When Prince George's Plaza Was Topless
Historic photographs bring back the days when Prince George's Plaza was an open air mall.
If you've walked through a the Mall at Prince George's, you've probably had to deal with one particular architectural annoyance unique to the shopping center: the vertical support columns which line the main hall. For an unaware shopper, the columns can become an unwelcome surprise if you happen to walk into one while distracted by conversation or an idle glance at your smartphone. But it wasn't always this way. When the mall first opened in 1959 as Prince George's Plaza, shoppers had a lot more room to maneuver because the mall didn't have a roof. For the first 18 years the mall was in existence, it operated as an open-air shopping center. It wasn't until 1977 that the mall was enclosed. With the roof, came the support columns, …
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Michael Theis
2:50 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
I think young people today are doing just fine. I spent my youth enjoying time with my friends while hanging out at Beltway Plaza and Prince George's Plaza (enclosed) and never felt threatened by crime or violence. Beltway had the theaters, PG had better stores. Now we got both the theater and the shops in Hyattsville. more ›