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Just a thought while I was reading your report, I visited the Mall in Monroeville for the 25th Annv. of Dawn of the dead.

michael Fairweather | 14.06.08 - 11:07 a.m. | #

So does it have a car park?

Debster | Homepage | 14.06.08 - 12:43 p.m. | #

I remember when it was open as well - had a shop selling Christmas tat all year round.

Inspector Sands | Homepage | 14.06.08 - 2:17 p.m. | #

I had no idea that this place was still actually open! Incredible!

Must go and have a look next time I'm in that part of town...

Yes, perhaps a UK Dawn of the Dead could be made here.....

Dan | 14.06.08 - 2:21 p.m. | #

I often wonder how these places survive. The problem here seems to be location. Wapping is hardly regarded as a tourist hotspot or shopping mecca, and its remoteness has been exacerbated by the closure of the East London Line. Why endure a long tube journey out to the "Covent Garden of the East End" when you can go to the real Covent Garden in the tourist heart of London, and then go a couple of stops on the Piccadilly Line to Regent Street?

Of course, perhaps the final nail in the coffin for the Tobacco Docks shopping centre is the relocation of Wapping's News International print works to Waltham Cross. This of course means that the Tobacco Docks can no longer rely on a steady stream of workers on lunch breaks.

In short, it seems that the Tobacco Docks is failing because of its relative inaccessibility, particularly relative to other more successful retail districts such as Islington or Kensington.

Andrewh | 14.06.08 - 2:40 p.m. | #

Did it really open in 1990? It says so everywhere, but I keep a flier (I collect such things) of *The Craft Market at Tobacco Dock*, dated April 28th 1989.

Pepe | 14.06.08 - 4:20 p.m. | #

I'm astounded that it's still in good nick and open, as well.

I think it was 1989 that it opened as well - I remember scouting about round there, one rainy spring day - which I am as certain as can be would have been in either March or April 1989 (my memory is strange at recalling certain things like that)

Venichka | 14.06.08 - 6:53 p.m. | #

OK, 1989 it is.
Who wants to tell Wikipedia? [citation needed]

diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.06.08 - 8:02 p.m. | #

>>> There's Rupert Murdoch's giant News International headquarters immediately adjacent

>>> But one sandwich shop is still open... Heaven knows how Frank & Stein have survived here since day 1.

I don't suppose there might be a connection?

And did you notice the number of big trucks (the sort that clear demolition stes) parked in a line outside. Maybe not if you didn't go there during the week.

And you'll often see panda cars and traffic-warden Transits parked on the double-yellows outside as well.

Given the standards of what else is available in the area (diddly-squat mainly) I'm not surprised they've found a little niche market.

FSF | Homepage | 14.06.08 - 11:54 p.m. | #

Isn't this the place where Captain Kidd was hanged?

Vulpine | Homepage | 15.06.08 - 8:38 a.m. | #

This is the second post in two days about deserted malls I have read: http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/
200...apocalypse.html

Katie | 16.06.08 - 7:47 p.m. | #

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