Eastport City Mall

The Eastport City Mall is a massive shopping center located on the Freedom Reservoir, EC, Maryland.

The origins of the mall has its beginning in the early '60s as a open-air shopping center that included a strip mall (that would eventually evolve), auto lot, marina, and amusement park. In the 1970s, the amusement park moved to the neighboring Kennedy Hills borough and the strip mall began its life as an enclosed L-shaped enclosed shopping center. The next decade saw its popularity grew as outparcel anchors began to support its next stage of evolution in the late 80s. In 1987, Third stage of expansion of ECM had begun as the mall secured a popular hotel chain as its main anchor. The construction was rapid, and was finished by the autumn of 1990. The shopping center now had two floors of stores, dozens of smaller anchors inside and out of the mall. The mall also had expanded downwards for commercial freight and included the subway system that began in 1982 connecting the ECM with the core of the EC.

## Amenities:

Eastport City Mall has two subway metro connections, The West station connects with the hotel and the east connects with the south-east side of the Mall. The Hotel provides several amenities, including a convention center, wellness center (that includes Olympic sized pool, indoor tennis courts, and physical training rooms. Eastport City Mall complex is massive, intra-shuttle is provided by suspended monorail system that has stations linking various points of the complex. Elsewhere, the mall complex provides various entertainment venues, such as the central courtyard called Urban Fairground, where there is roller coaster, amusement park attractions for both children and adults, games and food vendors. North side of the complex is the Marina Showroom, where various yacht manufacturers showcases their yacht lineups. Yacht sizes varies from small sailing vessel to a Azzazi's hyper-yacht. On the west-side of the complex, smaller outdoor outparcel stores (anchored by Sadat Plastic Surgery Center) features various high-end cosmetics and apparel retail companies. On the east-side of the complex, lies the waterfront entertainment center. Here, various water-based entertainments are found. Swimming pools, water slides, boat rides, and small vendors.

ECM Complex also features massive underground parking and freight access. The sprawling underground is opened to the ground-level through series of "Urban Cenotes" throughout the complex's exterior.

## The Beginnings of Eastport Mall (1962 to 1969)

The Eastport Mall began its life as a open-air shopping center strip, Zephyr Motors Auto lot, the marina, and an amusement park.

### The Stores List:

#### Anchors:

* ((J.W. Knapp Company) Precursor to McKenney)
* Zephyr Motors Corporation

#### Stores:

* Apparel:
	+ Don Apparel
	+ Chocolate Log Haus
	+ Wunschel's Automat
* Footwear:
	+ Bundy's Shoes
## The First Expansion (1969 to 1979)

* The developers of Eastport Mall moved on as the new developers convinced the owners to enclose the strip and expand it into an L shaped shopping center. The consumers would enjoy air-conditioned shopping expierence completed with an food court.

### The Stores:

#### Anchors:

* McKenney
* Dacy's

#### Store Businesses:

* Apparel:
	+ Caprice's
		- Inspired by/Parody of: Maurices
	+ Chic Niche (Later became CHIC in 1980s)
	+ Hornback Saddle Country Store
	+ Stoner's Pie Heaven (1977 to 1993)
	+ Wunschel's Automat
* Footwear:
	+ Bundy's Shoes
* Jewelries
* Services
* Specialty:

## The Second Phase (1979 to 1987)

The Second Phase saw more radical expansions of the existing L-shaped shopping center with more anchor stores, adding second level to accommodate popular stores and linked the newly built subway station to the mall. The mall is now owned wholly by Eastport City Mall Limited, funded by a group of corporate and private investors. The second phase had the longest construction period, which began in March 1977, beginning with the overhaul of sections of the vast parking lot, adding underground and aboveground parking structures topped with green parks. North-side parking section began first, then construction radiated anti-clockwise until the east-side complex built the waterfront entertainment area. It took two years to finish the exterior part of the mall complex grounds and work began on the interior in April 1979. ECML company compensated the temporary move of mall vendors to the outparcel stores and when the mall itself was completed (in 1983, November), Vendors were offered to move back in the newly built mall megastructure or stay in the outparcels.

