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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Never assume that just because people hate something that you love, they MUST be ignorant or not understand it.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

outlaw leaf blowers

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Yodeling Loon @yodelingloon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

New video about Lincoln Mall in Freeport, IL: Lincoln Mall (Freeport, IL): youtu.be/FsvsL5TFnV8

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Lincoln Mall (Freeport, IL) - tiny 1960's mall

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Ford City Mall redevelopment is moving forward after city commission approval. blockclubchi.co/4xdDqr9

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

next time you want to quote post someone, try throwing a blueberry to a chicken and watching her walk around with it instead

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A plan to replace Ford City Mall with an industrial warehouse and public plaza is moving forward. blockclubchi.co/45Zb0VJ

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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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Yodeling Loon @yodelingloon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Ford City Mall closed forever today after being a part of people's lives for 60 years. Check out this video I made about its history: youtu.be/_XEzRdxKFnE

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Ford City Mall (Chicago, IL) - bleached, carpeted, and closing

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 21/06/2026

Ford City is officially closed

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salvatoreamadeo @quitestudios.com · 15/06/2026

Took a drive down to Norfolk to film the MacArthur Center today with Zac TheMallFox … Such a beautiful Taubman, but after spending some time around the city, I get it. Norfolk is not doing well at all. Video on MacArthur drops probably in like 2034 here: youtube.com/sal #deadmall #norfolk

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 13/06/2026

maybe don't keep saying they have faults? that's super stressful. so much for peace and kindness now of days

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 03/06/2026

In 2019, while redevelopment plans were still forming, Hawthorn Mall granted me access to document its vacant department stores. Both buildings are now demolished. Catch these bando store tours in @yodelingloon.bsky.social's latest...

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Hawthorn Mall (Vernon Hills, IL) - a survivor

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salvatoreamadeo @quitestudios.com · 28/05/2026

DMOD got nuked today. Completely out of my control. I got a violation for posting a picture of sheet music and it was most likely compounded by trolls false reporting my account. Every attempt I made to contact a human to review the case was instantly rejected by bots, and they suspended my account.

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Yodeling Loon @yodelingloon.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

New video about Hawthorn Mall (Vernon Hills, IL). It has a couple of surprises I hope people like: youtu.be/lingZ0M46hI

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Hawthorn Mall (Vernon Hills, IL) - a survivor

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

Heed all warnings... DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT RELY ON DISCORD AS AN ARCHIVE!!! Reboot forums.

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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

a "Thomasson" is a term coined by Japanese artist Genpei Akasegawa to refer to architectural remnants that are entirely useless, but still maintained as part of the cityscape, forming unintentional conceptual art. Seen here; circles in the floor outlining a long-removed revolving door

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

Conversation pit

Photograph. An unsettling room with checker-tiled floors and walls. About two feet of wall has been removed due to flooding. Toilets line both left and right-sides, the stall walls are removed due to flood remediation. The far wall has low-quality graffiti tagging. The ceiling is missing except for some janky-hanging box lights -- one is illuminated.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 04/04/2026

It’s me. I’m coughing 99% of the time. At one point I’m very clearly sweating and crying after eating a wing with no sauce on it. I drink 16 glasses of milk and I keep saying “ouughhhh my tummy”

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 01/04/2026

I know people say touch grass a lot on here and while I'm in full support of spending time in nature, touch grass also means take a pottery class, go to a bar. Sit on a dock drinking cokes and skipping stones. It just means get offline for a bit.

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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Also despite the name I'm staunchly ANTI-nostalgia. Media wasn't better when you were 12, it was *you* who were different. You can't go back, and the sooner you come to terms with that, the better (and healthier).

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/03/2026

Top comment on r/technology lol www.reddit.com/r/technology...

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 25/02/2026

According to boots on the ground: the 1986-vintage "North Mall" at Golf Mill Shopping Center is now closed with the doors permanently locked. With the property on the market, and already approved for a $440m mixed-use redevelopment, tenants in the rest of the mall will continue their slow exodus.

Photograph. A four-post globe lamp fixture rises from a brown tiled floor. A modern-ish Target store entrance is seen in the background - its gate permanently locked. The mall is otherwise empty.

Photograph. A large tropical plant in a square garden box next to windows overlooking the parking lot of Golf Mill Shopping Center. It is blue hour outside and cars pass by the nearly-vacant North Mall. The dark brown building to the left - its walls continue beyond the mall's own - was built for MainStreet department store in 1986 when the shopping center was enclosed. The chain was sold to Kohl's in 1989, a Kohl's labelscar is visible on the water-stained ceiling soffit, overhead and left of center.

Photograph. Wide view of the then nearly-vacant "North Mall" of Golf Mill Shopping Center, a relic from when the 1960 open-air mall was enclosed in 1986. There are planters, trees and street lighting down the concourse. A nail salon is the only remaining business on the right. A vacant Sears store entrance is seen at the far left - its closing in 2018 severed access to this concourse from the rest of the shopping center.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

in ohio i had a neighbor who dressed up like My Neighbor Totoro every year and he hated this. i cannot explain with words how much he hated this. he was wrong to hate it. it was a really good joke

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@drewtoothpaste
Saw my neighbor dressed up like Totoro again so I'm gearing up for a third consecutive year of him ignoring my "my neighbor Totoro" joke
2:27 PM • Oct 31,

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 12/01/2026

A: We need to stop killing legit third spaces for young adults and B: the old guard needs to seriously school the broccoli kids on urban exploring so they stop blowing spots up hotter than 100 suns in the span of less than a week.

