Do you have a Miss Piggy?

Who wants an orange whip?

That mall has been going to be torn down "any day now" for 30 years, but the town is too broke to pay for it. I've got more money than Harvey.

UberDave: That's too bad because there was a lot of space in that mall.

Now there will be even more.

TOO BAD; LOTS OF SPACE IN THAT MALL.

/Best car chase sequence EVAAAAAR!
//Except for the finale chase of course; which was just as awesome.
///Hit it!!!

Charlie Freak: It's too bad they can't keep at least part of it open and in 1960's/1970's condition as a shrine/museum to malls - how many are left that still look like that? Could also house a Blues Brothers museum. God knows it's a centerpiece to both, almost deified because of the movie.

It's not a shrine to anything anymore. It's a decaying, rotting, urban ruin. Trees grow through the main square. A lot of the building has been damaged by fire, roof collapses and vegetation growth. Very little of the original signage, or anything else of value, has escaped vandals hands. It's just a rotting shell of a building, which happens when nobody takes care of anything for 30 years. Oh by the way, Harvey is not one of the better parts of Chicago, either.

You can find some very creepy yet oddly fascinating YouTube videos of urban adventurers going in there.

UberDave: That's too bad because there was a lot of space in that mall.

Damnit; Didn't see yours first.

/Golf clap for thinking like me!

Pfighting Polish: Charlie Freak: It's too bad they can't keep at least part of it open and in 1960's/1970's condition as a shrine/museum to malls - how many are left that still look like that? Could also house a Blues Brothers museum. God knows it's a centerpiece to both, almost deified because of the movie.

It's not a shrine to anything anymore. It's a decaying, rotting, urban ruin. Trees grow through the main square. A lot of the building has been damaged by fire, roof collapses and vegetation growth. Very little of the original signage, or anything else of value, has escaped vandals hands. It's just a rotting shell of a building, which happens when nobody takes care of anything for 30 years.

So re-open it as "Detroit World Theme Park".

"This dont look like no expressway!"

They should record the demolition and use it as a sequence in Blues Brothers 3: Night of the Living Jake.

Rapmaster2000: That mall has been going to be torn down "any day now" for 30 years, but the town is too broke to pay for it. I've got more money than Harvey.

IIRC, the reason they used it in the movie is because it was about to be demolished in 1978

dittybopper: Pfighting Polish: Charlie Freak: It's too bad they can't keep at least part of it open and in 1960's/1970's condition as a shrine/museum to malls - how many are left that still look like that? Could also house a Blues Brothers museum. God knows it's a centerpiece to both, almost deified because of the movie.

It's not a shrine to anything anymore. It's a decaying, rotting, urban ruin. Trees grow through the main square. A lot of the building has been damaged by fire, roof collapses and vegetation growth. Very little of the original signage, or anything else of value, has escaped vandals hands. It's just a rotting shell of a building, which happens when nobody takes care of anything for 30 years.

So re-open it as "Detroit World Theme Park".

There are enough buildings in actual Detroit that would qualify (I know, I know, "That's the joke").

But, check it out: Link (new window)

That's too bad, I used to go there and replace my broken watch.

Illinois received $169 million in federal disaster cleanup funds after the remnants of Hurricane Ike spawned flooding around the state in 2008. Along with the Dixie Square demolition, some of that money has been parceled out to Southland communities for storm sewer projects and purchasing and rehabbing foreclosed homes.

So money meant for disaster cleanup is not going to cleaning up any disasters? Awesome job there guys.

/lots of space in this mall

groppet: "This dont look like no expressway!"

Don't yell at me.

Is that the mall with the Pier 1 Imports?

Video of a guy driving the same make of the bluesmobile through what's left of the mall

Link

Joelogon: The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year.

Future generations will never get this one. Not just because Oldsmobile went away in 2004, but because these days new models are introduced throughout the year, instead of just in the fall.

excessive force in the demolition of the mall has been approved

He never did get that Miss Piggy.

Hey look! The shoppers have arrived.



Waste. People that go to clubs and bars in a mall, are lame.

"They broke my watch"

good_2_go: Joelogon: The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year.

Future generations will never get this one. Not just because Oldsmobile went away in 2004, but because these days new models are introduced throughout the year, instead of just in the fall.

Not to mention that I've never, in my 42 years, ever seen a mall that had a car dealership in it before or since.

No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!

Is History Channel still making any "Life After People" segments? Because they could use the mall for that.

Joelogon: The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year.

excellent!

Blues Brothers quote!
Ha!

Keith Moon: Is that the mall with the Pier 1 Imports?

Yes it is.

"This place has got everything."

Mattevil: Video of a guy driving the same make of the bluesmobile through what's left of the mall

Link

that was a lot cooler than I thought it would be...

Elwood: Shiat.
Jake: What?
Elwood: They're tearing down our favorite mall.
Jake: No.
Elwood: Yeah.
Jake: Shiat.

Well, suppose we ain't got no union cards and go in there and start playin' anyway? Whatcha gonna do about that? You gonna stop us, Stein? Ha. You're gonna look pretty funny tryin' to eat corn on the cob with no farkin' teeth!

"I have always loved you."

/you guys took most of the best ones.

I'll bet they have SCMODS.

Whaddaya want me to do, motorhead??

Optimal_Illusion:
/you guys took most of the best ones.

Hardly.
You got my cheese whiz, boy?