Anonymous's Commentary:

Just to fill in a few gaps where the history left off, after Caldor left, Stickley Furniture from Manlius staked out the place. They used it as an informal showroom as much of the rest of the old mall was demolished. During demolition there was a small fire, but nothing serious. Stickley then moved over to the remaining anchor store that I think used to be Kauffmann's. Anyway, the area was redeveloped into a Town Center that is something like a larger form of a strip mall. Stickley is still there, there is a P&C, Joann Fabrics moved over to the main complex from across the parking lot, the Peter's that was there is gone and was demolished and replaced by a Kohl's. There is also a Target and the one remaining store that survived from the old mall, T.J. Maxx. There are also a number of restaurants that have sprung up and it's good to see the place alive again.

Pete Blackbird's Commentary:

I got to tour each and every one of the vacated stores, picking through looking for mall memorabilia. Some more notable stores that were in the mall were Burger King, Eckerd, Ormonds, Anderson-Little, Ritz Camera, Champs, and many other things. This is a very large mall, and the only stores that currently occupy it are an extremely feeble attempt at an arcade (literally, it has Ms. Pac-Man in it), TJMaxx, The Avenue, and the 99 Cent Card Outlet. Security is still in full effect, with thier office located in the former Kay Jeweler storefront, they've got pictures and a model of the mall when it was in it's prime. I believe that this is or was a Wilmorite owned mall. I don't beleive that this mall has any future as a shopping center, and if i were to redevelop it, I would go for more of a office/healthcare type of building, and lease the anchor spaces to a car dealer or something of that sort. The mall is just too close to the hugely successfull Shoppingtown Mall. This mall is still open, and I highly recommend a visit, before it's just another concrete slab.