tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125672882024-03-07T14:33:37.496-05:00Deadmalls - The Weblog of Deadmalls.comNews and commentary on retail history, dead malls, and a chaotic culture in decline.Brian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-5029213462792089982017-10-24T00:46:00.002-04:002017-10-24T00:55:22.422-04:00Malls R Us Doc Zone available on YouTubeThe repackaged version of Malls R Us done by Doc Zone is on YouTube and you can watch it now!
Link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIDAzTtoCA
Cheers!
-- BrianBrian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-4787139154833071572011-05-23T12:49:00.000-04:002011-05-23T12:49:19.977-04:00Good Morning America, how are ya? A quick stroll through downtowns, Upstate New Yorkhttp://kunstler.com/blog/2011/05/the-song-of-spring.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+clusterfucknation+%28Clusterfuck+Nation%29
James Howard Kunstler takes a ride up rural NY route 22 for some eye-catching observations on today's little towns and their society.Brian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-52914067811849431602011-03-24T13:35:00.005-04:002011-05-03T19:44:37.695-04:00Malls Of A Certain AgeGood article that discusses the history of the mall, and how it can be relevant in the future.
"The enclosed mall ... is as dead as your average big-city newspaper. Which is to say: not dead yet, exactly, but no one’s betting on its future. Except for a few real estate developers, no one seems all that sad to see the Galleria in such a beleaguered state. The old-fashioned enclosed mall exists Brian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-65646459310779931842011-03-03T13:37:00.000-05:002011-03-03T13:37:00.557-05:00The Wealthiest Consumers driving Post-Recession Retail RecoveryThe rich are spending more money... they make up 5% of the population, and contributed 35% to the economy 3rd quarter of 2009. Read about it here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41764955/ns/business-personal_finance/Brian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-68084891438156871342011-02-11T13:56:00.001-05:002011-02-11T13:58:33.339-05:00New Lives For "Dead" Suburban MallsThe suburban shopping mall has fallen on hard times, and Ellen Dunham-Jones, co-author of “Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs,” is thrilled, frankly.
“Every time we see a dead mall, it’s ‘Yay! Another opportunity to get it right,’ ” said Ms. Dunham-Jones, a professor of architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
Ms. Dunham-Jones sees in theJack Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04433729450780535836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-37159953088382190772011-01-13T10:55:00.002-05:002011-01-13T10:55:35.459-05:00What went wrong at Borders?So what happened to Borders? An early innovator in controlling inventory, there was expert staff at its Ann Arbor headquarters and store managers who believed in the value of book-selling. At its peak, Borders superstores had all the attributes of good book-selling—extensive selections, browsing space, coffee bars, and outreach programs to surrounding communities. In 1998, Borders shares hit an Brian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-10392663171000896882011-01-07T20:46:00.000-05:002011-01-07T20:46:16.648-05:00Retail Sales Reports released : Results for 2010 are inAccording to reports released this week, the 2010 holiday retail season was a slight improvement.
Here are a couple of articles with different perspectives:
National revenue figures detail strong holiday sales period:
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20110107/BUSINESS/110107029/1003
Best holiday for retail sales in 4 years
http://www.newsday.com/business/Brian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-34341783253869915392010-12-27T22:15:00.001-05:002010-12-27T22:15:59.979-05:00Retail sales jump more than 5% for holidays, reports sayRetail sales jump more than 5% for holidays, reports sayRelease of pent-up demand sends retail sales soaring for holidaysThis is good news for retailers, but not for all of them. January 6th is when the individual chains will release their sales figures.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-1228-holiday-spending-20101227,0,374794.storyBrian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-65378874438378677002010-08-20T00:04:00.001-04:002010-08-20T00:26:22.070-04:00"Reviving America's Dead Malls"http://www.mainstreet.com/article/small-business/franchises/what-do-dead-mall?page=1"We installed a curtain in our food court and used it to create an events center,” Poole says. That small step proved to be very effective. “It’s become a vibrant place where people can hold weddings and other events.”Anita http://www.blogger.com/profile/03110320888101454580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-41466077040702917062010-07-06T15:51:00.003-04:002010-07-06T15:54:42.139-04:00Warm East-coast Weather Prompts Mall VisitsIn a rush of nostalgia, residences of the northeastern Mid-Atlantic and New England areas flocked to local area malls in search of the hallowed air-conditioned hallways of America's most sought after shopping and social meccas. Now, if only this were true! Did you go to the mall today? Can we assume that the intensity of the air-conditioning is directly proportional to the amount of Brian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-45686159027506210452010-02-17T19:03:00.003-05:002010-02-17T19:08:35.627-05:00Retail Real Estate closer to becoming MonopolyThis has direct relevance to Dead Malls. Simon is preparing to acquire General Growth properties. Simon is already the largest mall owner in the United States. There will be many redundant mall locations if this takeover is approved, and many more closings.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704804204575069081644845898.html?mod=WSJ_Markets_MIDDLETopNewsBrian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-78274354477904803852010-02-12T20:05:00.001-05:002010-02-12T20:06:09.239-05:00The Retail ShiftInteresting article on a once bustling commercial strip in the Albany, NY area that has since become desolate due to the shifting of retail to other locations nearby and the dwindling economy in general.
