I've done my best to photograph as much as possible of the mall as I've visited the building. I have set foot inside Movies 12 (though not very far), have contacted any source I could possibly think of for reference material, and still I feel I may be short some things. Regardless, this is a project I, for now, am still wanting to accomplish. Not once that I could find has a real-life mall been accurately recreated digitally. 3D modeling and first person games have been greatly underestimated in preserving and accessing the past. I figured Vista Ridge Mall would be an excellent example of a building that could be accurately rebuilt digitally, using photos taken as it still stands, so it may be accessed by anyone wanting to study or just play around one of the more intricately designed malls of the United States.

The model itself remains at a standstill as I struggle to find a starting point. Floor plans are only accessible through old directories, which aren't entirely accurate proportionally. Current mall management has been incredibly unhelpful and disinterested in my mission, not even allowing me to photograph actual floor plans hung up in their office. Unfortunately, I am stuck with what I have access to until a more competent and open team may purchase the building (though it's unlikely).

As I try to get a start on the model itself, I am still organizing and sourcing reference material and ephemera from the mall itself. Photos of the mall during the 80s and 90s are slim, so if you or someone you know may have something on hand that could help, I'd deeply appreciate it. I have scraped what I believe to be every single possible piece of reference material that's on the internet. I'm down to what people have privately that they haven't thought to share. Eventually, I'd like to share all of this material as an interactive photo gallery. The mall is something I think deserves its little spot in the net, it was a big deal for Lewisville, it's an impressive piece of architecture, and the fact it's had a movie theater rotting in it for the past two decades, had a ribbon cutting with Bob Eubanks and was the home of Texas' first Hot Topic, really makes me think it isn't a mall that deserves to be left as a footnote.

If you have anything that could help, please contact me.

- Ziggy