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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 21/09/2026

Alright, who fixes old-old CRT televisions between Chicago and Milwaukee. I'd like to get this beast back for at least part of horror season...

Photograph. A large, late-1970s Zenith System 3 "Panorama" television console in silver with fake woodgrain on a checkered tile floor.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 13/09/2026

We had 25 Fieros on a Route 66 cruise today; stopping in Joliet, Elwood, Wilmington, Braidwood and Gardner.

Photograph. A group of Pontiac Fiero owners and enthusiasts gathered in front of the Gemini Giant statue in Wilmington, Illinois.

Photograph. A parking lot of multi-colored Pontiac Fieros in Gardner, Illinois.

Photograph. A large group of Pontiac Fieros and owners visiting a roadside attraction in Elwood, Illinois

Photograph. A magnet purchased from a Route 66 gift shop in Wilmington, Illinois

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 12/09/2026

Fiero caravan through Joliet, this morning. Part of Fierorama weekend; there's a show in St. Charles, tomorrow

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 09/09/2026

Hi I revived @sfgamzone.com to separate tism's/shitpost about roller coasters again

Photograph. jonrev's Pontiac Fiero at Michigan's Adventure amusement park. Shivering Timbers roller coaster and other contemporary vehicles in the background.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 19/08/2026

Finally got a break in the rain for its last work commute ever...

Photograph. jonrev's white Pontiac Fiero Formula reflected in a puddle, a bright orange Mustang out of frame, left

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 17/08/2026

Anatomically incorrect Pontiac Fiero

Photograph. A remote control Pontiac Fiero toy car made by New Bright and sold at Wal-Mart sometime in the 1980s, new in original packaging, at a local antique mall. A large supercharger blower extends from the hood of the car; on the real Fiero the spare tire is under the hood, the engine is over the rear wheels.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 14/08/2026

Plans also include closing both Macy's department store, and separate home store that was crammed into a former office tower. Both once part of the Strawbridge & Clothier chain.

Photograph. Interior of a 1980s-vintage Macy's department store, originally built for Strawbridge & Clothier. Escalators cross under each other at a 90-degree angle. There is abundant wood trim and specular surfaces covering the facades of the upper level and escalator sides. Jewelry and cosmetics counters seen on the lower level.

Photograph. Store entrance to Macy's at Concord Mall, retaining a large stone Strawbridge & Clothier Seal of Confidence as its centerpiece.

Photograph. Store entrance to Macy's Home Store at Concord Mall, viewed from the third floor looking down on the mall. A small Strawbridge & Clothier Seal of Confidence is seen on the second level column to the left.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 14/08/2026

Permits filed to demolish the 90s-vintage Concord Mall in Wilmington, Delaware -- home to the infamous "hidden Burger King" -- as Namdar Realty crashes and burns another to the ground. Views from barely a year ago. #deadmalls www.wdel.com/news/partial...

Photograph. A dry water feature in an enclosed shopping mall, surrounded by lush greenery and a clock tower structure. Retail storefronts in the background. Skylight overhead allows sunlight to pour in.

Photograph. A blue steel and brass raised planter reaches toward a bright glass skylight. Reflection of the photographer standing on a mall concourse in the brass.

Photograph. A series of lush planters at the end of an enclosed shopping mall -- stores line either side, many of them vacant. Skylight overhead. Terrazzo and tile flooring on the ground.

Photograph. Concourse of an enclosed shopping mall with retail stores lining either side. Lush planters with thick tropical vegetation grows in raised planters along the concourse. A closed Sears department store anchors the far end.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 09/08/2026

Also coming down in Gary: St. Mary Mercy Hospital, save for the newer wing that was repurposed as Gary's Public Safety building post-closure. 📷 2016

Photograph. Dark hallway in an abandoned hospital building, showing extreme levels of decay with debris covering the floor and walls peeling.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 06/08/2026

There has to be a story behind the disclaimer.

Screenshot, website for the Lincolnwood, Illinois Public Library's "Library of Things", where a brick from the former Hyatt House Purple Hotel may be checked out. A disclaimer on the side (highlighted) notes "Do not use the brick as a weapon."

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 06/08/2026

Alright Wordpress what the fuck...

Screenshot from the Wordpress.com editor for "Who's Super Now?" by the jonrev projects. An image is missing, the error reads "This image has an empty alt attribute, its file name is: [alphanumeric soup generated by flickr].jpg"

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 04/08/2026

This is a weird one but new in the collection: a complete Camelot Music neon wave (1990). 24 pieces numbered for future reassembly.

