There are any number of blogs and websites devoted to stories of malls in America.
Labelscar calls itself the retail history blog and it particularly looks at malls in a downward spiral, grouped by state. For instance, there are five malls from Iowa. If you want to look at the backstory of Crossroads Mall in Fort Dodge, choose Iowa from the site directory and then click on the comments link for Crossroads Mall (at the bottom of the page). That will take you to lengthy text, pictures and comments about this small shopping center.
Labelscar's blog roll has a lot of links to other blogs about retailing, past and present.
Labelscar calls itself the retail history blog and it particularly looks at malls in a downward spiral, grouped by state. For instance, there are five malls from Iowa. If you want to look at the backstory of Crossroads Mall in Fort Dodge, choose Iowa from the site directory and then click on the comments link for Crossroads Mall (at the bottom of the page). That will take you to lengthy text, pictures and comments about this small shopping center.
Labelscar's blog roll has a lot of links to other blogs about retailing, past and present.