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How Strip Malls Got Their Name: A Brief History

By Oliver Oct 07, 2026
Searching for L.A.'s Best Thai Soup in a San Fernando Valley Strip Mall Called Armenia - LAmag
Searching for L.A.'s Best Thai Soup in a San Fernando Valley Strip Mall Called Armenia - LAmag

Searching for L.A.’s Best Thai Soup in a San Fernando Valley Strip Mall Called Armenia

Noted for its strange name, the sign has been photographed, and edited, plenty over the years. It is slowly becoming abandoned, though, in spite of the thriving life it had as the prime strip mall, and shopping center, of the area. Read more here; https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/07/23/1726615.htm Watch more here; https://youtu.be/viIUl3TZNFg, https://youtu.be/o3a-kV-ekcM

Searching for L.A.'s Best Thai Soup in a San Fernando Valley Strip Mall Called Armenia - LAmag
Searching for L.A.'s Best Thai Soup in a San Fernando Valley Strip Mall Called Armenia - LAmag

What Is A Strip Mall

There is only one place worth going in this strip mall....

San Fernando Strip Mall Truman Ave 1964

a large sign with many different types of signs on it's front and side
a large sign with many different types of signs on it's front and side
Cum Park Plaza - Burlington, North Carolina
Cum Park Plaza - Burlington, North Carolina

What Is A Strip Mall

Wu's Garden. Littleton, CO. Its strip mall exterior might not look like much, but it's the only Chinese food I've found in Denver that I like.

a large sign with many different business signs on it
a large sign with many different business signs on it
a tall sign with many different brands on it's side in front of a building
a tall sign with many different brands on it's side in front of a building

Mall names

What Is A Strip Mall

Week 5: A 90's strip mall is the perfect analogy to technoburg. Suburbs formed and buisness' looked to the neighborhood for employees and tradesmen. If you only had a parking ticket then it was safe to get a lawyer from the strip mall. If you killed someone, strip mall lawyer is not your guy.

strip mall - use to be a forest along a major road until six years ago - Stephen

a large sign with many different business signs on it
a large sign with many different business signs on it
cars are lined up under the liquor - dell sign
cars are lined up under the liquor - dell sign
two cars are parked in front of a goldsmittt store on the street
two cars are parked in front of a goldsmittt store on the street
two large billboards with different types of business signs on them in front of a mcdonald's
two large billboards with different types of business signs on them in front of a mcdonald's
the mall names are displayed in front of an office building with cars parked on the street
the mall names are displayed in front of an office building with cars parked on the street
an intersection with cars parked and people walking on the sidewalk in front of shops, stores, and businesses
an intersection with cars parked and people walking on the sidewalk in front of shops, stores, and businesses
a parking lot full of cars and trucks in front of a walgreen store
a parking lot full of cars and trucks in front of a walgreen store
an empty store front with the words just designed the perfect strip mall that will get exactly zero visitors each day
an empty store front with the words just designed the perfect strip mall that will get exactly zero visitors each day
Metal Building Strip Mall: Cost & ROI Guide
Metal Building Strip Mall: Cost & ROI Guide
an empty parking lot in front of a building with signs on the doors and windows
an empty parking lot in front of a building with signs on the doors and windows

Metal Building Strip Mall: Cost & ROI Guide 2026