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Bannister Mall closing for Good at end of may (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=162884)

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Originally Posted by cardken

It was the place back then, One of my first jobs were at the Bannister. Worked a couple of years selling Electronics at Sears, and was an Ast Mgr at Tape World, f#@king funny cassette tapes were the format of choice back then. Also remember was the first place a saw replica jerseys and hats at Mearle Haron's Fan Fare, dropped lots of cash there over those years.

I dated a girl in high school that worked at that Fan Fare.

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Originally Posted by Demonpenz

where am I going to shoplift now?

Great now they'll be coming to WardParkway...

THEY SHOULD PUT A FOOTBALL FIELD THERE AND HOLD TRAING CAMP THERE!

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

I drive past the Bannister Mall every day going back and forth to work.

It's been useless as a real mall for several years. Nothing but flea market stuff in ther the past couple years.

BM died for a couple reasons. It started going down hill when people were getting mugged and carjacked in the parking lot. When that happened, people from Grandview and Raytown and from across the state line in JoCo stopped going because of safety concerns.

Then Lee's Summit built a mall on Chipman Road, and JoCo has plenty of shopping south of I-435. That whole area just withered away. Not only the mall, but all the other stuff that was built around the outskirts of the mall too. Now it's a ghost town.

Shame, because all that land used to be part of Benjamin Ranch, where you could go horseback riding and the trails were plentiful and stretched a long way. That land is part of the original Santa Fe Trail, so back when it was a horseback riding ranch, it was cool, because you could ride on the original Santa Fe Trail. Now its all just asphalt and empty strip mall buildings. Even Wal-Mart bailed out, because they flattened the Blue Ridge Mall and built a Wally World on the property. Now all the slime from South KC goes to the Blue Ridge Mall for Beef Jerkey, Doritos, Smirnoff Ice and diapers.

I've heard rumors that the city would like to take over that land, flatten the mall, and build the Wizards a soccer stadium, but nothing concrete has come around on that yet.

Yea, its too bad the Bass/Pro deal fell through there. It would have been a nice revitalization for that area.

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Originally Posted by Micjones

Criminals ay?
Priceless...

Why is that?

i am wondering what the deal is with 87th street. on mapquest it is supposed to go through to 71. It has been under construction for like 2 years. I guess they are like "you keep carjacking people so piss on you"

I remember when it opened.

Its too bad the thugs and shitbags ruined that place for everyone else.

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

Its too bad the thugs and shitbags ruined that place for everyone else.

I hope that doesnt happen with Independence Center as well..i havent been there in several years since i dont live in KC, but last time i was there i remember seeing quite a few of the "thuggish elements" there.

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

I was there at Christmas time and it was quite nice. It's basically Oak Park Mall East.

I went there the day I first came home on leave from the Navy after completing A school back in '84. I remember walking around in uniform, hand-in-hand with my girlfriend (the one I really liked, not the one I ended up marrying). That was one of the happiest days of my life. Of course, that was a long time ago, and I don't think I've been back since. Too bad the place went to hell.

Given the amount of criminals that visit the area....maybe the empty building should be turned into a prison.

I had a cousin robbed at gunpoint there by 3 "youths".....got him for a whopping $2 and change....yes...and took the change.

Was this the mall that had that huge arcade downstairs?

NO!!! They shut down Cleopatras Jew-ry (for those of us that watch local KC commercials)...........best commercial rap video EVER!!! Even better than Used Tire City!!!

Disclaimer: Sarcasm at its finest.

I worked at United Artists for a while.

I remember Tape World was just across the way on the top floor.

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Originally Posted by Micjones

I worked at United Artists for a while.

That theater in there used to be really nice back in the 80's. I remember seeing "Return of the Jedi" there on opening night.