Granite Run Mall and the land it reshaped slowly
The land off West Baltimore Pike started as a granite quarry, then became an empty-looking patch of ground, still carrying a history you could sense if you knew where to look, even today.
In the early 1970s, The Goodman Company took that spot at 1067 West Baltimore Pike in Middletown Township near Media and decided it could be used, after years of inactivity, for something new.
The idea was simple: build a large indoor mall for the western suburbs of Philadelphia, a place that could attract shoppers from far away…