I went to the post office and there it was, delivered in a small box, not much larger than a My wife recently bought this book for me on Amazon. The mall had closed a year earlier after just 13 years in operation. This mall was made famous when it was used in the Blues Brothers movie in 1979. there are defintely parts of the mall that are still "structurally sound", regardless of the mold and tree's growing in there, take bridges for example, they take a lot off abuse from outdoor elements, as well as various dynamic forces acting upon them (trucks, cars, buses, rain, freeze-thaw effect, etc) yet people drive across them with out a second thought. In the 1990s a man lured a young girl into the former Penney's store, where he raped, and murdered her on the second floor. Chances are, youve seen the inside of Gwinnett Place Mall, whether you know it or not. This full-color book includes historical information about Dixie Square, maps, and over 50 color photographs by the artist telling the visual story of America's most famous dead mall, best known for it's appearance in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. In terms of sexual violence, the cases extend from the symbolic, when the Mall is used as a site for the distribution of pornography, to the literal, when the Mall is the scene of actual rape. She knew I was facinated by Dixie Square Mall after she saw me spending hours on YouTube looking at video footage of the mall. At this point, it is important to note how the history of the Mall is conveyed in the meme. By 1978 the mall was down to 20 stores; the final anchor store JC Penney departing in January. The Wayne Hills Mall in Wayne, New Jersey, was open from 1973 to 2015, and over that impressive 42-year run, the mall came to be seen by its community as more than a mall. Type: Brownfield land Description: former shopping mall in Harvey, Illinois, United States Numerous attempts were made by the city to board up the mall, but vandals kept finding ways inside. The mall was designed as a tribute to Ancient Greek culture, as its name suggests. In response, the locals introduced various species of tilapia, mango fish, carp, koi, and catfish to eat the mosquito larvae. But due to several well-publicized crime incidents*, it closed in 1978 after only 12 years, even after a third anchor (a huge discount store! Open, agora-like storefronts and stucco walls that look straight out of Spartan homes in 300 try to bring you closer to the Greek ruins. They leave behind them a completely wrecked suburban shopping center and thats how the place stayed forever after. Gov. In the mid 2000s, a massive fire broke out inside the Woolworth store and nearly destroyed the building. In addition to the anchors JC Penny and Montgomery Wards, the Mall housed 50 stores. Honestly, this seems like one historical site that needs to go. Mall destroyed by the Blues Brothers, in the movie "The Blues Brothers" Movie Locations, Retail - Malls Links: en.wikipedia.org By: Dag74. Due to rainfall, the malls bottom floor flooded and became a mosquito breeding ground. This mall would later be used in the "Blues Brothers" mall car chase scene in 1979. By the mid-1970s they were also up against newcomers: Orland Square to the west, and Lincoln Mall a stone's throw from PFP -- both ultra-modern regional centers. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. A time capsule was sealed and placed on the property by Mel Torme and Carmelita Pope. Yikes. Advertisement. If there is one definitive source on ghost malls, its photojournalist Seph Lawless, who has explored countless dead buildings and published books on his findings. He urged people to steer clear of it. It opened in 1966 and closed as a mall in 1979. A Dixie Square Mall ad from 1966 (once located at 151st to 154th and Dixie Highway in Harvey, IL). "National Brownfields Assessment Pilot." Dixie Square Mall, destroyed in The Blues Brothers' famous car chase, has recently been transformed online. The Dixie Square Mall opened in 1966, anchored by a Woolworth, a J.C. Penney, a Montgomery Ward, a Jewel store that only opened to the outside, and later a Turn Style discount store. To us, the mall is merely an archaeological exhibit. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Wow your conclusions are stunningly myopic. On July 17, 1973, a teenage girl was lured away from the mall by three other teenage girls, and strangled to death. Quinn also stated that the total cost would be around $5 million, with the remainder of the money coming from federal disaster recovery funds given to the state due to flooding in 2008. But thanks to digital advancements, the need for such shopping centers has declined. Pat Quinn joined south suburban officials at the Harvey police station this . For a while after it opened in 1966 during a mall building boom, though, residents remember a thriving place. 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The 1980s were not kind to Dixie Mall; vandals broke in damaging and looting the mall, breaking every pane of glass and salvaging any copper or other valuable building materials. of anchor tenants: 3: No. Two years later, a fire caused its roof to cave inward. The New Jersey weather took its toll on the building, and wet, heavy snow collapsed portions of the roof. Dixie Square Mall was the town's pride and most preferred shopping and recreation center for the locals. Unemployment is 9.4 percent, almost twice the states 5.7 percent average. [8][22], In late June 2005, inspectors discovered the mall contained asbestos and ordered removed debris to be covered in plastic. Which, you know, we could expect since it was empty. [8][14], The Harvey-Dixmoor School District attempted to sue Universal Pictures in December 1981 for $87,000, citing their failure to repair damage to mall property created during the movie shoot. