Skyline 12
5195A Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church,
VA
22041
5195A Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church,
VA
22041
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I am very curious about this place – does anyone have any pictures of the inside of this mall or of the theatres? by the way, unfortunately the unique mcdonalds has now closed.
The McDonald’s has actually been there at least since the 90’s, when the theater was still open. Easy to mistake given the marquis inside the McDonald’s, but that was just part of the design they gave it. Had a few meals over there before movies in that neat 50’s styles place.
Essentially the Target used to be a mall, with a number of stores in it, including an Arcade, Rite Aid, Walden (or B. Dalton can’t quite remember), florist, shoe store, Dress Barn, a couple or restaurants among a few other things. Skyline 1-6 was towards the side the McDonald’s is on, and 7-12 was on the opposite end. The McDonald’s was disconnected from the rest of the mall, via that long hallway, just as it is disconnected from Target now. There was a little breakfast/lunch shop over in that hall space with McD’s as well as a bank. Not sure if they are both still there are not, but they did outlast the rest of the mall. The health club/gym, which is upstairs, also remains from the Skyline Mall days. It used to be accessible via an elevator in the middle of the mall. Anyway, it’s cool that they’ve kept the McDonald’s around. It’s a nice looking one.
Here is a 2008 of what was formally the Skyline/Tyson’s Corner Cinema
The cinema with the 5141 Leesburg Pike address is now a McDonald’s Restaurant which not only retained but improved on many of the cinema’s lobby features.
Yeah, I miss that little mall too.
I forgot about that 7-12 side coming later. It was a little more made-up, though the theaters were a bit smaller on that end.
Saw a ton of movies here. The sound tended to bleed through the walls on the blockbusters on the 1-6 side, but otherwise, it was a pretty nice (and cheap, even for the times) place to catch a movie for a mall spot.
Saw many, many a movie in this complex; the original screens (1-6) were decorated in that trendy brown/orange/yellow combo of the ‘70’s and the seats were very comfortable.
The 7-12 screens came later, when a Safeway supermarket located in the mall closed down, and AMC took over the space.
A very eclectic little mall; so sorry it’s gone.