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The Palisades Center Mall, often referred to as the Palisades Mall, in West Nyack, New York is the second largest shopping mall in the New York metropolitan area, the eighth largest in the United States by total area, and sixth largest by gross leasable space.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://nutmeg.easternct.edu/~pocock/MallsLarge.htm )〕 As one of the nation's most lucrative malls,〔Jainchill, Johanna. ("IN BUSINESS; Civic Group Fights Mall Over Unoccupied Space" ). ''The New York Times''. August 18, 2002〕 the industrial style mall,〔Stone, DZ (May 3, 2013). ("Palisades Center in West Nyack to get makeover" ). ''Newsday''.〕 which houses over 400 stores, receives 20 million visitors a year, and produces $57 million a year in taxes, including $40 million in sales tax and $17 million in property taxes.〔Clary, Greg (March 28, 2008). ("Even 10 years after opening, Palisades Center stirs discontent" ). Lohud.com.〕 Palisades Center is bounded on three sides by major state routes - the New York State Thruway (Interstates 87 and 287) to the north (from which it can be accessed at exit 12), NY Route 303 to the east, and NY Route 59 to the south. It is also located near the Thruway's intersection of the Palisades Interstate Parkway, and is only a few miles west of the Tappan Zee Bridge, which provides access from points east of the Hudson River.〔 Named after the nearby Palisades, which border the Hudson River and the eastern part of Rockland County, the mall opened in 1998,〔 and is operated by the Pyramid Companies, the original developer and current owner. ==History== According to the mall's sponsoring partner, Thomas Valenti, it took 16 years to get the mall approved and built.〔 The 130-acre site〔Gratz, Roberta Brandes. ("MALLING THE NORTHEAST" ). ''The New York Times''. April 1, 1990〕 was purchased by The Pyramid Companies for about $3 million and promised to clean up the two landfills, which were filled with incinerator ash and garbage.〔("Mall's Future in Doubt Amid Many Questions" ). ''The New York Times''. June 12, 1994〕 The 875,000-square-foot mall〔Williams, Monte. ("Equal to 32 Football Fields, New Center Is Hotly Debated" ). ''The New York Times''. August 11, 1996〕 was proposed in 1985 with a goal of luring upscale retailers like Lord & Taylor (who currently operates a store at the mall), and a promise to keep sales tax dollars from slipping across state lines into New Jersey. The site was selected for its proximity to the New York State Thruway and Westchester County. Its location four miles from New Jersey, where blue laws in Bergen County keep the malls closed on Sundays, was also a factor. Local residents, recalling how the Nanuet Mall nearly drew the life out of Rockland County's traditional shopping villages about 20 years earlier,〔 opposed the mall, predicting that it would bring crime,〔 increased traffic, air pollution, and an economic downturn to the area's downtowns,〔〔Feron, James. ("Plan to Build Huge Mall Under Attack In Rockland" ). ''The New York Times''. December 31, 1998〕 and that the site was not properly tested for toxins. Ground was broken on the project in October 1993.〔〔 The mall cost between $250 million and $280 million.〔〔 The Palisades Center was built around the Mount Moor Cemetery, a 150-year-old cemetery for African Americans established in 1849 whose stated purpose was to provide a final resting place for people of color, including Native American and African American veterans of American wars from the Civil War to the Korean War. The cemetery is visible from a number of points in the mall, and was undisturbed by construction.〔("Palisades Center - West Nyack, New York - large indoor shopping center" ). City-Data. Retrieved November 6, 2011.〕 The Historical Society of Rockland County placed a historical sign which reads: The construction of the mall faced a number of environmental obstacles before it began. What was initially thought to be a mastodon buried there turned out to be a circus elephant. Nesting grounds for a nearly extinct red-legged partridge turned out to be a domesticated pheasant. Other problems included flooding from one of the region's glacier-dug bottom spots and runoff from three landfills on the property.〔 The mall opened in March 1998.〔〔Siwolop, Sana (April 23, 2003). ("COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE; Shopping Center Tries to Recapture Its Old Shine" ). ''The New York Times''.〕〔West, Debra (January 8, 1999). ("Palisades Center, the Rumor Mall; Rosie O'Donnell Wants to Know: Is It Really Going to Sink?" ). ''The New York Times''.〕 From the beginning it was dogged by rumors. These included the notion that a serial rapist was attacking shoppers, that the developers were on the verge of bankruptcy, that the underground parking lot was sinking because it was built on unstable swampland, and that it would collapse under its own weight. After the 1999-2000 holiday seasons, rumors of the mall's closing abounded. On the January 6, 2000 episode of ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'', host Rosie O'Donnell, who lives in Nyack, mentioned the rumor of the building's sinking to her audience. Local police, town engineering officials and the mall's developers, however, assured the public that there was no truth to these stories, and that the mall was safe, and in no danger of closing.〔〔〔 A managing partner of the mall, Thomas J. Valenti, appeared on a later episode of ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'' where he performed a song and dance number to the tune of "Cheek to Cheek", debunking the rumors of the mall sinking. On May 3, 2013, Leemarie Dell'Accio, the mall's marketing director, announced that it would undergo a multimillion dollar makeover later that month, which would be completed by the end of the year. The remodeling was intended to create a more sophisticated appearance to the mall, which had begun to show signs of wear and tear. The renovation brought about a warmer color scheme to soften the institutional beige of the mall, colored glass mosaics, ceiling facets, and designer lighting. Some aspects of the remodeling targeted specific areas of the mall. For example, the four-story court at the center of the mall incorporates glass handrails and architectural lighting elements, and the "ThEATery" area on level 4 received new tile floors and chandelier fixtures. Other areas had soft seating, custom planters and plush carpets added to them.〔 Also, in 2015, the AMC Theatres in the mall underwent renovation. The building was remodeled and the theaters replaced their old seats with luxurious self-adjustable controlled recliners. IMAX also moved into the theater at the time after its former location closed; however, the IMAX theater in AMC does not have self-adjustable controls on the recliners. In addition, AMC added Coke Freestyle machines and self-serve ICEE machines, which replaced the former arcade. The Loews Theaters signage was dropped at the time as well. The theater is now under the signage of "AMC Theatres and IMAX". 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「Palisades Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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