A July 24, 1990 Buffalo News article reported: Seneca Mall Gives Concrete Menagerie to Buffalo Zoo. Amy Sieracki, of Kenmore, had many reasons to go to the mall. When I was in grade school, climbing on the gigantic camel, the whale, and the llama was a reward Mom allowed us after all the errands at that mall were done – Christmas shopping, back to school shopping, or grew-out-of-your-shoes-again shopping.
Soon enough we were too cool for that - fast forward to high school. A friend used to buy clothes from The Limited, tuck in the tags and wear them, then return them. An eagle-eyed clerk caught on to it when she found a ticket stub from a recent Sabres game in the pocket of a cute little jacket – new with tags – being returned.
For the junior prom. I picked out a drop-waisted Gunne Sax dress – white lace - from one of the stores there. At the time it seemed like I hit the glamor jackpot.
Looking at those pictures now, it appears to be an oversized First Communion dress. I ask myself what I was thinking and, finding the dress now among the vintage stuff on eBay, my opinion remains unchanged. Walden Galleria was the place to be for my 20-something, single-with-money-to-spend self.
A lot of my working girl wardrobe came from Sibley’s, including a teal wool winter coat with a dramatic faux fur collar, also teal. The manager at the Casual Corner there knew my friend by name – she was a big spender and a VIP customer. The food court at the Boulevard Mall was a great Fri.