Walt Whitman Shops

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The Walt Whitman statue in front of Walt Whitman Shops
Walt Whitman Shops
Location Huntington Station, New York
Coordinates 40°49′20″N73°24′35″W / 40.8223°N 73.4097°W / 40.8223; -73.4097
Opening dateNovember 23, 1962;60 years ago (1962-11-23)
Owner Simon Property Group
Architect Welton Becket
No. of stores and services105
No. of anchor tenants 3
Total retail floor area 1,089,350 sq ft (101,204 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 in Saks Fifth Avenue, 3 in Bloomingdale's, 4 in Macy's)
Parking5,043 spaces
Public transit accessAiga bus trans.svg Suffolk County Transit : 1, 3, 6
Aiga bus trans.svg Huntington Area Rapid Transit : H20, H30, H40
Aiga bus trans.svg Nassau Inter-County Express : n79
Website simon.com/mall/walt-whitman-shops

Walt Whitman Shops (formerly known as Walt Whitman Mall) is a shopping mall in Huntington Station, New York in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. [1] [2] The mall features the traditional retailers Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and Saks Fifth Avenue. The mall is named for the poet Walt Whitman due to the close proximity to his birthplace, a US National Historic Site, located near the mall. [ citation needed ]

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The mall is owned and managed by Simon Property Group, one of the largest developers of shopping malls in the US.

On August 27, 2020, it was announced that Lord & Taylor would shutter its traditional brick-and-mortar format as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous Lord & Taylor outpost is in the approval stages to become reconstructed for a vibrant modern office use concept. [3]

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