But buggy whips are back in style!
Posted on 03/16/2009 12:59:30 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
Photographer Brian Ulrich's images explore the haunted shells of America's devastated retail landscape.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
Retail and commercial real estate market collapse - the next bubble to pop according to Gerald Celente.
TARGET went out of business? I notice these photos are all taken in Illinois or Michigan. Target is booming in the southeast; there are new stores going up all the time.
But buggy whips are back in style!
The Invisible Hand never sleeps...
Notice they’re all in upper midwestern “blue” states (Ohio now included). All have lib dem governors and confiscatory tax policies. So, any wonder why these stores are failing over there?
Likely the local store closed down. We had a planned Target locally that got axed by Target corporate.
Too bad, I like their products, but not enough to drive an extra 20 miles.
It’s devastating here. Denny’s, Olive Garden, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Lonestar, Wally World, K-Mart, even McDonald’s have been boarded up in my area. And that’s just naming a few.
Yikes, I have friends whose income mainly comes from rent in retail malls.
At least one of those was closed over forty years ago according to the caption.
And malls are dying, have been for the last few years. Quite a few of those pictures don’t directly relate to the current economy.
Wow, Randall Park Mall is gone? I remember that from when I lived in Ohio.
I see that Rolling Acres in Akron is now suitable for the next George Romero movie(Dawn of the Dead director).
Now if that could just happen to the gawd awful Garden State Plaza...damn place is a zoo. It’s one big traffic jam and I just pass the place and it messes up the highway.
Oh, my. I’m sorry to hear that. Especially can’t believe that about Olive Garden. The one here in town is packed every single night with a wait. And it’s been that way for years.
What do you personally believe is the core reason for the closing businesses in your area?
You never know about a photo essay like this. In my town, a Target closed a store because it moved to a new, much larger store about a mile away. The old store sits empty, and I could take a picture of it and wax sentimental about the old days of retail, too.
Hopefully they have strong retail tenants with sustained levels of sales.
My own beloved Worcester center Gallaria is in there.
Ohhh, I loved hanging by Orange Julius...
I wish we had an Olive Garden here.
How are Hooters doing around the country?
If I were a social studies teach I would have the students do essays on why this is happening for the current event portion of the class.
Is Time magazine gloating? That hate America, love Cuba.
Office Depot Saginaw, Michigan June 2008
Deerbrook Mall Deerfield, Illinois July 2008
They missed Steak & Ale and Bennigans...
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