Mall photos from the 80's American shopping malls (define, cost, Massachusetts)

[phoenixmike11]

I was not sure where to post this 1 so if the moderator feels it should be in another forum please feel free to move it- A really interesting article about photos from USA shopping malls in the 80's (at least for a member of generation X) and some of the memories they evoke

Michael Galinsky's Malls Across America book sheds light on shoppers that defined 1980s | Mail Online

[MIKEETC]

Interesting. I was in high school in the 80s so that was a total nostalgic trip for me.

[thanks for the link]

[animatedmartian]

I wasn't born yet so this all looks to me like some weird costume party.

[Cloudship]

I grew up in the 80s, and yeah, it kinda was a big costume party.

some of those photos are from the 90's, though, I believe, given the brands and stores.

[genjy]

That Golden Axe arcade machine. Good memories.

[phoenixmike11]

What American shopping malls looked like in 1989

more 80's shopping mall photos from the book Malls across America (some of the photos are not in the previous link)

[Ohiogirl81]

Looks normal to me, except for the legwarmers and the big hair.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Looks normal to me, except for the legwarmers and the big hair.

Ditto! Plus the smoking. (Just got back from the mall myself!)

[rnc2mbfl]

That is not what the people in the malls looked like where I was living in the 80s. Those photos have to be from somewhere between Ohio and Massachusetts. I'm thinking Philly or New Jersey in particular.

[texdav]

Yep;has'ts changed really.