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Closed mall has elicited 402 calls for service since October; 30 arrests made this weekend alone

Authorities in Westminster are looking to spread awareness of vandalism at the Westminster Mall, which closed last October but has since become a hotbed of illicit activity. According to the Westm…

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 12/01/2026

Marquee update.

ABOLISH ICE

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NEXT SHOW TIMES FOLLOW US ON FB & IG @BELVIDERECINEMA

OUR 60TH YEAR
BELVIDERE CINEMA GALLERY
LET'S CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER!

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 15/12/2025

Come support our volunteer-artists and crack your favorite MST3K jokes next Sunday at 4:00!

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Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The story of the 'Hot Dog Stand' theme. www.pcgamer.com/software/win...

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

any time you're told to use AI at work, turn your work in about half as fast and pepper it with obvious mistakes. if nobody cares, you have less to do, and if they do, you can tell them you'll never use AI at work again

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 26/11/2025

I don't know what retailers the Yorktown Center redevelopment hopes to attract, but watch your step in this one...

Photograph. A large wall mural depicting concept art for the redevelopment of Yorktown Center mall. It shows a green space with landscaping and the mall in the distance. Fake store names mark the building.

Photograph. Closer view of a fake-labeled storefront on the aforementioned concept art. The store's name is "HH Home", using the H from H&M stores. It is eerily similar to the name of a notorious Chicago serial killer.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 24/11/2025

After a long 20-month slumber... Belvidere Cinema came back with a bang Saturday with one of the crazy busiest events we've ever done. Around 180 in attendance for E.T. between two shows - first, nearly a full house - with guests visiting from Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.

Long-exposure photograph. A small theater with a moderate-sized crowd watching "E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial". Perspective is above the theater seating, from the projection booth.

Photograph. A 1960s-vintage General Cinema theater lobby. A table representing the Waukegan Historical Society is manned on left. Concession stand on right. Photography exhibit and historical items on display, in center. String lights hang overhead from a black ceiling. The lobby is calm between screenings.

Photograph. A white storefront housing the Belvidere Cinema theater inside Belvidere Mall. Four poster frames hang from the facade, two with historical ads from the theater's opening in 1966; one for the mall's 60th anniversary event; and the last for a free screening of E.T. An entrance is directly right. Mallwalkers pass by the space.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 18/11/2025

Belvidere Mall opened 60 years ago today as the first enclosed shopping center in Lake County, Illinois. One of the very few malls to survive a near-death experience: today it remains a vibrant community hub with 38 shops, services and restaurants - nearly all locally-owned - still calling it home.

Black and white photograph. A tall sign reads "Belvidere Mall" with a marquee board below reading "38 FINE STORES FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE".

Photograph. An enclosed shopping center at night as viewed from the end of a wet parking lot. Stores visible include Montgomery Ward, Walgreen's and Nedick's Restaurant. A curved entryway serves as the mall's main entrance.

Photograph. An atrium in an enclosed shopping center with polished concrete floors. A long concourse extends from the atrium. Shops visible in the atrium include Cover Girl fashions, Richman Brothers, Walgreen's, Hickory Farms, Jody's Cotton Shop, Regal Shoes, Harper's and Fannie May Candies. View is from the entrance to Montgomery Ward.

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 16/11/2025

Next Saturday, November 22nd: E.T. comes home to a theatre near you... Belvidere Cinema Gallery West side of Belvidere Mall 2145 Belvidere St. (IL-120) Waukegan, IL FREE SHOWS at 1:00 and 4:30pm Limited seating available, B.Y.O.Refreshments History & photography exhibits in the lobby open 12-7pm

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Belvidere Cinema Gallery Presents
FREE MOVIES

[theatrical poster for E.T. - Elliott and E.T. flying on his bicycle across the moon]

"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
November 22 • 1:00, 4:30

1982 • PG • 2 HOURS
Limited Seating • B.Y.O.Refreshments
Sponsored by: Belvidere Discount Mall

BELVIDERE CINEMA GALLERY
For coming attractions: [facebook][instagram] @BelvidereCinema #MallratMovieCult
2145 Belvidere Rd. Waukegan, Illinois • Inside Belvidere Discount Mall

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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 11/11/2025

Belvidere Mall's owners dropped a surprise truckload of unseen archive photos on us last week and now all my energy is directed toward readying the Cinema for November 22nd...

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

went to a children's sushi restaurant today. saw the sign on the door and said that's cute well it wasn't cute. the waiters were all like 6 years old and 1 of them was smoking a cig. when they brought the food out it was all play-doh and they still made me pay

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

"did you see what happened Over There on The Other Site?" no did you see what happened in yonder tree

a robin among the last leaves in a small tree in october

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

if i had to see this today, so do you

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

‼️PORCUPINE UNDER CAR ALERT

theres a whole damn porcupine under my car

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#OnThisDay Oct 8, 1956: Southdale, the first fully enclosed shopping mall in the world, opens in Edina, Minnesota. Architect Victor Gruen, later realizing his invention had not lived up to his utopian vision of a car-free public square, became the biggest critic of malls until his death in 1980.

Mall exterior with Dayton's department store sign in script.

Interior of the Mall 1956. Woolworth's with neon sign on the left with other shops surround a central indoor plaza. Wood finishes, skylights, balconies, plants created a wholly new indoor shopping experience. Color transparency by Grey Villet, Life Magazine archives

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

happy 10 year anniversary to the day i ran to catch the google street view car and we showed up in each others camera rolls ♥️

me taking a selfie with the google street view car

the google street view car photographing me approaching it

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