The 7-8 theaters were originally 3/4 of a Jewel (a now-closed McDonald's takes
up the other 1/4). Looking at the mall map, it's very obvious that the 7-8
theater slot was once an anchor. One space in the Penney's wing was Evan's,
Maple Mysel's and Weiss Furs over time. It later became Steve & Barry's and is
now some urban hip-hop clothing store called The Look, which looks like it
really needs a slot about 1/2 that size. The food court used to be John W.
Smyth's, and I'm told the food court used to be in the basement.
In fact, here's a map I drew of it:
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Vacancies:
1. Next to Fan's Edge: Nine West. Going out of business at the time.
2. End space below Sears: Ultra Diamonds. Also going out of business at the
time.
3. Big space next to Sears: Theater.
4. Next to LensCrafters: No idea. According to the Wayback machine, it was
vacant in 2003 too.
5. Next to Fannie May: Naturalizer.
6-8: Food court slots, top to bottom: KFC (later a local chicken shack), a
Chinese place, and Quizno's.
9. Bottom of map, below food court: Second theater complex.
10. Next to that: McDonald's. It looks like the theater took over about half of
the McDonald's at one point.
11. In the office tower: No idea.
12. Below Belvidere Blues: No idea. Some sort of restaurant with green trim. Was
vacant since at least 2003. I'm tempted to say either Ponderosa/Bonanza or a
local eatery.