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. The mall didn't fully open until November 10, 1966. For updates and more information please visit the companion website: www.dixiesquareproject.com After at least one murder was committed in there, multiple arsons, roof collapses, one botched revitalization project after another, thousands of photographs, and an "accidental" demolition of one of the anchor stores that was to be purchased and used as a warehouse: it was finally demolished late last year, only-possible through the use of Hurricane Ike disaster relief funding business as usual in Illinois. Dixie Square Mall opened in 1966.closed in 1979.and remains standing in 2008. The inevitable mold and rot then had all summer to spread. Share. Who said the original person hated anything focusing on the female perspective? Dixie Square Mall; Front cover of mall directory: Location: Harvey, Illinois: Address: 151st to 154th Street and Dixie Highway, Harvey, Illinois: Opening date: August 31, 1966: Closing date: November 1978 (demolished February 2012) No. In spite of this early success, the city of Harvey began experiencing economic decline in the 1970s, which in turn depressed the business at the Mall. While many other dead malls were redeveloped or demolished, Dixie Square became notable for its extensive neglect, vandalism damage, and history. Both malls were very nice then and I don't remember any real security issues other than the "normal" level of shoplifting. The one-time 64-store galleria then stood vacant for years, a spectacular and perilous ruin. These networked texts resurrected the Mall as an Internet meme. . If that wasnt enough, a man was electrocuted and fatally caught fire attempting to steal copper wiring inside, among others. Dixie Square was built on Dixie Highway in the city of Harvey, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago. Dixie Square Mall was designed and built by William H. Metz & Associates, Inc..Total square footage was 780,567 feet and cost $25 million dollars. It was finally demolished in 2012. The Bluesmobile rolled through the Dixie Mall in Harvey during the filming of "The Blues Brothers." (Video image) Though abandoned malls are all a little bit the same, the Acropolis has developed a particularly unique creepiness among all those on this list. Walgreens finally left by the spring of 1979 and by the summer the last store, Jewel Supermarket, vacated. Im not saying feminism is a bad thing. However, the mall started to get a bad reputation after many incidents took place on or near the mall. Montgomery Wards was the first store to open in 1965. There was a problem loading your book clubs. In 1973 a 13-year-old girl was strangled after being dropped off at the mall. Each image tells a narrative of the "Aesthetics of Abandonment" in a unique interesting way. . By 2005 the city was finally able to afford to demolish the mall, but the discovery of asbestos early during demolition halted the plans. By 2010 the governor of Illinois finally announced a government grant of $4 million dollars to help demolish the mall. Dixie Square Mall was an enclosed shopping mall located in Harvey, Illinois, United States, at the junction of 151st Street and the Dixie Highway. Scores of floor tiles installed by the studio and driven over by the Bluesmobile are scattered about. Looters have stripped the mall of seemingly everything not drilled downplus some pieces that were. Official website. Required fields are marked *. There is really nothing to this book, very little history and the pictures are ok, but there are far more interesting ones on the web. Blues Brothers was filmed there, yet afterwords was left to decay and that's how it sat for the proceeding 30+ years. ${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}. Both due to regional economic decline and an increase in crime, Dixie Square Mall would lose many stores between 1973 and 1976. Here are some malls that have been shut down and left hauntingly abandoned. The Dixie Square Mall (also known as the Dixie Square Shopping Center) was an enclosed shopping mall located in Harvey, Illinois at the junction of 151st Street and the Dixie Highway. Each image is a work in and of itself capturing a mood through composition, color and texture. Between 2013 and 2015, just a few short years after its closure in 2009, photographer Johnny Joo took a series of photos showing just how far the mall had fallen. My interpretation of the story being told through Trice's photography of the skeletal remains of this sprawling suburban mall is one of over development, over consumption, and the over spending of a society that now has to change its ways. [8][19], By the end of the 1990s, trees had grown throughout the former parking lot. Also, around this time, the large triangular "Dixie" sign, added in the 1975 renovation and seen in the Blues Brothers film, was removed. (PDF), NBC News Report. By Dave Newbart Jun 23, 2020, 4:00am PST There they tortured her and strangled her to death (Dixie Square History). The malls heyday was the late 80s, but by the end of the 90s, low traffic numbers had caused the mall to close altogether. And these shells are massive. Raphael at Jalopnik dot com. Pat Quinnjoined south suburban officials at the Harvey police station this morning to announce the start of the demolition, while crews swept away and sorted debris at the 39-acre site nearby. 