[SeekAndFind]

TYPICAL DAY AT THE FORTUNE OFF MALL IN LONG ISLAND ( IRONICALLY, THE ROOSEVELT FIELD MALL JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY IS ALWAYS PACKED ):

[mowowie]

Installing a bus stop ruined my childhood mall.

[angcat]

Looks like the Laurel Mall in Hazleton PA. The Steamtown Mall in Scranton is also dead.

[EDINVA]

How many retailers have gone out of business in the past 10-15 years? That photo shows good old Loehmann’s, the original high-end discount store. Fortunoff was originally a jeweler selling high end jewelry at steep discounts.

Macy’s absorbed multiple dept store chains x the USA somewhere in the late 90s. In the DC area, not one of the Metro area department stores of the mid-20th century is still in business. The economic boom stores have mostly closed, i.e., Borders, Circuit City, even Radio Shack.

Looks like we’re heading back to having “Main Street” with its Mom and Pop shops, with WalMart/Target, etc., and the high end malls.

[Dr. Ursus]

Wait until the Carle Place seniors hit the casino!