Vanished Site Data

 

 

Site Name:

Downtown Burdick Mall
Site Location:

Burdick Street between Michigan Avenue and Lovell Street
Date Vanished:

 
Site Information:

The inspiration for Kalamazoo’s one-time nickname ‘Mall City”, the downtown mall was created by the closing of Burdick Street between Water Street and Lovell in 1959, to create a pleasant shopping atmosphere; it was the first such mall in the United States.  In 1998, car access was restored to help invigorate downtown life.
 

 
 

 

 

 

 
  Burdick Street in the 50s   
  Image contributed by C. Noell  

 

  

 
The new mall in the early 60s  
     
    The mall in the early 60s
     
Images courtesy of the original Vanished Kalamazoo site
     
 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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