#grad school is hard and i have no time but rn I'm on winter break

[dead-malls]

From @turbomun: “Valley View Center in Dallas, TX. Opened in 1973, still (partially) open.

The mall was built up around a stand-alone Sears that opened in 1965. It was supposed to be demolished to make way for a mixed use development called Dallas Midtown in 2016, and again in 2017, but disputes between the land owner and the city have stalled redevelopment indefinitely. There are no anchors left, no food court, and everything is blocked off except for a third-floor AMC movie theatre that was added in 2003, and a small portion of the second floor with very few tenants. Between 2014 and 2017, the rest of the second floor was used as art galleries and artist studios, but those have also been closed and blocked now. There is a carnival held in the parking lot every summer that rarely has any visitors.”

Photos taken by @turbomun July 14, 2018.