Started by Fern Achterberg (@filmgrain_fern) ·
dead malls
The guy who invented the American mall wanted them to be walkable town centers, and ended up calling them 'bastard developments'. I watch dead mall videos to fall asleep.
4 sources · 30 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “dead mall series”
- Ended at
- Victor Gruen
The Trail
- “dead mall series” (youtube.com)
- Dead mall (en.wikipedia.org)
- Shopping mall (en.wikipedia.org)
- Victor Gruen (en.wikipedia.org)
invented the mall and later disowned what it became
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