TALLAHASSEE - CIRCA THE '80'S?

Who knew Lake Ella was originally known as Bull's Pond?  A dated entry in the Lonely Planet travel guide provides this tidbit and some others about Tallahassee.  Most notably  it lists a number of fondly remembered, but long gone establishments.

Here's an excerpt and check out the entire listing of 'things to do in Tallahassee' here.

Originally known as Bull's Pond, in the 19th century this sylvan, spring-fed pool was renamed by planter Jabez Bull for his daughter. It has long been a swimming hole, baptismal site and picnic spot. It was here, in 1867, that more than 2000 newly freed slaves celebrated Emancipation Day.

TALLAHASSEE MALL

undated: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory,
http://floridamemory.com/items/show/9490

8/16/13
The Tallahassee Mall, with its active movie theatre and echoing hallways of empty retail, will go up for auction next week.  Long after the Dillards department store left, that corner remains untouched, as if frozen in time.

This state archives photo from the 1990's shows a more active time.  With over a million square feel, what can this property become? 

When the Governor's Square Mall opened in the early 1980's, Tallahassee's 'other mall' began its slow decline, as did Northwood Mall before it.  With the downsizing of state employees and the abundance of already vacant office spaces in this City, it seems unlikely this mall will become another giant office complex.

Several people I have talked with suggest a huge amusement park, complete with a Ferris wheel, leaving in place the AMC theatre.  There was, at one time a miniature golf park in the back of the mall, so it would be like returning to its original roots.  

On one of the busiest highways into the City from Interstate 10, its current state doesn't portray a prosperous or beautiful welcome.  How would you transform this property?