Businesses are abandoning formerly thriving commercial strips
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By CHRIS CHURCHILL, Staff writer
omniture_APvSTAFF = "Staff Jack Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04433729450780535836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-85310499311126054492010-01-29T23:49:00.005-05:002010-01-30T00:00:16.958-05:00Requiem for the MallIt is the ideal location for a post-modern horror, this shopping mall with no shoppers in the days before Christmas. It starts directly with the entrance: a vast, deserted parking lot, an entrance above the red neon lights only on one side burns. Inside: empty corridors. The canned voice of Julie Andrews echoes through the deserted room, the only sign that something is alive. Her "favorite thingsBrian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-91377570921134217822009-12-31T05:05:00.001-05:002009-12-31T05:05:41.285-05:00How The Aughts Killed America’s Malls and Newspapers – With One Stone"DeadMalls.com is celebrating a decade of recording the death rattles of American shopping malls. Chronicling the nasty and brutish lives of malls throughout the fifty states with pictures and anecdotes, the site launched in 2000 and celebrates its first ten years next month. It seems a remarkably appropriate tenure."http://www.mediaite.com/online/Brian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-83710520301179519872009-11-26T21:03:00.001-05:002009-11-26T21:04:20.712-05:00Black FridayAnother Black Friday is upon us. How many malls do you know have shuttered since Black Friday, 2008?Anita http://www.blogger.com/profile/03110320888101454580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-63540058942792104182009-11-22T18:15:00.000-05:002009-11-22T18:15:28.122-05:00JCPenney's Big Book catalog coming to an end
Photo courtesy of Ebay and Sylelist
As the latest news reports have stated, this year's JCPenney Big Book catalog will be the last one, ending a 36 year old tradition. The company cites increasing costs of production and mailing of the massive catalogs and a dwindling consumer base in contrast to the ever increasing online shopping choices. According to the article at Stylelist, at Jack Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04433729450780535836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-53393811894547548132009-09-29T09:10:00.001-04:002009-09-30T15:59:37.366-04:00"Destruction of the temple of consumption"/"Untergang der Konsumtempel"A German article about US Shopping Malls. (the link has already been translated through Google Translation).Be sure to check out the photos, very interesting. Especially the "Jesus Shopping Center."Anita http://www.blogger.com/profile/03110320888101454580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-40961886961259243182009-09-21T12:24:00.004-04:002009-09-21T12:29:49.692-04:00"No identity, tons of competition... how can Festival Bay Mall survive?"Article about Festival Bay Mall in Orlando.Conceived in the go-go days of the 1990s, Festival Bay Mall was envisioned as a thriving entertainment destination. But the mall has struggled since it opened in 2003, and tenants say things have spiraled downward in recent months.Anita http://www.blogger.com/profile/03110320888101454580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-25566247089707981562009-09-13T15:14:00.001-04:002009-09-13T15:16:56.341-04:00"Memphis takes first step in retrofitting shopping areas""Abandoned strip centers, malls can be reborn, says architecture professor Ellen Dunham-Jones"Anita http://www.blogger.com/profile/03110320888101454580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-11712247670363168352009-08-20T23:37:00.001-04:002009-08-20T23:39:05.094-04:00Malls R UsAn in-depth review and personal reflection on malls and our lives. And, a very nice honorable mention:"Deadmalls.com is not the name of a Romero-style horror film, although I suppose it could be, but a website started by Peter Blackbird and Brian Florence, who upon discovering the number of abandoned malls in the U.S. set out to document these fading monuments of American civilization."Check itBrian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-18450701623912888682009-08-12T10:09:00.002-04:002009-08-12T10:15:22.230-04:00"Deadmalls.com: Tracking Closings and Developments"A quick mention for us by the people at Worldchanging who tries to solve the planet's problems. Also notice this post from the site of an image essay on the future of malls.Anita http://www.blogger.com/profile/03110320888101454580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-6958856778615937152009-07-30T14:44:00.002-04:002009-07-30T14:45:49.109-04:00Roger Ebert reviews "Malls R Us"Some good promotion for the documentary project that Deadmalls.com appears in. Roger Ebert, famous movie reviewer, takes a look at Malls R Us. His review is available here.http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090729/REVIEWS/907299995/-1/RSSBrian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-49229421787631495912009-07-22T13:01:00.001-04:002009-07-22T13:03:21.197-04:00Fading HoJo's chain seeks new knight in shining armorAlas, a reporter dares to peer into the fate of Howard Johnson's 2009. Last we heard, LaMancha Group purchased the rights to the recipies with promises of resurrecting the once great Landmark of Hungry Americans, but to no avail.http://www.milforddailynews.com/opinion/x1767085240/Chesto-Fading-HoJos-chain-seeks-new-knight-in-shining-armorBrian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-4654170317398398092009-06-30T11:25:00.003-04:002009-06-30T11:27:57.203-04:00America's Most Endangered MallsWith the fall of Birmingham's Century Plaza, U.S. News and World Report's Rick Newman examines the rest of the country's malls to determine who's likely to fall next, in an article entitled America's Most Endangered Malls, appearing on Yahoo Business. Within the article, to contrast the list, is a list of the most profitable malls as well.Brian Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051618559212272250noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12567288.post-42847539716042520702009-06-03T02:11:00.002-04:002009-06-03T02:18:37.599-04:00"Birmingham's Century Plaza wrapping up business after 4 decades"(Photo © Birmingham News)Birmingham's Century Plaza mall, a once-thriving retail hub that hemorrhaged shoppers and stores as the metro area's population shifted to the suburbs, closed its doors for good on Sunday. ---I found a beautiful panorama shot of the mall on Flickr.Anita http://www.blogger.com/profile/03110320888101454580noreply@blogger.com4