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[thebitterguy]

Wow. It's like they were reading my mind. There's actually a deadmalls.com website dedicated to nothing but the discussion of dead shopping malls.

Amusingly enough, I can't find the old post I did on the same topic, mostly related to the mall near my work that's turned into a Wal-Mart. It was much the same sense that all these essays had, the ennui that is felt when you pass through a place of commerce where the money has ceased to flow. They even cover a mall I've been to, the Honeydale mall where I bought Uday, Qusay & Chemical Sherif their groomsmen gifts.

Very much an area of urban development/decay I find interesting.

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[ilovekatamari.livejournal.com]

I'm totally obsessed with deadmalls.com. I think I've read everything on their site. My favorites are Dixie Square in Illinois (http://deadmalls.com/malls/dixie_square_mall.html), Mall of Memphis (aka the Mall of Murder) in Tennessee (http://deadmalls.com/malls/mall_of_memphis.html), and one local to me, Apache Plaza in Minneapolis, Minnesota (http://deadmalls.com/malls/apache_plaza.html). The beginning of the end for Apache was when it got hit by a tornado in '84!

Other stuff you might like:
http://mallsofamerica.blogspot.com/
http://www.labelscar.com/

[thebitterguy]

Wow. That's totally neat. Thanks for the other links!

Fascinating...

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Huh, they have the London Galleria mall as well - I remember watching that mall decline while I lived in London. In the space of about 5 years it went from "upscale trendy in-spot" to "wino hang-out", then rebounded slightly to "where your mom shops".

They don't, however, seem to have the old Blandford Mall in Woodstock, which got torn down last year to make way for a Toyota plant. (No big loss, the mall hadn't really been much since the Reagan years.)

Re: Fascinating...

[thebitterguy]

You might want to put together a short piece on the other one, if you want. I'm regretting not taking any pictures of the mall that got torn down near here.