HARBOR PLACE MALL

Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

HARBOR PLACE MALL. Harbor Place Mall, developed by Kenneth F. HARTIG, Jr. and John "Jack" THOMPSON, converted the former ADAMS COMPANY (Encyclopedia Dubuque) building at the ICE HARBOR into a shopping mall. In 1988 the tenants of the mall included the Ice Harbor Emporium, Dubuque Trolley, Inc., Harbor Place Snack Shop, Harbor Place Antiques, Rustic Hills Carriage Tours, and the Mississippi Fudge Factory.

A license each of the participants in the Mall had to possess to do business. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

The Ice Harbor Emporium operated out of the former site of the DUBUQUE SEED COMPANY. Containing over thirty specialty shops, the Emporium offered country and tole painting, tinware, brass, calligraphy, Iowa Hawkeye items, porcelain dolls, doll clothes, miniatures, and jewelry. In 1998 the Emporium was evicted by its landlord, the Greater Dubuque Riverboat Entertainment Company which also owned the DIAMOND JO riverboat casino, the Portside building, and 11 acres at the Ice Harbor. The company explained that it intended to raze the building. The Emporim, established in 1978, moved to PLAZA 20 and kept its name. (1)

The original site of the Dubuque Seed Company, Inc. before it was converted into the Ice Harbor Emporium. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

A flyer distributed by Harbor Place Mall. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

These were two of the major events sponsored by the Mall to attract children and their parents. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

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Source:

1. Pieters, Jeffrey, " Business Collective 'Bringing the Harbor Up to the Hill," Telegraph Herald, January 15, 1999, p. 1