|
|
Post by JW on May 4, 2008 16:07:28 GMT -5
I don't think this one's been brought up yet. What fans do you recall being in malls as a kid? Is your mall like mine, with 99 percent of them now gone? Most all of the fans in the mall were in stores that no longer exist, with many of them closing YEARS ago. In my local mall (Richland Mall, Waco) * "Just for Fun", an arcade - two friction drive Emersons (stayed when the arcade was remodeled and renamed Quarters; taken out when arcade was removed) * There was a salon next door to the arcade which had two spinners that I thought at the time had Emerson blades; now that I think about it, they were probably Carroways * "Yogurt Café", an ice cream shop? - had BB 4-blade GE vents. Taken out when business changed years ago * "Connie's" - had BB 4-blade GE vents; taken out when business changed * "Lewis Shoes" - had three W/B 4-blade GE vents; one was always on reverse; taken out when business changed * "Deck the Walls", an art store - had two BB/cane wall-controlled CEC spinners; taken out when business changed * "Career Girl" - had two frost white Originals with cane in the store, and more fans including a 4-blade Encon in the fitting room and back of the store; taken out when business changed. If you wonder why I remember what the fans were like in a girls' clothing store, keep in mind I was a little kid when these fans existed.  If I remember correctly, the only fans that are there now are in the "Shoe Dept." store; there are four all-brass 5-blade GE vent builderfans with white blades (this seems to be pretty standard for the chain). Stores that sold fans: JC Penney (now doesn't); Wilson's, later Service Merchandise (now defunct, replaced by a second Dillard's); Sears (now doesn't). In the Temple Mall, 30 miles south of me: "The Love Shoppe", an inspirational store: two W/B Fasco Charlestons with plastic blades. Taken out when business changed "TT&T Tobacco" - a brass (maybe with brown) Tara in the front, and a 3-blade Encon CG in the back. Taken out when business changed "Yesterday's" - a bar/restaurant/arcade; I never actually went in there but they were loaded with GE vent fans "Great American Cookie Co" - had two 5-blade SMC's in there for years until they compacted the space from a sit-down to a counter facing the mall "Flowerama" - had a brown Emerson or a Fasco; never went in so I don't know exactly what it was. Taken out when business changed The only fans there now, to my knowledge, are two new brushed nickel Emerson Apollos, which they have put in a restaurant next to a movie theater, and a couple of black builderfans in another open eating space. Stores that sold fans: JC Penney (now doesn't); Wilson's, later Service Merchandise (first memory of six-blade fan; probably an Encon; store now defunct, replaced by Steve & Barry's); Sears (replaced by Foley's; now Macy's). |
|
|
|
Post by Ben C. on May 4, 2008 19:55:30 GMT -5
My local mall didn't have much either. JC Penny sold fans, and Sears did too, along with the fan display that I would frequent. That was taken down when they remodeled, and they don't sell ceiling fans altogether now. Ruby Tuesdays had a bunch of *I think* Casablanca Victorians. I just went there yesterday, and they were replaced with crappy light fixtures. I'll go check the other Ruby Tuesdays nearby to see if they replaced the fans yet.
|
|
|
|
Post by jeremy on May 4, 2008 20:25:07 GMT -5
fans in 1 mall i normaly go to:
jewery store: none then,now/last time i went there has 2 white/PB hunter "passport II"
music store: 2 52" all white 4 bladed homestead both with broken flywheels,both are gone and new store with no fans.
the malls in my area didn't have that much fans,just those few as i remember.
|
|
|
|
Post by Jean Lemieux on May 4, 2008 22:46:17 GMT -5
My local shopping center have no fans in the mall it self but there a few boutiques that have sometimes ceiling fans install in them. But these littles boutique change often.
Presently there 3 boutiques that have ceiling fans install in them. There a bikini shop that have two 52'' 5 blades, no light, white builders fans usually spinning fast. There was a Boca clothing store that had a white Hunter Low Profile 52'' 4 blades. But the store closed in 2005. The other boutique is a San Francisco clothing shop that have a white 5 blades no light fan in the back of the store. Nothing interesting. And recently there a Old Navy clothing store that opened in 2006 I think. In that store they have four 52'' 5 bladed builder fans, no light in RED. They have square tip blades. I'am thinking they are probably some Quorums Capris or maybe they have been painted over. But if so, the paint job is very well done.
