West View Park Shopping Center

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West View Shopping Plaza is located in the heart of West View along Center Ave. near the Center Ave. - Perry Highway intersection in West View Borough.

The plaza is anchored by Giant Eagle and a U-Haul store. West View shopping plaza has seen its ups and downs. Sitting on the former site of a well-remembered park, we at Across North Hills pay tribute to West View Park with the image of the roller coaster for this shopping plaza.

About West View Park

The park opened on May 23, 1906. The dance hall that was constructed in the park, Danceland, became a landmark for various bands and artists that performed there. Notably, the park featured The Rolling Stones at Danceland in 1964. The park operated for 71 seasons, closing in 1977 due to declining revenues, higher operating costs, and a lack of investment. The park was in an abandoned state for several years and subjected to several fires started by arsonists before being torn down in 1980 and replaced by a shopping center and residential facility in 1981.

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West View Shopping Plaza: Has seen better days, but tons of potential
(Updated: October 03, 2021)
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On the positive, West View shopping plaza sits in the heart, smack-dab in the middle of West View, which is smack-dab in the middle of Ross Township, which is smack-dab in the middle of the North Hills of Pittsburgh. With new housing developments in close proximity to the grounds of the old Highland Country Club, walkable access from plenty of surrounding old-world neighborhoods, there is much potential. In our opinion, the U-haul store really took away the charm of this shopping plaza. The U-Haul store is presumably the remnant of fallback options of the defunct K-Mart that for years on end anchored the shopping plaza, along with Giant Eagle. Of course, a park, which is remembered fondly by residents, was simply not sustainable over the long haul, but it is our opinion that something better could go here. We are not sure what kind of anchor this location should, eh, target, but, hmm... Time will tell. 
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