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Showcasing the downward spiral of American retail operation and design. Mainly dead mall focused, but other interests are touched upon. NY transplant based in Central OH. More @ www.retailpocalypse.com and on Flickr. Death to AI and content thieves.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Nov 15
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · 19h
Don't throw stones at your glass house.

#architecture #photography #detroit #petrolheads @fordmotorsofficial.bsky.social
A glass fronted building, serving as headquarters for a worldwide corporation. Trees and a row of flagpoles sit at the foreground. A tall, glass fronted structure, towers above a garhering of trees. A large grassy area fills the foreground. A row of flagpoles lead towards a towering glass building, stretching up towards a bright blue sky. Trees and shrubbery line the base.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · 5d
No kings.

Abandoned Burger King ~ North Hanover, NJ 2019

#abandoned #fastfood #burgerking #photography #closed #newjersey
An abandoned Burger King, with a tarp draped over the logo. The parking lot is faded and empty.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · 5d
And now the mall may be coming down, as the owners of Exton Square are in talks to purchase Berkshire and give it a demolition makeover.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · 9d
Neon is fun.

McDonald's ~ Auburn, NY

#neon #photography #fastfood #signs #newyork
A neon red "playland" sign is affixed over the entrance to the main dining area in a McDonald's restaurant. Neon yellow Ms, designed into the Golden Arches are on either side. Disco bulbs forming a marquee on the top and bottom, are unlit.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · 14d
Unfortunate, but not unexpected news. Another Pittsburgh icon to disappear in the name of that lie called progress.
jonrev.com [jonrevProjects] @jonrev.com · 14d
As feared... Walmart's intent in their surprise-purchase of Monroeville Mall is to demolish it outright, with tenants told to vacate by April 2027.

Walmart is seeking $7.5m from Pennsylvania's Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program toward the project.

www.pittsburghmagazine.com/monroeville-...
Photograph. Mannequin dressed and made-up as a zombie from the film "Dawn of the Dead" stands in the elevator formerly located in Monroeville Mall's JCPenney -- recreating a scene from the movie. White elevator doors are partially-ajar, revealing a wood and silver-trimmed cabin. Grey vinyl rope cordons off the display. Photograph. Central atrium of a bilevel, enclosed shopping center, decorated with marble columns and glass railings. A single escalator on either side of the atrium. Retail units visible above and below, sparse shoppers stroll the mall's concourse.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · 14d
Rite Aid has shuttered their remaining locations.

chainstoreage.com/rite-aid-now...
retailpocalypse.bsky.social Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · May 9
See you next fall..

Rite Aid files bankruptcy for the second time, selling all assets.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · 15d
Mall of Silence

Northgate Mall ~ Cincinnati, OH

#deadmalls #cincinnati #northgate #photography #liminalspaces #empty #photos #ohio
A vast corridor of a shopping mall, with most stores empty. The corridor is devoid of people. Burlington remains the only holdout. Natural light pours through the skylights above. An empty food court in a dead mall. Natural light filters into an otherwise decrepit area. Tables and chairs sit empty. The former Sears court at an empty mall. Caution signs litter the floor. Natural light filters in from the skylights above. A mall entrance sits forgotten next to an active construction zone. Globe lights are affixed to the brick wall to the right.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · 19d
Life's a beach.

Beachwood Place ~ Beachwood, OH

#malls #photos #architecture #rouse #cleveland #ohio #photography
Overlooking a central court of a bi level shopping mall. An escalator is in the background, a clock tower to the right. Wood slatted ceiling fixtures provide ambience and a comforting environment. A drained fountain rests in the foreground, with an entrance to a department store in the background. Natural light filters through the skylights above, contrasting with the wood accents.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · 21d
You're gonna need a bigger duster...

Midway Mall ~ Elyria, OH

#deadmalls #photography #photos #architecture #malls
A duster sits propped against a wall in an empty hallway of an equally empty shopping mall. An unused planter is in the foreground. Another with a tree still planted, is in the background. A black tarp hangs to catch leaking water from the roof. A black tarp hangs from the ceiling to keep water leaking onto the floor. A Finish Line store, one of a few.active business, sits empty in the background. An abandoned American Eagle storefront, dating to the late 90s, early 2000s era. The A and E on both the doors and the entryway, remain. A mall tree reaches towards the apex of a skylight, partially illuminated by sunlight.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · 29d
Put a smile on that face.

#photography #chicagoland #watertower #humor
A yellow water tower, painted yellow with a smiley face and bow tie. A weed strewn parking lot is in the foreground.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 21
3...2...1...dead.

#abandoned #photography #deadmalls #parkinggarage #concretejungle #photos
A desolate concrete parking garage attached to an abandoned mall. Number placards for each level as visible in the center of the photograph. Weeds grow through the cracks in the parking lot.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 19
Mirror Image Motion Pictures

Gurnee Mills ~ Gurnee, IL

#malls #photography #mirrors #architecture #design #90s #photos #illinois
A mirror clad corridor leads to an outside parking lot of a busy shopping mall. Informative signage above explains the different terminology of films and movies. There are film strips and reels designed into the floor.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 18
In other news, the final wall of Milwaukee's Northridge Mall came down yesterday, marking an official end to its 23 years of abandonment after closing in 2002 (the final anchor, The Boston Store closed a year later).