Since 2004 Sears no longer have a ceiling fans display. In 2005 and 2006 they did not carries ANY ceiling fans but last year they started selling some Hunters. Before 2005 they had always had sold SMC and also had a ceiling fan display with their fans spinning. Last time I went there they did not have a ceiling fans display even if they carries some Hunters in their catalog.
|
|
|
|
Post by Christian C. on May 5, 2008 14:18:52 GMT -5
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 5, 2008 14:23:09 GMT -5
I believe there's already a thread about this somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. Before I do:
When I was a kid, all of the major malls had fans. The west one had a lot, I remember specifically three Fasco Charlestons in a body wash store. This was unusual as Fascos were not sold around here. Ruby Tuesday in the food court had Hunter Summer Breezes. I dont remember what other stores had fans. The east mall had TONS of stores with fans and even the kioks had 36" spinners. However I only went there once. The south mall is the only one that had fans installed in the actual mall area, not the stores, they were second gen Envirofans similar to the ones sold today. There was also a Hallmark store in the mall with two of the same fan. There are two smaller west malls, one had a Mexican restaurant with several Four Seasons? and a sporting goods store with 10 or so Nutone industrials. The other had many many Mosses in clothing stores, Encon Monarchs in a shoe store, a Carribean Breeze over some dressing rooms, Nutone industrials in a gift shop, Carroways in a grocery store, a CEC spinner over a watch counter, and Homesteads in a restaurant.
Of everything that I mention, only the Nutone Industrials (in both locations), the Encon Monarchs, and the Carribean Breeze remain.
|
|
|
|
Post by Fanman on May 6, 2008 15:15:31 GMT -5
Our mall only has Hunter fans and they are all still there.
Kmart Cafe has white 42" Originals on long downrods. Some of them only have two blades on them.
Nick's For Men, a fancy clothing store has two white Passport IIs that are always on.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ben C. on May 6, 2008 15:22:36 GMT -5
Try to get the origiginals. They would be cool fixed up.
|
|
|
|
Post by Jean Lemieux on May 6, 2008 18:11:36 GMT -5
For the Quorums Capris in the Old Navy Store I don't think that they are Quorums Capris because the ones in the store have square tip blades. The Capris have pointed tip blades. Also they have bigger vents than the ones I've seen in the store. But like the Capris they also have a detachable switch housing. Here a full picture of a Red Quorum Capri. www.quoruminternational.com/index.cfm?do=app.ceilingFanItem&series=210&product=77525-34When I went to my trip in Florida back in November 2000. We went inside of a KMart store and in the food court they also have a coupe of white smaller fans on long downroads. They had 4 blades. So 42'' hunters Originals is a good possibility. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 6, 2008 18:48:56 GMT -5
Yeah all the Kmarts here had 42" Originals before they closed them.
Where does your mall have Originals, Cole, in the mall part, or in the stores?
|
|
|
|
Post by Ben C. on May 6, 2008 19:07:08 GMT -5
Really? There was one around here when I was young. Don't remember much.
|
|
|
|
Post by Louis on May 6, 2008 21:55:37 GMT -5
The malls in my area never had many ceiling fans. At Park Plaza Mall, the only ones of note were some bright brass electrically reversible 4 blade Hunter Originals in a Luby's, and some early Hunter Summer Breezes, bright brass, in a Ruby Tuesday that shut down about 4-5 years ago. The Luby's is still there, and so are the Originals as far as I know. The ones in the dining area all had ceiling light fixtures with clear ribbed shades mounted to them instead of proper light kits. There were three Originals over the area where you wait in line, all without lights. This mall is doing very well today; it's the most popular one in central Arkansas.
