Logan Valley Mall

This is the better mall of the malls in south central Pennsylvania. There are a variety of stores that you cannot find in Johnstown. It has made major changes. My only downside and the reason for knocking a star off is the surge in kids everywhere. Parents just drop their kids off and let them alone. Other than that, I wish they would bring chick-​fil-​a back.

Good mall, bad old navy

I’ve been a shopper at the Logan Valley Mall for years now… figured it was way, way past time for me to write this review.
The Logan Valley Mall is a decent sized mall in Altoona. The mall has a decent variety of stores including Macy’s, Sears, and JCPenney as the 3 larger department stores. The mall has several jewelry stores including Kay Jewelers, Kranich’s Jewelers. Littman Jewelers, and Zales. There’s also the kid friendly jewelry stores like Claires and Icing. The mall has a decent selection of clothing stores as well including Old Navy, Debs, maurices, Aeropostale, American Eagle, and rue 21. Then there’s a Radio Shack, F.Y.E, knockoff book store, Yankee Candle, and a couple different nail salons. Basically just your usual mall clothing stores, nothing new or exciting there. Prices at the stores are what you’d expect. Some stores are a bit more pricey than others, but that’s to be expected. (That’s when you go bargain hunting and start cutting them coupons!)
The mall also has a small variety of dining options as well. There is an Applebee’s — which is the biggest full restaurant in the mall.(Check out my review of Applebee’s). This Applebee’s has good food and the service is always fantastic. There’s also a food court on the upper level of the mall. The food court has a McDonalds, Sun Japan, Subway, Dino’s Pizza, Wong’s Wok, and Great Steak and Potato Co. It’s not the biggest selection for a food court, but it works. I can tell you from experience that if you go there for Chinese food, Wong’s Wok is definitely the way to go. The food is hot and fresh. If you go to Dino’s during the lunch rush, make sure you know what you want because they move the line quickly. Also– if you’re feeding a larger group, buying a whole pizza pie is the cheapest way to go. All in all, the food, while not a huge selection, always satisfies.
I’ve always had a pleasant experience each time I’ve visited any of the stores in the mall. The mall is clean and well kept. All the employees there are friendly and happy to assist mall patrons.

I have to concur with one of the prior reviews, if this mall wasn’t destroyed by fire so many years ago, it wouldn’t be what it is today. Think along the lines of the Indiana Mall in Indiana, almost looked identical inside.
The store selection here is pretty good for being a mall in central PA. Better than nearby malls, including the Johnstown Galleria. You do have your ‘high end’ type of stores here where you can’t find ones identical to them until you head about fifty miles in any direction. This malls still has it’s fair share of empty spots that need to be filled (I believe the Disney store spot is still empty). But it is still a draw for shoppers. The anchors are typical for this type of mall throughout PA, and wouldn’t expect anything else.
Interesting fact: I believe the parking garage is still slowly sinking into the ground.

I live in Pittsburgh now — the north hills to be more specific.
I never thought that I would say that I miss the mall from back home! (Not always though, Ross Park is pretty great haha)
The Logan Valley Mall has everything you want and at affordable prices. It’s clean for the most part (don’t use the mall’s bathrooms though, they need cleaned way more often. Go to the ones in Macy’s near the children’s dept!) and pretty full. I actually can’t recall any vacant spaces.
My personal favs — Aerie (seriously, best Aerie I’ve found except for the one in southside) and AE, Buckle, Charlotte Russe, Burlington Shoes, Pac Sun. The anchors are JCPenney, Sears and Macy’s.
The food court seriously has the best Chinese food you will find in the Altoona area. Don’t forget about Dino’s if you want great pizza.
I’d rather go to this mall over the Mills any day…
And to whomever said the Galleria is better, have you been there? The place is practically empty!

Let’s start out by saying if a fire didn’t destroy Logan Valley Mall back in the 90’s I’m sure it would have NEVER been updated. But it did. (BEST CHRISTMAS EVER, got sooo many presents because of the «fire sale»). Given the options in Central PA I would give the LVM two waaayyy thumbs up. I hate the Nittany Mall, it depresses me. While the Galleria is better who wants to go all the way to Johnstown? I believe they now have a Hollister, but no Abercrombie. I never really understood that. But PSU has a pretty impressive stand alone A&F so it doesn’t really hurt too much.
It’s two stories, but I will say the Macy’s side of the mall is way more impressive than the Penny’s side of the mall. When it comes to the food court you definitely want to hit up Dino’s Pizza, skip everything else and head for the Broccoli pizza nom, nom, nom. I actually prefer this Macy’s over the one here in Orlando, odd but true.
One down thing though, this is the main hang out for kids. (God bless their little souls) They have nothing better to do so on weekends or school days it’s just overrun with giddy girls and stuntin little boys. Definitely though, I recommend if you’re somewhere in the area and need a quick fix in shopping!

LVM gets a lot of praise for being way better than the Nittany Mall in State College, but while it has more options, I’m not sure how substantial they are. The Victoria’s Secret is definitely bigger, and there is a somewhat cool store that begins with a B, I forget the name of it, but I think it’s the surrounding area that gives it it’s glory.
Its bi-​level, but doesn’t have many more stores than the Nittany Mall– or rather, it has a few more stores, but all of the same ones as well.
One plus– Kranich’s has their main store here. Ask for the cute guy named Brad!!!
Its different, it’s certainly bigger, but I’m not sure if it’s necessarily better.

During my time in State College, there would be many ‘a lonely Friday nights with few choices for shopping choices. The Nittany Mall was as barren as the Sierra Dessert assuming «Bonton» isn’t your favourite store of all time, while Walmart wasn’t exactly a prime or worthy venue for paycheck spending. Target was, as usual, a local favourite but there were only so many times I could stop in the same store without throwing myself in front of traffic. In the end, left with no other option, my roommates and I would pack up the Jeep and make the hour long drive through Nowheresville, USA just for a quickie power shopping trip at Logan Mall.
The store selection itself is a little typical and more than a little limited. There’s the usual Borders, Victoria Secret, American Eagle, etc but at the same time, there was (breathtaking ooh’s and aah’s) an Old Navy which believe or not, is something I absolutely owed 90% of my bargains to during my days in PA. The food court is nothing to scream about (think, McDonalds) but the dingy little Chinese joint actually serves up some delicious surprises. Don’t be fooled by the seedy looking leftovers in the pans– when you place your order they make it fresh in the back and literally bring it to your table ten minutes later. Awesome. If Chinese isn’t your thing, luckily there are plenty of options in the surrounding area (the entire strip has many, many eateries, ie, Ruby Tuesdays up the street, KFC outside the parking lot, Japanese habachi and Eat N Park across the street, etc).
In comparison with the malls I’m used to back here in New England, Logan barely stacks up but when left with so few options in State College, the sixty minute drive is a breeze. At the very least to boot, there are also tons of other stores and shopping choices around and near the mall itself. It’s an absolute must for students, locals, etc in Centre County.