Edison Mall in Fort Myers, FL, Was a 1960s Leap into Suburbia – See What Decades of Change Did

Edison Mall at the far edge of Fort Myers

In the early 1960s, downtown Fort Myers was still the main shopping area. JCPenney was in the Langford Building, and Sears was across the street in the Heitman.

The south side of town was mostly open land along a narrow two-lane U.S. 41. Near Colonial Boulevard, there was just a single Publix, a drive-in theater, and plenty of open sky.

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