174 Comments for Dixie Square Mall

Why didn't this mall just go with the flow? Sell murder and kidnapping services. "Drugs R Us". Booze Brothers Brothel. Hoopti Oldsmobile. Capone's Liquor. Stormy's Strip Joint and Coin Laundry. Tommy's Guns and Chicago Typewriter Repair. Is there a hospital ER room nearby?

And now, stray dogs pee on it.

Clouds of asbestos blowing across the nearby elementary school playground would not be unusual.

I have two pairs of these shoes. Not bad quality and I got them at a Walmart clearance dumped for $5 a pair.

I prefer the mall

When I was younger and doing store displays I worked out a deal with the manager of the Thom McCann store up the street. He let me borrow shoes for my mannequins and in return I put small signs in my windows saying "Shoes Available at Thom McCann"...free advertising in other words. It worked out great, my dummies didn't go barefoot and they got some new customers!

for some reason I like abandoned malls better than the live ones!

wow great image. Wallpaper please :-)

Look. Baby clothes.

Sometimes a triangle is just a triangle. :-D

I stumbled upon your site referenced in a blog I have started reading. Thanks so much for your brilliant shots. I love love love abandoned places. I think the history and the way that nature reclaims it and the starkness of humans long gone really draws me in. You are a lot smarter than I though! I think half the time I would be dumb and get caught because I would want to risk climbing the stuff for the thrill and cool views or pictures and inevitably get spotted or injured. I think i'll stick to living vicariously through your photos. My last adventure was several years ago in an abandoned youth facility here in my town that has quite a few myths and legends attached to it, but it is now finally going to be renovated into an in/outpatient facility for mental health care which is much needed in my area so I am happy for it. Hope to see more and more added to your site in the future! I will keep visiting for more!

One of my favorite shots on your site! Thanks for the great album, Motts!

I love your photos and this pic really brings out the sense of emptiness and hopelessness a modern building gains when people are absent. With the current retail crash going on, I wonder if all malls will eventually suffer this fate.

what do you want for nothing, rubber biscuit?

Wow, that triangle actually was Mall Art... so fascinatingly horrible!