What do you miss the most about the White Flint Mall?

[Anonymous]

They should have branded White Flint as a mall catering to SAHMs, nannies, and elderly mall walkers by keeping it safe and filled with stores for babies/kids and their parents anchored by nice department stores and restaurants.

Dave & Busters was the downfall. It introduced a rowdy nighttime element.

I think everyone will miss having safe malls. You can’t set foot in Wheaton Plaza or Columbia Mall these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ANYTHING on that lot. I live nearby now and get so frustrated that they won’t move forward with redevelopment.

Exactly. Never understand why they demolish something perfectly functional without knowing what is coming next and that timeline. They could have kept it open for so many families who relied on the space and stores for entertainment, food, socialization, business etc. The mall has been closed for a decade! A whole generation could have been riding that little train.

I think the word you're looking for is "capitalism" or maybe "lawyers employed by the Lerner family."

[Anonymous]

P.F. Chang’s and d&b

[Anonymous]

Borders.

[Anonymous]

the eatery

[Anonymous]

I loved Borders and my kids loved those escalators!

What are the current plans for the property?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loved Borders and my kids loved those escalators!

What are the current plans for the property?

Plans for a mixed use development were approved 10-15 years ago, but the owners have no current plans to move forward with anything. They’re waiting for a big name (like Amazon which they lost out on) to anchor the development.

[Anonymous]

The Vegetable Garden. Proximity to red line. Those were the best of times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you really unlocked one of the best memories I still keep to this day. Loved shopping at the Lord & Taylor store and I frequently went there twice a week before they announced that the mall would permanently close. I would buy either heels or dresses for myself and my mom ( she still prefers the H&M though. )

Yes! I loved that lord and taylor. Those were happy days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many memories. As a teenager, getting dressed up to hang out out at White Flint and see and be seen. Shopping at The Limited, Georgetown Leather Design, Cedar Post, Express, Benetton, Bloomies. The original food court (dim lighting and a lot of brown), the movies, the mini Georgetown and Italian street. As an adult, shopping for my daughter at Gymboree and Borders. Taking her on the train.

I get annoyed every time I pass White Flint. In the 80’s and 90’s, it was such a vibe and now it’s an overgrown mess.

The cobblestone alley on the lower level, I magnum, and Rainbow hair salon.

I always preferred White Flint to Montgomery mall. It was more compact but had better stores.

Ten years ago, there were rumors of a wegmans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you really unlocked one of the best memories I still keep to this day. Loved shopping at the Lord & Taylor store and I frequently went there twice a week before they announced that the mall would permanently close. I would buy either heels or dresses for myself and my mom ( she still prefers the H&M though. )

Yes! I loved that lord and taylor. Those were happy days.

Same here. I didn’t grow up in the area, but worked near there and used to go to Lord & Taylor on my lunch break.

[Anonymous]

I was a young teen when the mall opened. My friends and I would hang out there, shopping, eating, running around. Loved the Bloomingdale’s, for its great sales, the Pants Corral, the card store.

[Anonymous]

I Magnum, the cobblestone area, Bloomies, there was a fantastic jewelry store and a great custard place. But mostly I miss a place where I could get whatever I needed quickly. A day at white flint with my mom was magical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bertuccis. I know that’s probably more an early 2000s thing but sometimes we’d be coming home on 95 and pick up a pizza when we got off the beltway….

I remember before Bertucci's there was a different Italian place in that space called Bertolini's. I loved their pasta.

[Anonymous]

Roxann's day spa!

Jerry's pizza

Great American Cookie

Bertucci's when Cheesecake Factory wait was too long