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a fountain was installed in the center along with a clock tower that would bear the name of the mall. More than $ 1.7 million had been spent on the project. In the late 1960s, the area opened with "much fanfare". Government officials from across the country were in attendance. One newspaper wrote that "Good things are happening in Old Town".
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was a turning point in the area. The City of
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By the 1980s, the area had already started resembling what it looked like before the revitalization, due to the fact that the city didn't remedy the high unemployment and poverty in Old Town. A few unsuccessful attempts were made to bring life back to the area, one involved tearing down the Bel Air
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was here. But, when the post-war era beckoned families to the suburbs, Gay Street suffered greatly. The population near the street fell, and Old Town became one of the poorer areas of the city. Without its customer base, the shops on the street were forced to close or adapt to the new customer
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The mall once contained a 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m) Kaufman's department store in the former
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