tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8139386285390964407..comments2024-03-29T08:14:50.315-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Say goodbye to all that.Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80597562874000451292021-06-29T16:46:21.257-05:002021-06-29T16:46:21.257-05:00I wish I was as optimistic. Most of the jobs at Ma...I wish I was as optimistic. Most of the jobs at Malls were low-paying. The only one’s making anything substantial were the successful store owners. I’m not sure what type of jobs will be developed.<br />I remember “Automation” was going to be the big job killer when I was in school. It didn’t happen right away but I do believe we are at the beginning of that curve now. <br />Fewer stores and now we’ll see fewer and less occupied office buildings. Telehealth? <br />We will adjust for sure. People need socialization and that will determine the direction our society will go. I just don’t see more jobs, particularly in the retail sector.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679840606511726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41198019513212506362021-06-29T15:11:03.556-05:002021-06-29T15:11:03.556-05:00Even before the pandemic malls were dying. Just li...Even before the pandemic malls were dying. Just like news papers were dying before the internet. You can't stop technology. Walmart and the big box stores probably did as much damage as Amazon and on line shopping in general. New jobs seem to be created all the time. When we really get back to normal (what ever that is) there will be new jobs. Millions could be going back to work if it wasn't for Republicans who rather see everything fall apart.sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580867647162091670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42555446779069087752021-06-29T13:07:42.767-05:002021-06-29T13:07:42.767-05:00Yep! All of the above.
Auld BobYep! All of the above.<br /><br />Auld Bobauld bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738276939260500986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47640653858020458292021-06-29T12:07:23.714-05:002021-06-29T12:07:23.714-05:00What happens to those malls?
Doze them and make pa...What happens to those malls?<br />Doze them and make parks?<br />Reconfigure them In to small communities?<br />Let them rot and draw bad elements?Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679840606511726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36032514784134778812021-06-29T11:13:40.341-05:002021-06-29T11:13:40.341-05:00The way you often had to walk through the battlefi...The way you often had to walk through the battlefield of fragrances, make-up, etc to get where you were headed in a nice department store always irked me. I would fantasize about some sort of neutron bomb that wouldn't hurt anybody, but would somehow make those huge arrays disappear in a flash. <br /><br />Well, it wasn't in a flash, but Jeff Bezos and his like have essentially turned that fantasy into reality. Yet, seeing that photo, I'm not elated but unexpectedly sad about it.<br /><br />I don't even remember the last time I shopped for a shirt in a store, so it's not like I haven't done my part to crater the old brick-and-mortar model. But, while there are many things to appreciate about the Brave New World, much has been lost.<br /><br />Your conclusion is particularly resonant, given the way you seemed to hold out for the suit-and-tie ethic well past the point when the culture-at-large had moved on. The Neil Steinberg Tribute and Award Dinner at Little Louie's, with folks wearing t-shirts and cargo shorts, just wouldn't be the same! ; )Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8773756246579795092021-06-29T11:12:39.033-05:002021-06-29T11:12:39.033-05:00How things change. Growing up on the North Shore, ...How things change. Growing up on the North Shore, I used to enjoy wandering Northbrook Court for the sheer, shiny North-Shoriness of it all: Mercedes and BMWs all over the parking lot, crispy brown tans on leather-faced older CEO spouses browsing through Needless-Markup, gleaming glassware in Crate and Barrel that was never quite that sparkly at home... <br /><br />It was a nice place to wander, but now looks extra jarring in its emptiness, where the products are gone but the fixtures remain. It resembles some post-apocalyptic movie set, with just a hint of remaining shine.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875378656423252469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51121525536736286912021-06-29T10:42:53.986-05:002021-06-29T10:42:53.986-05:00What a great piece, Mr. S--it sounds so vaguely Br...What a great piece, Mr. S--it sounds so vaguely British...like George Orwell or H.G. Wells describing the decline of life in England. Maybe even a bit Dickensian, although I never read much of his work. <br /><br />I've never liked indoor malls, and tried my best to avoid them as much as possible, with great success. I vastly preferred the few remaining outdoor ones, like Old Orchard. I mainly shopped in the traditional business districts, those old places like downtown Evanston. <br /><br />Hated big-box stores, too. Many indoor malls are no more...how ironic that they were demolished for blocks of big stores, with roadways and parking lots between them. I don't go to them, either. <br /><br />In fact, the older I get, the more I try to avoid non-Christmas shopping at all. Hate the crowds and the lines and the parking lots. Luckily for me, my wife doesn't seem to mind them. She even goes to China-Mart occasionally. I refuse to even enter their parking lot. Union-busting, slave-driving bastards. They've killed off most of the old-time business districts.<br /><br />Looks as if the Plague has sealed the fate of shopping malls, like it did to so many other things, both good and bad. The old "normal" American way of life we knew is gone, and it's never coming back. "Normalcy" (if such a word exists) just means the end of the pandemic. We'll never be the same again.<br /><br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61377262521214608802021-06-29T07:24:57.906-05:002021-06-29T07:24:57.906-05:00Quite a picture. Reminds me of the Waukegan lakef...Quite a picture. Reminds me of the Waukegan lakefront 25 years ago, all the factories shutting down never to come back. Now the big box department stores, they won't be back. Although every end comes a new beginning. Last time I was there was probably 15 years ago, I wasn't thinking about Amazon back then.Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406704590565406630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-15438270362856674132021-06-29T06:39:07.320-05:002021-06-29T06:39:07.320-05:00I went to target in Logan the other day. underwear...I went to target in Logan the other day. underwear and tshirts . never bought clothes on line. Levis from Alcalas on chicago. socks at Resnicks up at 6 corners. shirts from the thrift. my wife shops on line. I think she should get out more. she wonders how I got old so fast. FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23608320141485609282021-06-29T05:44:39.831-05:002021-06-29T05:44:39.831-05:00Even the See's Candies shop moved out of North...Even the See's Candies shop moved out of Northbrook Court to Long Grove.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com