This clown, again. PSA: don't steal my content. Don't monetize my content. And definitely don't steal and monetize my content to backdrop blatant lies.

Still got work to do but the place dresses nice for the Holidays

Hawthorn Center in Vernon Hills - my childhood mall - has two employees who have worked for the center since the 1970s: Gerald - security, and George - chief engineer. This past week both were kind to loan me their photo collections, which I am wrapping up digitizing and color correcting.

The printer at work is old as shit and I wish I had stronger Sharpie skills, but here's a Fiero ornament I finished

"Hoo-ray for Santy Claus!" Coming up Sunday, December 21st: it's a very campy Christmas at Belvidere Cinema Gallery! "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" (1964, NR) FREE SCREENING @ 4:00 PM Doors @ 1 PM for art exhibits. Secret show at 1:30! Holiday Market and FREE pictures with Santa on the mall!

In our neck of Chicago, there exists an old Taco Bell that was bought by bankruptcy attorney Peter Francis Geraci. I was worried when he started building an addition, but I’m happy to say that he is preserving the integrity of the Mission Revival style of the old Taco Bell! #chicago

The printer at work is old as shit and I wish I had stronger Sharpie skills, but here's a Fiero ornament I finished

I've often said, all we as New Yorkers gained from having Macy's fall into the hands of Federated, was that the name was kept on. Everything else went right down the drain and is a shallow farce of its former self. Macy's as it was, died in 94.

I firmly believe that talking normally to strangers on the internet preserves *my* mental health. If I was on here yelling at people every day my brain would be mashed potatoes by now

no idea

Macy's throwing nostalgia goggles on State Street nearly 20 years after then-CEO Terry Lundgren openly mocked Chicagoans pissed about the assimilation of Marshall Field's will never not be weird to me.

Anyone who thinks kei cars will become a normal thing here is forgetting how Americans failed the Honda Fit

Passed by a semi-burnt out motel sign on the drive last night while the fog was wild. So, I pulled over and got some shots.

any time you're told to use AI at work, turn your work in about half as fast and pepper it with obvious mistakes. if nobody cares, you have less to do, and if they do, you can tell them you'll never use AI at work again

Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last

Blockbuster Video Coffeyville, KS

Hey Netflix.. I have some other purchase ideas... #strangerthings #starcourtmall #georgia #atlanta @netflix.com

Good news for people who love bad news... Midway Mall // Elyria, Ohio #deadmalls #mall #retail #liminalspace #OH #photography

some good news!! blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/01/r...

I can't remember the last time it snowed like this before Christmas

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Hibernation day

Look alive, sunshine Black Friday at Northridge Mall - Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2018) #deadmalls #abandoned #120film #photography

I don't know what retailers the Yorktown Center redevelopment hopes to attract, but watch your step in this one...

My Lakehurst Mall artifacts and sign are currently on display at the Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie, who is featuring an exhibit on the city's holiday shopping and traditions through December 20.

idk has AI stopped being largely used for revenge porn, justifying layoffs, content theft, and suicide inducement? if no, probably anyone who isn’t a sociopath should be against it.

I don't know what retailers the Yorktown Center redevelopment hopes to attract, but watch your step in this one...

Jawa Sandcrawler in Naperville, IL

After a 17-year lifespan (+/-), the longest I've used any electronic device: my first-gen iPod Touch is likely being retired. Battery only holds a charge for a few minutes.

American Signature, Inc. - owners of Value City Furniture - has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. www.furnituretoday.com/financial/am... 📷Golf Mill Shopping Center - Niles, Illinois (2020) #deadmalls #retail #bankruptcy #mediumformat #photography

After a long 20-month slumber... Belvidere Cinema came back with a bang Saturday with one of the crazy busiest events we've ever done. Around 180 in attendance for E.T. between two shows - first, nearly a full house - with guests visiting from Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.

private equity buys a company and immediately starts torturing their employees and the money

Disco pants and haircuts

Belvidere Mall opened 60 years ago today as the first enclosed shopping center in Lake County, Illinois. One of the very few malls to survive a near-death experience: today it remains a vibrant community hub with 38 shops, services and restaurants - nearly all locally-owned - still calling it home.

32nd Place, Bridgeport, Chicago

The Curlicue sculpture at Lakeforest Mall (left) is confirmed destroyed.

My favorite thing about modern cars is the fact the entire dashboard (not just the gauge cluster) has become a video/touch screen yet when something's wrong the only information it shows you remains the half-inch orange graphic of an idiot light.

This weekend's project finished much-needed lighting upgrades at Belvidere Cinema Gallery

Suzuki Sidekick in downtown Waukegan #carspotting #weirdcarbs

Next Saturday, November 22nd: E.T. comes home to a theatre near you... Belvidere Cinema Gallery West side of Belvidere Mall 2145 Belvidere St. (IL-120) Waukegan, IL FREE SHOWS at 1:00 and 4:30pm Limited seating available, B.Y.O.Refreshments History & photography exhibits in the lobby open 12-7pm

Well, that was a good $15 find at ReStore...

Charlestowne Mall commission shipping tomorrow. 8x12's with mounting.

Shop drawing of a terra cotta Schlitz belted globe insignia, likely destined to grace a tied house 📸 Northwestern Terra Cotta Collection, National Building Museum

Northern lights over Waukegan Harbor, tonight

Belvidere Mall's owners dropped a surprise truckload of unseen archive photos on us last week and now all my energy is directed toward readying the Cinema for November 22nd...

There's a kei van on my commute I keep trying to catch because I want to know how to register one of these against Illinois' bass-ackward 25-year import laws.

ebay pushing AI item descriptions has made browsing vintage electronics absolute hell. Stop regurgitating the same sales pitch and tell me what's wrong with this VCR.