Teens need malls. Malls need crowds. Why are they pushing kids away? Dozens of US shopping centers have put curfews in place, fearing unruly behavior. It’s counterproductive for everyone involved The Guardian - US · Dec 5, 2023
The history of the mall, from its origins in the 50s to the dead malls of the 00s and beyond It survived the advent of online shopping and COVID-19 lockdowns. What does the future hold for the mall, one of the most influential architectural innovations of the postwar era? ABC News · Oct 13, 2022
I Miss Being Bored at the Mall Browsing taught me to enjoy my own company. In a digital age, how will my children learn to be by themselves? The Walrus · Sep 23, 2022
The inventor of the shopping mall hated what they became. Then the teenagers arrived For multiple generations of teenagers, the shopping mall wasn’t for buying things, but for mooching aimlessly. As a new book delves into the history of the mall, Marianne Eloise asks whether meandering teens actually reinforced the true purpose of these brightly lit capitalist hubs all along The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2022
‘Those bastard developments’ – why the inventor of the shopping mall denounced his dream The world’s first indoor mall was meant to usher in a utopian America. But its creator, an Austrian who had fled the Nazis, came to believe a nightmare had been unleashed that ‘destroyed our cities’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2022
The Death of Walt Disney's Private Dream City? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to end a wildly successful half-century experiment in municipal governance. Reason · Jun 1, 2022
The rise, fall and rebirth of the shopping centre The decline of bricks-and-mortar retail has been a catastrophe for malls. But landlords and local authorities are trying to ensure they have a future Financial Times · May 16, 2022