Sadly Whistling Dixie
I'm not crying, my eyes are just sweating.
Long Abandoned Dixie Square Mall Finally Demolished
Walk with me, won't you? Walk with me as we enjoy Dixie Square Mall, the place that turned me on to "urban exploring" (at least looking, anyway) and stalking abandonedplaces.
This is the mall's famous appearance in the first Blues Brothers film. The mall had already been abandoned for nearly a year at the time they filmed it, so it was perfectly empty. Some fake stores to appear in the mall include Pier 1 (!), a car dealership, and the infamous "Walgreens as Toys R Us". This fabulously informative video takes you through what you see in the scene (and if you want, you can just turn off the captions and watch the scene as it appeared).
Here is a quintessential "then and now" although sadly the "now" is completely gone. FUCKING GONE, MAN. Ahem.
I highly suggest traipsing through some of the more beautiful photos (all dated!) on Flickr. A few favorites:
♥ The remnants of the Wonderfalls Court are visible on the ceiling. This view looks from Woolworth towards JC Penney.
♥ JC Penney's roof and second floor, including the hole visible on Google Earth! Featuring a hanging light fixture with an unbroken bulb somehow above it.
♥ JC Penney's feminine napkin dispenser
♥ Advertisement found inside of a store near JCPenney's
♥ Stickers found inside TurnStyle Department Store.
♥ JC Penney's Customer Service/Layaway Sign
♥ "Family Restaurant" Menu found buried under a pile of debris
♥ The infamous crumbling Thom McAn store sign
♥ JC Penney's second floor Housewares
♥ JC Penney's children's department
♥ Coffee shop inside JC Penney
♥ Collection of fabulous shots including some I've already linked, but also neat shit like fully grown trees in front of entrances, inside City Life lounge, et cetera
♥ Small collection of shots capturing rad as fuck store wallpaper in Montgomery Wards
I guess you could say my love affair with DSM also led me into This American Life since it was an episode someone mentioned in abandonedplaces that got me listening. That episode, by the way, is one of the best ever and you need to listen to it right now. Go here!
Long Abandoned Dixie Square Mall Finally Demolished
Walk with me, won't you? Walk with me as we enjoy Dixie Square Mall, the place that turned me on to "urban exploring" (at least looking, anyway) and stalking abandonedplaces.
This is the mall's famous appearance in the first Blues Brothers film. The mall had already been abandoned for nearly a year at the time they filmed it, so it was perfectly empty. Some fake stores to appear in the mall include Pier 1 (!), a car dealership, and the infamous "Walgreens as Toys R Us". This fabulously informative video takes you through what you see in the scene (and if you want, you can just turn off the captions and watch the scene as it appeared).
Here is a quintessential "then and now" although sadly the "now" is completely gone. FUCKING GONE, MAN. Ahem.
Click to viewI highly suggest traipsing through some of the more beautiful photos (all dated!) on Flickr. A few favorites:
♥ The remnants of the Wonderfalls Court are visible on the ceiling. This view looks from Woolworth towards JC Penney.
♥ JC Penney's roof and second floor, including the hole visible on Google Earth! Featuring a hanging light fixture with an unbroken bulb somehow above it.
♥ JC Penney's feminine napkin dispenser
♥ Advertisement found inside of a store near JCPenney's
♥ Stickers found inside TurnStyle Department Store.
♥ JC Penney's Customer Service/Layaway Sign
♥ "Family Restaurant" Menu found buried under a pile of debris
♥ The infamous crumbling Thom McAn store sign
♥ JC Penney's second floor Housewares
♥ JC Penney's children's department
♥ Coffee shop inside JC Penney
♥ Collection of fabulous shots including some I've already linked, but also neat shit like fully grown trees in front of entrances, inside City Life lounge, et cetera
♥ Small collection of shots capturing rad as fuck store wallpaper in Montgomery Wards
I guess you could say my love affair with DSM also led me into This American Life since it was an episode someone mentioned in abandonedplaces that got me listening. That episode, by the way, is one of the best ever and you need to listen to it right now. Go here!