Puente Hills Mall: Back To A Dead Mall
Added 2023-06-04 18:40:00 +0000 UTCHere's the latest episode of Retail Archaeology. Puente Hills Mall was the filming location for Twin Pines Mall in Back to the Future. It's now a very dead mall. Thank you everyone for your support!
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Round One looks cool! I miss mall arcades.
Insider Chad
2023-07-03 22:08:41 +0000 UTCThe biggest problem with malls like this today is that the rent is insane - so many smaller companies just can't afford it. The solution to saving places like this is slashing the rents by 50% or more for the first two or three years, and providing good service to each of the tenants. There's no reason why we can't save places like this. You could also turn them into a microcosm environment - stores, apartments, and schools all in the same place...I've long thought that if we renovated malls the same way so many towns are renovating their downtowns, they could be bustling once again...::sigh::
TC Kirkham
2023-06-04 19:13:52 +0000 UTC
