The long-awaited demise of Town & Country Mall became a reality on Wednesday for the few tenants still left operating in the 20-year-old property, which never seemed to hit its stride.

I read Michele Greene's recollection of the old Town and Country shopping center, but it wasn't the same as mine ("The Other Side of the Grove," Aug. 10).

There's so much of Town and Country's original aura left that, every time I stop by Trader Joe's for a bag of lentils, I can still remember how "other" this mall felt to me when I visited it as a ...