abandoned shopping malls

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Has anyone heard of Dixie Square Mall? Its past is pretty sad and creepy... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Square_Mall

It stayed abandoned for over 20 yrs.

that is SO SAD.

I think this is a little more complicated then that Amazon ruined it.

I used to work for people who invested in these things and had them built. It took me a while to figure it out, but they were just spitting them out as fast as they could to turn a profit. Considering what I saw, I'm not surprised many of them ended up being abandoned. As it turns out, people know how to build it and profit from it, then profit from abandoning it also. Very sad.

in Lakewood Washington, there was this place called villa plaza which existed from the late 40s until the early 80s, where it was torn up to make the Lakewood mall, which survived until the mid 90s when it was razed to replace it with.... villa plaza [only they call it "Lakewood towne center" now. I thought then and I thought now, that the whole thing was madness.

I saw it. this is what happens when you allow sociopaths control of the purse strings.

Hopefully someone will restore some of these malls

too bad at least some of them cannot be turned into planned living centers with built-in shopping. nobody would have to use a car to do any shopping in that case.

I would live there.

I would too.

if all city services were there in the large mall, I would not have to drive anywhere.

Maybe even add a indoor waterpark

the west Edmonton mall in alberta Canada has an indoor water park. so much energy could be saved if only people could be living closer together.

True, also add skating rink.

west Edmonton mall has skating rink also.