The Abandoned Belk's (25 Nov 2008)

[Mike Taylor]

There's just something inherently sad about an empty storefront, especially that store. Still, it's also kinda neat that there's a convention going on inside it.

[Talen]

Northern Va has tons of places like that. Landmark Mall here is half-empty at this point, so's another older mall as well. Come to think of it, that's very smart of the con holders. They get cheaper space, the mall gets a nice one-shot rental, and everyone's happy.

[Tipouf]

lmao you would never see white flint mall pull a stunt like that
they are way too up tight!

hell one year they only had breakfast with santa, what a joke

rich people malls suck and are worse when they have nothing to offer

i worked that mall for 4 years, say the death of people's pottery and the closing of olly's shoes....oooo and i miss the coffee beanery!

omg i sooo wanna white chocolate mocha with an extra dbl shot of espresso, raspberry and vanilla syrup... (total ends up being 4 shots espresso cause i get the big drink)

[Mike Taylor]

Indeed, upscale malls are pretty damned lifeless. I forget which one it was, but there was a mall that I went to in the Northwest Chicago Suburbs that was filled with cookie cutter upscale boutiques and whatnot. Every store had some customers, but the whole place was eerily quiet.