Accessing forever 21 in the old mall food court gave me a weird feeling

Last Tuesday I drove 45 minutes to the Stratford Mall just to check it out, and I overheard a former janitor tell a tour group that the food court fountain used to have coins from 12 different countries in it. That little detail hit me harder than I expected because it made me realize how much local history just gets forgotten when these places close. Does anyone else ever get stuck on one weird fact about a dead mall and can't stop thinking about it?

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nelson.gavin2mo ago

Is that the one where the old pizza place still had its 1980s menu board up when they locked the doors?

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anthonykim2mo ago

Makes me wonder what else is frozen in time around town just waiting to be rediscovered.

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