Malls


Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
The Mall
Big Mall
From Main Street to Mall: The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Severance
Stacey and the Mystery at the Mall (Baby-Sitters Club Mystery, #14)
Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)
Secret Rendezvous (Vintage International)
Simulacra and Simulation
Fancies and Goodnights
Arc Light
Johnny and the Dead (Johnny Maxwell, #2)
Secrets of the Shopping Mall
Gremlins
Horrorstör by Grady HendrixPet Shop of Horrors, Vol. 1 by Matsuri AkinoNeedful Things by Stephen  KingThe Immortal Hulk, Vol. 7 by Al EwingThe Night Stockers by Kristopher Triana
Retail Gothic
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Dolores Hayden
Malls in the late forties and early fifties were risky. Suburban customers still believed in making major purchases in the central business districts of cities and towns, where they expected to find the greatest selection of merchandise and the most competitive prices. After the tax laws of 1954, this changed. Shopping mall developers were among the biggest beneficiaries of accelerated depreciation, and they most often located projects where the older strips met the new interchanges of major pro ...more
Dolores Hayden, Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000

People often tell me that they get lost in malls. Malls are a habitat. Some of us are natives. If you grew up hiking, you know to look for blazes. If you grew up with malls, you know to look for the anchor stores, the fountain, the food court. Orient yourself to those cardinal points before you set out.
Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

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