Tri-County Mall, Springdale Ohio: farm fields to a mall

Tri-County Mall from the air in 1938, 1968 and 2018. In 1938 this corner of Springdale was farm fields. The mall opened on July 21, 1960 as an open-air center with 51 stores; Sears came in 1967 and the rest was enclosed in 1968, the year of the middle photo. A 1990-92 expansion added a second level. It closed in May 2022, 62 years after it opened. Hamilton County's CAGIS flew the old photos, and every one of them is on our map.

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Sources:
- Tri-County Mall: Wikipedia (opened July 21, 1960, open-air, 51 stores; enclosed 1968; second level 1990-92; closed May 15, 2022)
- WCPO and Local 12 on the closed mall (closed May 2022)
- 1938: CAGIS (Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System), Hamilton County, Ohio
- 1968: CAGIS (Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System), Hamilton County, Ohio
- 2018: Ohio Statewide Imagery Program (OGRIP)