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Sh111 Iingtown9mall packs pizazzPIZAZZContinued from Page 1So come on down and lake a stroll through the spacious corridors. The glass, 26-toot, cathedral ceilings will make you (eel like you’re walkingthrough an open-air market.And the halls sparkle with the help of 13,000 tiny glitter lights and enough shiny, marbled porcelain tile to cover two football fields,“We gave Shoppingtown a facelift to bring it into the 21st century,” said Norman R. Brookes, vice president of engineering for Wilmorite Inc., the company that owns the mall.“We feel we have created a brand-new, air-conditioned, light, dean and nice environment for shoppers”Brooke* *pidTo do that, Wilmorite spent $53 million to build a 154,000 square-fool,two-level addition. Wilmorite also renovated the original wing, built a new parking deck, improved the access roads and improved outside parking lots.The new glass ceilings are aweinspiring.if you lard all of the glass in the ceilings from end to end. it would stretch almost a mile, Brookes said.And the die. Each piece was laid by hand, one-at-a-time. It never needs waxing. The shine is baked nght into the porcelain, Brookes said. Shoppingtown is one of the first malls in thecountry to use this type, he said.Feel it. The pattern you see Is actually tiny grooves that are molded into the tile when it is made, said Tonylorio Jr. of torio Tile A Terrazzo Corp t 210 LeMoyne Ave. It is the newest trie on the market, he said. The company put the tile in Shoppingtown.And there are plenty of other surprises at Shoppingtown.Check out the new Addis Dey’s or one of 26 new stores that will be coming to the mall. Fourteen of the storesare open now. The rest will be openingduring the next several weeks,Chappell's will be expanding into Ihe new wing. The addition will be open October i: And T.G.I. Friday's will be coming to Shoppingtown De^ camber 1,Speaking of food, Shoppingtown has a new ‘ood court where you will find some ot your old favorites, such as Pavone’s Pizza, owned by Angelo and Frank Pavone. Angelo Pavone, who moved to the United States from Italy In 1958, started making pizza when he was 15 years old. He opened his first shop in Syracuse in 1970.Pecos Tex Mex, operated by Frank Beiriger will also be moving to the food court from his current location in the original wing. Beiriger plans to add enchiladas to the menu.Jreck Stios is moving to me foodcourt, too.If your taste buds call for Chinese, try the new Flaming Wok in the food court. Or for a taste of old New England, check out the new Brigham's Boston Diner. Got a sweet tooth? How about a Cinnabon World Famous Cinnamon Roll, the freshest, gooiest cinnamon roll ever7 Cmnabon will be in the food court in October,While you are at the food court, take a ride on the new, two-story mer-ry-go-round. But if you manage to resist the merry-go-round, you won't be able to resist the temptation to bask in the gleaming sunlight pouring through the glass ceiling over the food courtIt took a lot of planning and a lot ofeffort, but Shoppingtown is ready forthe future.It’s a matter of making sure the right people work in the nght place atthe right time ” Brookes said. “The craftsmen built this mall. They should be proud of what they built ”And as optometrist Dr. John P.Kavanagh, one of Shoppingtown’soriginal tenants said, in the end you have a beautiful baby.
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Syracuse Post Standard
Syracuse, New York, US
Thu, Aug 22, 1991
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