La Jolla Village Square
Location | anchor tenants 3 | |
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No. of floors | 2 | |
Public transit access | Nobel Drive station | |
Website | ljvillagesquare |
La Jolla Village Square is a
Current tenants
Current tenants include
History
Opened in 1979, original anchors were
The San Diego Reader called the mall in 1982 the city's "carriage-trade center" and noted that the pace seemed "genteel":[1]
while I’ve never heard anyone say UTC reminds them of Europe, people do say that of La Jolla Village Square. It is elegant on the outside, with large gray concrete buttress columns standing out from the tan brick; and high-tech inside, with bright enamel-green rafters and narrow blue conduits in bold relief against the angled skylight panels. The sumptuous six-foot-high Christmas figures, the baby grand piano at the foot of the escalators, and the classical Muzak seem to beckon not to the masses…
— Amy Chu, San Diego Reader 1982
A 1992 plan led to the closure of the department stores (I. Magnin closed in 1993)
References
- ^ a b "A complete survey of San Diego shopping malls".
- ^ "La Jolla Village Square - Store Listing".
- ^ Kraul, Chris (March 30, 1988). "La Jolla Village Square Being Sold; Expansion Planned". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Kraul, Chris (June 30, 1992). "Developer Plans Major Renovation of La Jolla Village Mall : Shopping: $50-million project will shift the center's emphasis toward discount retailing". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Kraul, Chris (July 21, 1992). "AMC Planning 12-Plex Theater at La Jolla Mall". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Macy's to shutter 11 store employing 1,450 people".
- ^ https://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/October-1997/The-Call-of-the-Mall/
- ^ "Developer Plans Major Renovation of la Jolla Village Mall : Shopping: $50-million project will shift the center's emphasis toward discount retailing". Los Angeles Times. 1992-06-30.