Before demolition, the Wayne Hills Mall became a damp, sludgy cesspool that looked about a century older than it was. Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2011. Gov. This would only hasten the decay. Originally I-shaped, the mall had Sears and JCPenney (Penney's) as the two anchors. At the end of the mall scene, the Blues Brothers crashed through the exterior main entrance of the old JCP store, at which time the 4-barrel carb on the 74 Monaco could be heard opening up, as they raced back into the parking lot, towards the Dixie Highway/152nd St. entrance. Blues Brothers was filmed there, yet afterwords was left to decay and that's how it sat for the proceeding 30+ years. A time capsule was sealed and placed on the property by Mel Torme and Carmelita Pope. Coles worker fights a woman allegedly trying to steal groceries, Jax the Staffy is rescued after being stuck in a cave for two days, Rapidly growing cemetery filled with Vladimir Putin's 'prisoner army', Locals desperately smash windows of overturned double-decker bus. People tell us cars are for driving on things like "roads" and "highways." ${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}. The Dixie Outlet Mall is located at 1250 South Service Road, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The mall had a grand opening in November with 50 stores committed to the facilities. Dixie Square Mall was an enclosed shopping mall at the junction of 151st Street and the Dixie Highway in the Chicago suburb of Harvey, Illinois, United States. In the early 1990s, a juvenile court was constructed on the far west end of the parking lot. Just days after the agreement was made, work on the Montgomery Ward store began during which the former store was gutted. We dont share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we dont sell your information to others. The fire caused the roof to cave in, and due to that and other structural collapses, saplings started growing inside the former mall. OK, maybe you don't. It was a large mall in Harvey, Illinois (for the 1960s) with JCPenney ("Penney's") and Montgomery Ward ("Wards"). [25] Within several months of the Montgomery Ward demolition, liens were placed against the mall by several invested companies. As a result, its deterioration was better documented than most, noting when the last window had been broken and when someone stole its trademark Dixie sign. [8] In 1993, a woman was raped and fatally strangled inside the former JCPenney store. I can't say I have much to argue with in the rest of your post.. The parking lot is choked with weeds and car-sized potholes. Most recently classified as a dead mall (a shopping mall with a high vacancy rate or low consumer traffic), Dixie was perhaps most famous for being the mall used in the chase scene in the movie The Blues Brothers. In one of the more memorable scenes of the iconic 1980 film The Blues Brothers, the title characters drive through shopping mall with police not far behind as shocked shoppers run for safety and the whole place ends up trashed. I was just wondering, if any one who lives in harvey or use to live in harvey, wouldnt mind sharing what you would like to see happen ( wether built up or torn down) to the old dixie mall. They get stopped in the lovely Park Ridge and the mall is in not-so-hot What I found most interesting is the striped wall in Walgreen's where they filmed the first crash. They also discovered that the demolition company had been working without a permit. What was once a vibrant shopping mecca in Harvey has turned into an economic and social crater on the edge of this south suburban city. Montgomery Wards was the first store to open in 1965. This use, which lasted for two years, also included conversion of the former Turn Style into a gymnasium. These networked texts resurrected the Mall as an Internet meme. Your email address will not be published. To us, the mall is merely an archaeological exhibit. cover photo courtesy Brian Ulrich * Pride of Harvey. Raphael at Jalopnik dot com. of stores and services: 64 (in 1968) 20 (in 1978) No. 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. The Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Illinois, was open from 1966 to 1978. [33], The city of Harvey obtained possession of the former mall site in 2016. Three months later, the final construction . Especially since nothing is planned for the site. 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. 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. Both malls were very nice then and I don't remember any real security issues other than the "normal" level of shoplifting. By 2005 the city was finally able to afford to demolish the mall, but the discovery of asbestos early during demolition halted the plans. Every photo is more tragic than the last. Dixie Square Mall was opened in 1966 as part of one of the first enclosed malls in the Chicagoland area. Advertisement. He urged people to steer clear of it. Your email address will not be published. By 1978 the mall was down to 20 stores; the final "anchor" store J.C. Penney departing in January. These networked texts resurrected the Mall as an Internet meme. In the early 2000s a massive fire broke out in the Woolworth store and completely destroyed it. It stood vacant for 32 years, more than twice as long as it was in business. We are well aware that these might be problematic reference points were we doing a traditional historical analysis, but what we offer here is the history of the mall as it is told in the context of the Dixie Square Mall meme. The combination of artificial rot and very real rot atop it is a poignant reminder of humility. http://vintagemalls.com/images/mallsdir_inside.jpg, http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AcUdTl7Aq-+plan_1974.jpg, 80s st.clair square fairview heights photos. In all, fans of Dixie Square unfortunately missed a good chance with this one. Honestly, it just seemed like it was cursed from the beginning. Dixie Square Mall opened in 1966.closed in 1979.and remains standing in 2008. Although the Mall begins as a success, it soon turns into an unsafe place, particularly for women. However,. That same year, a 13-year-old girl was lured from the Mall by three other adolescent girls, who led her to a nearby abandoned apartment. Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2015. Failed: Several attempts were made at revitalizing the mall, including a $76 million attempt in 2006, but all of them failed, No more: By 2003, the mall had become a favorite of photographers and bloggers. Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? It has several brand name outlets including Nike, Adidas, Boathouse, Calvin Klein, Guess, Puma, Tommy Hilfiger, Winners, Famous Footwear. Its hard to find an article on abandoned malls that doesnt include Metro North Mall in Kansas City, and with good reason. The mall was torn down in 2012 using $4 million in disaster relief funds given to the state of Illinois after Hurricane Ike, to be replaced by stand-alone shopping retail stores and restaurants. By the beginning of the 1970s, the town of Harvey's crime rate rose at extreme heights. Gov. Personally, I feel a new book should be created, one with some of the new evidence that has surfaced recently, such as, the original blueprints, and all of Mike B. By 1968 the mall had 64 shops, including a Woolworth, a Walgreen's, a Montgomery Ward, and a Jewel . Each image is a work in and of itself capturing a mood through composition, color and texture. Tweet. However, I was a little disappointed after I recieved the book in its lack of providing anything new that I hadnt already discovered about Dixie Square on the web. More recently, it achieved notoriety because of a . Within a year, any piece of metal worth salvaging had been stolen. In the decades after the mall closed, numerous proposals to redevelop the property were announced, though none came to fruition. So far, four potential tenants have signed contracts, although he declined to name them. Deneen threatened the owner of one of these companies with brass knuckles and a firearm (as a result, he pleaded guilty in 2008 to aggravated unlawful use of a weapon). The complete story of this abandoned mall is told through thought provoking imagery. Please use a different way to share. Trice's photography is indeed the focus and highlight 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. After just 12 years, Dixie Square Mall closed for good, bringing a much different legacy for the property. OK, maybe you don't. It was a large mall in Harvey, Illinois (for the 1960s) with JCPenney ("Penney's") and Montgomery Ward ("Wards"). The history that we recount in this section is a summary of information culled from various web sites and Wikipedia. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. [8][19], By the end of the 1990s, trees had grown throughout the former parking lot. [31] Demolition was completed May 17, 2012, after which the site was cleaned up and leveled in preparation for future development. The locale of the famous "Blues Brothers" mall chase scene, Dixie Square in Harvey, Illinois, now sits unused in a deteriorating condition. Even more disturbing is a makeshift wooden cross, left where a 25-year-old woman was murdered in 1993 near a JCPenney store. The comments below have not been moderated. Only recently the suburb announced major plans to demolish the 58-acre site and redevelop it as a shopping center, but residents still wonder if the plan will really go through this time. Similar in age and basically decayed but opened to the public, Columbus Square Mall originally opened in 1965 as the first mall in the city and one of the first enclosed malls in Georgia. According to officials, demolition was to start in November of that year and take four to six months. It's posts like this one that make me really sad to think about the areas I lived in when I was a kid. 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. 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 Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Illinois, was open from 1966 to 1978. Though abandoned malls are all a little bit the same, the Acropolis has developed a particularly unique creepiness among all those on this list. Dixie Square Mall, one of the first of many more to come in . This did not only slow the business when . [8][10], After the mall's abandonment, it experienced extensive neglect and damage from vandalism, [15][16] the full-time caretaker hired by Harvey to maintain the property was physically unable to repair it. Photo Credits top to bottom: Ian Freimuth, Matt Becker, Ken Fager, Ken Fager again. (WE GOT CAUGHT) EXPLORING AN ABANDONED MALL IN MEXICO, Exploring the Abandoned Hawthorne Mall (Used in TV Shows! 's pics from 1986. The man is now serving life behind bars for the rape/murder and a separate rape at Dixie Square. The mall closed in 1978. But thanks to digital advancements, the need for such shopping centers has declined. 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. 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. In response, the locals introduced various species of tilapia, mango fish, carp, koi, and catfish to eat the mosquito larvae. Gov. If it does open, it aint going to stay open long, said Cephor Morris, 85, who lives across the street. 