{"id":30039,"date":"2022-06-07T08:20:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=30039"},"modified":"2022-06-07T08:20:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:20:50","slug":"the-old-landmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2022\/06\/the-old-landmark\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Landmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ALEXANDRIA, Va. \u2014<\/strong> At long last, Landmark Mall is finally being replaced. In May, the wrecking ball finally started taking down what might have been a vibrant place to shop in the 20th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landmark Mall was antiquated by and even before the 21st <\/sup>century began. I do not believe I visited it more than twice prior to moving here in 2007. Late that year, it was announced Landmark would be torn down<\/strong><\/a> and re-imagined as a town center development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That didn’t happen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the next several years, it continued to decline. My brother astutely noted that “Chik-fil-a” was the anchor store. In early 2017, it finally closed for real<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time they mean it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After several false starts Landmark Mall was chosen as the site for a new Inova Alexandria Hospital. The mall briefly served as the set of Wonder Woman ’84<\/strong><\/a> which I never saw. On May 12, the end finally began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Long-awaited Landmark Mall demolition and redevelopment begins<\/strong><\/a> – ALX Now<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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