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CTyankee

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37. I wonder why those big anchor stores left the malls in the first place.

Sat May 24, 2025, 02:55 AM

May 24

There had to be a reason and my guess is that they stopped making a healthy profit. I lived through that whole era (I am 85 years old) and I used to shop in the malls (before malls we went "downtown" where the big stores were).

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There is a large mostly abandoned shopping center near where I live. [View all] Takket May 23 OP

They paved paradise put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell Ping Tung May 23 #1

COVID homegirl May 23 #5

Tesla/Musk..... magicarpet May 23 #2

There are dead malls all over the place and one is near me Warpy May 23 #3

I saw a video where they were converting some mall spaces to apartments. forgotmylogin May 23 #17

I am very impressed -- sounds like a lot of thought went into its conversion. nt Hekate May 23 #22

How cool! ShazzieB May 23 #28

That sounds FANTASTIC!!! What a way to reimagine that space! calimary May 24 #35

Thanks for sharing Auggie May 24 #53

Personally, I think the rise of online shopping had a great deal to do with the demise of malls. CTyankee May 23 #20

I have to disagree Warpy May 23 #30

Sears and Roebuck was mail order in a vastly different time. The Internet offers dazzling choices that the Sears catalog CTyankee May 23 #32

Malls didn't last because they lost their big anchor stores Warpy May 23 #34

I wonder why those big anchor stores left the malls in the first place. CTyankee May 24 #37

"I wonder why those big anchor stores left the malls in the first place." BumRushDaShow May 24 #45

Montgomery Ward Clouds Passing May 24 #49

Well Macy's was in the Wanamaker building until near the end of March of this year and that was that BumRushDaShow May 24 #52

I remember the sparkly enchanting Christmas tree in the grand entry. Clouds Passing May 25 #55

They still had that BumRushDaShow May 25 #56

Many US cities had local department stores Retrograde May 26 #60

I enjoy the touchy feely of shopping in a store. You can't get that at an Amazon. Clouds Passing May 27 #61

Greed. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 24 #38

Indoor shopping malls were never sustainable IbogaProject May 23 #23

I don't know if malls would have survived regardless mdbl May 24 #39

I worked in one briefly in 1986 IbogaProject May 24 #43

Ditto Cosmocat May 24 #44

Look at the Tons DENVERPOPS May 24 #50

Amazon didn't help. They made it too easy to buy online. OMGWTF May 24 #51

Interesting to see what abandoned shopping malls are converted to IronLionZion May 23 #4

Retail Is History! - At Deadmalls.com hatrack May 23 #6

that is an interesting link NJCher May 23 #14

Caldor, good lord... róisín_dubh May 24 #36

I lived at the Caldor's that had opened near me in the the '90s BumRushDaShow May 24 #54

One that I used to patronize Jilly_in_VA May 23 #8

in southern California, dead malls are rebuilt as malls... with apartments complexes attached. Demovictory9 May 25 #57

howdi AllaN01Bear May 23 #11

Catholic churches? RicROC May 24 #48

And those spaces are relatively affordable IronLionZion May 26 #59

as a teen i had to be bribed to do the mall. everything is the same. pansypoo53219 May 23 #7

Probably thought it looked better for their inventory ToxMarz May 23 #9

in my area, indoor malls are dying, but outdoor malls are thriving.... getagrip_already May 23 #10

sell them for scrap value. AllaN01Bear May 23 #12

When Musk talks about Tesla corporate performance... CaptainTruth May 23 #13

I live in a heavily Democratic district, and yet... cab67 May 23 #15

Our mall will soon be a casino. twodogsbarking May 23 #16

no Elon stickers everywhere NJCher May 23 #18

See, and I think those cars should be placed in the parking lot, out in the open ... aggiesal May 23 #19

This is a great idea, but there are complications. Shipwack May 23 #26

It can be done, look at this link posted in this same thread ... aggiesal May 23 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author NJCher May 23 #21

clever criminals will strip the batteries out of the cars soon. give it time. nt Javaman May 23 #24

Safer there than outside where idiots will attempt to vandalize them MichMan May 23 #25

The OP says that the cars are in the lot. niyad May 24 #40

Correct, it does MichMan May 24 #41

Musk foolishly threw his lot in with Trump PJMcK May 23 #27

I was expecting it to have become a homeless camp... ananda May 23 #31

Tesla's stock price is up on the news D_Master81 May 23 #33

I love... GiqueCee May 24 #42

Photos we need PHOTOS! justaprogressive May 24 #46

I've often wondered if all these abandoned malls could be converted to public housing. travelingthrulife May 24 #47

Before the one I used to patronize was razed Jilly_in_VA May 25 #58