Americana At Brand Is Fancy
The Americana at Brand is a just-opened $400 million outdoor mall in Glendale from the creators of the theme park-esque The Grove in Hollywood. They both feature trolleys designed by George McGinnis, a regular designer of vehicles for the Disney parks. You can rent apartments that overlook the park and pond for $3000+ but you’ll hear the fountain show all day long. I know because they were vacant and unlocked when I was there opening day, that’s how I got the photo from the balcony.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Didn’t like it as much as the Grove - and that’s not saying much… The scale is so enormous - it just throws off the old tymeness of it. Too dense - even without the cheek to jowl crowds this weekend. These malls are great for people watching and comfy theater seats, that’s about it.