TONIGHT. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAD I RIGHT HERE. 7 O'CLOCK TONIGHT NEXT FOR US HERE, THOUGH, AT 6 O'CLOCK.
>> END OF AN ERA FOR A NORTH TOWN SHOPPING MALL. MOST STORES IN THE BOULEVARD MALL MUST CLOSE BY THIS SUNDAY AS DOUGLAS DEVELOPMENT PREPARES TO REIMAGINED THE PROPERTY IN
AMHERST. YEAH. WITH JUST ABOUT 48 HOURS LEFT FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER, 7 NEW SENIOR REPORTER EILEEN BUCKLEY >> GIVING A VOICE TO NEIGHBORS PREPARING TO SAY GOODBYE TO A
FORMER COMMUNITY STAPLE. IT'S JUST VERY DISAPPOINTING.
>> I CAUGHT UP WITH SHARON JURY IN THE BOULEVARD MALL PARKING LOT JUST BEFORE THE WILLIAMSVILLE WOMAN HEADED IN TO DO SOME FINAL SHOPPING. HOW WILL IT EVEN COMING TO THE
SMALL DECADES, PROBABLY 40 YEARS LEAST REMAINING A SHUTDOWN BY THIS SUNDAY. BUT STORES WITH EXTERIOR ENTRANCES, INCLUDING JC PENNEY AND MACY'S AND SOME OF THE
RESTAURANTS WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR NOW. BUT WITH SO MANY SHOPS ALREADY CLOSED, IN KNOW, LOOKS LIKE A GHOST TOWN SAID IN A I FIND MYSELF, I TRY TO DO THINGS QUICK ONLINE SO
OFTEN THAT.
>> HAVEN'T HAD AS MUCH FUN NEED TO COME TO RETAIL SETTING. DAVE ELMORE WHO IS FROM NORTH TONAWANDA TELLS ME HE HAS FOND MEMORIES OF COMING TO THIS MALL WHEN HE WAS A
TEEN. SPENT A LOT OF COMING UP WALKING AROUND THE MALL. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF A COMING HERE? WHERE DID YOU GO?
>> THAT THE FOOD COURT, HIS BLAST. AND FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME, A BABY BOOMER WHO STARTED SHOPPING AT THE STORE AFTER IT OPENED IN THE EARLY 60'S.
>> HAVE SOME GREAT MEMORIES.
MY MOM BOUGHT ME MY FIRST COMMUNION DRESS AT THE FORMER SATTLER STORY THAT WAS IN THIS MALL AND MY AND ALWAYS BROUGHT ME HERE TO SHOP FOR CLOTHES FOR MY BIRTHDAY.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR BEST MEMORIES OF BEING A MALL SHOPPER HERE AT THE BOULEVARD >> WYATT AND FRIENDS THAT WORK MACY'S. SO I WOULD VISIT THEM AND I GOT TO KNOW SOME OF THE
SALES PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DURING THE COURSE YEARS OF A SHOCK TO HEAR GOOD MEMORIES AND A SMALL, AS YOU KNOW, SMALL MADE A VERY BUSY, AN ESPECIALLY >> NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYBODY
ENOUGH TO SMALL THIS SHOP OWNER HAS OPERATED HIS RETAIL STAND INSIDE THE MALL SINCE 2010.
>> WILL YOU GO? NO IDEA.
>> I TALKED LEASING DEPARTMENT. CAN YOU GIVE ME MORE TIME? BECAUSE AND WORKING PARENTHOOD THINGS YEARS SO AMAZING TO 5 SAID NO.
>> I DID REACH OUT TO DEVELOPER DOUGLAS JAMAL, WHO BOUGHT THE MALL FOR REDEVELOPMENT. BUT IF YOU TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE, HE PLANS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO A
NEW ERA FEATURING RETAIL RESTAURANTS AN