# Rainbow Mall

Niagara Falls, NY · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-fd9e7011bc` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/niagara-falls-rainbow-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-fd9e7011bc.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-fd9e7011bc.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-fd9e7011bc

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | reported · authors' map |
| Strategy | reinhabit | reported · authors' map |
| What is there now | • Partial reinhabitation: education | reported · authors' map |
| Retrofit year | 2012 | reported · authors' map |

## Timeline

- 2012: Retrofit: reinhabit

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Rainbow Centre Factory Outlet, formerly the Rainbow Centre Mall is an abandoned mall in Niagara Falls, New York, adjacent to the now-demolished Wintergarden indoor botanical garden on its southern end.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Centre_Factory_Outlet

## Sources

- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)
- Wikipedia: Rainbow Centre Factory Outlet — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Centre_Factory_Outlet (2026-08-23)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Rainbow Mall, Niagara Falls, NY." Record m-fd9e7011bc, release 2026-10-21, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/niagara-falls-rainbow-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_niagarafallsrainbowmall,
  title = {Rainbow Mall, Niagara Falls, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/niagara-falls-rainbow-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-fd9e7011bc, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.