Brick and Glass, Then and Now
The shape hasn’t changed much: long walls, strips of dark glass, a familiar low sprawl where Route 419 meets US 220.
For decades, Tanglewood Mall has been part of the Roanoke backdrop, tucked into routines most people didn’t question: grocery stops, Saturday crowds, a job behind a register.
When it opened in 1973, it was more than a place to buy shoes or pick up dinner…