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City Beautiful

City Beautiful

Fresno is removing its pedestrian mall. Will it save downtown?

City Beautiful · Nov 13, 2026 · 11:51

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On September 1, 1964, the city leaders of Fresno, California broke ground a new pedestrian mall along Fulton Street (Fulton Mall), one of the city’s main thoroughfares. On March 3, 2016, when city leaders broke ground on the removal of that pedestrian mall. Will the removal reverse Fresno's fortunes?Resources on this topic:http://www.gofresnocounty.com/Fulton%20Mall/FultonIndex.htmhttp://tclf.org/landscapes/fulton-mallhttp://kvpr.org/post/fulton-mall-project-become-realityhttp://mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.htmlVideos courtesy of Archive.org's Moving Image Archive and the Community Media Access Collaborative.Photo credits:Alan Light, FlickrGeoff Livingston, FlickrDavid Prasade, FlickrJoe Green, FlickrNYCDOTGruen and AssociatesMinnesota Historical SocietyLife Magazine Photo Archive
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