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.gavin21d ago

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

anthonykim21d ago

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