Retail Death
After plenty of rumors, haggling by developers, banks, it was announced last week that the Palm Beach Mall will finally be demolished to make way for new outlet stores in 2013.
It opened up as a shoppers playground in 1967 and I spent many a teenage night there with friends doing laps on the terrazzo floor and sucking down Orange Julius. It went through some uglification (remodeling) in the 1980’s and again in 2000, but that didn’t stop it from falling victim to urban decay. Competition from City Place with its sanitized Italian piazza vibe was the final nail in the coffin.
If you enjoy the slight discomfort or fascination with images of retail death as much as I do, check out out happypalms Flickr stream or my PB Mall set on Flickr.
World of Beer opens up in West Palm Beach on March 31st. Hooray!
fried reeses cups at the South Florida fair.
This morning’s commute in South Florida.
Tires Strewn About the Ocean Floor
Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaSteve Spring, photographer
does anyone know exactly where this is in South Florida?
(Source: findout, via cornersoftheworld)
Florida finally delivers winter
632-730 Miami Sunset
Sometimes it is great seeing things from another person’s perspective.
Seamus enjoying the cooler Florida weather.
