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21 Hauntingly Beautiful Photos Of Deserted Shopping Malls
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| Jul. 9, 2014, 1:58 PM
| Hayley Peterson
Posted on 07/10/2014 12:44:05 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX
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posted on
07/10/2014 3:29:11 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: mason-dixon
After watching a sandal-clad Third Worlder try on sneakers with his bare feet, I couldn’t imagine buying any article of clothing at a mall.
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posted on
07/10/2014 3:29:51 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: WhiskeyX
The first two story inside shopping mall in my city was shutdown & bulldozed a while ago. Parents began leaving their unruly teens to roam played a part in its downfall.
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posted on
07/10/2014 3:38:16 AM PDT
by
RginTN
To: WhiskeyX
Malls have a distinct life cycle. They age and die.
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posted on
07/10/2014 3:52:31 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun" - Obama, setting RoE with his opposition)
To: Jeff Chandler
Actually "C'est la vie"
However, it is curious that we started with catalogue sales and have come full circle to effectively catalogue sales via the internet. The heyday of the bog box mall stores is about over. Between boutique stores and internet sales the big expensive stores will fade away.
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posted on
07/10/2014 4:25:01 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: WhiskeyX
The mall featured in the article is Rolling Acres in Akron, Ohio. It was the mall of my youth. The glass elevator and orange tiled fountain were what I looked forward to as a child.
In the late 80s people started reflecting to it as Strolling Afros. By the mid-90s nobody went there due to violence., which in turn led to closed shops. Sad.
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posted on
07/10/2014 4:36:21 AM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: kearnyirish2
Did the 3rd” whirler” leave his sandals and take the sneakers?
I seen that happen a few times.
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posted on
07/10/2014 4:37:37 AM PDT
by
peteyd
(A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
To: WhiskeyX
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posted on
07/10/2014 4:46:07 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: WhiskeyX
Amazing how fast nature takes over once activity ceases...
A few years ago there was an amazing website that detailed all the abandoned buildings in Detroit that were very ‘high end’ in their day when the economy was great and this was the place to be. Fascinating stuff.
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posted on
07/10/2014 5:02:21 AM PDT
by
hecticskeptic
(In life it is important to know what you believeÂ….and more importantly, why you believe it.)
To: Jeff Chandler
I’d add the massive late 90’s influx of home video game systems as a contributor. The only reason we went to the mall as kids was to play video games in the arcade. Once we bought a NES, that ended...lol
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posted on
07/10/2014 5:13:13 AM PDT
by
ItsOurTimeNow
("Scheming demons dressed in kingly guise, beating down the multitudes and scoffing at the wise.")
To: WhiskeyX
Of course, with only a few department stores the malls in Connecticut looks the same as in Florida. For instance, when WestFarms Mall opened (a large mall in West Hartford,CT), it had JCPenny plus 2 local department stores (G. Fox and Sage-Allen), now it has JCPenny, 2 Macy's stores and a Nordstrom.
In Florida, when WestShore Plaza opened, it had Maas Brothers, along with Sears and JCPenny. What happened to the local stores?
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posted on
07/10/2014 5:27:52 AM PDT
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: WhiskeyX
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posted on
07/10/2014 5:29:28 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: SpaceBar
Just saying...
Everything is made in China.
Bring back American jobs.
To: WhiskeyX
Walmart killed most of these overpriced, cheesy malls. Shed no tears.
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posted on
07/10/2014 5:36:24 AM PDT
by
stinkerpot65
(Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
To: Jimmy Valentine
However, it is curious that we started with catalogue sales and have come full circle to effectively catalogue sales via the internet. And how many here remember the Sears Roebuck catalogue? I've often wondered what Sears would be like today if they'd continued their catalogue business. Probably a lot better off than it is. They built their success with their catalogue and retail locations.
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posted on
07/10/2014 6:06:18 AM PDT
by
Will88
To: stinkerpot65
Walmart did not kill them. I remember several dead malls way before Walmart became a player in that game. Bad areas of town or better competing malls killed them.
Of course moving Section 8 welfare people into the areas doesn’t help.
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posted on
07/10/2014 6:14:06 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need more than seven rounds, Much more.)
To: kearnyirish2
A series of bankruptcies and disputes stalled construction of the mall. The project is under new ownership, and current plans schedule an opening in 2016.
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posted on
07/10/2014 6:33:41 AM PDT
by
WhiskeyX
To: Jarhead9297
I have not been to our mall since our city bus system put in a transfer station there.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:41:23 AM PDT
by
sheana
To: kearnyirish2
Lol I love it! New term mall bling! To answer your question...not much :-)
To: Bigg Red; Jimmy Valentine
cest la vieThank you. I was in a hurry and didn't check the spelling.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:59:06 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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