For those who grew up in the Pottstown area, a trip to Coventry Mall was a weekend tradition. Whether you were shopping for clothes, meeting friends at the food court, browsing the bookstore, or walking around the mall, Coventry was a place for community gatherings.
What many people remember is the experience, a place where teenagers met friends on Friday nights, families created traditions, and local residents worked their first jobs.
A Brief History
Before the parking lots, the site at Route 100 and Route 724 in North Coventry Township was farmland. Later, developers Kurt Rostan and Seymour Friedman opened Norco Mall on Oct. 5, 1967.
It was an open-air shopping center anchored by Sears and Britt’s Department Store, with thirteen smaller shops in the lineup…