Great Northern Mall

Continuing on with a look at the Syracuse malls, this post features the northernmost mall in the region. The Great Northern Mall opened in 1988 with Dey Brothers and Sibley's as original anchors. It is possible that both Sears and Hess served as original anchors, but I'm not 100% certain on that. Sears had relocated to the mall after closing the former location at the Penn-Can Mall. 

Dey Brothers became Chappels which would later become Bon Ton. Sibley's became Kaufman's followed by Macy's. Dick's Sporting Goods took over the old Hess location. Both Bon Ton and Macy's are now closed leaving just Sears and Dick's as anchors.

Bon Ton closed in 2006, while Macy's closed earlier this year.

The following pictures come from a March 2016 visit when the mall was in better shape. Many stores have closed since these pictures were taken.

We'll start with the exterior first followed by an interior tour which begins and ends at Sears.

Former Ruby Tuesday by the main entrance

Now closed Macy's

Former Bon Ton

Sears managed to get some minor updates to this store.

Now closed Aeropostale

Former Deb

Former Bon Ton

Former Ruby Tuesday

This concludes a look at the Great Northern Mall.

Soon to Be Former Kmart #3406

This month's featured Kmart focuses on a recently announced closing store that I had visited outside the blog's coverage area. Located in East Stroudsburg, PA, this location was a former Grants location that Kmart took over. This store will close forever by the end of July 2017.

Shingles!

Former Restaurant 

Kmart kept the shingled exterior which makes for a really cool exterior, even if it is quite old. Now it is time for an interior tour of this store while it was still in normal operation.

Kmart had managed to find another tenant to fill the old auto center.

Garden Shop

The interesting hallway that leads to the restrooms

Former Restaurant Entrance used as extra storage

Rating: 8 out of 10. 
I generally felt this store was somewhat busy, even if a Walmart was across the street. It was easy to navigate and quite organized. The only drawback was likely the age of the building.

In Danger of Closing?
Obviously. Announced to be closing in July 2017.