Fulton Mall (Fresno)
36.734172°N -119.790329°W / 36.734172°N 119.790329°E Coordinates: longitude degrees < 0 with hemisphere flag
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Fulton Mall is a six-block pedestrian zone and urban park located in the Central Business District of downtown Fresno, California. The mall runs along historic Fulton Street between Inyo and Tuolumne Streets and is home to a wide variety of stores, eateries, offices and public art. The PBID Partners of Downtown Fresno (formerly the Downtown Association of Fresno) [1] is the local business improvement district.
Originally called J Street, it was renamed Fulton Street in honor of prominent local financier Fulton G. Berry after his death in 1910. As part of a major urban renewal effort in the 1960s, Fulton Street was transformed into Fulton Mall under the supervision of pioneering Austrian architect Victor Gruen and American landscape architect Garrett Eckbo. The mall was dedicated on September 1, 1964, to much fanfare.
The Fulton Mall has declined in recent decades and is consistently the subject of revitalization efforts. It was nominated in 2008 to the National Register of Historic Places, but was not placed on the register due to objections from a majority of property owners. However, because of its eligibility, the mall is now listed on the California Register of Historical Resources.
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