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Totem Lake Mall is a small shopping mall in Kirkland, Washington, United States. The center consists of an enclosed shopping mall (Lower Mall), and an adjacent strip mall (Upper Mall). Collectively, the two centers are sometimes referred to as "Totem Lake Malls". Following the redevelopment of major regional malls beginning in the 1980s, Totem Lake Mall went into steady decline, losing most of its major tenants. Multiple redevelopments for the property have been proposed but have never been carried out. Major tenants in the Lower Mall are Cartoys, Ross Dress for Less, Sleep Country USA, Famous Footwear, Family Christian Book Center, My Home Furniture brand new in 2013, 24 Hour Fitness and the stand alone, Auto Zone and Key Bank. Spaces in the lower mall are often leased by short-term and seasonal tenants. The Upper Mall includes Denny's Pet World, Guitar Center, Hallmark Cards, Trader Joe's, and Big 5 Sporting Goods. The majority of these tenants are only accessible on the outside, shying away from the interior mall concept popular throughout the 1960s-1990s. Other malls in the Seattle - Tacoma area such as Northgate Mall and Lakewood Towne Center have switched to this concept as well, having tenants on the outside as well as the inside. ==History== Originally called the Totem Lake Center, the mall was first proposed in early 1968〔"$30 Million Shopping Center Planned". East Side Journal, April 17, 1968, P. 1〕 and ground was broken in June 1972.〔"Ground Broken For Totem Lake Shopping Center". East Side Journal, June 14, 1972, P. 8〕 The mall was the second phase of a larger Totem Lake center project including the Evergreen Hospital campus and nearby apartment complexes, all developed by Totem Lake, Inc. around the small lake of the same name, originally known as Lake Watstine. The mall was designed with an "Indian longhouse theme" by Richard C. Bouillon & Co., the same firm that designed the Lake Forest Park Center in 1964 in a chalet theme. John Graham & Company were in charge of designing the interior.〔"Indian Theme for Totem Center" ''Seattle Times'' 11 jun. 1972. C1.〕〔"Work to Begin on New Store" ''Seattle Times'' 21 Jan. 1973 P.H3〕 Although the opening of the mall was originally scheduled for April 1, 1973,〔"April 1 opening scheduled for Totem Lake Center". ''East Side Journal'', January 10, 1973, p. 23〕 the first stores in the mall opened on May 2,〔"Grand opening held for some at Totem Lake Center", ''East Side Journal'' May 9, 1973, P. B1〕 and the rest of the lower mall opened on May 31, 1973.〔"Totem Center Ribbon Cut". ''East Side Journal'', June 6, 1973, P. A6〕 The mall's Lamonts Anchor tenant/department store, the sixth in that chain, was still under construction at the time, and would not open until October 17 of that year.〔"Lamonts Opens Today at Totem Lake", ''East Side Journal'', October 17, 1973, p. A1〕 Other anchors at the mall included other divisions of the Pay 'n Save Corporation including Ernst Home & Nursery, Schuck's Auto Supply, still existing until recently, a Pay 'n Save Drug store and Sportsland, later acquired by Big 5 Sporting Goods. Construction of the separate Eastern portion of the mall continued into 1974, and the East Mall was opened in July 1974. Construction of the mall would lead to the annexation of the Totem Lake Neighborhood by the city of Kirkland in 1974.〔"Totem Lake Annex Draws No Objections". ''East Side Journal'', May 9, 1973, P. A5〕〔"Annexation Closer For Totem Lake". ''East Side Journal'', January 9, 1974, P. A8〕 The adjacent Totem Lake Cinemas opened in 1980. A huge snow storm in 1997 caused part of the lower mall's roof to cave in, triggering the sprinklers and flooding the entire mall in of water. Because of water damage, the mall's original wood parquet flooring was replaced with ceramic tile. A totem pole from the mall's original construction is hidden inside a sign tower on the mall's west side. It was left on site during redevelopment to take advantage of a grandfather clause in the city's sign height limits. 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「Totem Lake Mall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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