### The Stores:

#### Store Businesses:

* Apparel:
	+ Anomie
	+ Eabarcrombaigh & Grosbeck
	+ Ghana Republik
	+ Glam Fash
	+ Her Enigma
	+ Hornback Saddle Country Store
	+ Low Down, The
	+ Masquerade
	+ Lustig Couture
	+ Mack's Third Avenue
	+ Ophelia's Brass and Laces (Later renamed to Ophelia's in 1988)
* Beauty
	+ Inkz of Mayhem Tattoos (Tattoo Parlor)
	+ MaestroCuts
	+ Palatial Facials
	+ Prestige Salon
* Entertainment
	+ Neon City Cinema
* Electronics
	+ Stereo Hut
* Food & Drinks:
	+ A&N All American Burgers
	+ BJ Weiners
	+ Burger Bich's
	+ Chromed Betty's
	+ Stoner's Pie Heaven
	+ Weiners on a Stick (Left the store in 1986)
	+ Wunschel's
* Footwear:
	+ Bartertown Shoes
	+ Bundy's Discount Shoes (Renamed from Bundy's Shoes)
* Jewelry:
	+ Fay's Jewelers
	+ Tad Schreier Jewelers
* Music:
	+ A.V.E (Audio-Visual Entertainments)
	+ Euphony Records
	+ Lo-Fi (Opened 1987)
	+ Vinyl Republic
## The Golden Age of Eastport City Mall (1983 to 1996)

The golden age of Eastport City Mall began after the completion of the complex construction project on the island and the mall itself. Anchored with more than 10 anchor stores, various entertainment amenities and linked with subway had saw foot and public traffic increase hundredfold.

### The Stores:

#### Anchor:

* Argent
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Target
* Carnes & Knoble
	+ Location: L1-030 / A4
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Barnes & Noble
* Cubiko
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: LEGO stores
* Dacy's
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Macy's
* Get Stuffed!
* Live Circuits
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Circuit City
* McKenney
	+ Location: L1-037 / A6
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: JCPenney
* Sadat Plastic Surgery Center
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Sking Mesh Bodies and its Store (Secondlife)
* Nord/Zephyr Motors Auto Lot

#### Apparel:

* .apparel
* 4.6.8
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: 3.5.7
* Airycoastal
	+ Location: L1-018
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Aéropostale
* ALTRags
* American Sweethearts
* Anomie
* Beacon's
* BOM (Bun in the Oven Maternity)
	+ Location: L1-077
* boo21
	+ Location: L1-013
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: rue21
* Bulldog Sportswear
	+ Location: L1-019Inspired by/Parody of: Bulldog (Character of Frasier (TV show))
* Caprices
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Maurices
* CHIC (Formerly Chic Niche)
* Cray Uganda
* Daffodil
	+ Location: L1-022
* Don Apparel
	+ Location: L1-008
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Men's Warehouse
* D.U.I (Dressed Under Influence)
* Eabarcrombaigh & Grosbeck
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Abercrombie & Finch
* Elys
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Aerie
* ENBY
	+ Location: L1-069
* Excess
* Explict
* Fashionology
* Frisky Business Boutique
* G\*X
* Ghana Republik
* GLAM (Formerly Glam Fash)
* Glare (Formerly Glare Boutique)
* Gringo Crossing
* HauteX
* Her Enigma
	+ Location: L1-009
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Victoria's Secret
* Holey Seconds
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Goodwill Stores
* Hornback Saddle Country Store
	+ Location: L1-080
* Jeans East
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Jeans West
* Lovejoy's Boutique
* Low Down, The (Left in 1996)
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Bottomhalf
* Lustig's (Renamed from Lustig Couture in 1990 and left in 1994)
* Mack's Third Avenue
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Saks Fifth Avenue
* Masquerade
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: A store in Eyes Wide Shut (Movie)
* NeoMODE
* Nymphos
* Okurrr
* Ophelia's (Formerly Ophelia's Boudoir / Ophelia's Brass & Laces)
	+ Location: L1-046
* Patriotic Apparel
* Planet Cosplay
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Planet Saints (Saints Row franchises)
* Preppy
* Radzooks (Left in 1993)
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Gadzooks
* rare
* RIOT
* Saccharine Ghoul
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Ghostbagel and Pink Fuel (Secondlife)
* Safe^word
* Senile Sailor, The
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Old Navy
* Shameless
* Shangri-La
* SHE
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: DEB
* Skank
	+ Location: L1-020
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Torrid
* Snagged Rags
* Soft Familiars
* Street Rags
* Suburban Outfitters
	+ Location: L1-012
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: American Eagle Outfitters
* Swank (Formerly Swank Street)
* Sylph Couture
* Talbots (Left in 1992)
	+ Location: L1-036
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Alberts
* Totswear
* Unicorn
	+ Location: L1-038
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Rainbow
* Urbane Rig
* Urban Protocol
* Veiled Arabist
* Womenswear

#### Beauty:

* 80s Nails
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: 90s Nails
* BaeGLO
* Bare Materials
* Body, Brains, and Beyond (Also health & wellness)
* Fairy Nails
* Fingerbangers
* Gato Beauty Salon
* Inkz of Mayhem Tattoo Parlour
* MaestroCuts (Left in 1992)
* Nappy Boyz Cutz
	+ Location: L1-074
* OWO
* Palatial Facials (Left in 1992)
* Prestige Salon (Left in 1998)
* Self-Care
* Serafina's Salon
* Servix Spa & Salon (Referred as SSS)
* Seventh Cranial Facials
* Skin Bling
* ToeBang's
	+ Location: L1-011
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Lotus Beauty Lounge

