Loehmann's Plaza' long gone Herman's World of Sporting Goods. 

Feb. 1983 article covering Loehmann's groundbreaking. Photo with Meyera Oberndorf, who would eventually have nearby Central Library bear her name. Other thing that sticks out to me, the pic documents the shopping center's correct name Loehmann's, while headline underneath inaccurately describes it as a non-possesive, singular Loehmann.

Two years later (Oct 85), opening of Herman's is announced. It was at the west end of strip mall.

Former Herman's space, now a golf supply store.. Good view of the Spanish tile roofing:

Contemporary Loehmann's maintains a nice page: 

https://www.facebook.com/LoehmannsPlazaVB/

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(I have additional pointless, esoteric Va Beach retail history coming..)

In the 8os, Lynnhaven Mall originally had a brown tile look.. In the center was a fountain & modern art statue (Enigma).
Nobody seems to remember Enigma when I (pointlessly) reference it.

Overhead shot from old second floor food court, (statue lower right).

Lower swirl of statue in this pic, women standing in front provide scale.. Gary Collins, who hosted Miss America pageants thru the 8os, was in Va Beach for Miss ECSC gig.

1985 print ad, original mirror exterior/entrance in background.

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Ultra Vision Theatre that once inhabited a back corner of Pembroke Mall's parking lot..

Bottom of the photo depicts a similar theater built in Florida. I notice the ad generically refers to Pembroke's location as 'Norfolk, Virginia' (instead of it's accurate location in VB). Guess Norfolk had more national recognition at the time..

Crowd outside, 1982.

They also had a summer tradition of showing kinda second-run kids' movies..

An exterior shot I found in a local 1984 yearbook.

I believe the theater (their spelling was theatre, but..) was bulldozed in the late '80s, and replaced by theaters inside Pembroke. The last reference I found to it's existence, was controversy surrounding their potential showing of the Last Temptation of Christ (Sept 7, 1988 Daily Press).

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