Virginia Center Commons Mall Oral History Student Project
Interview with Larry,
Retiree from Virginia
By Joa Kearney / March 27, 2025 [Pre-Interview] / April 5, 2025 [Interview]
Tags: Abandoned malls, Baby Boomers, Boomers generation, Cherished memories, Childhood memories, Children, Community responses, Competing malls, Dead malls, Elder, Family, Friends, Fun, Ghost shopping centers, Grandchildren, History, Hobbies, Local business impact, Local history, Mall closures, Mall decline, Mall shopper, Nostalgia, Oral history, Over competition, Redevelopment, Richmond, Urban development, VCC Shopper, Virginia, Virginia Center Commons
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Appropriate citation to use
Larry. “VCC Pre-Interview Larry.” Interview by Joa Kearney. March 27, 2025. Virginia Center Commons Oral History Student Project Archive. https://www.vccoralhistorystudentproject.com/interview-with-larry. Accessed April 5, 2025.
Larry. “VCC Interview Larry.” Interview by Joa Kearney. April 5, 2025. Virginia Center Commons Oral History Student Project Archive. https://www.vccoralhistorystudentproject.com/interview-with-larry. Accessed April 5, 2025.
Suggested for further reading
“Layaway Plan Featured.” Women’s Wear Daily 83, no. 62 (September 27, 1951): 2. https://proxy.lib.odu.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/layaway-plan-featured/docview/1523132746/se-2.
“Layaway Purchase Plans.” Consumers’ Research Magazine 73, no. 6 (June 1, 1990): 31. https://research-ebsco-com.proxy.lib.odu.edu/linkprocessor/plink?id=c6c7e47b-79ee-3b74-9ed7-c529dec4657d.
Lindeman, Teresa F. “Layaway Plans Gain Popularity with Shoppers, Stores.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), 2009. Tribune Content Agency.
Meier, Karen. "The Growth, Decline, and Rebirth of the American Shopping Mall: Part 3." Camoin Associates. December 2023. https://camoinassociates.com/resources/the-american-shopping-mall-part-3/.