#### Electronics:

* A.V.E (Audio-Visual Entertainment)
	+ Location: L1-065
* BOOM
* EarVIBES
* Electric Gremlin
* Elektronika
* Euphony Records
* GameLOFT
	+ Location: L1-026
* Ham Woody
* Idiot Boxes
* la Dirt Games
	+ Location: L1-081
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: la Dirt League
* LemonWERX Store, The
* Liberty Wireless
* Lo-Fi
* SecureMobile Accessories
* Retro Attic
* Stereohut
	+ Location: L1-068
* Vinyl Republic
* Zap! Mobile

#### Entertainment

* Arcadia Arcade, The
* Back Street Ballin' (Outparcel)
* Crypto Arcade
* Hood Arcade, The
* Neon City Cinema

#### Food & Drinks:

* A&M All American Food
* Arrigo's
* Automat, The (Owned by the son of the original Wunschel's Automat)
* Belly King
* BJ's Weiners (Left in 1992)
* Bread, Butter, & Beyond
* Burger Bich's
* Cackling Crab
* Cargo Bar & Restaurant
* Cayuse Bar & Restaurant
* Chewy Balls
* Chico's
* Chocolate Curiosities
* Chocolate Log Haus
* Chromed Betty's
* Citrus Brutus
	+ Location: F1-103
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Orange Julius
* Cluck R. Poulet
* Comfort Noodlez
* Cookie Depot
* Cool Burgers
* Cyberdeli
* Diabetic Gourmet
	+ Location: L1-031
* Die Apfelstrudel
* Dolly's Shake 'n' More
* Dreidels (Left in 1991)
* Eggroll Capitalist
* F^^^offee
* Fairy Kales
* Fat F^^k's Burgers
	+ Location: L1-F106
* Ganja's Edibles
* Ghetto Spreads and Meats
* Gilroy's
	+ About:
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Big Boy
* Ginger's
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Freckle Bitch's (Saints Row franchises)
* Glacial Balls
* Glazed Tots
* Gobble Shack
* Granny Fanny's
* Greasy Sack
* Gyro Heaven
* Gyro Spiti
* Italian Bros. Ristorante (Left in 1990)
* Jasmine Wyrm
* Java Beanz
* Jerky Alley
* Jivin' Turkeys
* Kuk Sum Wok
* Little Flavio's Pizzeria (Left in 1997)
* Lollipop Warehouse
* MacCullagh's Diner
* Mad Tom's
* Malted Hole
* Matcha Shogun!
	+ Location: L1-K???
* MeineFields Cookies
	+ Location: L1-033
* Michigan's Cinnamon Rolls
	+ Location: L1-F100
* Millie's Sweet
* Moo-Moo's
* Nipponese
* Pizza Spot
* PureBreads
* Renny's (Left in 1995)
* Seedy Buns
* Seraphic Dougnuts
* Sinful Sushi
* Stoner's Pie Heaven (left the mall in 1993)
* Succotash Grill
* Sugary Ahegao
* Taco Putas
* Tarsier Express
* Varrio Pizzeria
	+ Location: L1-F101
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Sbarro Pizzeria
* Watermelon Sugar
* Weiners on a Stick
* Wonderland in a Cup
* Yuk N. Gouda
* Zoe's Kitchen
	+ Location; L1-F111
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Olga's Kitchen

#### Footwear:

* Bartertown Shoes
* Bundy's Discount Shoes
* Crook Locker
* Opheims Shoes
	+ Location: L1-072
* Trak 'n' Trek
* Triumph Shoes
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: NIke
* Victory Shoes
	+ Location: L1-F109
* Zapatos de Bandidas
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Adidas

#### Health & Wellness:

* Body Atelier Aerobics Studio
	+ Location: L1-24 and L2-???
* Body, Brains, & Beyond
	+ Location: L1-004
* Gally's Gym
* Ganja's Edibles
* Kun-Woo Taekwondo
* Mycelium Magic
* Pumped Hard Bodies
* Shroomery, The
* Whimsical Spores
* Yu Kee's Acupressure and Massage Parlor

#### Jewelries & Accessories:

* B.J. Soloman Jewelry
	+ Location: L1-076
* Charms Cottage
* Fay's Jewelers
* Phat Jewelry
	+ Location: L1-016
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Jat Jewelery
* Piercing Cabana
	+ Location:
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Piercing Pagoda
* Skin Bling
* Tad Schreier Jewelers (Closed in 1990)

