I am not a big mall fan, but great photos of a dying trend that had been so prevelant. I am sure when built they displaced small shops and main street businesses, but now they go away and away go those early youth jobs, part-time parent (full time too) jobs, warm places elderly could go get coffee and walk around, hang outs for all ages. Now with so much internet purchasing, job opportunites shrink and some of the basic dealing with public without asking if you want fries with that shake.
Too bad that they are left empty, but the main problem is that the rent was always way too high for the retailer and after many years later, the owners did not take good care of their malls. I am into classic modern contemporary architecture as I hate to see such malls built in the 1960s and 1970's torned down. Such malls should be reserve and renovated to the original architecture of the past.
@patsaxon you hit the nail on the head The rent was too high I knew a Company who revived a mall The first thing they did was raise the rent and the rest was history
Raising gas prices, two income families, outsourcing, war debts, bank bailouts, broken homes, internet shopping, unpaid overtime, corporate greed.....sign of the times.
I have went to a pure dead mall with only like 5 or 6 stores in it :( It used to be so full of life and happy then it just went downhill... Until they put up a bowling alley and arcade connected with the theater they rebooted :D now it has tons of business and alot of new stores :)
I been in every mall in the twin ciites and all are slowly dying out some slower than others but in all dying. sad really. I love going to malls drinking coffee and walking around and a movie before i go but what doyou expect when having a job at 10hrs a week at min wage is considered being lucky nowdays!? people can not afford much more and more.
@jimnjamin I lived in the Twin Cities,Mn throughout the eighties. Virtually all of the suburbs had strip mall after strip mall everwhere. I have not been back to the Twin Cities since 1991 and I bet most are dead. Im sure there are new ones but they all suck all they have are stores you can find anywhere in the USA.
i see the point in this. i actully live near a mall that died just yesterday. there was only one shop left, and they were moving to a diffrent store. it was northwest plaza ( i think) in St. Louis
Walking through dead malls are kind of like driving by a really horrific car accident. Honestly? I think for some people like myself, seeing dead malls, touches a part of the human psyche that shouldn't be touched.
Manufacturing has been dying or going offshore for quite some time now. Consumerism only can continue with a thriving manufacturing base. We have lost one and the other is dying now......as illustrated by your video. RIP US.
I guess you can thank the Mall of America for the demise of all these malls in minisota
ShatzeeSammy1992 2 days ago
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78rosabosa 3 weeks ago
I am not a big mall fan, but great photos of a dying trend that had been so prevelant. I am sure when built they displaced small shops and main street businesses, but now they go away and away go those early youth jobs, part-time parent (full time too) jobs, warm places elderly could go get coffee and walk around, hang outs for all ages. Now with so much internet purchasing, job opportunites shrink and some of the basic dealing with public without asking if you want fries with that shake.
luv2boral1 1 month ago
I dread the day my mall starts dying. Makes me appreciate my parents' fondness for bygone drive-ins.
PubliusAfricanus 1 month ago
The pics are very good!
nomehuevis 2 months ago
Too bad that they are left empty, but the main problem is that the rent was always way too high for the retailer and after many years later, the owners did not take good care of their malls. I am into classic modern contemporary architecture as I hate to see such malls built in the 1960s and 1970's torned down. Such malls should be reserve and renovated to the original architecture of the past.
patsaxon 2 months ago
@patsaxon you hit the nail on the head The rent was too high I knew a Company who revived a mall The first thing they did was raise the rent and the rest was history
stevemtc1 2 months ago
Torn down at any moment, but the sad thing is that they leave them up as is and it's sadder to see them there empty and decaying.
scottieman2 2 months ago
Crossroads, isn't that the mall they used in Dawn of the Dead remake?
scottieman2 2 months ago
I loved the 1980's retail landscape of the TWin Cities. Now everything has gone corporate, and generic.
vkoo32 3 months ago
we got 2 malls in this part of Texas and both are thriving for the past 30 years
RonTxJediKnight 3 months ago
It's weird because although they are just shopping centers the stark emptiness is gut wrenching in the most deep seated way.
Wow....how sad I think the reason why people feel so strongly is because this is a very public display of the decay and downfall of America.
watershed44 3 months ago
@watershed44 Thank the assholes in "charge" of things...
loveunderlaw 2 months ago
Raising gas prices, two income families, outsourcing, war debts, bank bailouts, broken homes, internet shopping, unpaid overtime, corporate greed.....sign of the times.
eyeseer1 3 months ago
isn't the Brookdale mall gone now?
aMAXproduction 4 months ago
I have went to a pure dead mall with only like 5 or 6 stores in it :( It used to be so full of life and happy then it just went downhill... Until they put up a bowling alley and arcade connected with the theater they rebooted :D now it has tons of business and alot of new stores :)
1mermaidbethany 4 months ago
dead malls.... darth maul.... darth malls
TopBillionCMG 5 months ago
A good review of a dead mall should be accompanied by some photos from glorious past days.
tbcpuebla 7 months ago
I been in every mall in the twin ciites and all are slowly dying out some slower than others but in all dying. sad really. I love going to malls drinking coffee and walking around and a movie before i go but what doyou expect when having a job at 10hrs a week at min wage is considered being lucky nowdays!? people can not afford much more and more.
jimnjamin 10 months ago 2
@jimnjamin I lived in the Twin Cities,Mn throughout the eighties. Virtually all of the suburbs had strip mall after strip mall everwhere. I have not been back to the Twin Cities since 1991 and I bet most are dead. Im sure there are new ones but they all suck all they have are stores you can find anywhere in the USA.
vkoo32 3 months ago
i see the point in this. i actully live near a mall that died just yesterday. there was only one shop left, and they were moving to a diffrent store. it was northwest plaza ( i think) in St. Louis
theotherguy245689 1 year ago
cool compilation.
just be thankful your not the landlord.
Can you believe these ugly cement places were ever considered a desirable place?
StMeade 1 year ago
Walking through dead malls are kind of like driving by a really horrific car accident. Honestly? I think for some people like myself, seeing dead malls, touches a part of the human psyche that shouldn't be touched.
PampersPete 1 year ago
Manufacturing has been dying or going offshore for quite some time now. Consumerism only can continue with a thriving manufacturing base. We have lost one and the other is dying now......as illustrated by your video. RIP US.
nordqk 1 year ago