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So I'd walk across Pio Nono between the theatre and Wendy's. I not only worked at Westgate Theatre, but for about 6 months I worked at Wendy's as my second job. Yes! There was a huge hill right beside the Westgate Theatre - on the side towards the Wendy's. As one of the first to be built and one of the first to die in the state, the mall had a short life and rocky history. This time, though, local leaders are left in a dilemma on a mall that has died three times, but the fortunes once again look bleak for Westgate. Unfortunately, it looks like that after three tries that nothing could really save the ailing fortunes of Westgate, which today has nothing left other than last chance merchant Burlington Coat Factory. Now, the strip mall that was built to replace it is facing difficulties of its own. The strip mall that replaced it is now emptied out as the area around it declines and retail chains that came into the redeveloped center failed from bankruptcy. The strip mall that replaced Westgate Mall included, in addition to Burlington and Wal-Mart, Media Play, Petsmart, Stacy's and Home Depot, which apparently replaced Scotty's. In 1994, the wrecking ball hit all but Wal-Mart and Home Depot with work completed the following year. All of these efforts proved futile to save a mall with no real department store anchors just down the street from huge Macon Mall. Burlington Coat Factory replaced Key Wholesale Distributors where Newberry's originally stood. Scotty's Home Improvement Center, a now-defunct Florida staple, replaced the Piggly Wiggly on the north side. Later, Wal-Mart was tacked onto the side in 1988 and a pedestrian hall made onto the side of the old Colonial store. When this happened, an attempt was first made to make it an outlet mall. According to the Macon Telegraph, the mall was completely empty by 1978. This likely would not have happened if the mall had been able to attract any downtown department stores beforehand. Macon Mall killed Westgate Mall in 1975, which caused it to become a ghetto mall. I have never heard of them, assuming S&S must have bought them out (KA Turner: image). Back when EVERY mall had a cafeteria, apparently Westgate's was G&M.