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Observer of obsolescence.
Photographer & printmaker on Lake Wazzapamani.
Musings about retail/design/esoteric history/things on wheels/whatever...

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · Sep 12
📍 the jonrev projects encompass 20+ years of exploring, digitally preserving and infodumping about dead malls, commercial architecture, abandoned buildings and other such places of memories.

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Photograph. A gray brick building looms through the windshield of a 1980s Pontiac Fiero at blue hour. Signage on the building reads "Carson Pirie Scott" - a defunct department store. North Riverside Park Mall North Riverside, Illinois Photograph. An empty bilevel shopping mall. A large, vacant food court is seen on the lower level. Stratford Square Bloomingdale, Illinois Photograph. An abandoned bilevel shopping mall reflecting 1970s contemporary tastes, featuring brutalist ceilings, wood and smoked glass accents, conversation pit seating flanked by (overgrown) gardens, and a large public art sculpture. Lakeside Mall Sterling Heights, Michigan Photograph. An abandoned Sears department store at twilight, the labelscar of the SEARS letters is visible on five concrete columns separated from a brick building, behind. Sears, Salem Mall Trotwood, Ohio
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That's a Lego set.
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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In 17 years of documenting abandoned malls, I've never seen one go to shit this fast, and this violently. Genuinely alarming.
January 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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A: We need to stop killing legit third spaces for young adults and B: the old guard needs to seriously school the broccoli kids on urban exploring so they stop blowing spots up hotter than 100 suns in the span of less than a week.
Closed mall has elicited 402 calls for service since October; 30 arrests made this weekend alone
Authorities in Westminster are looking to spread awareness of vandalism at the Westminster Mall, which closed last October but has since become a hotbed of illicit activity.  According to the Westm…
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January 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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This day started at 7AM in Lexington, North Carolina and ended home north of Chicago around 2AM. 900+ miles or about a third of the mileage of this trip in one day, with three hard laps on Tail of the Dragon.
January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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"Everybody remember, we're parked under the Sunsphere"

The voyage home - August 2025
Photograph. jonrev's Pontiac Fiero in Knoxville, Tennesee with the Sunsphere from the 1982 World's Fair towering in the background Photograph. A trailer carrying USPS Next Generation Delivery Vehicles mail trucks viewed from a moving vehicle Photograph. jonrev's Pontiac Fiero. Buc-ee's sign in the background. Sun is setting. Richmond, Kentucky.
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Tail of the Dragon, August 2025
Photograph. Small sunflowers against a series of hills in the mountains of Tennessee, Photograph. jonrev's Pontiac Fiero Formula at the start of the Tail of the Dragon -- a large dragon sculpture with its tail coiled around a motorcycle in the background, covered in stickers. Photograph. jonrev's Pontiac Fiero Formula at a pull-off along US-129, a winding road in the background disappears into dense tree growth.
January 12, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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Marquee update.
ABOLISH ICE ♥️ NEXT SHOW TIMES FOLLOW US ON FB & IG @BELVIDERECINEMA OUR 60TH YEAR BELVIDERE CINEMA GALLERY LET'S CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER!
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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Wish I got here before it was gutted, but it's probably for the best considering the criminal levels of mold this place accumulated while it was still open to the public.
Signal Hill Mall | Statesville, NC | History and Storytime about a Vintage Moldy Dead Mall.
YouTube video by TheMallFox
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January 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Cold reception

Signal Hill Mall - Statesville, North Carolina
#deadmalls #abandoned #retail #NC #photography
B&W photograph. jonrev's Pontiac Fiero in center, parked under a concrete arch structure facing a vast, empty parking lot. Trash cans on either side of the columns. B&W photograph. A tall concrete canopy structure marks the entrance to the former Signal Hill Mall. Overcast skies, above. Photograph. Interior of an enclosed shopping mall that has been gutted to the bare structure. Only dead planters, a fountain and directional signage to JCPenney remain as any indicators this was once a mall.
January 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Macy's in the mirror.

This store, at Buffalo's Boulevard Mall opened in 1962 as Sattler's. In 1983, it changed over to Sibley's, followed by a stint as Kaufmann's, becoming Macy's in 2006. It is a casualty of the latest round of closures.

