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September 2023, nearly a decade after its closure, St. Louis County finally initiated an announcement that demolition would begin on the former Jamestown Mall effective September 26, 2023, with a ceremony being hosted at the mall's site that same day. Demolition of all structures on the property was complete by March 2024.
259:. The mall's initial roster of stores and services included Forum Cafeteria, Walgreen Drug, Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream, Camelot Music, Davy Jones Locker, The Limited, Orange Bowl snack bar, Pass Pets, and an Aladdin's Castle video arcade. On July 12, 1974, a theater owned by the General Cinema Corporation opened at Jamestown Mall.
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During the 1990s, the mall's movie theater was relocated from its original location, which now houses the food court, to the front of the mall. The cinema was owned and operated by
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October 2021, a portion of the shuttered Jamestown Mall in north St. Louis County faced a new challenge as burst pipes flooded the first floor of the Sears building. It remains unclear when the water and fire suppression lines at the Sears building broke, and the extent of the water release is
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Dillard's store. Subsequent plans in 2010 aimed to demolish everything except the JCPenney and Macy's
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695:"Planners seek new vitality for Jamestown Mall"
667:Hempel, Paul; Denise Holland (March 22, 2009).
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810:"Macy's to close Jamestown Mall location"
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887:Kukuljan, Steph (October 22, 2021).
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430:"May Co. boosts expansion spending"
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669:"Jamestown Mall takes another hit"
374:Giegerich, Steve (July 18, 2014).
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