WEBJan 6, 2023 · By the 1980s, the mall had become the center of American social life and accounted for the bulk of all retail sales. But a shrinking middle class, the rise of online shopping, and the fact...

WEBApr 13, 2021 · By 1975, malls and shopping centers accounted for 33% of all retail sales in America. But Gruen's utopian vision for the mall had …

WEBDec 12, 2022 · The shopping mall has a great many antecedents: the opulent markets of Victorian London, the arcades of Paris, and the department stores in the United States that could swallow an entire city...

WEBJun 27, 2022 · The American dream — bootstraps, frontier, white picket fence — crossed paths with malls when they emerged in the decades after World War II, as the United States reinvented itself.

WEBThe rise and fall of the US mall. Once considered a radical development in urban design, shopping malls are falling into disrepair across the US. Callum Glennen investigates their rise, their fall, and what the future …

WEBNov 1, 2022 · Chronicling the Rise and Fall of the American Shopping Mall. In her new book, architecture critic Alexandra Lange explores the history of this quintessential symbol of the American dream. For many …