Architecture
Sun Valley Hall of Fame Mall
Harlingen, TX
Lately, like many other malls of the era, Sun Valley Mall is slowly losing its original midcentury design. It was so Avant-garde for 1969 that finding it featured on a Mall Hall of Fame website stirred up all kinds of good memories, and dreams surely triggered by nostalgia.
It is one of the last malls of this era in the Rio Grande Valley, but it is still there, and maybe, just maybe, it could be restored to its original glory. The stores are there except with a new, and kind of tacky, façade. I found this post
by another blogger who has fond memories of Sun Valley Mall, and he included some very nice photos of the mall and downtown Harlingen.
Could this be possible? Could MCM property owners and local communities work together with architects to restore these classic structures? I sincerely hope so.