customers paid $5 each to local non-profits for the opportunity to be among the first to shop at the store. | Dave Zajac / Record-Journal
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Customers walk by the H&M store at Westfield Meriden mall, Monday, May 22, 2017. | Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
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5. Harry’s Eatery, 470 Lewis Ave. (Westfield Meriden Mall), Meriden.
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Shoppers at the Westfield Meriden mall, Wed., Nov. 27, 2019. Westfield Meriden mall is bracing for Black Friday shopping this week and the official start of a shortened holiday shopping season. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
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Chairman and CEO of Lord and Taylor Marshall Hilsberg, right, poses on the floor of their new Meriden Square Mall store Wednesday Sept. 1, 1999.
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Terisa Chern, a professional model from Boston, wears a cashmere outfit, one of a line of clothes called "Exclusively for You" inside the new Lord and Taylor store in the Meriden Square Mall Sept. 1, 1999.
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A steady crowd of curious shoppers checked out the new Lord and Taylor store in the Meriden Square Mall Wednesday morning Sept. 1, 1999.
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RJ file photo - Josh LaFrance, 2, wails after getting a close look at one of his TV wrestling heroes, the Undertaker, at the Meriden Square Mall Jan. 19, 1994. Holding Josh is his mother, Pam LaFrance. "He loves to see them on TV, but when he sees them in person he cries," she said.
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RJ file photo - Raymond Gloade, 4, plays a game called Fighter Pilot at the Time-Out arcade in the Meriden Square mall Jan. 6, 1994. His father, Bill Gioade of Bristol, offers some navigational advice.
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RJ file photo - Martha Miller of Cromwell says she is a regular customer of The Coffee Beanery Ltd. in Meriden Square, Jan. 5, 1994.
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RJ file photo - Platt students show off the latest fashions at the Meriden Mall, 1993.
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RJ file photo - Platt students show off the latest fashions at the Meriden Mall, 1993.
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RJ file photo - Platt students show off the latest fashions at the Meriden Mall, 1993.
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RJ file photo - Platt High School Junior Jason Czapiga spends the Meriden Square gift certificate he earned for the high grades, Feb. 1994. With him is mall Security Director.
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RJ file photo - THE NEW 1800-CAR PARKING GARAGE NEXT TO SEARS AT MERIDEN SQUARE. IT WILL SEE COMPLETED BY FALL 1999.
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RJ file photo - Kathy Grayeb of Cheshire, left, tries to decide how many issues of Sports Illustrated to buy for family and friends at Ink Newsstand at the Meriden Square April 1, 1999.
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RJ file photo - As he signs an autograph for a fan, Yankees rookie Shane Spencer, center, listen to compliments from Michael Romanella, 7, of Griswold, during Spencer's visit to Meriden Square mall Nov. 22, 1998.
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RJ file photo - Joan Rivers with, from left, Amy Byer of Naugatuck, Diane Sayers of Middlefield, Shanda Geary of Meriden, Sayers' mother; and Melissa Sayers, Sayers' daughter at the Meriden Square Mall, Feb. 15, 1993. Rivers was at the mall to find women who wanted a free makeover and the chance to win a trip to New York City to appear on the Joan Rivers Show.
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RJ file photo - Meriden Square Mall opens March 3, 1993.
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