valleylist Monday 4.14.2008 v 15.0
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HIGH TECH PRODUCTS
– - Chuck Reed’s Win From Green Technology
SHOPPING MALLS – - from Coasta Mesa to Tommy Frank’s silicon valley favorite the Tanforan in San Bruno - – are the new form of entertainment for the 21st century. Besides that’s all there is to do. I have 27 shopping malls pinpointed on my unusually productive schedule. Completing the brand new map of shopping malls in silicon valley just might need to wait until Dr. Tom Harley and the future arrive. Surprises? Valley Fair my favorite is the largest. The most talked about shopping malls in silicon valley lack the distinguishing characteristics that you’d find in a shopping district like Menlo Park’s delightfully overpriced Santa Cruz Avenue. Sources of lists are none better than Yahoo! Search, the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s infamous “book of lists 2007″ and the San Francisco Business Times “Book of Lists 2008″.
This Monday it’s shopping malls – - the largest – - the “valleylist” point of view - – the Virgin Megastore controversy – - the publications – - and the newsgroups. Sponsorship proposals are the real activity behind the scenes. The “anti-people” are o.u.t. trying to catch up with “valleylist” and the win with their market segment – - important influential and independent people in silicon valley. Big gap is the lack of a real “green” shopping center initiative as Mayor Chuck Reed would say, there’s still plenty of room out there to score first this year.
My plight in the publishing business brought me to the San Jose Labor Commission. There’s an ongoing fight to exclude shut down and destroy new businesses before they can succeed. Officially this is not a Police Department problem it is a Labor Commission problem. According to the Labor Commission “There isn’t anything in your request that can be handled by the Labor Commission. Your request for help is a matter that requires legal help and the involvement of law enforcement. [deep blue type font]” The subtext to the reply was “keep very busy all weekend and stop by Monday I’ll see if Mayor Reed’s office wants to push high tech in silicon valley.” What’s up? A bizarre form of extortion on the part of “the gang.” It’s time again to force people out of business unless “the gang” gets a piece of the action.” The reply from venerable Hitachi on this type of problem is “No conversation no nookie.” And that’s where they are. No conversation.
THE LARGEST MALLS are out of the area and require round trip airfare and at least a weekend – -
1. largest – - west edminton mall canada
2. mall of america Bloomington MN largest in the USA
3. king of prussia mall Philadelphia, PA USA
4. south coast plaza Costa Mesa CA USA
5. sawgrass mills Ft. Lauderdale FLA USA
As reported previously in “valleylist” the most impressive shopping experience remains the Virgin Megastore. Where’s the silicon valley Virgin Megastore? San Francisco of course or perhaps on to Disneyland and Anaheim or Hollywood and Vine and then as far away as Ontario .
There’s litterally nothing at all anywhere in silicon valley like the excitement and entertainment value of the Virgin Megastore. Instead it is the bland music of the dominant merchant Target with no entertainment value at all. As a former Texas size syndicated columnist used to tell people “see’ya at the video rental counter – - “
SHOPPING MALLS IN SILICON VALLEY
2855 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose, CA
flagship stores Borders Books Apple Store
.events – - Nike Women’s Run
680 Stanford Shopping Center Palo Alto CA
flagship stores Bloomingdale’s Macy’s Neiman Marcus Nordstrom
.events – - special sales celebrities fashion shows
3 eastridge mall 408.238.3600 2200 Eastridge Loop Suite 2062 San Jose CA
flagship stores Sears Macy’s AMC Eastridge 15
.events – - movies sales and fashion shows
447 Great Mall Drive Milpitas CA 95035
flagship stores Kohls Aeropostale Century Theatres
.events – - mall walks sales fashion shows
5 The Shops at Tanforan 650.873.2000
1150 El Camino Real
San Bruno CA 94066
flagship stores Barnes & Nobles Target JCPenny
.events after school special sales theatre grand opening
925 Blossom Hill Road San Jose CA 95123-1294
flagship stores Macy’s P.F. Chang’s Chinese Bistro Regis
flagship stores Macy’s P.F. Chang’s Chinese Bistro Regis
.events – - movies sales fashion shows
flagship stores Nordstrom Barnes “Moby” and
superstar events” and Nobles Mervyns
.events – - fashion shows sales mall walks
8 newpark mall 510.794.5523
2086 NewPark Mall Newark CA
flagship stores Target Macy’s Aeropostale
.events – - sales fashion shows mall walks
796 Northridge Mall Salinas CA
.events – - after school and fashion specials
North Main Street and Boronda Road
flagship stores Bed, Bath & Beyond, Target,
Safeway, Office Depot, Marshalls, Walgreens,
.events – - sales special events mall walks
1410 Del Monte Center Monterey, CA 93940
3055 OLIN AVENUE SUITE 2100 SAN JOSE CA
flagship stores Z-Gallery Left Bank Container Store
SPECIAL EVENTS - – Farmers Market Special Sales
408-264-3766
5353 Almaden Expressway San Jose CA
flagship stores
.events – - new specials weekly
783 Alviso-Milpitas Road
Milpitas, CA, 95035
15 san jose market center NEW
taylor at coleman san jose ca
flagship stores Target World Market Sweet Tomatoes
.events – - new stores scheduled to open
10123 North Wolfe Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014
flagship stores Macy’s JCPenny’s Bath Body Works
.events – - ice skate bowling movies
Monterey Avenue just after the Grocery Express
flagship stores Target Apple Computer Store Macy’s
.events – - planning opening of shopping center soon
re-opening spring 2008 NEW
2500 Town Center Lane Sunnyvale CA
flagship stores
.events – - need to schedule official opening
- – also of interest in the area
Union city ca
next to Interstate 880
Whipple Road and Alvarado Niles Road
flagship stores TGI Fridays Century Theatres Alberstons
20 marina university village
currently a new mall
21 morgan hill power center
new mall planned for the future
22 stonestown 415.759.2626
3521 20th avenue san francisco ca
23 metreon san francisco
Just like any big money business the shopping mall industry has it’s own specialty magazines that really do cover the industry. A few a listed below – -
Shopping mall newsgroups for the mall addicted – -
The worst without question is the Great Mall in Milpitas. Yet a little number crunching will tell you that it can not measure up to Valley Fair. It’s that homogenized undistinguished and yet unavoidable problem. “valleylist’s” point of view? Drive to S.F. and enjoy the luxury of eating well shopping without being hassled everywhere and finding needed products unlike anything you’ve ever seen. People who shop – - and that’s everybody – - need ease low prices and convenience. Instead they run into medieval villages surrounded by asphalt moats that require people to walk and continue to walk until they are saved by the most bizarre of modern shopping mall conveniences – - the food court.
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The very interested can continue to browse the yellow pages. You’ll find that silicon valley’s very own “Great Mall” is not the largest inspite of all the hype.
