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20-APR-1960

1960 - Northside Shopping Center a month after opening when Sears Northside opened on April 20th

NW 79 Street and 27 Avenue, Dade County, Florida


The view is looking directly west and depicts a jam-packed parking lot full of thousands of cars, presumably because Sears Northside (Store #1165) opened on April 20th. Sears, Roebuck & Company was by far the largest tenant in the shopping center and I worked there part-time from November 1965 to May 1966 and again from November 1970 to January 1973. Northside was the closest shopping center for Hialeah residents and we no longer had to travel to downtown, Sears or Jordan Marsh on Biscayne Boulevard, the Little River area or Biscayne Shopping Center.

Northside was an open-air shopping center with walkways and landscaped patios separating the rows of stores. It was very popular through the 60's and started going downhill in the late 60's/early 70's, especially after Sears opened a new store at the new Westland Mall in 1972.

The vacant area to the west along 79th Street was later occupied by a large Woolco discount store.

From my friend Jeff Levine:

A far cry from its present state, the list of familiar and quality stores was enough to make any family hop into their sedan to shop or just window shop. This is the list of the original tenants of Northside Shopping Center:

Abbott Hobbies
Albert's Barber Shop
Atlantic Photo Supply
Baker's Qualicraft Shoes
Beauty Fair
Beneficial Finance Co.
Billet Doux
Biscayne Federal Savings and Loan Association
Butler's Shoes
Crosby Jewelers
Family Shoe Service
5-7-9 Shops
Dr. Gardner (Optometrist)
Hattie Gorné Coiffeurs
Grable's Bakery
Grand Union
Hartley's
Harvest House Cafeteria
The Hub
Karmelkorn
S.S. Kresge
Kween Kotton Shops
Lerner Shops
Lila May Shops
Thom McAn Shoes
Modernage
Mt.Vernon Coffee Shoppe (opened April 20th)
National Bank of Commerce
National Shirt Shops
New French Benzol Cleaners
Northside Children's Center
Northside Maternity Shop
Northside Music Center
Northside Travel Agency
Parisian
Royal Palm Clothes
Rumpus Room
Sandrell's, Inc.
Saron Costume Jewelry
Schiff Shoes
Sears, Roebuck and Company (opened April 20th)
Singer Sewing Center
Sylvia's Lingeria and Corsetry
Three Sisters
Tooley-Myron Studios
Vogue of Mmiami
Walgreen Drugs
F.W. Woolworth Co.
The Allen Morris Company
Northside Center, Inc.


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Louis 26-Dec-2017 21:59
Lots of great things happened at Northside! During the holidays, WQAM had many shows there with Miami legend Rick Shaw, who is dearly missed.
Don Boyd18-Apr-2010 04:05
Billy, unfortunately those names do not ring a bell with me at all. I worked part-time a few night a week plus weekends and if they were on day shift I never would have seen them. I liked Sears a lot but I'm sure glad I left when I did.

Don
Anita 23-Jul-2009 05:13
Our grandparents lived in Schmidt's Trailer Park practically next door to Northside. I remember it well. Christmas eve and the day after when the stores were closed all the kids would bring their bikes and skates to tool around the empty parking lot and sidewalks.
Robbin P. Learned 05-Jul-2008 19:09
Northside Shopping Center, was The Place To Go, For Years, Until Westland Mall, in Hialeah, Came Along. My Family, and I, and all of My Friends, went there shopping, and Browsing. We always Went To Sears, and Especially to their Candy Counter. And even Sears Coffee Shop, was Real Good, We ate many a meal there. And we also liked the Harvest House Cafeteria there, it was Really Good. And Walgreen's there had a Real good Restaurant, we ate there often, also. And Streeter's Bakery, was Heaven. I personally, always went to Music Makers Record Shop, for Records. My Mom and Grandma, Bought My Brother and I Gant Shirts at Hartley's, and they liked Lerner's, fo Dresses. And we'd always go to SS Kressge 5 & 10, and Grand Union. And I Built Model Cars, and there was a Real Good Hobby Shop there, that I went to , Can't Remember the name of it though. In it's Day, Northside, was The Best, I Loved Going There !!!!!!!