A second Burlington mall? Hell yes!
One mall ain’t enough, so here comes Burlington Mall number two, just four years after the first mall opened, and just a half-mile down the Turnpike, on the Burlington/Lexington border.
- Size: 300,000 square feet
- Number of stores: 25-30
- Parking spaces: 1,500
- Developer: Martin Bernard
- Land owner: Realty Development Corp. of Burlington
- Targeted opening: Summer 1973
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After


And now

In other news from 50 years ago this month —
- Cable TV started with 30 homes in the Winnmere section (that’s the neighborhood near Sammy’s Deli and Morandi’s Barber Shop) and would soon expand under the town’s supplier, Continental Cable Vision.
- A town traffic committee recommended left-turn-only lanes for Bedford Street and Cambridge Street at their junction near the common. Bedford Street has them even now.
- Lightning struck the home of Sal Turco at 267 Cambridge Street and burned it while the family was away on vacation.
- Residents near Winona Road and Rahway complained to the Board of Health about this abandoned house on the corner:
These residents made the local news in June of ’72

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Fun looking at all the photos…looking for people from the past. Also the sand pits…forgot about that. We have come a long way…for sure!
Thanks for remembering the old Burlington!
Very interesting.
Many Special Memories. Thank You!
Good old Mr Donut a chain long before Dunks. Better donuts too! I believe a Mr McNevin owned it a WW2 marine vet.
I have very good memories of that Mall. The original Barnes & Noble was in there next to Kotliars cards and gifts. I worked at B&N for a few years as a clerk and later as a night/weekend manager. Our crew closed the store down when the new larger store across from the Burlington Mall was ready to open.
Great write up. I appreciate your publication.