About one-third of East Towne Mall is pretty much a no-man's-land

 

West end of the mall looking toward shuttered entrance to Sears

Photos by Retiring Guy

Entrance to the Boston Store, shuttered in 2018

 

608 Today, 6//27/2024

Though not quite dead, much of Madison’s East Towne Mall sits empty. When the mall opened in 1971, however, it was bursting with life — stores like The Record Shop, Sears, and Gimbels department store graced the enclosed mall.

East Towne (shading and arrows added)

West end of the mall looking toward the center court

Entrance to Sears, shuttered in 2020.

An expansive view of mall anchor abandonment

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2025

Sears at East Towne Mall in Madison Wisconsin closed in 2020. Five years later the space remains vacant.  (6/16)

Boston Store at East Towne Mall in Madison Wisconsin closed in 2018. No big changes have come to pass since then.  (6/16)

2023

In 1994, Marc Eisen didn't like what he saw around East Towne Mall in Madison WI.  (11/19)

2022

Major housing project proposed for East Towne Mall area in Madison WI.  (7/24)

2020

Scenes from East Towne Mall, where Gordmans is going out of business.  (2/25)

2019

Then and Now: East Towne Mall and Interstate/151 interchange.  (6/18)

2018
East Towne Mall Boston Store is closed if not completely dark.  (9/20/2018)