There was (past tense because it lost all its business to new strip malls and is being torn down soon) another mall next to Park Plaza Mall, called University Mall, that used to have a Montgomery Ward. I remember going into the fan section there and looking at the fans until my mom came and got me when it was time go. Other than that, there weren't really any other ceiling fans in that mall. There were some junky huggers in the arcade, but they were...well...horrible.
|
|
|
|
Post by John "Rockin" Reed on May 22, 2008 0:31:48 GMT -5
The mall nearest my house had quite a few ceiling fans back in the day.
A pizza joint within the mall called Scotto's pizza had 4 SMC A-52s (at least I think they were) with cane blades and large single globe lights. A former co-worker of mine had worked there at that time and remembers the fans. Of course, said fans have been since removed.
There was a shoe-store called Marlin's that had a vaulted ceiling with dark wooden beams and had 2 42" AB fans with schoolhouse lights; I'm assuming they were NuTone since their blades were curved like that of a Sea Island. The store had closed in the late 80s and the fans had since been removed.
There was a defunct men's clothing store called Myer & Stone, that had 3 white Harbor Breeze Builder's Best fans (nothing special)
There is also some Craft shop that currently has 3 52" AB Harbor Breeze Cheshires
There was a restaurant that was called "The High-Hat Cafe" back in the day (my dad frequented it for lunch) In the 80s they had about 6 AB 5-bladed 52" footprint vent huggers with enormously large light kits for ceiling fans that held about 6 globes rather that just 3. They replaced said fans in 1994 with 52" PB huggers with the traditional vents and they each had 5 light kits with tulip globes. Said restaurant is now called "The Ville Restaurant & Bar" and the fans are there to this day. It had a dark ceilings and was mainly lit by the fan lights, and they kept the fans on 9 times out of 10.
A defunct hair salon which had 2 white/PB 52" SMC Lagunas.
A now defunct Chi-Chi's Mexican restaurant which had 2 Emerson hardwood fans with sailcloth blades. (Chi-Chi's opened in 1994; closed in 2003)
A jewelry repair shop called Repairs Plus had a contemporary looking 52" PB hugger over the counter.
That's about all that I can think of for that mall.
The South Hills Village Mall, which my late grandmother and I would frequent had a defunct restaurant called Vernon's which was filled with all kinds of vintage fans. I remember there being quite a few Casablanca Victorians with 5-lights, and in certain sections, PB 52" King of Fans Helmsman huggers with 4 blades and schoolhouse lights (I even had one at the time) Said restaurant closed like 15 years ago, and the fans are long gone.
There was a restaurant next to Vernon's called "The Whole Grain" and it had about 4 white bottom mount spinners. It has now folded and said fans are gone.
That mall had a Woolworth's cafeteria in the 80s that had AB 52" Moss GE-Vent fans with my favorite 5-light kits.
It had a Deck the Walls which had 3 PB Moss/Palm-Air spinners with schoolhouse lights (which were always on)
Sears also had fans back in the day (quite a few of which were Hunters)
The only places in the South Hills mall that currently have ceiling fans hanging are The Roxy; one room is filled with off-white GE-Vent fans from the 1990s which are presumably NuTone Decorators.
There is also a hair salon called Stephen's Hair which has a white Casablanca Venus sans light on a long downrod in the vestibule. They never seem to rev the fan up. I went to that mall a lot during the summer of 1997, and have not been there since my grandmother passed on.
I've got more to post and will do so later.
|
|
|
|
Post by JW on May 22, 2008 7:43:57 GMT -5
Sea Islands didn't have curved blades, unless you're talking about the shape of the tip. The only reason a wooden blade would be curved would be if it were warped - unless, of course, you count those modern (and ugly, IMHO) Casablancas and Hunters with the tempered wood blades.
|
|
|
|
Post by John "Rockin" Reed on May 22, 2008 9:12:10 GMT -5
Sea Islands didn't have curved blades, unless you're talking about the shape of the tip. The only reason a wooden blade would be curved would be if it were warped - unless, of course, you count those modern (and ugly, IMHO) Casablancas and Hunters with the tempered wood blades. I meant the tips...sorry. |
|
