Kaleidoscope Courtyards

2009 | Best Mecca for Middle-School Boys

Commercially, this garish shopping center has been a bust, and its historical vacancy problems got worse this year with a few high-profile departures. But the essentials remain, including the life-sucking Xbox farm that is Howie's Game Shack, a movie theater, a laser-tag joint, a pizza place and a skate shop with cement floors that you can actually skate on. And so, despite efforts a few years back to crack down on teen loitering, the Kaleidoscope's appeal to the pimply set has only... More »