Malls of America: The Blog
L.A. County's urban planners work four 10 hour days a week and have Fridays off because, as we all know, a government agency has no competition and can maintain whatever business hours it likes. Oh, and we're helping to curb air pollution, I suppose. As you might expect, I've spent most of my Friday afternoon in the blogosphere.
About an hour ago I stumbled upon an awesome blog, Malls of America. I couldn't wait until Tuesday to feature it as P.U. Blog of the Week, it's that compelling.
Keith Milford of suburban Detroit uses this blog to feature photos of malls from times past as well as other retail memorabilia. The blog has been featured as one of the "Gems of the Internet" on the "Attack of the Show" program on cable network G4/TechTV and was featured as a Yahoo! Pick yesterday, August 11. Apparently more people are into malls than I had ever suspected.
Purusing the comments on each post is great fun because people share their memories of the particular mall being featured. You better believe I scanned the archives and added my two cents where possible.
I was thrilled to see pictures from two Phoenix malls: Thomas Mall and Chris-Town Mall. I remember going to Thomas Mall a few times as a kid, but it was already dying in the 1980's and was knocked down and replaced with a "power center" full of big boxes a decade ago. Chris-Town mall was a more frequent haunt, today it is known as Phoenix Spectrum Mall and is on the decline, as The Broadway, JCPenney, and Montgomery Ward stores I remember have been replaced by a Wal-Mart Supercenter, a Costco, and a Petsmart. Seeing photos of both malls in their prime brought back memories.
About an hour ago I stumbled upon an awesome blog, Malls of America. I couldn't wait until Tuesday to feature it as P.U. Blog of the Week, it's that compelling.
Keith Milford of suburban Detroit uses this blog to feature photos of malls from times past as well as other retail memorabilia. The blog has been featured as one of the "Gems of the Internet" on the "Attack of the Show" program on cable network G4/TechTV and was featured as a Yahoo! Pick yesterday, August 11. Apparently more people are into malls than I had ever suspected.
Purusing the comments on each post is great fun because people share their memories of the particular mall being featured. You better believe I scanned the archives and added my two cents where possible.
I was thrilled to see pictures from two Phoenix malls: Thomas Mall and Chris-Town Mall. I remember going to Thomas Mall a few times as a kid, but it was already dying in the 1980's and was knocked down and replaced with a "power center" full of big boxes a decade ago. Chris-Town mall was a more frequent haunt, today it is known as Phoenix Spectrum Mall and is on the decline, as The Broadway, JCPenney, and Montgomery Ward stores I remember have been replaced by a Wal-Mart Supercenter, a Costco, and a Petsmart. Seeing photos of both malls in their prime brought back memories.
Check it out - Malls of America may bring back memories for you, too.
posted by Mitch Glaser @ 6:10 PM
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Thanks for sending me a link to the Malls of America blog. Being the retail historian that I am, I'm totally impressed by it.
I only wish the malls near me had postcards from that era, or if they did, I'd love to find them. It truly was a special time in retail.
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