Signal jam, undisclosed location

It's been about a decade since I last did a sidewalk show, here... drop by tonight and I'll talk your ear off about this building (and others). 4 S. Genesee Street, Waukegan, Illinois 5-9pm weather permitting

Gusto Gone... Schlitz beer has been discontinued. www.milwaukeemag.com/schlitz-is-g...

Well this sucks.

Ford City Mall to be vacated by June 22nd at noon. Since that falls on Monday, expect the final day to likely be June 21st.

Popping-up at ArtWauk tomorrow in downtown Waukegan. Nothing fancy... bringing back the sidewalk show, prints starting at $25. Waukegan Building, next to ArtPark 4 South Genesee Street, Waukegan, Illinois 5-9pm weather permitting

Save your Penneys for a rainy day JCPenney, Northridge Mall - Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2018) #deadmalls #abandoned #mall #retail #WI #photography

Another commercial developer has stepped in to buy the nearly-empty Midway Mall, the near-$16m deal is expected to close within four months.

Save your Penneys for a rainy day JCPenney, Northridge Mall - Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2018) #deadmalls #abandoned #mall #retail #WI #photography

Can we call it the PlayPlace

Namdar gonna Namdar.

Neon picture show Regal Fairfield Commons 20 Beavercreek, OH #cinema #neon #ohio #photography #90s #neonlights #ambience #color

This hit me so hard this week.

Ford City Mall - Chicago, Illinois Postcard circa-1965, around the time of the mall's opening. View is the south end of the mall looking east toward Woolworth and JCPenney. Exact view is now blocked by expansion, which later became the food court.

The story it told of a river that flowed made me sad to think it was dead "Picnic by the River" Cincinnati Mills - Forest Park/Fairfield, Ohio (2021) #deadmalls #foodcourt #y2k #mall #architecture #photography

Chewed up and spit out Jamestown Mall - Florissant, Missouri (2018/2020) #deadmalls #abandoned #mall #retail #fountain #foodcourt #photography

I might get in trouble for crashing the neighboring business' taco truck but it's good

"Corvette Summer" starring Mark Hamill [undisclosed location]

"Corvette Summer" starring Mark Hamill [undisclosed location]

Anyway how 'bout them malls...

May the prophets guide you

Naturally, the first thing I do is make one of my bleeding neon Polaroids.

Guy who makes vaporwave compilation videos on YouTube... • tags the vaporwave artists for "notice me senpai" points because he's a musician, himself • farms photos from "Reddit" (my blog/Flickr) *without credit* ...gets mad because I actively enforce my copyright. Film at 11.

I've wanted a beer neon for 20+ years and certain signs remind me of family vacations in northern Wisconsin, so I finally landed on this tonight

Stratford Square Mall plant two-year update: it still lives at work, but in a larger pot than before and has new growth!

Dead mall-themed pinball machine would be sick as fuck

Breaking: Steubenville, Ohio building inspectors declare portions of Fort Steuben Mall unsafe and also water is wet.

PSA especially for YouTubers: before you confuse my Flickr for a stock image resource go ask your favorite film or music critic how fair use actually works. They're not magic words that let you steal any copyrighted material you want.

Great explanation about the dumb bacon trend that overtook the USA back in the mid 2000s

Dollar World at Gurnee Mills is like a time capsule of unsold junk spanning at least three decades

You can't mop up your memories... Lakeforest Mall ~ Gaithersburg, MD #deadmalls #malls #abandoned #photography #taubman #architecture #art #sculpture #design #maryland

It was otherwise too crowded, and the park only half-operational to ride anything so this turned into a Polaroid walk for me...

A phased-demolition of Lincolnwood Town Center is expected to begin next month. This should be the final week for most tenants and access the entire mall... save for centrally-located Old Navy, who apparently is hellbent on riding their lease to year's end.

You tell me what's better.. Current:

McMinimalism is a disease

Great America opened their 50th season yesterday by dusting off their massive 1978 park model. A museum space is slated to open in the park later this year.

Ford City Mall gets a brief stay of execution, next hearing scheduled for May 15th.

Happy Earth Day.

Reasserting my qualifications

Does the dog come with?

Stratford Square Mall closed two years ago, today. It'll probably be another two years before I finish editing the photos from here.

That's up to the Big Mac upstairs Former McDonald's turned church Columbus, OH #photography #reuse #columbus #ohio

Chatted up security at Lincolnwood Town Center yesterday. Any closing date for the mall currently reported on social media should be treated as rumors until Old Navy closes. Apparently Old Navy is fighting to ride-out their lease through year-end, as the mall interior is their only access point.

The trouble with Trib (2024)

Zayre

509 N. Union Ave., Chicago (2024)

Me in my basement over the past four or five hours...