Photograph. A blue neon wave energized for demonstration purposes, bridged by a transformer box. Another 20+ tubes from the complete assemblage hang from wire hangers, overhead. Electric signage for defunct retailers, Thom McAn and Carson Pirie Scott on a gridwall, behind.

Photograph. A blue neon wave energized for demonstration purposes. A stray tube from the rest of the assemblage, and the neon transformer box rest on either side of the wave.

Photograph of a photo print (source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/50284222869/posts/10162946425047870/) - a circa-1980s Camelot Music storefront in an unnamed shopping mall. The store sells prerecorded music and media, displays in the windows on either side of the store entrance. The signature blue wave is seen in the ceiling, stretching the full length of the store.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 03/08/2026

"Burger-urger Chicken-chicken Hawtdawg-hawtdawg"

Photograph. Early-millennial George Foreman grill with a translucent turquoise lid resembling a certain Apple product of the era. The unit is in its original box on a thrift store shelf.

Photograph. An open box for a George Foreman "In Grilling Colors" grill from the turn of the millennium, on a thrift store shelf.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 24/07/2026

Found lefty in an abandoned mall, once. Slightly amused that 1987s "Super Size" is smaller than today's Large.

Photograph. A pair of McDonald's french fry containers on a wire shelf; one on the left is a "Super Size" from 1987 and the right is a 2020s "Large". A Sears grand opening coffee mug for the Steubenville, Ohio store is to the left.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 22/07/2026

Altec Lansing ACS400 2.1 speakers from 1998

Photograph. A set of off-white plastic computer speakers, and center subwoofer, reflecting late-1990s aesthetics. A pile of wires and other electronic crap in the background.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 16/07/2026

Try this again... doing a Genesee Street popup at ArtWauk in downtown Waukegan -- Saturday 5-9pm, in front of the Waukegan Building (4 South Genesee). Prints $25+. Come say hi!

Poster.

the jonrev projects
at artwauk

[collage of photography by jonrev depicting neon, dead malls, and the Waukegan, Illinois cityscape]

Photography exhibits about places of memories, lost history, dead malls, liminal spaces, urban exploration, night lurkings & other crimes of knowledge

Waukegan Building • 4 South Genesee Street
Waukegan, Illinois • 5-9 PM • Weather permitting

jonrev.com for future shows

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 10/07/2026

After 19 years I've whittled car shows I still give a shit about down to like five. Scoop Waukegan is one of them -- one of the finest melting pots of car and local cultures between Chicago and Milwaukee. Open cruising in downtown Waukegan starts today at 5, free car show and more cruising Saturday

Photograph. A Pontiac Fiero on display in a classic car show, a variety of lowrider 1960s cars across the street.

Photograph. A variety of 1960s muscle cars on display in a car show.

Photograph. A variety of custom and classic cars on display in a car show.

Photograph. A street scene in downtown Waukegan, Illinois during Scoop in 2019. Food vendors are set up before a mural declaring a "Waukegan Arts Revolution". Abandoned high-rise building with a ghost sign for Chandler's stationery store in the background.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 08/07/2026

Designed by the St. Louis Bank Equipment Co. and completed in 1925 as the city's first skyscraper, the Waukegan Building functioned as a bank until 1937 when it was repurposed for retail and offices Was one of my favorite exploring haunts in the 2010s. Unfortunately it's in far worse condition, now

Photograph. A vacant neoclassical high-rise building on a corner, viewed at night in a long-exposure photograph. Traffic signals and passing traffic, in front. A taller building, the Lake County Courthouse, looms in the background. Lowrise commercial buildings to the left.

Photograph. Fish-eye angle. Interior of a historic former bank hall that is now abandoned and being used for storage. A damaged plaster ceiling and frieze is partially obstructed by remains of a tile drop ceiling and fluorescent light fixtures added in the mid-20th century, when the space was occupied by Walgreen's.

Photograph. An empty bank vault viewed from the rear looking toward the rusted and graffiti-covered door. Thick concrete walls on either side. Some exterior fragments rest beside the vault door.

Photograph. Green wall with peeling paint in an abandoned building. A radiator grille near the center. A pair of windows overlook downtown Waukegan, Illinois looking north. The Genesee Theatre is on the horizon, on right.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 07/07/2026

Libertyville, Illinois #Polaroid SLR-680, Color 600

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 07/07/2026

Former Boston Store (1970), the Milwaukee metro's last one standing untouched since the 2018 demise of parent company, Bon-Ton Stores. Now city-owned and soon to be razed for a medium-density development known as "Verdell on the Green". Southridge - Greendale, Wisconsin #Polaroid SLR-680, Color 600

Photograph, Polaroid scan. A concrete arch structure at the entrance to a stone and concrete-faced department store building shrouded by eight years of plant overgrowth. Blue skies overhead.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 06/07/2026

Cleanest Merc Topaz I've ever seen... #carspotting

Photograph, a blue Mercury Topaz (Ford Tempo) coupe in a suburban parking lot under an overcast sky.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 05/07/2026

The American dream was nothing to write home about. Forest Fair Village - Forest Park/Fairfield, Ohio (2021) #deadmalls #abandoned #mall #retail #OH #photography

Photograph of an empty concourse of the dead Forest Fair Village shopping mall. The decor caricaturizes American agriculture with large hanging American flag sculptures and farm animals. The mall is devoid of any shoppers or retailers. Daylight of a mall exit is visible in the distance.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 30/06/2026

100° heat indexes are good days for upcycling old server fans

Photograph. An old server fan pulled from the trash wired into a switch and 12v AC power supply.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 30/06/2026

Advertise your account with a Simpsons image

Still from The Simpsons S18:E3 depicting the Springfield Mall in a dead mall state.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 30/06/2026

Cars of the Schlitz celebration - Verona, Wisconsin #Polaroid SLR-680, Color 600

Photograph, Polaroid scan. 1/4 view of a tail light and chrome rear bumper of a turquoise 1960 Cadillac sedan against an asphalt parking lot.

Photograph, Polaroid scan. Rear 1/4 view of a blue 1969 Ford Mustang notchback with a black vinyl top.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 29/06/2026

Regrettably, YouTubers were unsuccessful at saving the Kmarts and Eddie Lampert is still a jabroni Caledonia, Wisconsin #Polaroid SLR-680, Color 600

Polaroid scan, photograph of a Big Kmart store entrance under a blue clear sky. The store has been closed for years but weathered, oversized signage remains. Reddish contrast caused by the film being exposed to heat.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 29/06/2026

There were aftermarket glove boxes made once upon a time, the door would lay flat and have a drink shelf. Really hard to find, now. Mine has this wide pocket thing. The poor-spec cars had nothing, some had half a map pouch, and some had this wide elastic band that's usually stretched to hell, now.

Photograph. A "dark gray" stock interior in a 1988 Pontiac Fiero Formula

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 29/06/2026

Allen & Wright - Janesville, Wisconsin #Polaroid SLR-680, Color 600

Pair of Polaroid scans. The left photo is an A&W restaurant sign, a holdover from their 1960s-1990s branding. Letterboard below reads, TRY OUR FLAVOR OF THE WEEK". Right photo depicts the restaurant building, a brick and glass facade with a bright orange metal roof, a tall chimney in the center of the structure. jonrev's white Pontiac Fiero parked outside.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 27/06/2026

Had Schlitz still been made to the 1948 specs all these years, like this last batch, they absolutely would still be the #1 brewery in America.

Photograph. Caucasian hand holding a can of Schlitz beer. A blurred backdrop of the Lake Louie Brewery in Verona, Wisconsin. A large crowd has gathered to celebrate the last batch of Schlitz, which the brewery was allowed to produce by Pabst.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 24/06/2026

The wall graphics in the Crystal Lake Menard's...

Photograph. An aisle of car cleaning products in a Menard's store. Oversized wall graphics at the end display a desktop computer setup from no later than the mid-1990s.

Photograph. Close-up an oversized wall print displaying a desktop computer monitor, peripherals, and shelves with software and floppy disks from no later than the mid-1990s. A Rolodex and calculator are also seen on the desktop.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 16/06/2026

Pizza Hut has been sold to a private-equity firm with a stake in the funeral industry... how fitting. Geneseo, Illinois (2023)

Polaroid scan. Exterior of a classic Pizza Hut restaurant, a white banner (from covidtimes) announces "WE'RE OPEN FOR DINE-IN".

• Polaroid SLR-680 SE
• Polaroid Color 600

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 15/06/2026

Anyway they have these, the Polish on parade, the "Beefed-Up" L poster and a couple others.

