Dimensions: 8x10in
Printing: B+W Laser
The incorporation of suburban landscapes and early shopping centers became a public space and the core of residential communities. Following this new urban space was the development of a new consumer marketplace accompanying the suburbanization of residential life. This new consumer marketplace thus stepped away from the pedestrian ballet of a bustling metropolis, defining the culture of the American shopping mall. The American shopping mall became a symbol of suburban consumerism and a public space to shop, eat, meander, and gather. Suburban living meant the budding years of consumerism, a stimulation in investment manufacturing and an outlet for quick and lucrative real estate investments. This produced large malls in the American landscape driving a venture capital investment for huge stores and mega retailers.
While the American shopping mall was once a thriving symbol of suburbanization that led to economic prosperity, today these public spaces are decaying.