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Avondale Mall, originally known as Columbia Mall, opened in 1964 and was the first enclosed mall in Georgia. The original name referred to its intersection of Columbia and Memorial Drives (State Route 154). Its original anchors were Davison's and Sears, and both opened prior to the completion of the mall. The mall itself was small and T-shaped with only one entrance. The mall began to fade due to white flight in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the opening of other nearby malls (South DeKalb and Northlake primarily). As the anchor stores left, the inability to attract replacements led to the decline of the mall. Sears left the mall in 1984 and Davison's, which by then had changed its name to that of its parent company Macy's, closed their clearance store there in 1995. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... State Route 154 begins at S.R. 54 in Sharpsburg and ends at S.R. 10 (Memorial Drive/Cynthia McKinney Parkway) just to the east of Avondale Estates. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Sears Holdings Corporation NASDAQ: SHLD is the third largest retailer in the United States, behind Wal-Mart and The Home Depot. ... White flight is a term for the demographic trend where upper and middle class white people move away from non-white inner-city neighborhoods to predominantly white suburbs and exurbs. ... Template:A year The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The mall's name change occurred during a renovation in the mid-80's, when Columbia Mall became Avondale Mall. This renovation resulted in an expansion of the mall into all of the former Sears store, subdividing both the upper and lower floors into smaller tenant spaces. At one time, the lower level of the Sears store housed a new, smaller Sears Outlet Store, which later became a Goody's for a period of time. The mall also featured a McCrory's in its later years, the signage from which was visible up until the demolition of the storefront. J.G. McCrorys or McCrory Stores is a defunct chain of five and dime stores in the United States based in York, Pennsylvania. ...

After the departure of Sears, and prior to the commencement of renovations, it was a location for some of the interior and exterior shopping mall scenes of the Chuck Norris movie "Invasion USA". The "entry" crash of the Chevy pickup into the mall was shot at the mall's main entrance. The scenes inside the mall with the Nissan pickup were in the interior of the mall nearest the Davison's end, the escalator scene is inside the old Sears building, and the "exit" crash through the window is the western side of Sears on the first level (the movie then cut to an exterior scene of a mall in South Florida). Interestingly, the "exit" scene also shows a blue and white Cushman "Security" cart that was borrowed from Belvedere Plaza across the street - Columbia/Avondale Mall had no security vehicles of its own at the time. Carlos Ray Chuck Norris (born on 10 March 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, Hollywood actor, and recently, an internet phenomenon, who is best known for playing Cordell Walker on Walker, Texas Ranger. ... Chuck Norris Invasion U.S.A. is a 1985 action film made by Cannon Films and starring Chuck Norris. ... Cushman is a manufacturer of industrial vehicles, personal vehicles, and other custom vehicles, including parking patrol 3 wheelers. ... Belvedere Plaza Shopping Center, located in Belvedere Park (at Memorial Dr — S.R. 154 — and Columbia Drive), was one of the earliest malls in the Atlanta area. ...

After Davison's/Macy's left the mall, that anchor building's upper floor was converted to a 16 screen movie theater, while the lower floor remained vacant save a newly built stairwell leading from the lower level mall to the upper level theatres. Already struggling and further affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks, the mall was closed at the end of 2001. A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Demolition of the mall began in February 2007. The building will be completely razed and a Super Wal-Mart will go up on the site, along with condominiums. This plan has met with strong resistance from residents of nearby Avondale Estates. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... Avondale Estates is a city located in DeKalb County, Georgia. ...

The Avondale Mall site is unique in that it has a small family cemetery in its parking lot. The graves belong to the ancestors of the original property holders, and the mall was built on the condition that the graves would not be disturbed. The cemetery is surrounded by granite walls, square in shape and inward-sloping, with an iron fence at the top. The headstones and grave sites are actually at the top of the structure, as this is the original grade level of the property; the construction of the mall removed approximately 12 feet of elevation.