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Luhar-Trice's photographs from The Dixie Square Project beautifully document this curious artifact of American consumerism. 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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. The mall thrived until the mid-70s when the crime rate exploded in Harvey and Dixie Square was greatly affected by it. Looters have stripped the mall of seemingly everything not drilled downplus some pieces that were. The mall had closed a year earlier after just 13 years in operation. While many other dead malls were redeveloped or demolished, Dixie Square became notable for its extensive neglect, vandalism damage, and history. Book reviews, interviews, editors' picks, and more. What I found most interesting is the striped wall in Walgreen's where they filmed the first crash. Who said the original person hated anything focusing on the female perspective? 29+ Haunting Pictures of Abandoned Malls From Around the World Universal | LAST UPDATE 04/19/2022 By Hayden Katz In the 1970s, there was a mall building boom. [3] Final construction was completed nearly three months later, and the mall was dedicated on November 9, 1966, with grand opening celebrations from November 1012, and 50 stores open. The remainder of the Montgomery Ward building was torn down March 1 in a widely publicized PR campaign, but no progress was made to demolish the rest of the mall afterwards. Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "dixiesquaremall" Flickr tag. Dixie Square Mall, destroyed in The Blues Brothers' famous car chase, has recently been transformed online. The mall was open from 1977 to 1999, and during that time, it slowly succumbed to crime and a changing economy. After closing for good, it was used as the setting for the famous mid-mall car chase scene from the 1980 movie Blues Brothers. I too feel sad about what has passed. The mall had closed a year earlier after just 13 years in operation. Hilarious: Aykroyd's character (right) notes dryly to John Belushi's (left), 'Lots of space in this mall,' in the indelible scene from the classic movie, Iconic: The suburban behemoth was the perfect setting for an indoor car chase in the 1980 classic. Dixie Square Mall opened in 1966closed in 1979and remains standing in 2008. My recollections tell me that Dixie Square did have an urban life center added onto it back in the mid '70s and it was called "Turnstyle" I think. There they tortured her and strangled her to death (Dixie Square History). Its nice having a hard copy of the photographs to show others that may be interested in Dixie Square, and its nice having some photos from the early 2000's before things got really bad at DSM. By 1978 the mall was down to 20 stores; the final anchor store JC Penney departing in January. However, I was a little disappointed after I recieved the book in its lack of providing anything new that I hadnt already discovered about Dixie Square on the web. Dixie Square Mall was the town's pride and most preferred shopping and recreation center for the locals. ? Im sorry if Im not as educated as you, but the urban exploration community had nothing to do with that mall closing, people getting raped, etc. For updates and more information please visit the companion website: www.dixiesquareproject.com, Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, [{"displayPrice":"$46.95","priceAmount":46.95,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"46","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"95","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"p96WJyF4CA6XhmBrfgCOZ2%2FMudnDtr2IPTAIc7mzG6i3v64dXDoxpsTIN68nQJVyCaPXbpIOJ1R9QVIwTA1mQ5As3C0gXvUGdyMefIfEw7Br1trligQlnHwkhNpUMd%2F7op9K21SKJXo%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW"}]. [26], Governor Pat Quinn announced on September 23, 2010, that a $4 million federal grant would be used to demolish the mall. If that wasnt enough, a man was electrocuted and fatally caught fire attempting to steal copper wiring inside, among others. 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, No Import Fees Deposit & $11.02 Shipping to Czech Republic. A large portion of the mall was destroyed during filming of the scene, and when the film crew departed they left much of the mall in complete ruins. Even as it has symbolized Harveys failures, the mall has gained an international following on the Internet, fueled by Blues Brothers fans on the one hand and aficionados of dead malls on the other. After the mall closed, the body of another murder victim was discovered there. I actually tend to get along better with women than men. Chances are, youve seen the inside of Gwinnett Place Mall, whether you know it or not. Total retail floor space was about 71,000 square feet. It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. ${cardName} not available for the seller you chose. [11] These efforts failed, as by 1978, it was down to its final twenty stores. [8], Various redevelopment plans were announced in 1985 and 1989, but went nowhere. Dixie Square Mall sat vacant for more than 30 years after serving as the backdrop for the iconic chase scene in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. I purchased this book being a fan of the history Dixie Square and Harvey Ill. Dixie Square Mall has quite a history, despite standing in ruin for more than double the number of years it was in operation. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Mar 22, 2014 at 5:24 am. Women were driven from a space where they once exercised power because this space became unsafe for women. This place has got everything, Jake, played by John Belushi, quips as he and Elwood drive right through it. 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