#photography #retail #stores #mirrors #atrium #buffalo
A department store's central escalator atrium. It is covered in mirrors, offering a dizzying spectacle of reflection throughout, making it easy to get lost in ones sense of placement and direction. A department store's central escalator atrium. It is covered in mirrors, offering a dizzying spectacle of reflection throughout, making it easy to get lost in ones sense of placement and direction. A department store's central escalator atrium. It is covered in mirrors, offering a dizzying spectacle of reflection throughout, making it easy to get lost in ones sense of placement and direction. A department store's central escalator atrium. It is covered in mirrors, offering a dizzying spectacle of reflection throughout, making it easy to get lost in ones sense of placement and direction.
January 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Pizza helpers (feat. Oliver)
January 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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It's 2026 and people on Flickr are still weird.
Screenshot. Email notification from Flickr. "pornismyvice69 (Lawrence McNair) is following you!". The dozenth or so instance from this individual.
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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Minoru Yamasaki design?
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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Saks Global seeks to file for bankruptcy as soon as Sunday, Bloomberg News reports
Luxury retailer Saks Global is planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as soon as Sunday, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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Little more than a year since Hudson's Bay Co. - themselves heading toward liquidation - spun off its American assets to form Saks Global: bankruptcy is imminent for the parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Off 5th and Horchow as luxury retail collapses.
Photograph. Atrium of an enclosed, bilevel luxury shopping center anchored at the far end by Saks Fifth Avenue department store. Luxury retailers line both sides of the mall. A fountain, seating, trees, and escalators down the middle. Glass skylight and exposed trusswork, overhead. Somerset Collection - Troy, Michigan Photograph. Marble wall warmly illuminated by a skylight out of frame -- also casting shadows across the wall. Signage for Neiman Marcus department store. Bench seat, below. Parkay wood floor. Northbrook Court - Northbrook, Illinois
January 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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The only other one on the list I've visited is Pittsburgh Mills -- a mall which never found success. Beyond a closeout warehouse in its old Sears Grand, Macy's is its last anchor and the mall is nearly-empty.

Both Marley Station and Pittsburgh Mills are victims of known slumlords, Namdar Realty.
Photograph. A series of upside-down tulip lamps hanging over an enclosed shopping mall's atrium. No stores are open. Photograph. An empty food court in an empty shopping mall. No eateries are open. Tables and chairs are sparsely scattered during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lighting is dim and architecture reflects post-Y2K tastes. Photograph. Cartoonish, flower-shaped structures loom overhead at the foot of a children's play area inside an empty shopping mall.
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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We must repeat: get to Marley while you can. After Macy's closes, JCPenney and a movie theater are the only things carrying this neon fever dream from 1987.
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"It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?"

Marley Station - Glen Burnie, Maryland
#deadmalls #mall #neon #MD #photography
Photograph. A dark atrium in a bilevel shopping center. A vacant department store anchors the end, no retailers are open in this frame. A pair of nonworking escalators with a central staircase to the right. An empty conversation pit, below. A large skylight overhead features oversized support trusses, accented by pink neon inserts. Blue hour outside.
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Previously Macy's has announced 150 underperforming stores will close through 2026. With these 14 and last year's 66-store closings named: 70 remain up in the air.
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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• La Palmera – Corpus Christi, TX
• Northlake Mall – Atlanta, GA
• Triangle Town Center – Raleigh, NC
• Grossmont – La Mesa, CA
• Interstate – Ramsey, NJ
• Budget House – Tukwila, WA

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January 9, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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Macy's closing list via WWD.com

• Fox Run – Newington, NH
• Livingston – Livingston, NJ
• Marley Station – Glen Burnie, MD
• Boulevard – Amherst, NY
• Crossroads Center – St. Cloud, MN
• Rivertown Crossings – Grandville, MI
• West Valley Mall – Tracy, CA
• Pittsburgh Mills – Tarentum, PA

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Macy’s Discloses 14 Stores Closing This Year
Macy's disclosed 14 locations closing this year which are part of the previously announced plan to close 150.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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14 Macy's stores will close in the latest culling announced today that will definitely be the final nail in several malls' coffins.

📷 among those, Marley Station store - Glen Burnie, Maryland
#macys #retail #storeclosing #deadmalls #photography
Photograph. A Macy's store (former Hecht's) anchoring the dead Marley Station Mall; a spacious bilevel atrium with exposed trusses framed with neon accents. Escalators to the left (one broken) along with a vending machine.
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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A graphic for our friends in Minnesota.
January 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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The "good kind of American" means cheese at this point

A&W, Northridge - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#deadmalls #abandoned #fastfood #urbex #mediumformat #photography
Photograph of a wrecked and vandalized A&W All-American Food eatery in the food court of the abandoned Northridge Mall. The drywall erected to cover the vacant unit has been destroyed and the mangled wreck of its frame rests in front of the counter, surrounded by drywall debris piles. Empty mall planters are visible on either side of frame. There are holes and graffiti tags on several of the walls. The menuboards and all foodservice fixtures behind the counter have been removed.
January 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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before it was the rainforest cafe, the building at clark and ohio in river north had a lame animatronic al capone show thing going on; there wasn't much demand for Chuck E. Capone and $4m and 3 years later it closed

www.postcard-past.com/capones-chic...
Capone's / the Rainforest Cafe, Chicago
Somehow the Rainforest Cafe might be the least schlocky concept to occupy this building.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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More deets compiled from a Reddit thread:

• Location: TK Design & Resale - St. Jo, TX
• Dimensions: 8x6x2' or rough footprint of three arcade cabinets
• Weight: 650 lbs., units are on casters
• Capacity: 320 tapes, also holds Beta and other formats
• They have about 80 units left as of last night
From the VHS community on Reddit: Save the 1985 VHS Video Vendor Machines Before They’re Hauled To The Dump!
Explore this post and more from the VHS community
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January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM