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Harlem Irving Plaza (commonly referred to as "The HIP") is an enclosed mall located in Norridge, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The mall features over 100 stores and a food court; anchor stores include Carson Pirie Scott, Kohl's, Best Buy, and Target. It is one of the oldest shopping malls in the Chicago area.〔(Harlem Irving Plaza : Get HIP! )〕 ==History== Built on the site of a former livestock farm, Harlem Irving Plaza opened in 1956 as a strip mall featuring approximately 45 tenants.〔 Original anchor stores included Kroger, Walgreens, Wieboldt's, W.T. Grant, and Woolworth. The plaza became a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers a year after opening.〔(Harlem Irving Company - Celebrating 50 years! )〕 Between 1975 and 1979, the former strip mall was enclosed, and a parking garage was added. Also in 1979, Madigan's was added to the roster of department stores.〔 MainStreet, a short-lived subsidiary of Federated Department Stores opened at the mall in 1987, just as Wieboldt's closed.〔(Chicago Sun-Times:: Search )〕 In 1988, Kohl's acquired and converted all of the stores in the MainStreet chain; Carson Pirie Scott opened in the former Wieboldt's the same year. A food court was added in 1996,〔 and Best Buy opened in the former Madigan's. Best Buy re-located to the mall's parking lot in 2001;〔 its original location was replaced with a second parking garage. The mall underwent a thorough renovation in 2004, gaining a Target in August of that year.〔 In honor of the mall's 50th anniversary in 2006, Harlem Irving Plaza hosted a meet and greet with three of the original Mouseketeers.〔(abc7chicago.com: Original Mouseketeers celebrate 50th anniversary of "The Mickey Mouse Club" 8/18/06 )〕 Sports Authority, Panera Bread, Chipotle, and a fitness center were to be added in a 2013 expansion.〔http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120920/BLOGS01/120929979/harlem-irving-plaza-begins-major-expansion〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harlem Irving Plaza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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