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🎄✨ Here's a sweet story (literally) to get you in the Christmas spirit. Pac/West's Rick Metsger shares memories of working at Joe Brown's Carmel Corn, a mainstay of Portland's Lloyd Center, as a high schooler.
A Fond Farewell to an Iconic Lloyd Center Christmas - Pac/West Lobby Group
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"Christmas there was magical," Metsger writes. "Holiday décor cascaded throughout the mall. Choirs would sing, ice skaters would skate, Santa would hold court, and stockings were being filled with treasurers gleaned from cheerful merchants."
Last week, Metsger and friend Patrick Donaldson reunited for one final ceremonial shift — kettle paddle in hand. Though the mall is slated for demolition and redevelopment sometime after the holiday season, memories of the iconic Lloyd Center Christmas remain strong.
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A Fond Farewell to an Iconic Lloyd Center Christmas
/by Rick MetsgerJoe Brown’s Carmel Corn is a Portland icon. It has been there since the beginning when Lloyd Center first opened its doors in 1960. Generations of Oregonians have succumbed to the allure of that sweet aroma wafting through the mall.