Photograph. A bundle of tubes containing poster prints, tops marked with the design contained. Blue tiled floor with a condiment rack in the lower-right frame. A stray Chuck Taylor sneaker on bottom.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 15/06/2026

My local stand had the Navy Pier poster and I always wanted one. I found a faded example at an antique store up north for $80 the other week, then I checked ebay and I'm pretty sure I'm now ruining some guy's hustle.

Photograph. The aforementioned Navy Pier Vienna Beef poster but all the red and yellow ink has faded from sun exposure, likely from decades in direct sunlight as restaurant decor. Only the blue and some green inks survive. A price tag lists it for $80.

Screenshot, ebay listing for the same Navy Pier Vienna Beef poster priced at $125, user has declined an offer of $105.00.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 15/06/2026

I can't believe what these posters go for — either used and faded to shit, or through resellers. The Vienna Factory Store at 38th/Morgan has them for $20.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 14/06/2026

Bridge lift (from afar), yesterday

Photograph. View from driver's position in a Pontiac Fiero stopped on Chicago's Michigan Avenue while a drawbridge over the Chicago River is raised in the distance. Tall skyscrapers surround the street.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 08/06/2026

The show must not go on Deerbrook Mall Cinema 4 - Deerfield, Illinois (2017) #deadmalls #abandoned #generalcinema #pepsi #retail #IL #photography

Photograph. Corner view depicting glass and brickwork in a commercial retail building - an abandoned shopping mall under demolition. A large theater marquee over a darkened entryway, the mall's former General Cinema quad.

Photograph. A large, empty, dark auditorium in an abandoned movie theater. Rows of seating and a screen still intact. Maroon walls and blue carpeting, combined with the blue-upholstered seats, indicate a 1990s renovation for this former General Cinema theater.

Photograph. An older Pepsi soda fountain in an abandoned movie theater. On tap are Pepsi, Lipton Raspberry Iced Tea, Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, 7up and Pepsi again.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 05/06/2026

I could tell you a thing or two about mega-developments built on slag heaps. Century III Mall - West Mifflin, Pennsylvania (2023) #deadmalls #abandoned #retail #handegghandouts #photography

Photograph. An abandoned, specular-clad JCPenney department store entrance viewed across an abandoned mall's upper level concourse; stone, iron and wood-capped handrails of the balcony can be seen. Floodwater covers most of the floor, a yellow wet floor/attack snakes sign stands in the puddle.

Photograph. Grand court of the abandoned Century III Mall, a bilevel shopping mall with vacant storefronts lining both floors on either side. A round skylight opening in the ceiling, over a damaged blue-tiled water feature. Elevator tower rises behind. Decorative stars hang from the skylight, overhead. Debris and trash litters the floor.

Photograph. View of a tri-level enclosed concourse in an abandoned shopping mall, flights of escalators visible in the center. Empty retail spaces line either side on all floors. Ramps, stairs and planters fill the center of the lowermost floor, which is covered in debris and trash.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 01/06/2026

Backrooms of Dixie Square Mall... Turn-Style, JCPenney, Jewel Foods Harvey, Illinois (2010-11) #deadmalls #abandoned #retail #IL #photography

Photograph. A ladder to the roof of a severely derelict and flooded abandoned building - a service area in an abandoned Turn-Style department store. Yellow, severely damaged walls covered in graffiti. Daylight at the top of the hatch. Reflection in a pool of water.

Photograph. Corner of an upper level stockroom area in an abandoned JCPenney department store. The roof has collapsed allowing daylight in, natural greenery sprouts from the broken concrete. A section of broken drywall still hangs. Pool of water looks like a hole in the floor.

Photograph. An upper level machine room above an abandoned Jewel Foods. A handful of bread crates scattered about. Cinder block walls with large square louvered vents on the left.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 28/05/2026

No confirmed date, but Exton Square's last holdouts were apparently given short notice the mall is closing. The near-vacant mall was sold to Abrams Realty & Development last March, however NIMBYs and sewage worries have their redevelopment proposal tied up in court. Exton, Pennsylvania #deadmalls

Photograph. Corner of an enclosed shopping mall's concourse, viewed from the upper level. A stacked pair of vacant jewelry stores. Tiled floors and open skylights, above. Yellow bucket catching water leaking from the roof.

Photograph. Near-empty food court in a dying enclosed shopping mall -- a sea of empty tables and chairs. An ad for Round1 Bowling & Amusements hangs overhead from a tall wooden and exposed-beam ceiling. A Kay Jewelers at the end of the mall.

Photograph. A deserted childrens play area in a corner of an enclosed dead mall. Empty storefronts on either side.

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