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Observer of obsolescence.
Photographer & printmaker on Lake Wazzapamani.
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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · Sep 12
📍 the jonrev projects encompass 20+ years of exploring, digitally preserving and infodumping about dead malls, commercial architecture, abandoned buildings and other such places of memories.

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Photograph. A gray brick building looms through the windshield of a 1980s Pontiac Fiero at blue hour. Signage on the building reads "Carson Pirie Scott" - a defunct department store. North Riverside Park Mall North Riverside, Illinois Photograph. An empty bilevel shopping mall. A large, vacant food court is seen on the lower level. Stratford Square Bloomingdale, Illinois Photograph. An abandoned bilevel shopping mall reflecting 1970s contemporary tastes, featuring brutalist ceilings, wood and smoked glass accents, conversation pit seating flanked by (overgrown) gardens, and a large public art sculpture. Lakeside Mall Sterling Heights, Michigan Photograph. An abandoned Sears department store at twilight, the labelscar of the SEARS letters is visible on five concrete columns separated from a brick building, behind. Sears, Salem Mall Trotwood, Ohio
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Namdar strikes again at Berkshire Mall in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania - who has until noon today to repair more than half of its HVAC units and sprinkler pipes which froze and burst, or the mall will be shut down.

The mall is already under contract to be sold and redeveloped by Abrams Realty Group.
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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This both sucks and blows.
leebey1.bsky.social Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social · 1d
My architecture column today. "To show off these structures that are being developed in Chicago, I think it’s a really beautiful art," Chicago Architecture Center Chief Marketing Officer Lauren Bakos said. "And it’s sad that it’s kind of a dying one."
Model shop that provided the first draft of many great Chicago buildings closes
Columbian Model & Exhibit Works made architectural models for the Lakeshore East high-rise development, the Jeanne Gang-designed St. Regis at 363 E. Wacker Drive and the Obama Presidential Center in J...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Those local to Chicagoland and in need of plans, check this out.
jonrev.com the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 2d
We're running "The Wedding Singer" this Sunday as part of Belvidere Mall's "Love Locally" event! Bring your Valentine!

Doors @ 2, showtime @ 4:30
Free admission. Pop/popcorn at throwback prices or B.Y.O.Refreshments from the Mall

Belvidere Cinema Gallery
2145 Belvidere Rd. Waukegan, IL
Flyer for "The Wedding Singer" screening at Belvidere Cinema Gallery "BELVIDERE CINEMA GALLERY Waukegan's finest D.I.Y. arts & entertainment 2145 Belvidere St. • Waukegan, IL INSIDE BELVIDERE DISCOUNT MALL MOVIES AT THE MALL SINCE 1966 adam sandler drew barrymore the wedding singer he's gonna party like it's 1985 [promotional image on right] free screening february 15th • 4:30 om limited seating • b.y.o.refreshments OPEN HOUSE • DOORS OPEN AT 2:00 the jonrev projects | photography exhibit Val D'Vibrant & CreativeKasey | organic tea jars, candles SEE THE HISTORY & ARTIST DISPLAYS IN OUR LOBBY • 2-6PM FOLLOW US FOR FUTURE SHOWS! [fb][ig] @BELVIDERECINEMA
February 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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We're running "The Wedding Singer" this Sunday as part of Belvidere Mall's "Love Locally" event! Bring your Valentine!

Doors @ 2, showtime @ 4:30
Free admission. Pop/popcorn at throwback prices or B.Y.O.Refreshments from the Mall

Belvidere Cinema Gallery
2145 Belvidere Rd. Waukegan, IL
Flyer for "The Wedding Singer" screening at Belvidere Cinema Gallery "BELVIDERE CINEMA GALLERY Waukegan's finest D.I.Y. arts & entertainment 2145 Belvidere St. • Waukegan, IL INSIDE BELVIDERE DISCOUNT MALL MOVIES AT THE MALL SINCE 1966 adam sandler drew barrymore the wedding singer he's gonna party like it's 1985 [promotional image on right] free screening february 15th • 4:30 om limited seating • b.y.o.refreshments OPEN HOUSE • DOORS OPEN AT 2:00 the jonrev projects | photography exhibit Val D'Vibrant & CreativeKasey | organic tea jars, candles SEE THE HISTORY & ARTIST DISPLAYS IN OUR LOBBY • 2-6PM FOLLOW US FOR FUTURE SHOWS! [fb][ig] @BELVIDERECINEMA
February 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Perhaps Google should leave art to the artists.

Then of course, they're ruining a perfectly good building, anyway...

Link in comments.

#chicago #artists #architecture #modernismsucks
The atrium of the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago, currently undergoing renovation by Google for offices.
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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I am always thinking about the y2k george foreman grill commercial that blew up and for whatever reason they tried to copyright remove it from the internet
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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anyways I invite the NYT to ride on I-94 in Indiana (an entirely illegal weed state) and witness America in action via billboards: WEED FIREWORKS CIGARETTES ALCOHOL WEED PERSONAL INJURY FIRM WEED FIREWORKS FIREWORKS WEED MOTORCYCLE ATTORNEY CIGARETTES WEED FIREWORKS CABIN CONSTRUCTION WEED FIREWORKS
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Looks like instead of buying Nitro I'll be researching how to start a forum.
Discord to Enforce Face Scans or ID Verification for Full Access Next Month
Discord has announced significant updates to its platform regarding age verification. Beginning next month, all users will have their accounts set to a “teen-appropriate” setting unless they verify th...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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The Omnimovie tapeless rig is alive!
February 8, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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fyi Local H's "As Good As Dead" is getting 30th anniversary vinyl releases -- plural. One that went on sale today via Enjoy the Ride Records was not sanctioned by the band, who was in the process of acquiring publishing rights and remastering it, themselves.

Wait for the official one from the band.
Screenshot, Instagram post by enjoytheriderecords announcing a vinyl reissue of As Good As Dead by Local H dropping on Friday, February 6. It was done so without the band's knowledge. In the comments, the band's official account comments: "Well, this is news to us. Especially since we were in the process of acquiring the rights from the label for our own official reissue. But —y’know— who the fuck are we, right? (By the way — the remaster we commissioned sounds terrific. Too bad no one will get to hear it.)" Screenshot, Instagram post from the official Local H account. Album art of 1996's "As Good As Dead". Caption reads: "You might have heard the news yesterday about a certain reissue of a certain record. Well, it was certainly news to us. But there’s no use in pointing fingers — let’s just concentrate on the GOOD news! The OFFICIAL release of the long awaited 30th anniversary vinyl edition of AS GOOD AS DEAD will be available to get in your hot little hands —DIRECTLY from us! Featuring exclusive liner notes, original and enhanced artwork supervised by the original artist Jerry Newbrough, and an all new vinyl remaster by Dan Coutant (the acclaimed engineer behind our WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PJ SOLES? remaster). So stop paying an arm and a leg at Discogs and accept no third party unauthorized substitutes. We got you! More details soon."
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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USPS blue mailboxes are stamped with year of manufacture. This is one of the oldest ones I've seen in a while. I am lots of fun at parties.
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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retailpocalypse.bsky.social
Winterfell.

CT's Enfield Square closed for emergency repairs following the recent winter cold spells.

www.courant.com/2026/02/05/p...

#malls #deadmalls #empty #wintersucks #allmallsgotohell #connecticut #photography
Hallway of a mall leading to center court. The hallway dead ends at an abandoned department store. The former customer service desk, now used as a makeshift security outpost, sits at left-center. A lonely pair of benches sit among a planted tree. A potted plant and benches are the only signs of life in this mall hallway. Empty stores grace either side, with natural light pouring in through the skylights running the length of the concourse.
February 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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The 12-screen Regal in Lake Zurich, Illinois closed last summer, to be demolished for 213 apartments and a future Portillo's eatery.

