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Yodeling Loon
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I film dead, dying, or interesting malls (and anything related) in and around Minnesota for current mall fans and future generations.

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Christmas Day release! Join me for lovely wooden ceilings at Louis Joliet Mall
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Louis Joliet Mall (Joliet, IL) - wooden beams and Christmas dreams!
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December 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Come support our volunteer-artists and crack your favorite MST3K jokes next Sunday at 4:00!
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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konstantinosd.bsky.social
The story of the 'Hot Dog Stand' theme.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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drewtoothpaste.bsky.social
any time you're told to use AI at work, turn your work in about half as fast and pepper it with obvious mistakes. if nobody cares, you have less to do, and if they do, you can tell them you'll never use AI at work again
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I don't know what retailers the Yorktown Center redevelopment hopes to attract, but watch your step in this one...
Photograph. A large wall mural depicting concept art for the redevelopment of Yorktown Center mall. It shows a green space with landscaping and the mall in the distance. Fake store names mark the building. Photograph. Closer view of a fake-labeled storefront on the aforementioned concept art. The store's name is "HH Home", using the H from H&M stores. It is eerily similar to the name of a notorious Chicago serial killer.
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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After a long 20-month slumber... Belvidere Cinema came back with a bang Saturday with one of the crazy busiest events we've ever done. Around 180 in attendance for E.T. between two shows - first, nearly a full house - with guests visiting from Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.
Long-exposure photograph. A small theater with a moderate-sized crowd watching "E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial". Perspective is above the theater seating, from the projection booth. Photograph. A 1960s-vintage General Cinema theater lobby. A table representing the Waukegan Historical Society is manned on left. Concession stand on right. Photography exhibit and historical items on display, in center. String lights hang overhead from a black ceiling. The lobby is calm between screenings. Photograph. A white storefront housing the Belvidere Cinema theater inside Belvidere Mall. Four poster frames hang from the facade, two with historical ads from the theater's opening in 1966; one for the mall's 60th anniversary event; and the last for a free screening of E.T. An entrance is directly right. Mallwalkers pass by the space.
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Belvidere Mall opened 60 years ago today as the first enclosed shopping center in Lake County, Illinois. One of the very few malls to survive a near-death experience: today it remains a vibrant community hub with 38 shops, services and restaurants - nearly all locally-owned - still calling it home.
Black and white photograph. A tall sign reads "Belvidere Mall" with a marquee board below reading "38 FINE STORES FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE". Photograph. An enclosed shopping center at night as viewed from the end of a wet parking lot. Stores visible include Montgomery Ward, Walgreen's and Nedick's Restaurant. A curved entryway serves as the mall's main entrance. Photograph. An atrium in an enclosed shopping center with polished concrete floors. A long concourse extends from the atrium. Shops visible in the atrium include Cover Girl fashions, Richman Brothers, Walgreen's, Hickory Farms, Jody's Cotton Shop, Regal Shoes, Harper's and Fannie May Candies. View is from the entrance to Montgomery Ward.
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Next Saturday, November 22nd: E.T. comes home to a theatre near you...

Belvidere Cinema Gallery
West side of Belvidere Mall
2145 Belvidere St. (IL-120) Waukegan, IL

