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Mall Rats Photo: Jason E. Kaplan Foot traffic has plunged during the pandemic at Portland s Lloyd Center Mall
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It is a late Tuesday afternoon and the foot traffic in Washington Square Mall in the Portland suburbs looks brisk by COVID-19 restrictions standards. Families with strollers and small children in tow, groups of teens just dismissed from distance learning and older couples stroll the wide halls, dropping their masks to sip a drink or lick an ice cream cone.
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“It’s really nice when you have someone to perform for,” says Jerry, before Tally starts to laugh and quickly adds, “I just want to make sure I do it right, and don’t forget what move is coming next!”
Don Baldwin has been the General Manager of the Lloyd Center Skating Rink for 22 years. He says when he first arrived Jerry was still lifting Tally over his head.
Credit: Jerry Leonard
“They don’t do that anymore, and I’m kind of glad,” Baldwin says with a chuckle, “because it’s against the rules here to drop Tally.”
The laughter and fun times have returned to the rink these days, but those things have been absent from the venue for most of the past year.