Northlake Mall and the week it ruled Georgia
On October 6, 1971, Northlake Mall opened with the kind of ceremony usually reserved for statehouses. Georgia’s governor, Jimmy Carter, presided over the ribbon-cutting and went so far as to declare it “Northlake Mall Week” in the state.
It was a civic benediction for one million square feet of new retail on the northeast arc of Atlanta’s perimeter.
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