More eerie than nostalgic, the images show the passing of the age of the American shopping mall—and the broader upheaval that this represents.
Thirty years ago, the Rolling Acres Mall outside Akron, Ohio, looked like the prototypical suburban shopping center of the time: High school students eating Sbarro in the food court, and crowds of people shopping at now-defunct stores like Waldenbooks. Today, boarded up and awaiting likely demolition, it's filled with snow.
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