The Granite Run Mall may be only a memory, the doors locked and all the stores with the exception of Sears and Boscov's closed, but it continues to make headlines.
The old shopping hulk is something of a social media phenomenon. Every time we post something about the mall on our social media accounts, those items explode.
It's clear Granite Run holds a very special place in the hearts of many Delco residents.
It apparently holds a special place in Kevin Smith's heart as well.
You might remember a few months ago we ran an item indicating Smith, the movie director responsible for the teen classics "Mallrats" and "Clerks," was looking at the Middletown site as a possible location for shooting a sequel, "Mallrats 2."
This week Smith was here in Delco to check out the vast space empty space inside the mall for himself. He posted a photo of himself with his daughter Harley outside one of the entrances to the mall.
He'll need to act fast. As we have reported, the plan is to knock down most of the existing mall - again with the exception of the two anchor stores Sears and Bosvov's, which have their own exterior entrances - this fall and replace it with a town center style development, complete with retail sites, restaurants and two high-rise apartment buildings.
We'll keep tabs on any developments and keep our fingers crossed that "Mallrats 2" might just be the final chapter of the Granite Run Mall.
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