Oxford Valley Mall is it alive or is it dying

 Still in Pennsylvania, I'll be visiting the Oxford Valley Mall in Langhorne, PA. This mall looks busy but some parts of it are dead and also facing the future with apartments built on site.


Oxford Valley opened in 1973 with Bamberger's JC Penny, Gimbel's and John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's also a 2 floor Woolworth's was located in the mall section. Next door to the mall is also a Sesame Place theme park which you can get views of mall on some of the rides. Two anchor changes happened in 1986 as Bamberger's became Macy's and the Gimbel's store closed being replaced with Stern's as the chain entered the Philadelphia market. Stern's had a short life in the Valley as they closed in 1989 and replaced with Sears which lasted till 2019. In 1995, Wanamaker's closed and converted to Hecht's which had a short tenure at the mall as they were replaced with Strawbridge's in 1997 even though there's one on a 10min drive down rt 1 to Bensalem at Neshaminy Mall. Strawbridge's would close in 2006 after Macy's buying up the May chain. Boscov's would open afterwards and didn't last long they closed in 2008. The store was demolished in 2022 as new apartments were built nearby. I been to this mall a few times since its not far from the NJ border. It was more lively 10 years ago now it looks on the verge of being live mall or dead mall.


           Bamberger's mall entrance in the 70's looks colorful in a then and now with Macy's






                              Wanamaker's with its legendary eagle outside the mall entrance 


The Hecht company with a rare store in the Philly area


                                            Britney Spears performing at the mall in 1998

                                           











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