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>are people upset In general, people in America really aren't upset about the trend of dying malls. They just choose to shop elsewhere such as the newer open-

by jasode 9y ago

>are people upset In general, people in America really aren't upset about the trend of dying malls. They just choose to shop elsewhere such as the newer open-air shopping centers or online places line Amazon. The resulting decline of malls is just collateral damage and most have no emotional attachment about it. (Note that the CNN article isn't reporting on any sentiments about it. It's just relaying the economic reality that more stores are closing which lead to more dead malls.) Also, suburban malls have been in decline since the mid 1980s long before Amazon came on the scene. Amazon is just accelerating the decline. >What makes those malls so... relevant? They're less relevant now but malls were a phenomenon in the USA because of cars and cheap suburban land away from city downtowns. Before the World Wars, Americans shopped in downtown "main streets".[1] The rise of car ownership by middle-class families in the 1950s enabled suburban single-family homes which fueled the rise of the malls. [1] https://www.google.com/search?biw=1312&bih=1423&tbm=isch&q=downtown+main+street+shopping+cars https://www.google.com/search?biw=1312&bih=1423&tbm=isch&q=d...

flyinghamster 9y ago
> the newer open-air shopping centers The Circle of Fashion has been completed. The early, 1950s-era malls were outdoor. In the Chicago area, at least two of them survive to this day (Oakbrook Center and Old Orchard). Park Forest Plaza didn't fare so well after the enclosed Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 a few miles west in Matteson. Now, though, Lincoln Mall has been demolished except for the Carson Pirie Scott store, which was made freestanding. Over in Orland Park, in the wake of enclosed Orland Square's success, a second enclosed mall was built just to the south. It was not a success, and it was eventually turned inside out as a sort of double-sided strip mall, which now thrives.

by jasode 9y ago

flyinghamster 9y ago

> the newer open-air shopping centers The Circle of Fashion has been completed. The early, 1950s-era malls were outdoor. In the Chicago area, at least two of them survive to this day (Oakbrook Center and Old Orchard). Park Forest Plaza didn't fare so well after the enclosed Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 a few miles west in Matteson. Now, though, Lincoln Mall has been demolished except for the Carson Pirie Scott store, which was made freestanding. Over in Orland Park, in the wake of enclosed Orland Square's success, a second enclosed mall was built just to the south. It was not a success, and it was eventually turned inside out as a sort of double-sided strip mall, which now thrives.