We'll miss you.

#deadmalls #abandoned #photography #milwaukee
An abandoned mall hallway, taken at floor level. A discarded empty plant bucket sits in the foreground. The grand court of Northridge Mall, abandoned and covered in dust. Light shines in through the skylights, and in the center is the dual lwvel canopied structure that used to house kiosks. The upper level hallway of Northridge Mall, in the early morning. At the end, the brick wall separating the Menards store, built on the former Sears pad, disconnected from the rest of the building. Overlooking the north anchor court, looking towards Skyridge Cafes, the food court added on in the 1988-89 remodel. Its pastel colors and neon juxtaposed against the white and black of the original Taubman architecture.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 18
Hillman Group, based in Cincinnati, will be consolidating operations to a new 715k square foot warehouse, with room for expansion. Construction is scheduled to be complete by mid-2027.
Hillwood and The Hillman Group Partner on the Redevelopment of the Former Forest Fair Mall Site
/PRNewswire/ -- Hillwood Investment Properties, a Perot Company based in Texas and leading developer of industrial real estate, announced today that The...
www.prnewswire.com
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 18
The demolition of the infamous Forest Fair Mall, later known as Cincinnati Mills, has begun.

The mall has been abandoned since 2022, after a long period of decline. The demolition will be the first step of planned industrial reuse for the site.

#deadmalls #abandoned #photography #cincinnati
Looking towards the central atrium, a gazebo with flying pigs in the middle. Skylights allow light into the cavernous space below. This colorful scene shows a central atrium, with inflatable hanging fish and other aquatic themes present. The space is capped by a barell shaped skylight. Another view of the central atrium of the mall, showing the mall's elevator, skylights, and colorful decor from the Mills era. Purple and violet flags hang from a skylight over a pair of escalators. A vacant storefront looms to the left.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 16
On the outs

Kmart ~ Belleville, NJ

2018

#retail #photography #pavethekmarts #newjersey
A sign stating "OUT" in red letters, with a turquoise border, stands at the exit driveway of a Kmart in Belleville, NJ. The store can be seen in the background, with numerous cars in the parking lot.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 16
Spread some cheer

#soda #design #logo #photography
Three Cheerwine soda cans are positioned to feature the logo facing forward. We are looking at the cans down through the package.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 15
The Ford Motor Company is set to move their HQ to a new building nearby, to consolidate space. As a result, their 1956 built World Headquarters will be vacated and demolished by 2027-2028. The 12 story building was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 15
Liminal, as the kids say..

The Westin ~ Cincinnati, OH

Built in 1981 on the site of the historic ca. 1915 Gibson Hotel. The Westin and associated US Bank Tower are part of the Fountain Square South development.

#1980s #architecture #photography #liminalspaces #cincinnati #ohio
A carpeted corridor, heading along a building frontage, covered in glass. White painted metal lattice work supports the glass structure on top. A table and artwork adorn the left side of the corridor.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 12
Speaking of Foot Locker, news broke earlier this week that Dick's Sporting Goods has completed their $2.4 billion purchase of the chain. With this, the last remnants of the storied F.W. Woolworth Corporation disappears.

#retailnews #photography #footlocker

www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
A Foot Locker storefront in a mall, showing a red sign on a chrome facade. An employee is shown walking through the store.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 11
Like the Twin Towers before it, Northridge Mall is now just a memory. And we are the furthest from united we could be since the aftermath of that horrible day.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 11
This "United We Stand" message was disovered in the abandoned Foot Locker in Northridge Mall in Milwaukee back in 2018.

This was displayed in light of the 9/11 attacks. The store and the mall would be closed, barely a year later, on September 1st, 2002.

#mall #abandoned #photography #neverforget
The register station of a closed Foot Locker store, with the basketball hoop and scoreboard above. Letters have been arranged to spell out "United We Stand" and were left up and discovered years later in the closed store.
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Rolando Pujol (The Retrologist) @rolandopujol.bsky.social · Sep 11
Traces of the lost Twin Towers around NYC: open.substack.com/pub/rolandop...
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 10
Architectural Level: Cocaine

Marshall Field's (now Macy's)
Louis Joliet Mall ~ Joliet, IL

#photography #architecture #70s #design #mirrors #photos #illinois #chicagoland
Photograph of a mirrored ceiling in the center atrium of a department store. We are looking straight up, the atrium below reflected in various angles. Photograph of a mirrored ceiling in the center atrium of a department store. We are looking at an upward angle, the atrium below reflected in various angles. Photograph of a mirrored ceiling in the center atrium of a department store. We are looking straight up, in a wide angle, the atrium below reflected in various triangular shapes above. Photograph of a mirrored ceiling in the center atrium of a department store. We are looking in an upward angle, with the atrium below reflected in various angles. Out ahead, we see the sales floor of the store.
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Retailpocalypse @retailpocalypse.bsky.social · Sep 8
Goodnight weary travelers.

#photography #oldbillboards #truckstops #travel #roadsideamerica #holidayinn
A tattered billboard advertising a Holiday Inn hotel, long ago closed. Pieces of the billboard are missing, and the weeds and overgrowth are encroaching the base and supports. A sign advertising an abandoned truck stop, demolished long ago. The brush and weeds overtake the frontage, jutting upward in the foreground. The moon lights the scene.
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