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.

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 ...

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).