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Rockaway Townsquare (commonly referred to as Rockaway Mall or Rockaway Townsquare Mall) is a two-level super regional shopping mall, located on Interstate 80 and Mount Hope Avenue in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. The mall has a gross leasable area of 1,248,000 ft² (114,000 m²). Rockaway Townsquare is currently owned by the Simon Property Group. It features a gross leasable area of ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rockaway Townsquare )〕 placing it in the top ten among the largest shopping malls in New Jersey. == Mall history == The mall first opened on Labor Day Weekend of 1977. It was built on top of a wetland, which was not protected in New Jersey until 1988 with the passage of the New Jersey Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act, and the former Dover city landfill. Upon opening, the mall contained five large sculptures by Rita Blitt.〔http://www.ritablitt.com/jupgrade/images/stories/articles/rockaway-townsquare.html Blitt Sculptures Add Art to the Mall〕 Most were located on the first floor and reached up through openings to the second. A twenty-foot stainless steel and brass American flag hung from the ceiling.〔http://www.ritablitt.com/jupgrade/images/stories/articles/mcdonald.html The Art of Rita Blitt〕 The silhouette of one of these sculptures, the yellow Stablitt 55, became the mall's original logo. Although the other sculptures have been removed, Stablitt 55 still stands, on the corner near the three-store strip at the entrance off the main road. A glass elevator was added to center court, as part of a larger renovation in 1995. In 2007 and 2008, renovations were made to both its interior and exterior throughout the mall. The renovations included updated flooring (carpeted upper level, ceramic tile on central portion of lower level, carpeted lower level near department stores, as well as a marble-floored center court), a remodeled and modernized food court that includes new ceilings, a rounded appearance and banquette seating, repainted ceilings in earth tones and new lighting. The mall entrances were remodeled and gained a new logo, and the parking lot received new lighting. This is the mall's 2nd renovation, which was finished just in time for the mall's grand reopening, the weekend of November 21, 2008. In 1999, the mall was purchased by Simon Property Group. With this ownership Simon felt that this local area was growing vastly and felt it needed to open a more upscale selection of retailers. From the start upscale retailers like Abercrombie & Fitch and Ann Taylor joined the mall in 1999. A substantial number of other fine retailers went on to open later in time. Notable stores that have since closed include: Bamberger's which was in the location currently occupied by Macy's (it was converted along with the other Bamberger's stores to the Macy's nameplate in 1986), Hahne's which was in the location currently occupied by Lord & Taylor (converted to the L&T nameplate in 1988), Child World which was occupied by Kids "R" Us after Child World went out of business in 1992, though was occupied by Office Depot after the majority of standalone KRU locations closed in 2003. (Office Depot has since closed as well; this space is currently being converted to DSW, relocating the Marketplace at Rockaway location) AMC Theatres had screens 1-6 in the location currently occupied by Forever 21 (previously F.Y.E. and Record Town) located inside the mall, as well as screens 7-12 in the location currently occupied by Best Buy in one of the many strip malls located on the perimeter road. The 1-6 screens closed in 1998 and the 7-12 screens in 2002. When the theaters originally expanded from 6 screens to 12 in February 1981, it became the first 12-screen multiplex in America.〔(AT THE MOVIES; How Resnais made a success with science. - New York Times )〕 On August 25, 2009, a small plane crash-landed in the parking lot. The only injury was the pilot, who walked away and was treated. On February 20, 2010, a grease oven fire broke out at a McDonald's inside the mall, causing a brief evacuation of the mall until the fire was put out. The McDonald's is now closed.〔http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100220/UPDATES01/100220068/Rockaway-Townsquare-mall-reopens-after-fire-at-McDonald%5C-s〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rockaway Townsquare」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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