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Demovictory9

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57. in southern California, dead malls are rebuilt as malls... with apartments complexes attached.
Sun May 25, 2025, 04:45 PM
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or indoors are converted to outdoor malls.

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They paved paradise put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell Ping Tung May 23 #1
COVID homegirl May 23 #5
Tesla/Musk..... magicarpet May 23 #2
There are dead malls all over the place and one is near me Warpy May 23 #3
I saw a video where they were converting some mall spaces to apartments. forgotmylogin May 23 #17
I am very impressed -- sounds like a lot of thought went into its conversion. nt Hekate May 23 #22
How cool! ShazzieB May 23 #28
That sounds FANTASTIC!!! What a way to reimagine that space! calimary Saturday #35
Thanks for sharing Auggie Saturday #53
Personally, I think the rise of online shopping had a great deal to do with the demise of malls. CTyankee May 23 #20
I have to disagree Warpy May 23 #30
Sears and Roebuck was mail order in a vastly different time. The Internet offers dazzling choices that the Sears catalog CTyankee May 23 #32
Malls didn't last because they lost their big anchor stores Warpy May 23 #34
I wonder why those big anchor stores left the malls in the first place. CTyankee Saturday #37
"I wonder why those big anchor stores left the malls in the first place." BumRushDaShow Saturday #45
Montgomery Ward Clouds Passing Saturday #49
Well Macy's was in the Wanamaker building until near the end of March of this year and that was that BumRushDaShow Saturday #52
I remember the sparkly enchanting Christmas tree in the grand entry. Clouds Passing Sunday #55
They still had that BumRushDaShow Sunday #56
Many US cities had local department stores Retrograde Monday #60
I enjoy the touchy feely of shopping in a store. You can't get that at an Amazon. Clouds Passing Tuesday #61
Greed. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Saturday #38
Indoor shopping malls were never sustainable IbogaProject May 23 #23
I don't know if malls would have survived regardless mdbl Saturday #39
I worked in one briefly in 1986 IbogaProject Saturday #43
Ditto Cosmocat Saturday #44
Look at the Tons DENVERPOPS Saturday #50
Amazon didn't help. They made it too easy to buy online. OMGWTF Saturday #51
Interesting to see what abandoned shopping malls are converted to IronLionZion May 23 #4
Retail Is History! - At Deadmalls.com hatrack May 23 #6
that is an interesting link NJCher May 23 #14
Caldor, good lord... róisín_dubh Saturday #36
I lived at the Caldor's that had opened near me in the the '90s BumRushDaShow Saturday #54
One that I used to patronize Jilly_in_VA May 23 #8
in southern California, dead malls are rebuilt as malls... with apartments complexes attached. Demovictory9 Sunday #57
howdi AllaN01Bear May 23 #11
Catholic churches? RicROC Saturday #48
And those spaces are relatively affordable IronLionZion Monday #59
as a teen i had to be bribed to do the mall. everything is the same. pansypoo53219 May 23 #7
Probably thought it looked better for their inventory ToxMarz May 23 #9
in my area, indoor malls are dying, but outdoor malls are thriving.... getagrip_already May 23 #10
sell them for scrap value. AllaN01Bear May 23 #12
When Musk talks about Tesla corporate performance... CaptainTruth May 23 #13
I live in a heavily Democratic district, and yet... cab67 May 23 #15
Our mall will soon be a casino. twodogsbarking May 23 #16
no Elon stickers everywhere NJCher May 23 #18
See, and I think those cars should be placed in the parking lot, out in the open ... aggiesal May 23 #19
This is a great idea, but there are complications. Shipwack May 23 #26
It can be done, look at this link posted in this same thread ... aggiesal May 23 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author NJCher May 23 #21
clever criminals will strip the batteries out of the cars soon. give it time. nt Javaman May 23 #24
Safer there than outside where idiots will attempt to vandalize them MichMan May 23 #25
The OP says that the cars are in the lot. niyad Saturday #40
Correct, it does MichMan Saturday #41
Musk foolishly threw his lot in with Trump PJMcK May 23 #27
I was expecting it to have become a homeless camp... ananda May 23 #31
Tesla's stock price is up on the news D_Master81 May 23 #33
I love... GiqueCee Saturday #42
Photos we need PHOTOS! justaprogressive Saturday #46
I've often wondered if all these abandoned malls could be converted to public housing. travelingthrulife Saturday #47
Before the one I used to patronize was razed Jilly_in_VA Sunday #58
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