Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Chapters: Northway Mall (Colonie, New York), Stuyvesant Plaza, Saratoga Mall (Wilton, New York), Destiny USA, Westgate Plaza (Albany, New York), Mohawk Mall, Walden Galleria, Cohoes Commons, Crosstown Plaza (Schenectady, NY), Mohawk Commons (Niskayuna, New York), Carousel Center, Hudson Valley Mall, Palisades Center, Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, Smith Haven Mall, The Summit, Midtown Plaza, Crossgates Mall, Kohl's Plaza, Medley Centre, Dutchess Mall, Poughkeepsie Galleria, South Hills Mall, Lockport Mall, Camillus Plaza, The Mall at Greece Ridge, Walt Whitman Mall, The Shops at Ithaca Mall, Penn-Can Mall, Colonie Center, Cross County Shopping Center, Crossgates Commons, Sangertown Square, Rotterdam Square, Paddock Arcade, Seneca Mall, Latham Circle Mall, Eastern Hills Mall, Westfield South Shore, The Westchester, Aviation Mall, Galleria at White Plains, The Marketplace Mall, Boulevard Mall, St. Lawrence Centre, Rainbow Centre Factory Outlet, Galleria at Crystal Run, Fingerlakes Mall, Eastview Mall, Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, Clifton Park Center, Wilton Mall at Saratoga, McKinley Mall, Shoppingtown Mall, Cortlandt Town Center, Great Northern Mall, Nanuet Mall, Newburgh Mall, Oakdale Mall, The Source at White Plains, The Mall at Oyster Bay. Excerpt: Northway Mall is currently a big box retail center in Colonie, New York along Central Avenue (NY Route 5). From 1970 to 1999, it was an enclosed shopping mall with several out buildings. It is located across Central Avenue from Colonie Center, an enclosed shopping mall. The mall, which had no fountain, and only one floor for its inner complex, was alleged to have been referred to as "modern as tomorrow." Fifty-nine acres of land was purchased in Fall, 1968 from the city of Albany for a price of $1.2 million. The purchaser was developer Morris Steinberg of the city of New York. The property was originally part of Albany's waterworks property. It had been a protected part of the Albany Pine Bush from 1850. The development of Northway Mall helped to spur further development along nearby Wolf Road. A hearing at the Colonie Planning Board was scheduled for July 8, 1969 for a proposed subdivision for the mall. A meeting between the Town of Colonie Planning Board, the Village of Colonie Planning Commission, and representatives of the developers took place on August 19, 1969, where partial approval was given to begin preliminary work. Work to level the land had actually commenced prior to that date. A hearing at the Colonie Town Zoning Board was scheduled for 5:15pm on September 17, 1970, regarding mall signage. A variance had to be requested because the size of the proposed signs was larger than was allowed by zoning laws at the time. The construction contract for the Almart's Store was held by Panzieri-Henderson, Inc., while AVR Construction Co. was contracted for Korvette's. L.A. Swyer, Inc., of Albany, held the construction contract for the smaller stores between the two anchors. Steel for the center was purchased from James McKinney & Sons, Inc., of Albany. Initial plans called for the south end of the mall to have a single-level E. J. Korvette Store at 140,000 square feet. Korvette's opened on October 15, 1970. The Almart Store, a division of Allied Stores Corp., woul