Here’s a pic from Hidden City Philadelphia’s Instagram account:
This is an improvement, if you ask us.
This pic made us wonder about the good old Granite Run Mall, demolished last year. It turns out that “Abandoned Malls” is a thing. We’d heard about “urban exploring” or “decay” seekers wandering around the old Swell Bubblegum Factory in the space now occupied by the YMCA. Apparently “Abandoned Malls” is a popular pastime with these type of folks.
A YouTube guy named Dan Bell did visit and tape the Granite Run Mall before it closed, when only a handful of stores were still open.
Meanwhile King of Prussia has a brand new wing. The new section’s shiny bright newness makes the rest of the mall look like total crap, but hey, that mall is KICKING. Thank god. And Springfield is hanging in there too despite being the bridesmaid for Mall Rats 2.