Friday, December 22, 2017

Plenty of Christmas week parking at north end of West Towne Mall, Madison WI


I don't have any photographic evidence on hand, but parking at West Towne Mall used to be at a premium most anytime during the final days of the Christmas shopping season.

That certainly wasn't the case yesterday.

Photo bty Retiring Guy

Acquisition Signals Hope For the Future Of U.S. Malls (print headline).  (The New York Times, 12/12/2017)
With the rise of Amazon and other online shopping options, consumers have skipped treks to the sprawling malls that dot the American landscape, preferring to click-and-shop from the comfort of home. Struggling to adapt, the stores that once lined the interiors of malls, from RadioShack to The Limited, filed for bankruptcy. Then, department store giants like Sears, J. C. Penney and others — long the reliable anchors of malls everywhere — began shuttering properties at a fast and furious pace.

Related posts:
Get me rewrite: Natural gas odor forces evacuation of all 5 guests at the Shops of Grand Avenue.  (12/21/2017) 
UPDATE: Younkers is still open for business at Manitowoc's other (not quite) dead mall.  (7/290/2017)
Not a seagull to be seen at site of former deadest of dead malls.  (7/26/2017)
UPDATE.  The deadest of dead malls is gone, razed.  (1/3/2016)
The Warren Mall has been on the brink for years.  (1/5/2015)

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