Dark Stores.....

[Bob Hubbard]

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1884100,00.html

Bad subject, cool shots.!

[Sukerkin]

How very sad to see the product of so much design work and effort fall into disuse :(.

[tellner]

Turn 'em into something useful. Some of the best cropland in America was turned into those temples of mindless consumption. With a little work it could be again. Others could be turned into industrial buildings if we ever pull our heads out and start making stuff again.

[searcher]

Turn 'em into something useful. Some of the best cropland in America was turned into those temples of mindless consumption. With a little work it could be again. Others could be turned into industrial buildings if we ever pull our heads out and start making stuff again.


Or it would be a good place to make housing for all of the people who are filing for bankruptcy. And for the homeless.

[crushing]

A few of those were close to home too.

[Bob Hubbard]

I was in the Randell Park Mall back in the late 90's. Beautiful inside. Had like 3 open stores.


Randall Park Mall
Cleveland, Ohio


Here's 2 more to add to the list.

[Bob Hubbard]

A few more.....

[terryl965]

Just like all the Bennigans around here closed and also some of the Barnes and Nobles as well. Man this country is going into the ******* real fast.

[Bob Hubbard]

http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=88&pictureid=1281
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[Andy Moynihan]

http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=88&pictureid=1281
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Amherst NY is shapin' up to be the first EASTERN ghost town, huh? :(

[Bob Hubbard]

Actually, no. I also went to a former Computer City, that's now a Gym, a former CompUSA that's a bounce house, a former dead plaza that's full, and a couple other "dead" spots that were booming.

Another plaza I went to in Hamburg NY that's been 100% empty for 20+ years, is gone, a new SuperWalmart was actively being built, and right next to it is a new Lowes under active construction. Another plaza that was mostly dead now holds an Ollies, a Crawford furniture, and something else that just said "opening soon", but I didn't see a name.

I've got about 5 more locations to hit before I wrap this project up. I'm curious to see what's there, as 2 are former Media Play's that have been empty since MP went bust.

[David Weatherly]

I expect that we'll continue to see a lot more of this, and yet they continue to build new stores because it's cheaper to build new than it is to renovate. Ridiculous!

[grydth]

Some of the best fossil beds of dead stores are in Syracuse.

[Bob Hubbard]

http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=88&pictureid=1296
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