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Observer of obsolescence.
Photographer & printmaker on Lake Wazzapamani.
Musings about retail/design/esoteric history/things on wheels/whatever...

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · Sep 12
📍 the jonrev projects encompass 20+ years of exploring, digitally preserving and infodumping about dead malls, commercial architecture, abandoned buildings and other such places of memories.

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Photograph. A gray brick building looms through the windshield of a 1980s Pontiac Fiero at blue hour. Signage on the building reads "Carson Pirie Scott" - a defunct department store. North Riverside Park Mall North Riverside, Illinois Photograph. An empty bilevel shopping mall. A large, vacant food court is seen on the lower level. Stratford Square Bloomingdale, Illinois Photograph. An abandoned bilevel shopping mall reflecting 1970s contemporary tastes, featuring brutalist ceilings, wood and smoked glass accents, conversation pit seating flanked by (overgrown) gardens, and a large public art sculpture. Lakeside Mall Sterling Heights, Michigan Photograph. An abandoned Sears department store at twilight, the labelscar of the SEARS letters is visible on five concrete columns separated from a brick building, behind. Sears, Salem Mall Trotwood, Ohio
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Market Street, Steubenville, Ohio

#photography
Photograph. A vacant retail unit gutted to the bare walls. Exposed tin ceiling. Hanging chandeliers. Staircase on right to a mezzanine level with blue iron handrails. Orange roller cart on wood floor.
January 20, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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Thom McAn - Steubenville, Ohio

#photography
Photograph. Terrazzo floor at the entrance to a retail storefront, logo for Thom McAn, a former shoe retailer. Fallen paint chips and a spotted lanternfly photobomb.
January 20, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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Bad for health

Weirton, West Virginia
#photography
Black and white photograph. Mid-century building exterior. Weathered signage reads "HEALTHLAND" in white blocks with black text. Windows partially-covered with blinds. Labelscar on far-left reads "PENN-WAY PHARMACY". More signs in the windows. Doors on far-right. Boxes piled against windows on upper level. Photograph. Interior of a closed small-town pharmacy, some unsold merchandise still on the shelves. Signage in far back designates Prescriptions pickup.
January 20, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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katbamkapow.bsky.social
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT [a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision] "In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors! See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/ https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Any architecture friends familiar with an "Architectonics, Inc." that would've been active in the mid-1970s?

I've found Tribune articles attributing the firm to designing both Northbrook Court and Louis Joliet Mall, but little else beyond false-positives.
Photograph. Skylight over an atrium at Northbrook Court shopping center. A vertical column covered in cladding and decorative lighting rises toward the center. A lattice structure is suspended from the column.
January 19, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Sun dog this morning
Photograph. Sun dog phenomena in the morning sky. Residences and snow-covered field in the foreground.
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Look for the helpers
Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest
A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.
www.artnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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I think we can all root for this.
January 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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bomber gas, route 99 e., milwaukie, oregon, 1980
bomber gas, route 99 e., milwaukie, oregon, 1980
January 18, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Now it's time to say good-bye to all our company...

🎶 M-I-C, K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E 🎶

Disney Store, Stratford Square - Bloomingdale, Illinois
#deadmalls #retail #disneystore #architecture #mediumformat #photography
Photograph of tilework on the side of a former Disney Store location in a dead mall. It consists of many colorful shapes against a black tiled background, framed by tilework resembling film strips and colorful striping.
January 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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posts-cards.bsky.social
shitter’s full again
portapotties being lowered by a crane from 400 n lake shore drive
January 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Largely unchanged in aesthetics since opening in 1990, Lincolnwood Town Center was the result of a compromise between the village of Lincolnwood and developer, Melvin Simon & Associates - who had originally proposed a mall twice as big.

Lincolnwood, Illinois
#deadmalls #mall #retail #photography
Photograph. Atrium of an enclosed shopping center. Large Old Navy store on the lower level. Not many open stores on the upper. Tall ceilings with exposed trusswork and glass skylights. Photograph. Exterior of Lincolnwood Town Center, an enclosed shopping mall. There is an oversized roof with latticework, concrete pillars exposed trusses extending over the mall's entrance. A Kohl's store in the distance. Photograph. Concourse of an enclosed, bilevel shopping center built at the turn of the 1990s. Trampoline attraction on the lower level. Bridges across the concourse. Glass skylights, overhead.
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Largely unchanged in aesthetics since opening in 1990, Lincolnwood Town Center was the result of a compromise between the village of Lincolnwood and developer, Melvin Simon & Associates - who had originally proposed a mall twice as big.

