Abandoned malls

In the United States it becomes more and more abandoned huge shopping centers - malls. They are gradually replacing the smaller stores, the Internet and other new ways to make purchases. The economy is falling, and the consumer society to change their habits. Survival malls already in question, although more recently it has been a popular family vacation. Abandoned and forgotten shopping centers are a frightening sight.

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Decaying large shopping centers - malls - can be found throughout the United States, but especially a lot of them in the Midwest, where the economic downturn has accelerated the process of "going out of business." This situation illustrates the map of the abandoned mall made by members of the group Dead Malls Enthusiasts to Facebook. New ways of shopping stop Americans from visiting the malls and stores are increasingly leaving the big shopping malls. The question arises whether the malls will survive as a phenomenon.
Woodville Mall in Northwood, Ohio

At Woodville Mall, as well as in other malls in Ohio, the economic downturn has affected the nineties. Mall was opened in 1969 and the beginning of the 2000s, almost all the shops it stopped working. In 2014, the mall demolished.



Cloverleaf Mall in Chesterfield County, Virginia

Cloverleaf Mall was opened in 1972 and includes 40 shops, owned by JC Penney and Sears. He was a popular family vacation destination in the 70s and 80s.



However, according to Chesterfield Observer, in the 90s, everything changed. The main buyers of Cloverleaf, women began to stay away from the mall for fear of it going youth. Here you can find teenagers with enormous baggy pants hanging on chain belts, and people were intimidated with stories about gangs. Soon stores stopped extending the lease term.

The sign "Thank you for not smoking" on the floor of an abandoned Cloverleaf Mall.



In 2007, the shopping center finally closed.



Inside the abandoned Cloverleaf Mall in Chesterfield.



Inside the abandoned Cloverleaf Mall in Chesterfield.



Inside the abandoned Cloverleaf Mall in Chesterfield.



Crestwood Mall in St. Louis, Missouri

Crestwood Mall opened in 1956 and lasted more than 55 years. At some point there were more than 90 stores and 4 supermarket.



As they say on the site St. Louis Today, «like many other older malls in the country, it changes due to age, location, new ways of shopping and increased competition from new shopping centers and the Internet».



In addition, because of the remoteness of the road junctions in the mall it was difficult to reach.



In 2013, the shopping center space was put up for sale, and if it takes place, it is likely to raze.



Inside an abandoned Crestwood Mall in St. Louis.



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