Roosevelt Mall is a medium-sized outdoor shopping mall, located along

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(Cottman Avenue) between Bustleton Avenue west end and

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( Roosevelt Boulevard) in the east end, or Rhawnhurst neighborhood, of

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. The mall has 45 stores and services. It is currently anchored by a large, three-level

Macy's Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain of high-end department stores founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores in 1994, through which it is affiliated wi ...

department store on its east end. Since 2015, the mall has featured a flea market on Saturdays during the summer.

History

Since opening in 1964, Roosevelt Mall anchors have included

S. Klein S. Klein On The Square, or simply S. Klein, was a popular-priced department store chain based in New York City. The flagship stores (a main building and a women's fashion building) were located along Union Square East in Manhattan; this lo ...

Wanamaker's John Wanamaker Department Store was one of the first department stores in the United States. Founded by John Wanamaker in Philadelphia, it was influential in the development of the retail industry including as the first store to use price tags. ...

Hecht's Hecht's, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. and the Hecht Company, was a large chain of department stores that operated mainly in the mid-Atlantic and southern region of the United States. The firm originated in Baltimore, Maryland. By 20 ...

, Strawbridge's, and

. The original anchor, S. Klein, closed in 1975 due to financial problems of its owner,

McCrory Stores McCrory Stores or J.G. McCrory's was a chain of five and dime stores in the United States based in York, Pennsylvania. The stores typically sold shoes, clothing, housewares, fabrics, penny candy, toys, cosmetics, and often included a lunch co ...

. It was replaced by Wanamaker's in 1976 and was converted to Hecht's in 1995 following

May Department Stores The May Department Stores Company was an American department store holding company, formerly headquartered in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded in Leadville, Colorado, by David May in 1877, moving to St. Louis in 1905. After many c ...

' acquisition of the Wanamaker's chain. About a year later, Hecht's became Strawbridge's. During the Strawbridge's years, it had a

bargain basement A bargain bin refers to an assorted selection of merchandise, particularly software, tools and CDs, which have been discounted in price. Reasons for the discount can range from the closure of a production company to a steep decline in an item's p ...

in which all furniture and goods were marked down by 80%. Following

Federated Department Stores Macy's, Inc. (originally Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American conglomerate holding company. Upon its establishment, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Filene's, and Shillito ...

' acquisition of May Department Stores in 2005, Strawbridge's was rebranded as Macy's. The mall was also home to a location of prominent

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restaurant chain

Jim's Steaks Jim's Steaks is a Philadelphia restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks, founded in 1939 on North 62nd Street in West Philadelphia. Jim's Steaks currently has two locations, the original in West Philadelphia and another in Springfield, Pennsylva ...

, closed due to health violations in 2017.

Great Northeast Plaza

Located directly across from Roosevelt Mall is Great Northeast Plaza, which was formerly anchored by

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...

. Prior to Sears, it was anchored by Gimbels.

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