Where the Escalators Used to Creak
There was a time when a Saturday at North Point Mall meant three hours in Rich’s, a cinnamon pretzel from the food court, and the carousel humming behind tall glass. The mall opened in 1993, during a retail boom that sprawled across suburban Atlanta.
Homart Development Company built it as one of their final projects, with anchor stores lined up like a roster: Sears, JCPenney, Rich’s, Mervyn’s, and Lord & Taylor…