Manhatten Mall

Manhattan Mall is an indoor shopping mall in New York City located at 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue in the heart of Midtown Manhattan and home to dozens of well-known retailers. The mall's JCPenney anchor store closed on July 7, 2020. There are entrances to the 34th Street – Herald Square New York City Subway station and the 33rd StreetPATH station on the second basement level. It is one of the few malls in the city that provides no off-street parking for shoppers.
== History ==
The structure was originally built as the flagship of the Gimbels department store chain. It was designed by famed architect Daniel Burnham and opened on September 29, 1910. The store was located in the cluster of large department stores that surrounded Herald Square, in Midtown Manhattan. It offered 27 acres (110,000 m2) of selling space. A major selling point was its many doors leading to the Herald Square New York City Subway station. Due to such easy access, by the time Gimbels closed in 1986, this store had the highest rate of "shrinkage", or shoplifting losses, in the world. Doors also opened to a pedestrian passage under 32nd Street, connecting Penn Station to the 34th Street (New York City Subway) and 33rd Street (PATH) stations. This Gimbels Passageway was closed in the 1990s for security reasons during a period of high crime. 
Gimbels closed in 1986. After a renovation, the structure reopened in 1989 as A&S Plaza, anchored by an A&S department store. The mall was originally 13 stories high, but difficult access to upper floors made the whole mall a financial failure.
A&S closed in 1995 and the anchor store became Stern's after Federated Department Stores took acquisition of the brand. The structure was renamed Manhattan Mall, due to the closure of A&S. Stern's closed in 2001, after Federated Department Stores decided to discontinue the brand. Unlike other Stern's stores, the Manhattan Mall location was not converted to a Macy's. Instead, the anchor store was divided into smaller spaces, including a Steve & Barry's and a relocated food court. The upper 10 levels were converted to office space shortly after the closure of Stern's.
Venture bought the building in 1999 for $135 million and sold it to Vornado Realty Trustin 2006 for $689 million.
On April 18, 2007, JCPenney announced that it would open a 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m2) anchor store on the lower levels of the mall. It was the first JCPenney store in Manhattan. The mall's food court, which contained the only Arby's restaurant in Manhattan at the time, along with retailers such as Steve & Barry's, Brookstone and Nine West were closed in 2008 to make way for the new store. The store officially opened on July 31, 2009. On July 7, 2020, JCPenney closed permanently as part of a plan to close 151 stores nationwide.
Category:Indoor Malls
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Malls in New York
Category:Malls in the United States
Category:Malls that opened in 1989