Now I feel old

[exatron]

I went searching for new Transformers and the Animaniacs DVD set today, and stopped for a few minutes to look at the remains of one of the malls in my hometown. The place was scheduled for demolition so it could be replaced by a more modern strip mall design, but it's still sad to see. I remember when the building was enclosed 20 years ago, when the mall was expanded to accomodate a Target and to move the theater to the opposite side of the building, and when the food court was redone to attract new customers. Now all that remains is the Target.

I know it was necessary since the mall's owners couldn't attract new tennants, but I'm fascinated by old buildings and hate seeing them destroyed. Another mall in the city may be getting the same treatment soon, so I'll have to make sure I wander through it before it's too late.

Comments

[exatron.livejournal.com]

Too bad the stores were out of them. At least I got Pinky and the Brain on DVD. (Are you pondering what I'm pondering?)

What was the perfectly good woods flattened for?

[zookee.livejournal.com]

Try to take over Chia Earth!!!!

Some crappy commecial development. There's a bunch of shops going up in out back yard. At least there'll be some amenities in the town now. The population has doubled in the last 10 years thanks to out-migration from Dublin.

[exatron.livejournal.com]

Look, Brain, I made a bird. Birdy, birdy, birdy!

Ah. That sounds like how my hometown got where it is today. As people moved out of Detroit itself into the suburbs, malls and stuff popped up in an ever-expanding ring. It is a bit of a double edged sword since many of the older suburbs are now in a state of decline as the new, trendy stuff gets built around the region's perimeter.