The mall went through a renovation in 1976 in an attempt to rejuvenate the business, but these attempts failed. It remaind abandoned and decaying away from 1979 to at least 2006, when demolition began. Yet another proposal resulted in partial demolition, which was halted. With no security guards or regular police patrols, the mall has been left to its own devices against all sorts of threats. Many are due to hasty closures in the months after Christmas; a lone Christmas tree, still decorated, stands among the mud, glass shards, and plaster crumbles of the center courtyard. By 1985 every valuable piece of metal had been stolen, and the canvas over the food court area was removed, further exposing the mall to the elements. By 2003, Dixie Square had become a favorite of photographers and blogs like Dead Malls who were fascinated by the monument to the suburban dream turned rotting nightmare. During its more notable tenure as "Dixie Square", it was both referred to with "Shopping Center" and "Mall" after its name, interchangeably. Please try again. In spite of the presence of a police station in close proximity, the Mall continued to be a scene of violent crime. The massive, hulking structure has wasted away for more than a quarter century. Unfortunately this also gave rise to the local crime rate, and Dixie Square was not immune. Oscar Cainer tells all, Biden administration asks Supreme Court to extend stay on Title 42 to December 27 but allow the Covid-era health policy to expire because it has become 'obsolete', 'It appeared to me that they were trying to kill her.' The pop-ups are examples of the creative forces put in play since the pandemic, as well as a mechanism that will ensure the vitality of Michigan Avenue. They also discovered that the demolition company had been working without a permit. It stood vacant for 32 years, more than twice as long as it was in business. From what I read here, that would not be the case today. Remember Dixie Square Mall? When the Randall Park Mall opened in 1976 in North Randall, Ohio (whats going on with you, Ohio? These networked texts resurrected the Mall as an Internet meme. Dixie Square Mall (circa late 1960s) In the early 1970's crime was becoming an increasing problem for Harvey, a suburb 20 miles south of Chicago. [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. Who said they were desperate to keep their masculinity intact? Abandoned malls are just plain creepy, and this list gathers together ten of the creepiest. 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. Dixie Square Mall, destroyed in The Blues Brothers' famous car chase, has recently been transformed online. This mall was made famous when it was used in the Blues Brothers movie in 1979. 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In 1970, a Turn Style store was added to the building. This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt. Perhaps even worse, a now-famous image shows a lone Christmas teddy bear, left posed in front of a long stretch of filth and decay. 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. The last of the mall can be seen in a. Raphael at Jalopnik dot com. The Mall was used briefly as a temporary school, and, of course, the Mall was used to film The Blues Brothers (Labelscar). Originally I-shaped, the mall had Sears and JCPenney (Penney's) as the two anchors. That's the stunt director asking about Miss Piggy. Do not sell or share my personal information. The mall had a grand opening in November with 50 stores committed to the facilities. The Mall's last tenets closed in 1979, and in . Baltimore, Maryland, has a less-than-stellar reputation for safety as it is. G Greg Dixie Square Mall Homewood Illinois Vacant Inhabit DeadMalls.com: Dixie Square Mall: Harvey, IL Windy City Chevelle Shopping Center Gang and drug activities frequently took place inside the building. Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2010. While many other dead malls were redeveloped or demolished, Dixie Square became notable for its extensive neglect, vandalism damage, and history. Please try again. 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"}]. In February 2010, it was reported that Chicago-based developer MG Development South LLC was planning to demolish the remains of the mall and replace it with a mixture of big-box stores and other retail on the site. Website. 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Pat Quinn joined south suburban officials at the Harvey police station this . The abandoned mall was used as the filming location for StarCourt Mall, the main setting for Stranger Things season three. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. 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. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Thats why its current decay is so haunting; a place deliberately alluding to ancient ruins is itself becoming one. 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. The wonderful photos above were taken in 1968, at the same time as those featured on our Dixie Square history post. Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2011. This mall opened in 1966, and closed in 1978. The comments below have not been moderated. [13], In January 1979, the city of Harvey allowed the Harvey-Dixmoor School District to use mall space as a temporary school location while a new school building was constructed. 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It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. 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. Multiple cars went through there after Jake and Elwood Travis Bell drove easily the best Bluesmobile replica ever made through there years ago, following the same path as the original BluMo. They have good reason to worry. "National Brownfields Assessment Pilot." store in the Dixie Square Mall in July 1993, where he gagged and raped her and. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. There have been many unsuccessful attempts to raze or rehab the abandoned building, but on September 23, 2010 it was reported that Harvey had obtained a $4 million federal grant to demolish the Mall (Bowean, 2010). 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. The notion that the mall would close down just ten years later would have seemed the height of absurdity then. The events that mark the decline of the Mall are often (although not exclusively), crimes in which women were the victims. On July 17, 1973, a teenage girl was lured away from the mall by three other teenage girls, and strangled to death. Is there any lovely and vigorous square or block in USA which has been an ugly area? [8][18], Despite the new Harvey Police station occupying land immediately adjacent, the shuttered mall gained a reputation as a notorious crime magnet during the early 1990s. 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. After years of false starts and decades of dilapidation, the Dixie Square Mall in Harvey is finally coming down. Pompano Beach: Shoppers Haven, 3459 N. Federal Highway Space 16. Four years later, a young woman was shot and killed in her car while in route to the Mall, and she was only a few blocks away when she was shot. The now defunct Dixie Square Mall at 15301 Dixie Highway in Harvey, Illinois, was a prominent location in "The Blue Brothers" released 30 years ago. By 1978 the mall was down to 20 stores; the final anchor store JC Penney departing in January. The abandoned Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio, was so dangerous that the mayor of Akron made a public statement about its safety. (WE GOT CAUGHT) EXPLORING AN ABANDONED MALL IN MEXICO, Exploring the Abandoned Hawthorne Mall (Used in TV Shows! The untold story of the $25m shopping mall trashed in Blues Brothers epic police chase that was only just torn down after 30 years. [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. 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. 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. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. In November 1972, a young woman was fatally shot near the mall in a botched robbery attempt. 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. In some areas, the roof has caved in and a virtual indoor urban jungle has sprouted below. 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