Old Malls Are New Homes To Senior Living Communities

The local shopping malls of the Nixon era proved a lure too tempting to resist for millions of 1970s teens and young adults.

The mammoth monuments to consumerism were besieged by youthful Baby Boomers, who shelled out hard-earned greenbacks at stores like Radio Shack, Just Jeans, The Limited, Kinney Shoes and Musicland. When hunger stirred, they made their way to Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour for a Zoo, or bellied up to the counter at Hot Sam, Orange Julius or The Original Cookie Co.