Vintage mall 1980s

These pictures will make you long for a mall day with your high school friends.

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In 1989, Michael Galinsky, then a 20-year-old student, took a month to cross the USA. Everywhere he went, he photographed America’s shopping malls. Malls were places to hang out, shop and eat. They became what sociologist Ray Oldenburg dubbed third places. Home is the first place; work is a second place; the third is where … Continue reading "What America’s Shopping Malls Looked Like In 1989"

In the winter of 1989, Michael Galinsky drove across the U.S. photographing malls and the people inside them. Looking back, it's not where in the U.S. Galinsky photographed — it's impossible to tell Indiana from Arkansas — but when.

While malls have faced a challenging few years, these vintage photos show what they used to look like at the top of their game in the '90s.

Eastern Hills Mall

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Belk, Rocky Mount, North Carolina From The Best of Store Designs (1987)