Neonopolis dead mall in Las Vegas

Signe Pierce / Artist + Photographer / LA x NYC / AMERICAN REFLEXXX

While malls have faced a challenging few years, these vintage photos show what they used to look like at the top of their game in the '90s.

The 80s Interior on Instagram: “ESPLANADE MALL 1988 . . . via @obsessedbyneon / newwavearch90”

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In 1989, Michael Galinsky, then a 20-year-old student, took a month to cross the USA. Everywhere he went, he photographed America’s shopping malls. Malls were places to hang out, shop and eat. They became what sociologist Ray Oldenburg dubbed third places. Home is the first place; work is a second place; the third is where … Continue reading "What America’s Shopping Malls Looked Like In 1989"