FREE SHOWS at 1:00 and 4:30pm
Limited seating available, B.Y.O.Refreshments
History & photography exhibits in the lobby open 12-7pm
Photograph. An older cinema auditorium with woodgrain-backed seats and string lighting on the far wall. The screen displays the logo of General Cinema Corporation, the theater's original operator during the 1960s through the 1980s, with the words "Coming Attractions" Poster Belvidere Cinema Gallery Presents FREE MOVIES [theatrical poster for E.T. - Elliott and E.T. flying on his bicycle across the moon] "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" November 22 • 1:00, 4:30 1982 • PG • 2 HOURS Limited Seating • B.Y.O.Refreshments Sponsored by: Belvidere Discount Mall BELVIDERE CINEMA GALLERY For coming attractions: [facebook][instagram] @BelvidereCinema #MallratMovieCult 2145 Belvidere Rd. Waukegan, Illinois • Inside Belvidere Discount Mall
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Premiere at 8pm EST tonight
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Quincy Place Mall (Ottumwa, IA) - a Herberger's in Iowa?
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November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Belvidere Mall's owners dropped a surprise truckload of unseen archive photos on us last week and now all my energy is directed toward readying the Cinema for November 22nd...
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it. A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE? A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES
October 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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drewtoothpaste.bsky.social
went to a children's sushi restaurant today. saw the sign on the door and said that's cute well it wasn't cute. the waiters were all like 6 years old and 1 of them was smoking a cig. when they brought the food out it was all play-doh and they still made me pay
sushi restaurant sign
October 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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"did you see what happened Over There on The Other Site?" no did you see what happened in yonder tree
a robin among the last leaves in a small tree in october
October 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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if i had to see this today, so do you
October 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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‼️PORCUPINE UNDER CAR ALERT
theres a whole damn porcupine under my car
October 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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#OnThisDay Oct 8, 1956: Southdale, the first fully enclosed shopping mall in the world, opens in Edina, Minnesota. Architect Victor Gruen, later realizing his invention had not lived up to his utopian vision of a car-free public square, became the biggest critic of malls until his death in 1980.
Mall exterior with Dayton's department store sign in script. Interior of the Mall 1956. Woolworth's with neon sign on the left with other shops surround a central indoor plaza. Wood finishes, skylights, balconies, plants created a wholly new indoor shopping experience. Color transparency by Grey Villet, Life Magazine archives
October 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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drewtoothpaste.bsky.social
happy 10 year anniversary to the day i ran to catch the google street view car and we showed up in each others camera rolls ♥️
me taking a selfie with the google street view car the google street view car photographing me approaching it
September 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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One of the longest abandoned mall stories in recent history finally concluded today as the last wall of Northridge Mall was demolished this morning, in Milwaukee.

Northridge operated from 1973-2002. The property then sat in redevelopment hell for 23 years until the city seized it in foreclosure.
Photograph. A wheelchair in an abandoned shopping mall; large skylights loom overhead. Photograph. An empty lower-level concourse in an abandoned shopping mall. Photograph. An abandoned building at night, a bay window extends from a tile and wood-covered wall, all glass is covered in boards. It is a former entrance to the abandoned Northridge Mall's food court.
September 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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drewtoothpaste.bsky.social
if i had to see this today, so do you
a clear lake in the green mountain national forest
September 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Something we can hopefully all agree on:
Tall Milk: it's good for your long bones
September 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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A recent visitor to Waterloo says Crossroads Mall is no longer accessible to the public beyond the entrance which houses Geno's Pizza -- the mall's last tenant. Demolition of the mall is slated to begin after Geno's closes in December

#deadmalls #abandoned #retail #mall #waterloo #iowa #photography
Photograph. Long, empty hallway with a half-open, blue double door at the end. Signage above directs toward the Crossroads Center management offices and restrooms. Photograph. Wide-open atrium in an empty, bi-level enclosed mall adorned with turn-of-the-90s decor. Younkers department store anchors the upper level, at the end of the mall. Photograph. A dimly-lit mall concourse with no visible open stores or people. It is anchored at the end by a former Dillard's department store, a stairwell to the lower level is seen before the doors.
September 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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What’s better than a restaurant with a solarium? An entire enclosed strip mall!
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Pioneer Plaza (Sergeant Bluff, IA) - a solarium mall
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September 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Day 3: Baltimore/DC/Philly dead malls. Couldn't ask for a better dead mall tour!
Photograph. Pontiac Fiero parked in front of a building. Exton Square Mall. Photograph. Polaroid of a Pontiac Fiero on the side of the road, next to a Delaware state welcome sign. Photograph. Pontiac Fiero parked in front of a building. Marley Station Mall. Photograph. Pontiac Fiero at night. Colored lighting on a building, behind.
August 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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What’s better than a mall? A mall with a bakery! youtu.be/ShdDC-j06bY
Centre Mall (Sioux Center, IA) - a cozy mall with a European bakery
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August 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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drewtoothpaste.bsky.social
no one has "too much free time," if you see someone making something creative it isn't because they failed to watch television
September 18, 2023 at 9:30 PM