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phoenix
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Aspiring photographer, dead mall nerd
Quality Inn Riverview | Covington, KY [Cincinnati, OH] (1972)
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Backlit skylights are a lost art…

McAlister Square | Greenville, SC

#architecture #photgraphy #deadmalls
September 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Short-Circuited | Greenville, SC

#architecture #retail #photography
September 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Happy day at Haywood…

After a run-in that scared me out of taking pictures here last year, I finally decided to try and get my sea legs back by trekking out to Haywood.

#malls #phtography #architecture
August 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Local Regal is undergoing a reno. Everything that made the place feel like a theater has basically been ripped out. Murals, neon, games, the customer service desk…

Only upside is that they’re putting in recliners.
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
30 years ago this year, Dillard’s closed its door at McAlister Square for the final time. The Little Rock chain had only been at the mall for five years.

Despite years of exposure to the elements and a renovation to the building, the scar from their sign survives.

#deadmalls #photography
August 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
When I said “Sears,” I didn’t mean “seared…”

#malls #photography
June 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Triangle Town Center | Raleigh, NC

#malls #deadmalls #northcarolina #photography
May 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Hub City Heartbreak (Part II)

#deadmalls #photography
April 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Bando Sonic…

At least there isn’t a line anymore…

#photography #urbex
April 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Bland, bright, Briarwood

Taubman’s second venture in Ann Arbor opened in 1971 and is now in the midst of a redevelopment on the Sears pad.

#malls #photography
April 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Brutalism is a vastly underrated architecture style…

#photography #malls
March 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
21 Isn’t Forever

Forever 21 is all but toast as a company at this point.

Part of me is mourning the loss, because their clothes were a huge help to me in rebuilding my wardrobe after coming out.

Another part wanted to see them go for being notoriously unethical.

Worst part? I’m still torn.
March 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I keep asking myself if this is innuendo on the part of the editors, or is my mind just in the gutter.
March 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Hub City Heartbreak

Spartanburg’s only surviving mall has seen much better days. The property sold to Namdar Realty out of foreclosure last year, and has continued on a downward spiral since.
March 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Friendly reminder to flip off your local Cybertruck…
March 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Escalators to limbo…

Spartanburg, SC | 2025
March 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Post-Sears age…
February 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Escalator to limbo…

Gastonia, NC | 2022
February 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Dare to compare…

1980 vs 2025
February 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The last Jarman has fallen.

Jarman Shoe Co. was founded in 1924 in Nashville, Tennessee as a shoe manufacturer. The company grew quickly, taking on the General Shoe Company name in 1931.

Genesco would introduce the Journeys brand in 1986, and it would ultimately end up being the dominant name.
February 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The end is nigh?

Not quite.

The disused brutalist Sears at Haywood Mall is finding a new life as a Round 1. Work began recently, and now dumpsters are outside as further proof. As it turns out… this store had asbestos in it.

#photography #malls
February 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Triangular Geometry

Raleigh, NC | 2023

#photography #deadmalls
February 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Midland Mall | Midland, MI

Jaocbs Group’s second and final entry into the Wolverine State had seen better years when I visited in 2021, but a new owner has given it significant hope for the future.

The mall is now closer to full occupancy than it has ever been.
January 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
12 years ago, a vacant “Concept 2000”-style Toys R Us

Research turned up that this location had originated with the brown roof and rainbow stripes in the 80s, and was renovated into this style later.

Incidentally, this was my childhood TRU. It’s since been renovated for TJ Maxx and DSW.
January 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM