The Dark Side of White Flint:
Part 8
Witness Montgomery County retail history, in these exclusive photos of 3 businesses, taken in their last hours before closing at the dying White Flint Mall in North Bethesda.
At Gap, as you can see in the photo below, the sales floor was already being cleared of merchandise. Later, boxes would be stacked inside.
At Easy Spirit, you can see the boxes stacked inside.
Both are closed permanently.
The news is not so bad for fans of Bertram's Inkwell, pictured below as it wound down operations at White Flint:
Not only is Bertram's moving to a new location, but it is right across the street from White Flint Mall.
The new Bertram's store is at 11300 Rockville Pike, in One Central Plaza.
Bertram's new location should open this week. I'll be sure to pass it along when it does.
Bertram's Inkwell holds the distinction of being one of the oldest tenants at White Flint, where it opened in 1985.
All 3 stores' White Flint spaces have been stripped of signage, like so many other shops now closed in the mall.
2 comments:
Who cares! There's 1000s of gap stores in the US. Losing respect that you are covering this. This is not news. A crappy old mall is being closed for new development.
I'd lose respect for myself if I *wasn't* covering these kind of stories. The feedback I've received online and by email on my White Flint stories has been all positive. People do want to know what's open and closed at the mall. And many are shocked at the demolition plans.
The majority of the article was about a small business, Bertram's Inkwell, and helping customers find their new location. "Who cares?" I think most people reading the post would find that a ridiculous question.
There are 1000s of grocery stores. But not one in Clarksburg Town Center. If you live in Clarksburg, you care about that. If your Gap closes, it matters.
The mall was only built in 1977. That's not old, and it was popular until Lerner announced it was demolishing it.
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