The Galleria at White Plains
Joseph helped build the mall that embodied White Plains urban renewal; now White Plains has formally approved replacing that same megablock with a new walkable residential district.
The Galleria at White Plains in January 2023, near the end of its life; the mall has since closed and redevelopment is approved.
Current view · 2023 · Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0 · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Probable
Rita’s list
Transcription: Galleria - White Plains — 1979
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
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“Galleria - White Plains — 1979”
The Galleria opened in 1980 and closed in 2023. White Plains approved the District Galleria rezoning and conceptual plan in December 2025; the current plan calls for seven towers and 3,001 homes.
A nearly perfect suburban urban-history cycle: 1970s urban renewal created the enclosed mall, Joseph worked on it during construction, the mall became obsolete, and the city has now approved a dense walkable district to undo the very planning logic that created it.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Probable
Likely: most likely interior CMU/block shafts, service cores, fire-rated partitions and masonry backup; exterior brickwork is likely only if the project-specific facade was brick rather than stone, precast, metal or glass.
This scope is recorded as probable, not documented. It is a disciplined reading of the building and the trade practice of the period, not a contract-level record of Kelly’s work.
The construction team
The construction team for this job has not yet been established.
What happened to it
Closed / redevelopment approved; demolition pending
White Plains approved the District Galleria rezoning and conceptual development plan on December 1, 2025. The redevelopment remains in the site-planning and implementation process.
Sources
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- 01nycurbanism.com
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- 02nyfolklore.org
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- 03casemine.com
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- ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Taken on 7
The Galleria at White Plains in January 2023, near the end of its life; the mall has since closed and redevelopment is approved.
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