#### Services:

* Addicock's Tax Services
* Cypher Attic
* Eastport City Bank
* Empath & Beyond Psychic Services
* greenATM
* Krump, Cheatham & Hurst
* OptiCrafters
* Sadat Plastic Surgery Center (Outparcel)
* Universal Model Agency

#### Specialty:

* Adobe Flagon
* Aperture Portal
* Artifacts
* Aural Mneme
	+ Location: L1-039
* Bass & Strings
* Beeswax & Votives
	+ Location: L1-062
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Wicks 'n' Sticks
* Book Nook
* Caulmark Cards & Gifts
* C.O.C (Church of Consumerism)
* Floater's Paradise
* Imprint Greeting Cards
* Incense
* Killjoy's Party Supplies
* Knobs and Knockers
* Kroft's Cockloft
* Kushman's
* Masquerade
* May\*Hops Toys
	+ Location: L1-F110
* Napping Dragon, The
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Oriential Accent Arts
* Novel Loft
* Out of Time Antiques
	+ Location: L1-004
* Perkin's Merkins
* Pettway Pets
	+ Location: L1-055
* Planet Cosplay
* Que Passe
* Razored Edges
* RNB
	+ Location: L1-061
* Schneider's Hobby Shop
* Shady Shanty
	+ Inspired by/Parody of: Sunglasses Hut
* Shillito
* Shutter Attic
* Soft Familiars
* Strange Habits
* Stroker Gifts
* Sweetgrass & Applemint
* Teeny Dolls
* United States Post Office
	+ L1-075
* Uranus Gifts
	+ Location: L1-044
* Waldbaum Books
	+ Location: L1-078
* Yarns4Queens (Y4Q)
* Yo Caps!

## The Fourth Phase (1996 to 2016)

The developers of ECML saw that with the advent of internet age, there was notable rise in the closings of smaller shops due to internet marketplaces. ECML decided to focus on expanding the hotel and new high-speed access (directly to and from Washington D.C to the southwest and to Boston, north-east) that was 700 km long. This increased stopovers between DC to Boston corridor. (This corridor starts from DC, to Baltimore, to Eastport (Mall itself), Wilmington, Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York City, Ocean City (Rhode Island), and to Boston itself.

## Behind the Scenes:

Eastport City Mall is heavily inspired by three shopping malls (Frandor Shopping Complex, Lansing Mall and the Meridian Mall) and is lightly inspired by other shopping malls like Glendale Galleria (California), Mall of America and several others.

## STORE LIST TO PARODY:

### Lansing/Meridian Mall:

* A.S. Beck [A.S.Sek]
* Aladdin's Castle
* Alberts [Talbots]
* American Eagle Outfitters [Suburban Outfitters]
* B.Dalton's Booksellers
* Beverly's
* Bottomhalf, The [Low Down, The]
* Burger King [Burger Bich's]
* Casual Corner
* Chess King
* Children's Place [Children's Resort]
* Claire's Boutique
* Corey's Jewelry Box [Faerie's Jewelry Box]
* Country Seat [Hornback Saddle County Store]
* Edward's
* Father & Sons
* Foot Locker
* Fox's Jewelry
* Foxmoor
* G.Thanks
* Gantos
* GAP, The [GenRift]
* Greens [Queens]
* Haircut House
* Hickory Farms
* His Place
* Homemaker Shops
* I Natural Cosmetics
* J.B. Robinson [B.J. Solomon]
* J.Riggings
* JCPenney [McKenney]
* Jean Nicole
* Kay Bee's Toys [May\*Hops Toys]
* Kimmel's Hallmark
* Kinney's Shoes
* Lane Bryant [Lois]
* Lawler's Hallmark [Lawlor's Caulmark]
* Limited, The [rare]
* Lynn's Camera Shop
* Mailings
* Memory Lane [Aural Mneme]
* Merle Norman Cosmetics
* Mothercare
* Ms. Sibley
* Musicland
* Nu Vision Optical [OptiCrafters]
* Olga's Kitchen [Zoe's Kitchen]
* Philips Red Cross Shoes
* Presidents Tuxedo
* Radio Shack [Stereohut]
* Randall Health Foods
* RAVE [RIOT]
* Regis Hairstylist
* Rite Aid
* Shepherd's Naturalizer
* Shifrin-Williens
* Shoeland
* Sibley's Florsheim Shoes
* Silverman's [Silberman's]
* Singer
* Spencer's Gifts [Uranus Gifts]
* Stride Rite Bootery
* Susie's Casuals
* Things Remembered
* This End Up [This Side Up]
* Thom McAn
* Town & Country
* Washburne Travel Center
* Webster's
* Wicks 'n' Sticks [Beeswax & Votives]
* Wild Pair, The []
* Wilson's Suede & Leather []
* Winkleman's
* Woman's World
* Zale's Jewelers