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Sep. 9th, 2025 01:09 pmThe Death of the American Shopping Mall
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/oct/21/the-death-of-the-american-shopping-mall-in-pictures
Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the last stages of life of a New Jersey mall in a sad and insightful set of images showing how shopping has shifted from the physical to the digital.
What's interesting about this dead mall in New Jersey is that, while most dead malls are fairly well-preserved, metal strippers compromised the structural integrity of the roof of this one almost immediately after it closed, thus allowing water to leak in and pool in the inner corridors. The mall thus occupies an eerie state between "abandoned" and "postapocalyptic," and it's a little sad but also very cool to see.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/oct/21/the-death-of-the-american-shopping-mall-in-pictures
Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the last stages of life of a New Jersey mall in a sad and insightful set of images showing how shopping has shifted from the physical to the digital.
What's interesting about this dead mall in New Jersey is that, while most dead malls are fairly well-preserved, metal strippers compromised the structural integrity of the roof of this one almost immediately after it closed, thus allowing water to leak in and pool in the inner corridors. The mall thus occupies an eerie state between "abandoned" and "postapocalyptic," and it's a little sad but also very cool to see.
