As soon as Maddie Levine from
The Michael and Maddie Show broke the news of the impending demolition of the beloved Taunton mall, memories began to flood the newsfeeds of SouthCoast residents across social media.
From the endless salad bar at Ruby Tuesday to the pet store that always had the most adorable puppies in the front window, the Galleria was its own entity and differentiated itself from other surrounding malls. It was a modern marvel back in the day as one of the largest malls in our area at the time.
With the advent of online shopping, the era of malls is coming to slow end. Nobody has the patience or time to find parking, walk thousands of feet to the mall entrance and just walk from store to store like in the good ol days, especially with everything being right at the tip of your fingertips or with the click of a mouse.