tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post5633332703248095957..comments2024-03-28T20:20:13.557-05:00Comments on Tie Dye Travels with Kat Robinson - Author, Arkansas Food Historian, TV Host and Best Loved Traveler: Requiem for a Dead Mall - 7 Years After University Fell.Kat Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148907008119619091noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-7230003097983542272023-11-07T12:44:39.818-06:002023-11-07T12:44:39.818-06:00As we enter into the holiday season, I always thin...As we enter into the holiday season, I always think of University Mall and eating at Franke's (best seats were by the windows)! The Christmas decorations and the rush of people were magical until the mall started to fade and the stores began to close. It was a simpler time and I enjoyed your article and all the photos! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-17616747665618374162023-01-27T00:43:19.548-06:002023-01-27T00:43:19.548-06:00I just stumbled across this article. What a fantas...I just stumbled across this article. What a fantastic tour! I remember when the Mall was fairly new. We actually came as a school tour from Hot Springs (malls were that novel). There was an ice cream place where you could get a free sundae if it was your birthday. I remember lying to get the free sundae and being so terrified they would find out and haul me to jail. Innocent times! Thank you so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-14689382252720130572018-01-25T12:16:05.798-06:002018-01-25T12:16:05.798-06:00I worked at the original Nut Hut when I was in hig...I worked at the original Nut Hut when I was in high school. Many fond memories...Camelot Music.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00734028360890532563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-45200729264909682062015-12-27T10:33:30.959-06:002015-12-27T10:33:30.959-06:00Thanks for the memories! We use to go shopping the...Thanks for the memories! We use to go shopping there once or twice a year, until Park Plaza opened up. It awed us with its magnificent look and size. It wasn't til I was older that I realized University Mall was still a great place to get what you needed. I'm sad that it had to come down to make way for "new". But such is life I guess. Robin Bobohttp://ktss.tvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-16040448052214777222015-12-17T06:21:21.551-06:002015-12-17T06:21:21.551-06:00Mall Deaths are sometimes interesting. We had a ma...Mall Deaths are sometimes interesting. We had a mall in Albuquerque NM that went belly up but all the older folks would use it as a place to walk around for fitness purposes, that went on for years. I think it was finally demolished and turned into an outdoor plaza mall thing. I came here because my Dad and my grandparents are from Arkansas but way out from Little Rock (Woodruff, Jackson & Troy Fallinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271694196279432500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-19998934884469090882015-01-21T14:10:42.425-06:002015-01-21T14:10:42.425-06:00No discussion of University Mall is complete witho...No discussion of University Mall is complete without a mention of Mr. Rufus Whitmore, who worked at Franke's for 60 years or more, including at the mall location for many years. I recall coming to Little Rock on Razorback game days in the late '60s and early '70s and going to the mall. While the wives shopped, the men camped out in front of the TVs in Montgomery Ward and Penney'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-59946409600091941262015-01-21T09:18:46.063-06:002015-01-21T09:18:46.063-06:00Great article! And I loved all the pictures. We al...Great article! And I loved all the pictures. We always went to University Mall when we first moved down here to central Arkansas. Lots of good memories there. Thank you. Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04242148018224733679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-58354660171326868552015-01-20T22:20:58.669-06:002015-01-20T22:20:58.669-06:00I was a kid in the 80s, and me and my friends pref...I was a kid in the 80s, and me and my friends preferred Park Plaza because of the better arcade machines, movie theater, and proximity to the Heights. We would walk back and forth all summer. There was also a Dactyl Nightmare machine out in the food court. Look it up for those unfamiliar. It was a week's worth of allowance to play for just a couple of minutes, but it was worth it. There Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-39653678778097202472015-01-20T10:28:09.695-06:002015-01-20T10:28:09.695-06:00At the time, I was trying very hard to get permiss...At the time, I was trying very hard to get permission from the property owner. The disconnected phone number was no help. I did some calling around, left a lot of voicemail messages and waited. I was very concerned that someone might be worried about other urban explorers going in. No one ever returned my messages, and I had other assignments that came up (I took a series of travel writing Kat Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148907008119619091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-73106906192534401602015-01-20T05:11:02.464-06:002015-01-20T05:11:02.464-06:00Interesting story, good photos. Stairwell scare...Interesting story, good photos. Stairwell scared me! Why did you have to wait to tell the story?<br />KarenKarennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254227285674003534.post-57811508490038972242015-01-20T00:19:51.615-06:002015-01-20T00:19:51.615-06:00Thank you for sharing the photos. It was so sad to...Thank you for sharing the photos. It was so sad to see University Mall shrivel up and die. I worked at JC Penney's while in high school and early in my college career. I spent many happy hours at "the" Mall as it was called back in the day because it was the only true mall in the LR/NLR area before McCain Mall was built even though the shopping center on JFK and McCain was referred RamblingWordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531030521466418144noreply@blogger.com