Built as an 8-plex for the Rhyan's circuit in 1993; it had grown to its final form, plus event rooms and drive-thru ticketing, by the time Regal picked it up in 1999
Photograph. Interior of a 1990s suburban movieplex lobby, empty after closing permanently. A large open space with carpeted and tiled floors, high ceilings, wall-mounted poster frames, and pastel colors. POV is through the front doors, slightly left of center. Photograph. A shuttered movie theater's entrance and facade. A brick structure with a peaked, glass-faced center. Monolith signage in the foreground, with Regal logo removed from the circle up top. Photograph. Interior of the main hallway of a closed movie theater. Doors to auditoriums visible on either side, posters on the walls and bench seating to the right. The concourse ends in the distance with more exterior doors. The space is carpeted and has a drop ceiling.
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Waukegan
Photograph. Still from "Groundhog Day" on a period-correct RCA television, box for the videotape stands atop
February 3, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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Back & Body Hurts

Midway Mall - Elyria, Ohio
#deadmalls #mall #retail #OH #photography
Photograph. A "temporarily" closed Bath & Body Works storefront in a dead mall. It is a white-faced facade with a rolling gate to the left, signage overhead reads "Bath & Body Works". A display window with a blue canopy on right -- Valentine's day advertising still in the window. A bucket catches water from the leaking roof, next to the store's entrance -- an omen of what's inside. Photograph. The same Bath & Body Works after all product and fixtures are removed and the store's temporary closure is made permanent. Several tarps cling to the ceiling with hoses trailing down into buckets, catching water from the leaking roof. The wood parquet floor is stained from water damage.
February 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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On the midway to hell

Midway Mall - Elyria, Ohio
#deadmalls #mall #retail #OH #photography
Photograph. A mall concourse's terminus, with only a Lenscrafters store open on left. A lopsided plant and billboard in the center. A vacant Sears at the end of a tall atrium. Photograph. Interior of a mall entrance, looking outward through a single set of glass doors. A large leak diverter/ceiling diaper catches water from the leaking roof, draining into an orange Home Depot bucket on the floor. Red car parked outside. Photograph. Concourse of a dead mall with no stores open on either side, or at the end. A planter and benches in the center of the tiled floor. Skylights overhead. A vacant JCPenney at the terminus. Photograph. Concourse of a dead mall with only a massage parlor open, on right. A lone mallwalker strolls through the palm trees and greenery which lines the center of the tiled floor. A former May/Kaufmann's/Macy's store entrance at the terminus.
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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musicboxtheatre.bsky.social
🎶Put your little hand in mine…🎶
a black and white photo of a clock that shows the time as 5:59
ALT: a black and white photo of a clock that shows the time as 5:59
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February 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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New post, focused on the beginning of the end, for Pittsburgh's Century III Mall.
Crime of the Century Part 2: The Decline
Join me on a three part journey chronicling the history, downfall and abandonment of one of the pioneers of the shopping mall experiment. Part 2 explores the mall's decline.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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harebrained.bsky.social
You know what to do
February 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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As a matter of fact you *can't* eat here because they keep running out of roast beef
Photograph. Rax Roast Beef sign in Joliet, Illinois reflected in a dirty-ass mirror Rax Roast Beef ad featuring the ill-fated Mr. Delicious character
February 1, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Back & Body Hurts

Midway Mall - Elyria, Ohio
#deadmalls #mall #retail #OH #photography
Photograph. A "temporarily" closed Bath & Body Works storefront in a dead mall. It is a white-faced facade with a rolling gate to the left, signage overhead reads "Bath & Body Works". A display window with a blue canopy on right -- Valentine's day advertising still in the window. A bucket catches water from the leaking roof, next to the store's entrance -- an omen of what's inside. Photograph. The same Bath & Body Works after all product and fixtures are removed and the store's temporary closure is made permanent. Several tarps cling to the ceiling with hoses trailing down into buckets, catching water from the leaking roof. The wood parquet floor is stained from water damage.
February 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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Another February
YouTube video by Local H - Topic
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February 1, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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Angus: "I don't even believe in hell and I hope they all go straight there."
February 1, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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latimeriidae.bsky.social
HAPPY BOSTON MOONINITE PANIC DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
A lite brite with a green and purple mooninite flipping you off with the words 1/31/07 NEVER FORGET
January 31, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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bombsfall.bsky.social
🥀
a nightmare before christmas scene with sally on a tombstone
ALT: a nightmare before christmas scene with sally on a tombstone
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January 31, 2026 at 12:31 AM