DEAD MALL BLOG

Abandoned Lisa Frank factory, January 2017. Photos by Julia Alexander.

Bon-Ton, Eastern Hills Mall, Williamsville, NY. closed August 2018.

From @turbomun: “Valley View Center in Dallas, TX. Opened in 1973, still (partially) open.

The mall was built up around a stand-alone Sears that opened in 1965. It was supposed to be demolished to make way for a mixed use development called Dallas Midtown in 2016, and again in 2017, but disputes between the land owner and the city have stalled redevelopment indefinitely. There are no anchors left, no food court, and everything is blocked off except for a third-floor AMC movie theatre that was added in 2003, and a small portion of the second floor with very few tenants. Between 2014 and 2017, the rest of the second floor was used as art galleries and artist studios, but those have also been closed and blocked now. There is a carnival held in the parking lot every summer that rarely has any visitors.”

Off topic post, but I think it fits with the aesthetic of creepy things and time passing. This is The Angel of Death Victorious, also known as the Haserot Angel, a grave marker in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH. The angel is holding an upside-down torch to represent a life extinguished. Weathering has made the bronze statue develop black streaks that look like tears. 

Medley Centre (previously Irondequoit Mall). Irondequoit, NY. opened 1990, closed 2009. 

First three pics are from Labelscar. The advertisements in the third pic were up until at least 2007, even though the mall’s name had changed two years prior. 

The fourth picture is from Democrat & Chronicle and was taken after a water main break in 2014. The building is still standing and the carousel is still inside. There are plans to turn the first floor into a community center. 

Also check out this slideshow of people at the mall in the 1990s!

Off topic but related to my last post on Dan Bell’s TEDx talk: this is my fave vaporwave-ish song. The melody is from “The Word II” by Shigeo Sekito, a song from the 70s that uses an electric organ and is also really worth checking out. I mean just look at the album cover: 

“Collin Creek Mall in Plano, TX. Built 1981. Used to have five anchor stores, now has two; one of the empty spaces has been converted to an indoor playland called Amazing Jake’s.

I used to come here fairly often when I was in middle school/high school, and it was always doing all right, if not as well as some other malls in the area. Now it’s clearly on its last legs. According to Dallas News, it really went downhill after Dillard’s left in 2014, and the land may be redeveloped soon: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2017/06/27/planos-collin-creek-lewisvilles-vista-ridge-malls-may-soon-new-owners“