Lincolnwood, Illinois
#deadmalls #mall #retail #photography
Photograph. Atrium of an enclosed shopping center. Large Old Navy store on the lower level. Not many open stores on the upper. Tall ceilings with exposed trusswork and glass skylights. Photograph. Exterior of Lincolnwood Town Center, an enclosed shopping mall. There is an oversized roof with latticework, concrete pillars exposed trusses extending over the mall's entrance. A Kohl's store in the distance. Photograph. Concourse of an enclosed, bilevel shopping center built at the turn of the 1990s. Trampoline attraction on the lower level. Bridges across the concourse. Glass skylights, overhead.
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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There's a weird corner of nostalgia YouTube that foams over every single Sears and Kmart store closing, and even weirder attracts an audience much too young to have any nostalgia for either store. Those kids are now reaching adulthood.
Teen charged with assault after allegedly crashing car into store at Gaston County mall
Police say teen had altercation with store employees, customers
www.wbtv.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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In 2024 the RoomPlace filed for bankruptcy and liquidated its 27 stores. Just as quickly, however: four stores reopened with minimal fanfare last summer, and under RoomPlace's original "Harlem Furniture" name that had been retired in the late-aughts.

Within months, they all closed again.
Photograph. Concrete/stucco slab retail storefront with windows flanking the store's entrance Sign above reads "Harlem Furniture" in simple font. Large STORE CLOSING banner hangs on right.
January 16, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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"I feel the need... the need for a tetanus shot"

Pennrose Mall - Reidsville, North Carolina
#deadmalls #belk #mall #retail #NC #photography
Photograph. A fighter jet-shaped coin-op kiddie ride covered in stickers in the concourse of a dead mall -- signage for a Belk department store in the background. Ornaments hang from the ceiling. Photograph. Concourse of a very dead, enclosed shopping mall with no open stores or shoppers in view. A small flight of stairs and a ramp upward. Decaying ceiling tiles to the far-left. Photograph. A decaying wing in a dead, enclosed shopping mall. JCPenney once anchored this end of the mall. Abandoned storefronts to the left. Abandoned coffee kiosk and assorted debris right of center.
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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shubbabang.bsky.social
The image is a six panel black and white comic. Panel 1- A therapist sits on a chair, legs crossed. "We're going to try something for your anxiety today. I want you to imagine some place that would bring you a sense of peace." Panel 2- The person sitting across from them on the couch repeats back, "Some place that brings me peace?" Panel 3- They put their hand on their chin and then think, "Some place that brings me peace..." Panel 4- Eyes now closed, their thoughts fade out "Some place that brings me-" Panel 5- The person is now laying on what looks like freshly cut grass. Panel 6- It zooms out to reveal them laying in the old Windows xp default wallpaper, a green field with blue sky and clouds, a picture refereed to as 'Bliss'
January 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Holler House, a Milwaukee tavern, has the oldest sanctioned bowling alley in the U.S., dating back to 1908. They still use pinsetters!
January 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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photo bus, hamilton avenue, columbus, ohio, 1980
photo bus, hamilton avenue, columbus, ohio, 1980
January 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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A 900-guest fundraiser for Ravinia Festival opened Chicago's second I.Magnin, here, in 1979. The store closed in '91 after Macy's bought Magnin and exited the market; a 14-screen General Cinema was built in its place.

Northbrook Court - Northbrook, Illinois
#deadmalls #mall #retail #IL #photography
Photograph. Unoccupied treehouse play structure for children under a large skylight in a dead mall. Vacant Apple store and other retail spaces in the background. Photograph. Entrance to an AMC theater anchoring a dead mall. Tables and chairs in the foreground for eateries which no longer exist. Marquee bulbs illuminate the theater entrance. Billboard and idled escalator to the left. Photograph. Wide view, atrium of a bilevel dead mall anchored by an AMC theater behind a pair of permanently idled escalators.
January 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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A: We need to stop killing legit third spaces for young adults and B: the old guard needs to seriously school the broccoli kids on urban exploring so they stop blowing spots up hotter than 100 suns in the span of less than a week.
Closed mall has elicited 402 calls for service since October; 30 arrests made this weekend alone
Authorities in Westminster are looking to spread awareness of vandalism at the Westminster Mall, which closed last October but has since become a hotbed of illicit activity.  According to the Westm…
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January 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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"Everybody remember, we're parked under the Sunsphere"

The voyage home - August 2025
Photograph. jonrev's Pontiac Fiero in Knoxville, Tennesee with the Sunsphere from the 1982 World's Fair towering in the background Photograph. A trailer carrying USPS Next Generation Delivery Vehicles mail trucks viewed from a moving vehicle Photograph. jonrev's Pontiac Fiero. Buc-ee's sign in the background. Sun is setting. Richmond, Kentucky.
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Tail of the Dragon, August 2025
Photograph. Small sunflowers against a series of hills in the mountains of Tennessee, Photograph. jonrev's Pontiac Fiero Formula at the start of the Tail of the Dragon -- a large dragon sculpture with its tail coiled around a motorcycle in the background, covered in stickers. Photograph. jonrev's Pontiac Fiero Formula at a pull-off along US-129, a winding road in the background disappears into dense tree growth.
January 12, 2026 at 4:14 AM