A time when connection smelled like cinnamon, sounded like laughter, and happened face-to-face under the glow of mall lights.

Long-gone department stores like Ohrbach’s, Gimbels, E.J. Korvette, Times Square Stores and others sold us our prom dresses, our first big-boy shoes, our refrigerators, toys, TVs and riding mowers.

Greece, N.Y. (WHAM) — As one anchor store leaves The Mall at Greece Ridge, another is set to move in. Mall owner Wilmorite announced Friday that Boscov’s will open at the mall this fall. A ...