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Item
Title
D156021-4
Date(s)
- 1969-02-26 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
View by plane of Villa Plaza Shopping Center and surrounding Lakewood neighborhoods on February 26, 1969. The Villa Plaza's 4000-car parking lot and congregation of large stores were major attractions. In 1969, the shopping center was twelve years old and facing competition from the younger Tacoma Mall Shopping Center. There was still room for expansion for the Lakewood facility but it lacked direct freeway access that the Tacoma Mall enjoyed. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
Aerial views; Villa Plaza Shopping Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1960-1970; Neighborhoods--Lakewood--1960-1970;