WOODBRIDGE -- The Potomac Mills sign is gone but not forgotten.
The 140-foot tall blue sign that for years hovered over the Woodbridge skyline noting the location of one of the state's largest malls, and also was once Virginia's largest tourist attraction, was pulled down Sunday night after high winds caused it to lean.
Long after it had dropped "outlet mall" from it's marking and the old apple tree from its logo (remember the oversized cereal bowl of apples located in the grand court area of the mall during the early days?), a modified version of the Potomac Mills logo still stood tall.
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