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Do not sell or share my personal information. After the news crews left, so did the demolition companies. Its per capita income in 1999 was just $12,336. It remaind abandoned and decaying away from 1979 to at least 2006, when demolition began. Location: Dixie Square Mall Gallery: Eye of the Beholder We are sorry. [29], In January 2012, contractors were finally issued the necessary permits to begin demolition. The comments below have not been moderated. That's the stunt director asking about Miss Piggy. Earlier this year, officials announced they had secured federal grants to build senior housing on a portion of the parking lot. The mall had a grand opening in November with 50 stores committed to the facilities. [4] Grand opening celebrations featured Homer and Jethro, Art Hodes and Sid Sakowicz, the Art Van Damme Quintet, and Ned Locke of the Bozo's Circus TV show. Failed: Built in 1966 and closed after only 13 years, Harvey, Illinois's Dixie Square Mall became memorable for good reasons and bad. Even those cases in which sexual violation did not occur, or the crime was perpetrated by teenage girls, the crimes still portray the Mall as a space in which women were no longer safe. I actually tend to get along better with women than men. [33], The city of Harvey obtained possession of the former mall site in 2016. The locale of the famous "Blues Brothers" mall chase scene, Dixie Square in Harvey, Illinois, now sits unused in a deteriorating condition. From what I read here, that would not be the case today. Although the Mall begins as a success, it soon turns into an unsafe place, particularly for women. ), it was the largest mall in the entire world. The complete story of this abandoned mall is told through thought provoking imagery. It was famous for having been used, both inside and out, for the mall chase scene in the movie The Blues Brothers . More recently, it achieved notoriety because of a . Throughout the madcap chase, deadpan stars Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi calmly point out stores like Disco Pants and Haircuts and an unrecognizable Pier One Imports. Reserve the next gen Samsung deviceAll you need to do is sign up with your email and boom: credit for your preorder on a new Samsung device. Thats the same store the Bluesmobile ripped through on its way out of the mall. The mall was open from 1977 to 1999, and during that time, it slowly succumbed to crime and a changing economy. Since it's closing in 1979, Dixie Square has become something else: a crumbling eyesore and a haven for crime and gang activity. I grew up in Chicago Heights in the 50s and 60s and in the late 60s, worked at Dixie Square mall (Wards and Karoll's Red Hangar Shop) and also at River Oaks mall (Hirsch Clothing). Left in the 1980s, the mall has been abandoned more than twice as long. With hundreds of vacant spaces and acres of isolated shelter, these ghost malls have become meccas for criminals, the homeless, and allegedly even paranormal entities. Photo Credits top to bottom: Ian Freimuth, Matt Becker, Ken Fager, Ken Fager again. Dixie Square Mall opened in 1966closed in 1979and remains standing in 2008. I was thinking it would be a great place to initiate an urban center or a community health center, or a local market center ,etc. But due to several well-publicized crime incidents*, it closed in 1978 after only 12 years, even after a third anchor (a huge discount store! (WE GOT CAUGHT) EXPLORING AN ABANDONED MALL IN MEXICO, Exploring the Abandoned Hawthorne Mall (Used in TV Shows! If anyone can track down video of that recreation run, send me an e-mail, or let me know in Kinja below. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! This mall was made famous when it was used in the Blues Brothers movie in 1979. In the years after its closure, the mall was featured in multiple national news reports about the level of trespassing, vandalism, and theft within its walls. It was during the three days of shooting at the mall that Belushi wandered off the set, knocked on a strangers door, asked for something to eat and passed out on a couch. A reader called Jonrev, who appears to have personally documented the malls skeletal afterlife as well as its demolition, told the automotive blog the mall had actually closed down in 1979. Reader Jonrev then told us the whole story of the mall itself, something I'd never heard before. After three years of photographing and another five years of putting the work into book form, Christopher Trice has captured Dixie Square Mall perfectly in Aesthetics of Abandonment: The Dixie Square Project. Staircases lead nowhere, and as for its gaping holes in the flooryou might not want to know where they go. [27] The fire damaged the Block C entrance to the point where its roof collapsed within a month, and left scorch marks on the exterior of the former JCPenney building. Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt. They stocked the parking lots with 700 cars all new. The mall closed in 1978. [8][21] On April 14, 2005, a further plan was set in motion to demolish the remnants of Dixie Square (except for the Montgomery Ward building which was ostensibly being renovated for American Kitchen Delights) and bring top "big-box" retailers to the former mall site, including Costco, Kohl's, and Old Navy. During its more notable tenure as "Dixie Square", it was both referred to with "Shopping Center" and "Mall" after its name, interchangeably. Gang and drug . A geocoded location could be added to this image. Despite numerous attempts to board up and secure the mall, it was forced open repeatedly. In a last-ditch effort to bring back shoppers and tenants, the mall changed its name to simply Dixie Mall in late July 1975, and soon after underwent a renovation, re-opening on October 9 of that same year. 02-16-2012, 10:19 AM And in April, the city council voted to transfer title for the property to Chicago developer John Deneen. I am actually pro-feminist. The complete story of this abandoned mall is told through thought provoking My interest in this book is in the art of photography itself and Trice's imagery doesn't disappoint. Dixie Square Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Harvey, Illinois. The rest of the mall opened in April of 1966 but many areas were still under construction, November 1966 was the "Official" grand opening. The empty mall has been used for a laundry list of crimes over the years, and a search for news reports about the mall will reveal several charges involving drugs, prostitution, and violent attacks. They have good reason to worry. 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